We run one game jam a year, inviting everyone to join in playful, collaborative game-making!
The GN! Jam #18 (Autumn 2026) takes place as part of GN! Event Week 2026, starting on Friday, with the jam submission deadline on Sunday. The game jam primarily takes place on our Aalto University campus and on Discord & Itch.io, in a hybrid format that lets people across the globe join in. You can join the jam as premade teams, matchmade teams, solo jammer.
Jam sign-up form: TBA
Jam sign-up deadline:
- For matchmade teams: 2 November 2026 (with matchmade team announcement on Discord on 9 November 2026)
- For premade teams or solo jammer: 13 November 2026
Jam theme announcement: 13 November 2026 via GN! Twitch @gamesnowaaltofi
Jam game submission deadline: 15 November 2026
The selected games from the GN! Jam #18 will be exhibited at Kumma Gallery in Helsinki in May 2027. More details about the jury will be announced later.
PAST JAMS:
Games Now! Game Jam Autumn 2025, 10-16 November
Games Now! Game Jam Spring 2025, 3-9 March
Games Now! Game Jam Autumn 2024, 12th – 17th Nov 2024
Games Now! Jam (Autumn 2023) (6th/7th – 12th November 2023)
In 2022-23, we run four game jams: Low Code game Jam, Amazing AI Jam and Games for Forests Jam.
GNOJ #9 (6th March – 6th April 2023): Games for Forests Jam
GNOJ #8 (23 Jan – 23 Feb 2023): Amazing AI Jam
GNOJ #7 (14th Nov-14th Dec 2022): Low Code Game Jam
GNOJ #6 (28.3.-4.4.2022): Neighbors Game Jam
GNOJ #5 ( 1.-8.11.2021) : Finland x South Korea
Games Now! Online Jam #4: Inside a Quantum Computer (April 7-12, 2021)
Games Now! Online Jam #3(Autumn 2020)
Games Now! Online Jam #2 (Spring 2020)Games Now! Jam (Spring 2020)
Games Now! Online Jam #1 (Spring 2020)
Games Now! Jam (Spring 2019) – Games available on Itch.io
Games Now! Jam (Spring 2018) – Games available on Itch.io
Games Now! Jam (Spring 2017)