GN! Event Week 2025 Program

Join us for Games Now! Event Week from 10th November until 16th November 2025, a full week of inspiring and timely guest speakers’ talks, a cross-cultural game jam, exhibition, and more! This event is open for anyone to attend (but you have to register to some parts of it!).

• Location in real world: Marsio, Aalto University campus (3rd floor) https://www.aalto.fi/en/locations/marsio
• Location online: GN! Twitch www.twitch.tv/gamesnowaaltofi & GN! Discord https://discord.gg/YsgagHX

Programme

• GN! Talks (10-11 Nov, Mon-Tue) – Secure your seat at Marsio: https://luma.com/yg9m8uog or watch online at
  www.twitch.tv/gamesnowaaltofi
• GN! Student Talks (12 Nov, Wed) – Watch online at
  www.twitch.tv/gamesnowaaltofi
• GN! Game Jam (11 – 16 Nov, Tue-Sun) – Free signup at: https://forms.gle/v1jeqPnw1oXCdSZa6
• GN! Game Exhibition (10-16 Nov, Mon-Sun) at Marsio, no pre-registration required
• GN! Movie Now x Cinema Sheryl – Ticket sale at: https://sheryl.fi/film/minecraft-elokuva/

GN! Event Week Schedule

Schedule in Finnish time (EET)

Pre-program: GN! Game Jam #17 matchmade teams’ meeting @Discord on Friday 7th Nov, 14:00 (EET)

Monday 10th November

• GN! Talks – Day 1 @ Marsio & Twitch
  • 9:30 Registration opens
  • 10:00 Stream starts
  • 10:15 Opening remarks (Annakaisa Kultima & Solip Park)
  • 11:00 Talks
    • Miro Vesterinen: Bridging Cinema & Game Environments
    • Sami Arola: Creative Crossroads – Games, Film & the Evolution of Story Tools
  • 13:00 Lunch break
  • 14:00 Talks
    • Olli Raudus: How Roblox Works – Lessons for Game Developers
    • Teemu Haila: The Four Pillars of Scaling a Live Service Game
  • 16:00 Panel: Imagining the Future of Games with Generative AI
  • 17:30 Party
    • Mixer event & Karaoke & Snacks!
    • Opening the exhibition!

Tuesday 11th November

• GN! Talks – Day 2 @ Marsio & Twitch
  • 9:30 Registration opens
  • 10:00 Stream starts
  • 10:15 Opening remarks (Annakaisa Kultima & Solip Park)
  • 10:30 Talks
    • Lauri Lukka: Back in the Game – Using a Video Game to Treat Depression
    • Laura Piispanen: Quantum games – Definition and Development Practices
  • 12:00 Lunch break
  • 13:00 Talks
    • Eero Lahtinen & Antti Ukkola: System Erasure’s Divine Comedy – How Simply Making Games Becomes Something Serious
    • Begüm Dogan: Indie Game Marketing Spellbook – Bewitching Trends of 2025
  • 15:30 Game Jam Kickoff

• GN! Game Jam #17 – Day 1 @ Marsio & Twitch & Discord
  • 15:30 Game Jam Kickoff (including the GN! Game Jam #17 theme announcement)
  • Jam registration at: https://forms.gle/v1jeqPnw1oXCdSZa6

Wednesday 12th November

• GN! Student Talks @ Twitch
  • 10:00 Stream starts, watch live at https://www.twitch.tv/gamesnowaaltofi
    • Iiro Peltonen: What Can Game Developers Learn from the Film Industry?
    • Bardia Eghbali: The Walls are on the Floor – the Technical Art of Aris Arcanum
    • Diandra Kathyusha Herli: Designing for the Body – The Future of Immersive Game Interaction
  • 12:30 – 12:45 Break
    • Hiski Huovila: Digital Dungeon Design – Learning from the Tabletop Tradition
    • Arya Rakha: Machinations – Introduction to Simulating Game Economies
    • Heidi Abdolvahabi: Taming the Dragon – The Journey of Utilising PCG in a Game Artist’s Workflow
  • 15:00 – 15:15 Break
  • 15:15 GN! Game Jam #17 Daily Update: Watch live stream at https://www.twitch.tv/gamesnowaaltofi

• GN! Game Jam #17 – Day 2 @ Marsio & Twitch & Discord
  • 12:00 Daily deadline: First idea with a sentence (deadline for the jammers). Update and share your first game idea or concept art on Discord https://discord.gg/YsgagHX
  • 15:15 GN! Game Jam #17 Daily Update: Watch live stream at https://www.twitch.tv/gamesnowaaltofi

Thursday 13th November

• GN! Game Jam #17 – Day 3 @ Marsio & Twitch & Discord
  • 12:00 Daily deadline: Submit your first game image (deadline for the jammers). Update and share your refined game idea, game working title, concept art, etc on Discord https://discord.gg/YsgagHX
  • 15:15 GN! Game Jam #17 Daily Update: Watch live stream at https://www.twitch.tv/gamesnowaaltofi

• GN! Game Movie Night x Cinema Sheryl “A Minecraft Movie” @ Marsio (Cinema)
  • Purchase your ticket here:
    https://sheryl.fi/film/minecraft-elokuva/

Friday 14th November

• GN! Game Jam #17 – Day 4 @ Marsio & Twitch & Discord
  • 12:00 Daily deadline: Submit your second game image (deadline for the jammers), update and share your game’s screenshot, characters, assets, etc on Discord https://discord.gg/YsgagHX
  • 15:15 GN! Game Jam #17 Daily Update: Watch live stream at https://www.twitch.tv/gamesnowaaltofi

Saturday 15th Novemberd

• GN! Game Jam #17 – Day 5 @ Marsio & Twitch & Discord
  • 12:00 Daily deadline: Submit your first gameplay video (deadline for the jammers), update and share your game’s first gameplay recorded video on Discord https://discord.gg/YsgagHX
  • 15:15 GN! Game Jam #17 Daily Update: Watch live stream at https://www.twitch.tv/gamesnowaaltofi

Sunday 16th November

• GN! Game Jam #17 – Day 6 @ Marsio & Twitch & Discord
  • 12:00 Daily deadline: Submit your almost-ready playable game (deadline for the jammers), upload your first game build on your itch.io game page, and share on Discord (You can update it later on!) https://discord.gg/YsgagHX
  • 17:00 Final submission: Upload your final game build on your itch.io page and submit it to Itch.io https://itch.io/jam/gn-game-jam-17
  • 17:30 Jam closing party & jam game playtest! @Marsio