Join us for Games Now! Event Week, a two-day series of engaging talks on current gaming trends, coupled with a week-long cross-cultural game jam. You can participate either in-person or online, and the event is completely free and open to all.
On-site: Aalto Studio’s Hybrid Stage located at K-floor on Harald Herlin Learning Centre, Otaniemi, Finland.
Online: Live stream at www.twitch.tv/gamesnowaaltofi & networking at GN! Discord https://discord.gg/YsgagHX.
The game jam: https://itch.io/jam/games-now-jam-autumn2023
Tentative schedule:
Monday 6th November @ Twitch & Otaniemi, Finland
10:00 -16:00 (EET) / 17:00 – 23:00 (KST, JST) / 9:00 – 15:00 (CET) / 8:00 – 14:00 (UTC) / 3:00 – 9:00 (EST) / 0:00 – 6:00 (PST)
Schedule in Finnish time (EET)
- 9:30 Registration
- 10:00 Stream starts
- 10:15-12:00
- Annakaisa Kultima – Welcome to GN! Event Week!
- Jordan Magnuson – Videogames Are Poems
- Heidi Rautalahti – Making “Runo” – Journey from History Lessons to Emotional Work
- 12:00 Lunch Break
- 13:00-15:30
- 15:30 Solip Park: Summary: Day 1
- 15:45 Solip Park & Annakaisa Kultima: GN! Game Jam Teaser
- 18:00-22:00 Social Gathering @ Kumma Gallery, Kankurinkatu 5, Helsinki
Tuesday 7th November @ Twitch & Otaniemi, Finland
10:00 -16:00 (EET) / 17:00 – 23:00 (KST, JST) / 9:00 – 15:00 (CET) / 8:00 – 14:00 (UTC) / 3:00 – 9:00 (EST) / 0:00 – 6:00 (PST)
Schedule in Finnish time (EET)
- 9:30 Registration
- 10:00 Stream Starts
- 10:15-12:00
- 12:00 Lunch Break
- 13:00- 13:45
- 13:45-14:00 Solip Park: Summary: Day 2
- 14:00-16:00 GN! Game Jam – Kickoff and Theme Reveal
Wednesday 8th November @ Twitch & Otaniemi
13:00 -15:00 (EET) / 20:00 – 22:00 (KST, JST) / 12:00 – 14:00 (CET) / 11:00 – 13:00 (UTC) / 6:00 – 9:00 (EST) / 3:00 – 5:00 (PST)
Schedule in Finnish time (EET)
13:00 GN! Game Jam Stream
Thursday 9th November @ Twitch & Otaniemi, Finland
13:00 -15:00 (EET) / 20:00 – 22:00 (KST, JST) / 12:00 – 14:00 (CET) / 11:00 – 13:00 (UTC) / 6:00 – 9:00 (EST) / 3:00 – 5:00 (PST)
Schedule in Finnish time (EET)
13:00 GN! Game Jam Stream
Friday 10th November @ Twitch & Otaniemi, Finland
12:00 (EET) / 19:00 (KST, JST) / 11:00 (CEST) / 10:00 (UTC) / 5:00 (EST) / 3:00 (PST) / 19:00 (KST, JST)
Schedule in Finnish time (EET)
- 12:00 GN! Game Jam: Deadline for gameplay videos!
- 13:00 GN! Game Jam Stream
Sunday 12th November @ Itch.io & Discord (fully online)
22:00 (EET) / 21:00 (CEST) / 20:00 (UTC) / 15:00 (EST) / 12:00 (PST) / 13rd November 2023, 5:00 (KST, JST)
Schedule in Finnish time (EET)
- 22:00 (EET) GN! Game Jam: Deadline for the final games