Join us for Games Now! Event Week, starting with a full day of inspiring and timely talks, and followed by a week-long cross-cultural game jam and an exhibition.

This event is open for anyone to attend and it is taking place fully online!

Join the talks online at www.twitch.tv/gamesnowaaltofi & the jam at GN! Discord https://discord.gg/YsgagHX

Join the GN! Game Jam #16! Register to the jam at:https://forms.gle/eR2PuinSKRgHxegQ6

GN! Event Week Schedule

Monday 3rd March@ Twitch

10:00 -15:00 (EET) / 9:00 – 14:00 (CET) / 8:00 – 13:00 (UTC) / 3:00 – 8:00 (EST) / 0:00 – 5:00 (PST) / 16:00 – 21:00 (HKT) / 17:00 – 22:00 (KST, JST)

Schedule in Finnish time (EET)

• 10:00 Live stream starts https://www.twitch.tv/gamesnowaaltofi
• 10:15-12:15
  • Annakaisa Kultima & Solip Park – Welcome to GN! Event Week!
  • Abhishek Jaiswal: Seeing is Believing – Exergaming with Screens
  • Solip Park: Experiences of Game Expats in Finland
  • Samuli Jääskeläinen: Many Perspectives of VR
• 12:15 Lunch Break
• 13:00-14:00
  • Sebastian Möring: Frame the Game – Approaching Photographic Practices in Computer Games
• 14:00 GN! Game Jam #16 Kickoff and Theme Announcement

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Tuesday 4th March @ Twitch & Discord

12:00 – 15:00 (EET) / 11:00 – 14:00 (CET) / 10:00 – 13:00 (UTC) / 5:00 – 9:00 (EST) / 2:00 – 5:00 (PST) / 18:00 – 21:00 (HKT) / 19:00 – 22:00 (KST, JST)

Schedule in Finnish time (EET)

• 12:00 GN! Game Jam – First idea with a sentence (deadline for the jammers). Update and share your first game idea or concept art on Discord
• 14:00 GN! Game Jam live stream – Watch live stream (jam progress update by teachers), at https://www.twitch.tv/gamesnowaaltofi

Wednesday 5th March @ Twitch & Discord

12:00 – 15:00 (EET) / 11:00 – 14:00 (CET) / 10:00 – 13:00 (UTC) / 5:00 – 9:00 (EST) / 2:00 – 5:00 (PST) / 18:00 – 21:00 (HKT) / 19:00 – 22:00 (KST, JST)

Schedule in Finnish time (EET)

• 12:00 GN! Game Jam – Set your team and role (deadline for the jammers). Update and share your team member list. Also, share your first game idea or concept art on Discord.
• 14:00 GN! Game Jam live stream – Watch live stream (jam progress update by teachers), at https://www.twitch.tv/gamesnowaaltofi

Thursday 6th March @ Twitch & Discord

12:00 – 15:00 (EET) / 11:00 – 14:00 (CET) / 10:00 – 13:00 (UTC) / 5:00 – 9:00 (EST) / 2:00 – 5:00 (PST) / 18:00 – 21:00 (HKT) / 19:00 – 22:00 (KST, JST)

Schedule in Finnish time (EET)

• 12:00 GN! Game Jam – Submit your first game image (deadline for the jammers). Update and share your refined game idea, game working title, concept art, etc on Discord.
• 14:00 GN! Game Jam live stream – Watch live stream (jam progress update by teachers), at https://www.twitch.tv/gamesnowaaltofi

Friday 7th March @ Twitch & Discord

12:00 – 15:00 (EET) / 11:00 – 14:00 (CET) / 10:00 – 13:00 (UTC) / 5:00 – 9:00 (EST) / 2:00 – 5:00 (PST) / 18:00 – 21:00 (HKT) / 19:00 – 22:00 (KST, JST)

Schedule in Finnish time (EET)

• 12:00 GN! Game Jam – Submit your second game image (deadline for the jammers), update and share your game’s screenshot, characters, assets, etc on Discord
• 14:00 GN! Game Jam live stream – Watch live stream (jam progress update by teachers), at https://www.twitch.tv/gamesnowaaltofi

Saturday 8th March @ Twitch & Discord

12:00 – 15:00 (EET) / 11:00 – 14:00 (CET) / 10:00 – 13:00 (UTC) / 5:00 – 9:00 (EST) / 2:00 – 5:00 (PST) / 18:00 – 21:00 (HKT) / 19:00 – 22:00 (KST, JST)

Schedule in Finnish time (EET)

• 12:00 GN! Game Jam – Submit your first gameplay video (deadline for the jammers), update and share your game’s first gameplay recorded video on Discord
• 14:00 GN! Game Jam live stream – Watch live stream (jam progress update by teachers), at https://www.twitch.tv/gamesnowaaltofi

Sunday 9th March @ Twitch & Discord

12:00 -22:00 (EET) / 11:00 – 21:00 (CET) / 10:00 – 20:00 (UTC) / 5:00 – 15:00 (EST) / 2:00 – 12:00 (PST) / 18:00 – 18th November 2024, 4:00 (HKT) / 19:00 – 10th March 2025, 5:00 (KST, JST)

Schedule in Finnish time (EET)

• 12:00 GN! Game Jam – 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!)
• 14:00 GN! Game Jam live stream – Watch live stream (jam progress update by teachers), at https://www.twitch.tv/gamesnowaaltofi
• 22:00 GN! Game Jam – Final submission (deadline for jammers). Upload your final game build on your itch.io page and submit it to Games Now! itch.io. https://itch.io/jam/gn-game-jam-16