2024

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What is the York University Game Jam?

A game jam is typically a weekend-long event in which participants try to make a game from scratch. The goal of a jam is to come together and make a videogame, or a traditional game like a board game or card game.

A jam asks participants to create a game from beginning to end in a prescribed time. The brief time span is meant to help encourage creative thinking which results in small but innovative and experimental games.

York Game Jam is focused on creating games that echo and creatively address the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The United Nations SDGs is a framework that calls on member countries to take urgent action in seventeen critical areas to ensure peace and prosperity for people and the planet. Read more about the UN SDGs on the United Nations website.

United Nations SDGs

2022 Game Jam submissions and winners

Event Info

Dates & Location

📅 February 23-25, 2024

Location TBA

Registration Form

Event Times

Jam Schedule

Time	Event
FRIDAY	════════════════════════
17:00 - 18:00	Check-In and Team Formation
18:00 - 20:30	Opening Ceremonies • Team Formation • Dinner
20:30	Game Jam Starts
Midnight	End of Day 1
SATURDAY	════════════════════════
8:00	Day 2 Begins
9:00 - 10:00	Breakfast
Midnight	End of Day 2
SUNDAY	════════════════════════
8:00	Day 3 Begins
9:00 - 10:00	Breakfast
17:00	Game Jam Ends
17:00 - 19:30	Judging • Closing Ceremonies • Prizes