GGJ Sacramento 2020
Fri, Jan 31
|LAB 7 Coworking
The world's largest game jam comes back to Sacramento in 2020. Participate in a 48 hour game jam along with numerous other sites across the globe to produce one of the thousands of games that this event generates each year.
Time & Location
Jan 31, 2020, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
LAB 7 Coworking, 2417 21st St, Sacramento, CA 95818, USA
About the Event
The Global Game Jam® (GGJ) is the world's largest game jam event (game creation) taking place around the world at physical locations. Think of it as a hackathon focused on game development. It is the growth of an idea that in today’s heavily connected world, we could come together, be creative, share experiences and express ourselves in a multitude of ways using video games – it is very universal. The weekend stirs a global creative buzz in games, while at the same time exploring the process of development, be it programming, iterative design, narrative exploration or artistic expression. It is all condensed into a 48 hour development cycle. The GGJ encourages people with all kinds of backgrounds to participate and contribute to this global spread of game development and creativity.
The structure of a jam is usually that everyone gathers on Friday late afternoon, watches a short video keynote…