Green Game Jam is a one-of-a-kind event focusing on addressing climate-related challenges. The task is to design a game and the possible themes are greenhouses gas emissions, water harvesting, low carbon solutions, energy management and consumption, extreme weather, and sustainable agriculture.
From Monday October 6th till Wednesday 8th, participants all over the world will join, work as a team, and each team will design a game.
The initiative was jointly conceived by
Green Gaming Project and partners
It is supported/sponsored by
Luleå University of Technology, and
European Union
This event offers life-long exciting rewards to its participants, as they stand to gain:
Venue: Online via zoom, on this link
Come, join us and!
WAT 08:00 - 9:00
CET 09:00 - 10:00
Start and forming of teams for participants that don’t belong to a team. Presentations of challenges and tools.
WAT 09:00 - 10:00
CET 10:00 - 11:00
Opening Lecture (1h) on "Game Design" Tatianah Liakh.
WAT 10:00 - 12:00
CET 11:00 - 13:00
Foundational Lecture (2h) on "Element of a Game" Alessia Tripaldi.
WAT 12:00 - 13:00
CET 13:00 - 14:00
Break (1h)
WAT 13:00 - 14:00
CET 14:00 - 15:00
Special Lecture (1h) about "Game Project and Ideation" Prof. Solomon Oyelere
WAT 14:00
CET 15:00
Feel Ready? Start Game Design
WAT 22:00
CET 23:00
The Game Jam closes for the night
WAT 08:00 - 9:00
CET 09:00 - 10:00
Game Jam Starts!
WAT 10:00 - 11:00
CET 11:00 - 12:00
Submission of Concrete Game Plan
WAT 11:00 - 12:00
CET 12:00 - 13:00
Break (1h)
WAT 12:00 - 14:00
CET 13:00 - 15:00
Check-in.
WAT 17:00
CET 18:00
Submission of Design
WAT 22:00
CET 23:00
Game Jam closes for the night
WAT 08:00 - 9:00
CET 09:00 - 10:0
Game Jam starting time!
WAT 11:00 - 12:00
CET 12:00 - 14:00
Check-in
WAT 13:00 - 14:00
CET 14:00 - 15:00
Break (1h)
WAT 14:00 - 16:00
CET 15:00 - 17:00
Final presentations.
WAT 16:00 - 17:00
CET 17:00 - 18:00
Jury deliberations, Awards Ceremony, and summation
Anyone who has the competence to attend is welcome.
Design a game that addresses a climate-related challenges: Greenhouses gas emissions, water harvesting, low carbon solutions, energy management and consumption, extreme weather, sustainable agriculture.
The best contributions will get awards. Mostly this will be symbolic awards like diplomas.
You bring your own computer to work on.
Everything developed at the Game Jam will be open source.
Game Jam is an online event. Participants have to arrange their food themselves.
Brind your computer for the Game Jam.
Teams are at about 10 people. You can select teammates before you register, or you can register individually without specified teammates. It will be possible to find teammates when the Game Jam starts.
If you don’t have a team now, that’s okay! We’ll help to form teams when the Game Jam starts.
Nope! Admission is free.
Please email us at solomon.oyelere@ltu.se if you’re in any way confused or concerned! We’d love to help you out :)
You and your team are required to design a game that addresses climate-related challenge with theme around greenhouses gas emissions, water harvesting, low carbon solutions, energy management and consumption, extreme weather, and sustainable agriculture.