January 20 @ 6:00 pm – January 26 @ 5:00 pm
📍 Hackforge HQ (300 Ouellette Ave, Unit 210) & Online
💻👥 Hybrid
💲 Free
For the second year running, Hackforge is participating in the Global Game Jam! As the world’s largest game creation event, GGJ brings together thousands of participants at hundreds of locations. Over the week of the jam, participants make video, board, and card games based on the secret theme (which is revealed at event kickoff).
Hackforge welcomes folks from anywhere who are interested in creating any kind of game. Design and develop as part of a team or a solo jammer – whatever you prefer! All ages are welcome to participate, but anyone under 17 must be on a team with a parent or guardian. Best of all, there is no cost to participate!
We will have some mentor resources available for specific engines, languages, and topics.
📅 Key Dates
🕹Monday, December 2, 2024
Jammer registration opens
🕹Monday, January 20, 2025
Discord Voice Channel opens
Global Game Jam Kickoff – 6pm-8pm @ Hackforge HQ & Online
🕹Tuesday, January 21 – Friday, January 24, 2025
Hackforge Office Open 4pm-7pm come work on your game!
🕹Saturday, January 25, 2025
Hackforge Office Closed, Discord Channel remains open
🕹Sunday January 26, 2025:
3 PM: Hackforge office opens for closing event, game final touches, and submission
5 PM: Game submission deadline, followed by our closing events, including a chance to show off (and maybe even play!) your game
5PM -7 PM: Show off your game!
This year will also include a series of lead-in events, with topics like Classic Board Game AI (combinatorial game theory), Linux gaming, and Game Jamming 101.
Here are a few links to get you started:
Hackforge’s official GGJ page
Hackforge’s Discord Server – find the Global Game Jam channel under “Interests”:
The official GGJ Discord Server
📆 January 20 – 26, 2025
📍 Hackforge HQ (300 Ouellette Ave, Unit 210) and online via Discord
✅ Register through the Global Game Jam website