Global Game Jam Stories

By Lindsay Grace and Susan Gold

At the ten year anniversary of the Global Game Jam] we collected community provided stories and images from around the globe. We simply asked our community to share their experiences, which we have arranged chronologically for our readers. Some of the stories are funny, some demonstrate perseverance, and yet others just remind us how wonderful the Global Game Jam has become. The stories are included in the original language of the author, with English translation, and provided without major editing. They share the tone and spirit of the authorÕs own experience. The Global Game Jam] experiment started 10 years ago and it has grown from 1,650 participants in 2009 to the more than 42,000 people who participated in 2018. This growth and successes comes from the tapestry of individual efforts that makes each year bigger and better than the previous. Much like a Global Game Jam, this book was created by pooling the time and effort of people all over the world.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Release date: Aug 13, 2018
• ISBN: 9780359020058

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Global Game Jam Stories

Global Game Jam Stories

Global Game Jam Stories

Edited by Lindsay Grace and Susan Gold

Copyright © 2018 by Lindsay Grace and Susan Gold

All rights reserved. This book or any portion thereof may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of the publisher except for the use of brief quotations in a book review or scholarly journal.

First Printing: 2018

ISBN 978-0-359-02005-8

Global Game Jam® Inc.

San Luis Obispo, California, USA

Dedication

This book is dedicated to the more than 42,000 Global Game Jam participants worldwide. You’ve helped build an outstanding community and we love you

The Global Game Jam® logo created from 148 event posters from around the world. 

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Foreword

The Global Game Jam

Erlangen, Germany

Ithaca, New York, USA

Caracas, Venezuela

Fukouka, Japan

Oxford, Ohio, USA

Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Krakow, Poland

Singapore

Rome, Italy

Taipei City, Taiwan

Le Port, Reunion

Taipei, Taiwan

San Jose, Costa Rica

Besançon, France

Lublin, Poland

Lusaka, Zambia

Taipei, Taiwan

Islamabad, Pakistan

Giza, Egypt

Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

Makati, Philippines

St Pierre, Réunion

Manilla, Philippines

Acknowledgements

We would like to thank all of the Global Game Jam participants for their work in making our community so vibrant and strong.  We would also like to acknowledge the volunteers who have served on our board of directors and our executive committee members.

Executive Committee Members (by first date of service):

Susan Gold, Foaad Khosmood, Gorm Lai, Ian Schreiber, Zuraida Buter, Elonka Dunin, Laurie Gloge, Ciro Duran,  Giselle Rosman, Kimberly Voll, Ashley Alicea, Bill Crosbie, Bruno Campagnolo de Paula, Rebecca Fernandez, Eoin Carroll, Lucy Morris,  Jo Summers,  Brian McDonald, Giselle Rosman , Lorenzo Pilia, Anna Prein, Jung-Sheng Lin, Hernán Valdés, Claire Wilgar

Past and Present Board of Directors (alphabetical):

Justin Berenbaum, Zuraida Buter, Dustin Clingman, Elonka Dunin, Susan Gold, Lindsay Grace, Foaad Khosmood, Gorm Lai, Romana Kahn Ramzan, Giselle Rosman, Sheri Rubin, Ian Schreiber

Executive Producers (in order of service):

Zuraida Buter, Giselle Rosman, Jo Summers

Executive Director:

Seven Siegel

Legal Services for this book provided by

Liz Surette of Overclocked Legal

Foreword

As we celebrate our first ten years, we want to share with everyone a bit of our history. The Global Game Jam® is first and foremost a community. We are a community that is strengthened by the diversity that comes only from encouraging everyone around the world to make games.  As such, this book is a collection of stories and photographs provided by our community. It features a selection of stories in the author’s voice. We simply asked our community to share their experiences, which we have arranged chronologically for our readers here.

Some of the stories are funny, some demonstrate perseverance, and yet others just remind us how wonderful the Global Game Jam has become. The stories are included in the original language of the author and provided without major editing. They share the tone and spirit of the author’s own experience.  Instead of removing colloquialisms or accent in the writing, we decided to share the stories with their original color.

The Global Game Jam® experiment started 10 years ago and it has grown from 1,650 participants in 2009 to the more than 42,000 people who participated in 2018.  This growth