The world’s largest game jam event is taking place this weekend and Malta is getting a piece of the action.
The Global Game Jam is like a hackathon focused on game development, where participants are given 48 hours to create a game from scratch, that is from the initial concept stage to the creation of a prototype and production.
Enthusiasts from about 295 sites in 60 countries will gather tomorrow afternoon, watch a short video keynote with advice from leading game developers and learn the year’s secret theme. All sites are then challenged to complete games based on that theme by Sunday afternoon.
The 55 Maltese participants will assemble at the Institute of Digital Games at the University of Malta, which has been organising the local jam since the institute was founded in 2013. This year, registrations closed early due to high demand.
Jasper Schellekens, research support officer at the institute, told Times of Malta that the event has seen an increase in interest and participation over the years.
He attributes this partly to the fact that a varied range of skills are required to make a game and thus the event does not only attract students of the institute.
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