Georgia Fall Game Jam

The Georgia Fall Game Jam, held each September in coordination with other regional universities such as SCAD Atlanta and Georgia Tech, is a weekend immersion event that fosters innovation and experimentation.

Participants gather on campus at 5 p.m. on a Friday and spend the next 48 hours in teams building a game from scratch, fueled by creativity and passion for game development.

The idea of the event is to foster creativity and collaboration while developing a game on a deadline.

Past game jam weekends at SPSU have generated over 40 games. Even for those students who aren’t too interested in game design, the event provides a chance for them to learn new skills while possibly making some new friends in the process.

SPSU has hosted five previous game jam weekends, each growing in the number of participants. The most recent, held in January and coordinated as part of the Global Game Jam, drew approximately 150 participants and made the SPSU venue one of the largest host sites in the world. The university is expecting well over 100 participants during this fall’s event.

The 2011 Georgia Fall Game Jam weekend is generously co-sponsored by Kaneva, an Atlanta company that combines social networking with a 3-D virtual world. For more information, please visit games.spsu.edu/gamejam.