GGJ 2021 is here!

Welcome to the GGJ 2021! As you know this year is special! To make things even better, all the sites in India have decided to jam together as one! Bangalore, Delhi/NCR and Kolkata have come together to jam together! 

As you know the theme for the GGJ has already been announced and it is "Lost and Found". Since this year is special, GGJ is a bit more relaxed and online. Since it is convenient for all of us to jam together at the same time, we have collectively decided to jam for 48 hours starting at 5PM Friday 29th January 2021 to 5PM Sunday 31st January 2021.

The Gamedev India discord is hosting the GGJ this year and you can chat with fellow jammers there, please drop into https://discord.gamedev.in for all future updates. If you have any questions reach out to the site organizers on any of the #ggj channels on the discord.

We will be kicking off this year's GGJ with a Zoom call to get the ball rolling! Please join this call at 5PM on Friday, here is the link - https://zoom.us/j/96685556569?pwd=VEUvTWpYeE9yU3BENnVBRlppeS9OQT09

Here is a handy list of things to keep in mind.

Event start date and time - 5PM Friday 29th January 2021 to 5PM Sunday 31st January 2021

Discord server - https://discord.gamedev.in

Zoom Kick off call instructions/login details - https://zoom.us/j/96685556569?pwd=VEUvTWpYeE9yU3BENnVBRlppeS9OQT09

Thank you all for taking time to read this. See you at the jam.

Global Game Jam 2020 is here!

The Global Game Jam is here yet again! Jammer registrations are now open! If you are in Bangalore, click the link below to Register now! Registration for this jam is free, there will be awesome swag, 6 meals and all the coffee and tea you can drink during the jam and comfy sleeping bags to sleep in :)

Register Now

Once you register, do drop by to our discord to form teams and keep yourself up to date about the jam - drop by to the #ggj channel on https://discord.gamedev.in

If you are not able to join us in Bangalore, there are other jam locations elsewhere in India (and around the world) as well. Go check them out too - https://bit.ly/GGJIndia20

See you at the jam!

Demo Day #7

IGDA Bangalore is hosting its 7th Demo Day on the 04th of May. The Demo Day is an informal space for game developers, hobbyists, students and anyone who is interested in games to show and share their work, play games, get and give feedback and make better games. So if you are an indie, student or a hobbyist game designer, developer or artist we want you there!! Demo Day #7 is co-hosted by Mech Mocha <3

Date and Time: 04.05.2019 - 05:00PM to 07:00PM

Venue: Mech Mocha

RSVP: On the Facebook event
| Bangalore Game Developers on Meetup.com
Hashtag: #IGDABlrDD7

Who is the Demo Day for and why should you be attending?

• You've been working on a game, and are just itching to show it to some people. 
• You're an artist/designer, and you have this really interesting project you're working on or have completed, which is somewhat related to games (maybe a third cousin?) 
• You want to help developers by doing your bit - See their games/projects, give them feedback and cheer them on! 
• You want to see what other local developers are doing - so that you could pepper them with questions on their games, and ask them for advice about your own.
• Get to meet a lot of indies, students and hobbyists; and maybe even collaborate!!
• Play prototypes and games in production and have bragging rights when the games go platinum ;)
• and last but not least, it is a lot of fun!! 

Some of the awesome games that you get to play at the Demo Day are...

For those of you who have issues finding the place or have any other questions, please reach out to Rishi @ 9740980880 or Yadu @ 7760900569

Global Game Jam 2019

It is that time of the year! The GGJ is here! Like last year, the community of organizers across India got together to scout out locations and get their city locations going. As a result we have 8 Jam locations across various cities in India.

The usual suspects are Bangalore, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Madurai, Mumbai and the new comers this year are Trivandrum and Vijayawada. We are super excited this year with so many locations and so many people joining up to jam.

Moonfrog Labs hosts the 7th GGJ Bangalore 2019. The last time we checked we have over 155 registrations. We have about 24 hours to go and did we tell you that we were excited!!?

If you want to make a game with the world this weekend, go join a jam site right now! To see a location near you, click here - http://bit.ly/GGJIndia19

Demo Day #6

IGDA Bangalore is hosting its 6th Demo Day on the 28th of April. The Demo Day is an informal space for game developers, hobbyists, students and anyone who is interested in games to show and share their work, play games, get and give feedback and make better games. So if you are an indie, student or a hobbyist game designer, developer or artist we want you there!! Demo Day #6 is co-hosted by Moonfrog Labs. <3

Date and Time: 28.04.2018 - 03:00PM

Venue: Moonfrog Labs (16/3, 4th Floor, Cambridge Road, Ulsoor, Cambridge Layout, Blr - http://bit.ly/moonfrog)

RSVP: On the Facebook event

Hashtag: #IGDABlrDD6

Who is the Demo Day for and why should you be attending?

• You've been working on a game, and are just itching to show it to some people. 
• You're an artist/designer, and you have this really interesting project you're working on or have completed, which is somewhat related to games (maybe a third cousin?) 
• You want to help developers by doing your bit - See their games/projects, give them feedback and cheer them on! 
• You want to see what other local developers are doing - so that you could pepper them with questions on their games, and ask them for advice about your own.
• Get to meet a lot of indies, students and hobbyists; and maybe even collaborate!!
• Play prototypes and games in production and have bragging rights when the games go platinum ;)
• and last but not least, it is a lot of fun!! 

For those of you who have issues finding the place or have any other questions, please reach out to Rishi @ 9740980880 or Yadu @ 7760900569

We had an awesome Global Game Jam Bangalore 2018

We had an awesome Global Game Jam here in India, especially in Bangalore. This year’s GGJ Bangalore would not have been possible without the help of Srishti Institute of Art, Design and Technology. Srishti was kind enough to host the jam, keep our jammers warm and cozy with sleeping bags, food, snacks and coffee. A special thanks to the IT folks to upgrade our networks to handle the massive load of close to a hundred people working out a single large hall. We were kept comfortable and safe by the housekeeping and security staff around the clock. It was a perfect jam. 

Special thanks to Unity for giving us all the swag and not to mention the online support and special jam specific technical videos :) RedBull kept us awake and ticking on the second day, special thanks to them for all those cans of RedBull.

We had a 152 jammers registered at our site and we had a turnout of more than 89, who collectively created 20 games over the 48 hours all of which can be played here. The biggest surprise this year was the number of new faces at the venue and also the lack of a lot of our regular jammers. We had jammers coming from as far as Electronic City, Tumkur as well as Kochi, Kerala.

Welcome to the Global Game Jam Bangalore 2018

Hope you are all excited for this year’s Global Game Jam :) we sure are! We hope you are well rested, all your gamedev tools sharpened and ready to jam! This is a bit of a long post, please do read it till the end!

First and foremost, If you have changed your mind or is unsure/unable to attend this jam, please remove yourself from the jam site - http://bit.ly/ggjblr18. This is very very important as it will help us get a clearer picture of how many participants we have as well as help us get the right amount of sleeping bags and food at the venue.

With that out of the way, here is a small note on what to expect at the jam this weekend and how to get ready for it.

This is the first time we are jamming at Srishti and it is the first time that Srishti is hosting a long 48 hour jam - things that can go wrong, most probably will! Please come prepared.

Getting here

Yes, we’ve heard enough and more jokes about how far Yelahanka is, but heck we’ve been travelling to HSR for the past five years too! Also, if it makes you feel any better, you will only be doing that once. As with getting anywhere in Bangalore, you can take buses (most likely a 402) that can take you to Yelahanka or use other means of transportation to get to the Srishti N3 Campus, here is the exact location on Google Maps - https://goo.gl/maps/yp4vA8LG3f72. There is a bus stop right in front of the venue and the closest bus stand which is the Yelahanka 5th Phase Bus Stop is about 500 meters away.

Registrations

We start at 03:00 PM with our registrations; please try to make it to the venue at least 30 minutes prior and plan your travel ahead considering how Bangalore traffic always throws a wrench into everyone’s plans; also, it is a Friday!

Please bring a valid government (or college) id card (Driver's License, Aadhar card etc) when you are coming as you will be required by security to validate your registration for entry into the event venue. Without a valid id card, you will be refused entry to the venue.

After registrations, we move on to talks and by 05:00 PM we will announce the theme via the keynote and commence the jam. Please have a look at the schedule for better idea of the Jam is structured. You can find the schedule here - http://bit.ly/ggjblr18schedule.

Srishti has organized dinner, breakfast and lunch on all days so that you need not leave the venue and can focus all your energies on making your game!

The Jam

This goes without saying, but we keep repeating this anyway! PLEASE DO NOT SHARE THE THEME WITH ANYONE NOR DISCUSS IT ONLINE ANYWHERE! TILL HAWAII STARTS TO JAM.

Apart from the main theme which is mandatory, you have a large bunch of awesome but optional constraints that you can abide by; here is the full list of diversifiers for you to choose from - https://globalgamejam.org/news/ggj18-diversifiers

Apart from your laptops and other peripherals that you will be using, please carry an extra power strip with you for emergencies. Do carry extra clothes, deodorants, toothbrush and toothpaste, some towels and blankets just in case. If you take any kind of medication, do remember to carry them along with you. Also remember to get bottles so you can refill them and keep yourself hydrated. The nights are long, so be sure to pick up some snacks you can chow down later.

We take the safety of our jammers very seriously. Please read our Safe Spaces Policy here - https://gamedev.in/safe-spaces-policy/.

If we missed anything here, please be sure to keep an eye on the #ggj slack channel on gamedev.in. Please join in for the latest news and updates regarding GGJ from all across India and more (join the #ggj channel) - http://chat.gamedev.in

If you have any questions please do check out our faq here - http://bit.ly/ggjblr18faq or feel free to contact us.

We hope to see you there and happy jamming :)