Dream of collaborating with thousands of Video Game Creators around the world?
YOU CAN at Global Game Jam. This year, Global Game Jam 2013, takes place January 25^th through January 27^th. There are currently, a record breaking, 275 development sites from 58 different countries registered including the prestigious MIT Game Lab, School of Visual Arts in New York, and many others.  Find a Global Game Jam site location near you. Studica’s US office is located in Western New York and we are happy to report that University of Buffalo is participating! Many of these video game creators participating use the industry leading development tools such as Unity 3d, Autodesk Entertainment Creation Suite, Adobe Creative Suite, and GameSalad. You can even play games from previous GGJ sessions.

Global Game Jam was founded in 2008. It was created by Susan Gold in collaboration with Gorm Lai and Ian Schreiber to foster an idea, in today’s heavily connected world  people can come together and be creative and express themselves in a multitude of ways utilizing the medium of Game Development. This weekend event starts on a Friday evening where participants gather at a registered site location. The participants then watch a short video from leading game developers who give advice and then reveal the theme.  The participants have until the following Sunday evening to finish their theme related game. The Global Game Jam is not designed to be a competition but instead to be an intellectual challenge designed to foster relationships.

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