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Two Decades of Game Jams [PDF]
Sixth Annual International Conference on Game Jams, Hackathons, and Game Creation Events, 2021 In less than a year's time, March 2022 will mark the twentieth anniversary of the first documented game jam, the Indie Game Jam, which took place in Oakland, California in 2002. Initially, game jams were widely seen as frivolous activities. Since then, they have taken the world by storm.
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CHI '13 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2013 Game Jams - energized, fast-paced get-togethers of developers and artists to make digital games - have recently emerged as a way to generate and inspire novel game ideas and new ways of thinking. We intend to introduce the CHI community to this collaborative, fast-paced method of design by holding a game jam with an emphasis on developing novel user ...
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CHI '14 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2014 Recent years have witnessed a rise in Game Jams - organized events to create playable prototypes in a very short time frame. Game Jams offer a unique and quick way to prototype games. Beyond that, we believe Game Jams can also be seen as a design research method, situated in the research-through-design tradition, to create knowledge in a fast-paced ...
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Motivations of game jam organizers [PDF]
Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games, 2019 In this paper, we examine the motivations and experiences of game jam organizers in Finland. For the purpose of the study, 13 game jam organizers were interviewed in 2018 - 2019. We found that motivations for organizing game jams are diverse but interlinked and can be roughly divided into six categories: Community Building, Community Driven, Education,
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Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Game Jams, Hackathons and Game Creation Events, 2023 Double column, 10 pages, 2 figures, 5 ...
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Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games, 2019 Since their inception at the Indie Game Jam in 2002, a significant part of game jams has been knowledge sharing and showcasing ideas and work to peers. While various licensing mechanisms have been used for game jams throughout the years, there has never been a licence uniquely designed for artifacts created during a game jam.
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BMJ Open, 2021 Objectives Explore the acceptability and feasibility of a randomised controlled trial (RCT) to assess game jams—participatory events to cocreate digital or board games in a time-constrained environment—in cultural safety training of medical students. The
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Game Jams for Learning and Teaching [PDF]
International Journal of Game-Based Learning, 2020 Game jams are intensive events focusing on creation. Their popularity and visibility have soared in recent years. The phenomenon has attracted the attention of scholars interested in education and learning, and the potential of game jams has been studied in various ways. Increasingly, game jams have come to be viewed as a site for learning.
Mikko Meriläinen +3 more
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Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services Adjunct, 2015 The constructionist approach is more interested in constructing personal experience than about acquiring information. It states that learning is most effective when building knowledge through active engagement. Experiential and discovery learning by challenges inspire creativity, and projects allow independent thinking and new ways of learning ...
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Quantum Game Jam – Making Games with Quantum Physicists
Academic Mindtrek 2021, 2021 Double column, 4 figures, 4 tables, 1 pages. Presented at the Academic Mindtrek '21, published in the Proceedings of the 24th International Academic Mindtrek ...
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