Global Game Jam sets a new world record!

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Were you part of Finnish Game Jam this year? In that case, you are now also part of a new world record! Global Game Jam announced that it “will be shortlisted for inclusion in the upcoming Guinness World Records 2013 Gamer’s Edition after being recognised as the World’s Largest Game Jam.” Whoo!

The event has grown each year both internationally and in Finland. This year 10,684 participants attended in 242 locations all over the world! 47 countries were attending. In Finland the event was organized in 8 locations with almost 300 participants.

The Best Game and The Jammers’ Choice awards go to…

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Last night at IGDA Finland Gathering we announced the winners of the titles “Best Game” and “Jammers’ Choice”. The Best Game award was selected by invited judges while the latter was voted by the jammers themselves. There were a lot of great games to choose from, and this time the honor went to the following games:

The Jammers’ Choice award was won by a game from Kajaani, a crazy, innovative and hilarious “Hyper Manly Rainbow Chesthair Shooter“.



The Best Game award was won by a game from Tampere, an innovative, graphically beautiful and promising game called “What Goes Around Comes Around“.

Congrats to the winners!

Sponsored: Greetings from OCTO3

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It is great to see so much potential in field of game development in Finland. 85 games in 48 hours is amazing result. OCTO3 is one of new companies that is part of a vision to bring game development industry to Lappeenranta as well. OCTO3 collaborates with companies like Seepia Games and offers subcontracting, nearshoring and employment possibilities to interested parties. OCTO3 already employs 9 professionals and is about to double it during this year. We have a long experience in mobile, embedded and web solutions and already established networks to Russia.

Happy Game Development Year 2012,
OCTO3 Team

The nominees for the “Best Game” trophy

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Finnish Game Jam has given recognition to some games each year. One of the recognitions is the “Best Game” series, which is selected by guest “game tasters”. The other is “Jammers’ Choice”, selected by the jammers themselves by voting. Both winners will be announced in IGDA Finland Gathering in Helsinki on 7th of February. In the end, all games and jammers are winners! Accepting the challenge of creating a new game in 48 hours is really something to pride oneself on!

This year our guest tasters selected one game from each sites, from which they will then vote the game that will get its name on the trophy. The nominees are:

Oulu:
Falling World
http://globalgamejam.org/2012/falling-world

Helsinki:
Grindstone of Time
http://globalgamejam.org/2012/grindstone-time

Turku:
A Vicious Cycle of Self-Harm
http://globalgamejam.org/2012/vicious-cycle-self-harm

Lappeenranta:
Struggles of Frank
http://globalgamejam.org/2012/struggles-frank

Kajaani:
Hopping Penguin
http://globalgamejam.org/2012/hopping-penguin

Kouvola:
The Pacifier
http://globalgamejam.org/2012/pacifier

Tampere:
What goes around comes around
http://globalgamejam.org/2012/what-goes-around-comes-around

Outokumpu:
The Hub
http://globalgamejam.org/2012/hub

85 Finnish games in 48 hours!

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All the FGJ games are now listed on the Games 2012 page. Altogether 85 games were developed during a single weekend in 8 locations around Finland. That is definitely something to be proud of! The numbers worldwide are equally impressive: all in all over 11000 people made 2320 games in 244 different locations!

Many groups did a video from their game, we have collected them into a playlist: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFD951F61B5D157B2.

Try out the games, watch the videos, and enjoy the great efforts of the jammers!

Time’s up, let’s check the games!

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The developing time of Finnish Game Jam is now over and it’s time for the teams to start uploading their games to Global Game Jam site. Meanwhile, we have some invited guests coming in and starting to circulate the teams, giving teams a chance to present their work.

This year’s “game tasters” are:

Tampere
Suvi Latva, Manse Games
Markus Hirsilä, Gamereactor

Helsinki
Joonas Laakso, Bugbear Entertainment
Ramine Darabiha, Rovio

Kajaani
Kimmo Nikkanen
Arto Moilanen

Kouvola
Timo Ylikangas
Mika Lammi

Lappeenranta
Jani Tietäväinen, Seepia Games
Jani Rönkkönen, Seepia Games

Oulu
Anssi Juntto, Toimittaja/Freelancer
Antti Haapala
Antti Ervasti, Game Designer

Outokumpu
Veikko Miettinen, Contentmine
Jonne Ojennus, Grit Studio

Turku 
People’s vote

FGJ2012 YouTube videos!

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For the last few hours, we have uploaded a couple of dozen YouTube clips, and more will come! Check out the vibes from different locations from our channel! For instance, this is what woke me up this afternoon:

No screamers were hurt while shooting this video. I think.