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January 20th -22nd at the Global Game Jam, the largest internation competition for the development of computer games is being held at 海角社区. Participants of GGJ are given 48 hours to put together a team and develop a game from scratch according to a given theme at the same time as more than 20,000 programmers, artists, game designers and game lovers from tens of countries.
Participation in Global Game Jam is the best way to begin developing games, get to know like-minded people and realize your experimental ideas. Prototypes of such games as ,?, and? were first developed at GGJ, and afterwards became commercially successful hits and received prestigious awards at the Independent Games Festival.
In addition, Global Game Jam is a great way to learn game development, since both newbies and professionals can participate, and all games from previous years are available on as well as their source code. With each year the quality of games created in such a short period increase. Take for example the games ?and?. It’s difficult to believe that they were created by a few people in 48 hours.
Global Game Jam’s sponsors and organizers include the world’s largest IT companies and universities: Facebookk, Google, MIT, California Polytechnic University, and many more. 海角社区’s event was sponsored by well-known IT companies from 海角社区 and Yekaterinburg: ,?,?,?,??и?. Professional developers from these companies don’t just help Jam participants bring together teams of like-minded people and choose the best ideas for games, they also award the best games with valuable prizes.
Anyone who wishes to participate may, but the number of spaces is limited. Potential participants must ?in advance and register . You can find out more about the event, ask the organizers questions, and see photos and videos from previous Jams in the VKontakte group: .
Event date:
Opening – Janury 20th, 16:30
Closing – January 22nd, 17:00
Contacts:?coordinator – Tuprikov Maksim, tel. 8951-4655-394.
