Abstract
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. Game jams have not only become part of the day-to-day process of many game developers, but jams are also used for activist purposes, for learning and teaching, as part of the experience economy, for making commercial prototypes that gamers can vote on, and more. Beyond only surveying game jams and the relevant published scientific literature from the last two decades, this paper has several additional contributions. It builds a history of game jams, and proposes two different taxonomies of game jams - a historical and a categorical. In addition, it discusses the definition of game jam and identifies the most active research areas within the game jam community such as the interplay and development with local communities, the study and analysis of game jammers and organisers, and works that bring a critical look on game jams.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Game Jams, Hackathons and Game Creation Events, ICGJ 2021 |
Publisher | Association of Computing Machinery |
Pages | 1-11 |
Number of pages | 11 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781450384179 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2 Aug 2021 |
Event | 6th International Conference on Game Jams, Hackathons and Game Creation Events : ICGJ 2021 - Virtual, Online, Canada Duration: 2 Aug 2021 → … |
Conference
Conference | 6th International Conference on Game Jams, Hackathons and Game Creation Events |
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Abbreviated title | ICGJ 2021 |
Country/Territory | Canada |
City | Virtual, Online |
Period | 2/08/21 → … |
Keywords
- Game development
- Game jams
- Global game jam
- Hackathons
- Participatory design
- Review
- Taxonomy
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Software
- Human-Computer Interaction
- Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
- Computer Networks and Communications