Via: Games For Change
For the Global Game Jam event happening next weekend (Jan. 25–Jan. 27), there will be 9
locations around the world dedicated to making Serious Games for Change.
These dedicated game jam sites will give
creators the opportunity to make games for social impact.
Along with a secret theme passed from the Global
Game Jam (GGJ), there will be an additional challenge given from Games
For Change (G4C) to encourage people to make games that go beyond entertainment.
Games created will be featured on the Games
for Change's website, with the potential to be featured during the 10th Annual
Games for Change Festival in 2013 (June 17-19).
Here is the full list:
USA:
Games
for Change @ DSI (New York, NY) – Organizer: Ben Johnson
George
Mason University - G4C (Fairfax, Virginia) – Organizer: Trey Reyher
MIT
Game Lab - G4C (Cambridge, Massachusetts) – Organizer: Richard
Eberhardt
The Art Institute of Portland w/ PIGSquad and G4C (Portland,
Oregon) – Organizers: Will Lewis & Jeffrey Sens
International:
GameIS – Israeli game developers' association & G4C (Tel
Aviv, Israel) – Organizer: Hagai Reuveni
Games
for Change Warsaw (Warsaw, Poland) – Organizer: Michal Jakubowski
Global Game Jam Cologne & G4C Jam (Cologne,
Germany) – Organizer: Katharina Tillmanns
Toronto
G4C Jam (Toronto, Canada) – Organizers: Sarah Chu & Una Lee
University
of São Paulo – G4C (São Paulo, Brazil) – Organizers: Ricardo Nakamura
& Francisco Tupy
To register at these locations, please create
an account at Global Game Jam
Inc (GGJ) and then click on the link for the game jam you wish to
join.
About The Global Serious Games
Jam
Global Game Jam Inc. has partnered
with Games for Change to celebrate G4C’s 10th anniversary and allow GGJ13
participants from all over the world to visit sites that focus specifically on
positive social impact.
Through this partnership, GGJ site
organizers are offered the opportunity to register their site as a G4C site,
and invite participants to create innovative digital games that go beyond
entertainment.
About Global Game Jam
The GGJ is the annual event of the Global Game Jam, Inc GGJ brings together talented individuals and teams from around the globe and rallies them around a central theme, for which they have 48 hours to create their game.
About Games For Change
Founded in 2004, Games for Change facilitates the creation and distribution of social impact games that serve as critical tools in humanitarian and educational efforts. Unlike the commercial gaming industry, they aim to leverage entertainment and engagement for social good.
To further grow the field, Games for Change convenes multiple stakeholders, highlights best practices, incubates games, and helps create and direct investment into new projects.