The Jam will run February 3 - 5, in the following hours:
Friday 4pm - 8pm,
Saturday 11am- 6pm
Sunday 11am- 6pm
The Jam is a free event, we will be providing coffee! Meals are not provided.
The room ACW103 will be opened, equipment and information about ACW103 can be found at: https://facilities.ampd.yorku.ca/facilities/transmedia-lab/
Due to size issues and equipment available the jam will be capped at 40 students.
We will be forming the teams at the day of the jam and will try to organize it in a way in which people with different skill sets will be grouped together.
The jam will end (on Sunday) with everyone playing the games made during the weekend, this will be open for other folks who are not part of the jam.
Some Rules
Be respectful of the Jam and your fellow Jammers! This is meant to be a fun time for everyone, so please be considerate!
This is a fun event, not a competition and will be treated as such.
No Alcohol or drugs are allowed
The jam follows York University Code of Conduct as well as the following:
Fostering an inclusive, barrier-free, and safe space to facilitate Global Game Jam is paramount. We aim and are committed to ensuring that while participating in the jam every person feels safe, respected and free from harassment and discrimination, in jam settings. All student participants and guests are expected to uphold these values and York’s commitment to being a “welcoming and approachable campus, embracing global perspectives and differences in cultures, people and thinking, by engaging communities in collegial dialogue” (York University Free Speech Statement of Policy 2018, s.3(1)).
We want to ensure everyone can fully enjoy this course and can bring their whole selves to the experience. If there are barriers we may have unintentionally created, please let us know at [email protected]
Students who will break those rules will be asked to leave the jam.
Additional Rules
We will be trying to keep a scent free environment, for more about it please read: https://www.ccohs.ca/products/posters/scentfree/
If you or someone you want on your team are not York students but would like to join please email me at [email protected]