Nordic Game Jam

Nordic Game Jam
AbbreviationNGJ
Formation2006, with first Nordic Game Jam held January 27–January 29, 2006
Location
  • Copenhagen
Official language
English/Danish
Parent organization
International Game Developers Association Denmark
Websitewww.nordicgamejam.com

Nordic Game Jam is an annual game jam that takes place in Copenhagen, created in 2006 by Gorm Lai and the Danish chapter of the International Game Developers Association in collaboration with Jesper Juul (the IT University of Copenhagen) and Henriette Moos (Diginet Øresund). It is one of the biggest videogame-related events in Denmark and one of the largest game jams in the world, with 900 participants as of 2016.[1] Participants are given a theme or series of restrictions at the beginning of the event and are then given around 40 hours to make a game around those. In 2009 it served as the flagship game jam and inspiration for Global Game Jam.

  1. ^ Nordic Game Jam (April 17, 2016). "#NGJ16 winners announcement". Archived from the original on May 20, 2017. Retrieved April 4, 2017.