Train2Game Game Jam FAQs

This website is for the Train2Game Game Jam. It is used to direct people to information about how and when to attend the T2G Game Jam.

The Train2Game Game Jam took place from the evening of Friday 25th through to Sunday 27th March. Click here for a map and directions.

The goal of a Game Jam is to come together and make a video game. Participants rapidly prototype game designs and hopefully inject new ideas to help grow the game industry. We share a common theme and constraints. We ask participants to create a game from beginning to end in a prescribed time (48 hours). The brief time span is meant to help encourage creative thinking to result in small but innovative and experimental games.

The Train2Game Game Jam is a unique mix of students, interested people, educators and industry professionals. It is unique opportunity for people to push their skills and challenge their way of working. We rally around a central theme, which you have 48 hours to create a game. It's our hope that we will see some very experimental realized prototypes that you can continue to work on after the jam.

The game jam is open to pre-organised teams and individuals alike. If you're attending as an individual then one of our game jam crew will help you into a team that fits your skills as a programmer, artist or designer. On most game jams 50% of the participants are attending as individuals so it's not uncommon.

No. The University of Bedfordshire has kindly donated enough lab space to house everyone that wants to take part in the event. The computers in the lab are more than capable of running all the latest software required for modern games development.

If you want to bring your own computer/laptop the university will clear some space in each lab for you to use, however, your computer will need to be PAT tested (safety check) before we will allow it into the event.

Because of the short time scales there isn't any option to be elaborate. Commonly games are built in Game Maker, Unity, Flash, HTML or XNA. The focus is on games design and game play rather than the excessive use of technology.

Not at all. The process under which the game jam is run is pretty straight forward, all you need to do is to be able to code, draw or design … and stay awake

Although having computer skills is helpful, code experience is not necessary. Designers, developers, artists and anyone is welcome to try their hand at making a game during the T2G Game Jam.

Everyone is welcome.

The Game Jam is being held at University of Bedfordshire, click here for a map and more information.

Schools have access to large labs and space that are not always available at studios. Educational institutions also have the best access to broadband Internet.

No, all are welcome.

Registration for the Game Jam is now closed, but watch the website for up-coming news and updates.

The team/makers of the game hold all IP rights. However, Train2Game may use the games for demonstration as it sees fit. All games must be posted in the state they are in as of 17:00, Sunday. If the team/makers of the game wish to upload subsequent versions, they are welcome and we will host and archive them. All participants and all games entered for the T2G Game Jam must agree to a Creative Commons, share, alter, no sell license.

As an initiative of Train2Game, the T2G Game Jam is supposed to be fun, collaborative with a goal to keep things very simple. We provide structure, guidance and help for everyone participating in the Game Jam. As a rule of thumb, we expect that no team/makers of a game will illegally exploit others' IP, and that in turn, everything created becomes part of the public domain. All participants agree that their participation in the T2G Game Jam will hold no one liable for any loss or damage.

The University of Bedfordshire and Train2Game reserve the right to refuse to allow anyone to participate at any time for any reason or no reason at all. This includes after the game jam has already started.