Game Jams, Malta
Game Jams are creative events where participants come together to collaboratively design, develop, and create video games within a short time frame. These events foster innovation, experimentation, and community building within the game development community.
How does this relate to CAE?
- Exploring cultural themes: Game Jams encourage participants to incorporate cultural themes into their games, fostering cross-cultural understanding and allowing players to engage directly with cultural content.
- Diverse perspectives and storytelling: Developers from diverse backgrounds collaborate to create narratives that reflect cultural traditions, folklore, and contemporary issues. The resulting games can reflect a mix of cultural perspectives, allowing for the expression of unique narratives and experiences.
- Educational and informational games: Games can be designed to teach cultural knowledge, including history, traditions, and symbols.
- Address cultural challenges: Game Jams provide a space to address social issues, stereotypes, and misconceptions through interactive storytelling.
- Community engagement: Game Jams bring together diverse developers and players, fostering cultural awareness and unity through shared gaming experiences.
Key stakeholders
The Game Jams case study will involve multiple stakeholders, including game developers, designers, programmers, artists, musicians, and enthusiasts who form teams to create games within a specified timeframe. Organizers who coordinate and host the events, and judges/evaluators who evaluate the games. The broader Game Jam community, including both participants and non-participants, is supported through online platforms. Educational institutions that encourage student participation in game jams as part of their educational programs. Finally, the general public and local communities that attend the showcases and support the creative efforts of the participants.
