game jam

American  

[geym jam] / ˈgeɪm ˌdʒæm /

noun

Digital Technology.

1. an event in which video game developers work in groups to conceptualize, design, and build a functioning version of one or more game projects over a restricted period of a few hours or days.

   The game jam brought students and industry veterans together to create hundreds of new games in one weekend.

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Etymology

Origin of game jam

First recorded in 2000–05; game ¹ ( def. ) + jam (session) ( def. )

Example Sentences

I’ve even seen an experimental project developed at a game jam that connects to an EEG device, and a game could certainly tap into a commercial biometric reader like a Fitbit.

From Slate • Apr. 29, 2023

John helped organise a "game jam" - where games companies brainstorm new ideas - with the United Nations Environment Programme earlier this year.

From BBC • Aug. 18, 2020

Someone threw a game jam that invited people to make other fiendishly difficult games, which were naturally shared on Itchio as well.

From The Verge • Nov. 29, 2018

At a game jam in L.A. in 2012, Esposito, decided to run with one of the ideas thrown out by @Petermolydeux — to make a game about a hole in the ground.

From Washington Post • Aug. 30, 2018

So it was strange when /v/ rallied behind TFYC, raising $17,000 for the game jam partly in order to spite Quinn and partly in order to mess with everyone’s preconceptions of the forum.

From Forbes • Sep. 4, 2014