The Scottish Game Jam is a 48 hr competition to design and develop a video-game. We currently run our competition to coincide with Global Game Jam (http://globalgamejam.org), so that competitors can have their entry count at both a national and an international level.

If you require any specific hardware/software, you can submit a request to SGJ and we will do our best to support you. You may also bring your own machine to the university. The university will supply wifi to competitors throughout.

Prior to the official start of Global Game Jam, the SGJ run sessions so that all competitors can get to know each other – and the skills that they bring. During this time, you can decide which group you would most like to work with.

No, SGJ does not require you to stay awake for the whole of the event – although some people do. A few head home late into the evening, whereas most catch a couple of hours sleep at the event. Starting from SGJ[2010] we hope to have a chill-out tent (inside, not out in the cold) for competitors to re-energise throughout the weekend.

The SGJ is currently hosted by Glasgow Caledonian University, and the event runs on campus – which is in the city centre of Glasgow

Contact details are here

The next SGJ will be part of the Global Game Jam, running from 27th Jan – 29th Jan 2012