Category Archives: Game Competitions

UMBC will once again be a host site for the 2013 Global Game Jam. This is a weekend-long game development event with hundreds of host sites across the world. Participants at each site form teams and work all weekend long … Continue reading →

For those of you with an AI programming bent, there’s AiGameDev.com is running a game AI contest, details at AISandbox.com. The contest started November 7th, but you can build and submit your entries through December 10th. You (or a team) … Continue reading →

Participants at Global Game Jam 2012 at UMBC listening to the keynote presentations…

Microsoft is offering a great incentive for Global Game Jam teams at UMBC who make a Windows Phone game this weekend: a Windows Phone. Come early Friday (at 4pm) to UMBC ENG 005 to see a pre-jam demo on developing … Continue reading →

To help everyone get ready for Global Game Jam 2012 this weekend, here’s a shout-out video from around the world. UMBC is at about the 4:36 mark.  

Want to see what you can do in 48 hours? Game portfolio feeling a little thin? Have a feeling you’ll need a break by the time you’re two days into the Spring semester? Well, the Global Game Jam is entering … Continue reading →

Last weekend, 35 people were working madly in the UMBC GAIM lab as part of the 3rd annual Global Game Jam. At 5pm on Friday, in the midst of a campus-wide power outage, they watched they keynote video from a … Continue reading →

The 2011 Global Game Jam starts this Friday at 5pm! If you want to participate, sign up on www.globalgamejam.org. More details at gaim.umbc.edu/global-game-jam. Note that the total site capacity is limited. If you sign up and your jammer number is … Continue reading →

Want to see what you can do in 48 hours? Game portfolio feeling a little thin? Have a feeling you’ll need a break by the time you’re two days into the Spring semester? Well, the Global Game Jam is entering … Continue reading →

The White House announced the National STEM Video Game Challenge yesterday. This is a mobile game development contest, with a $50,000 grand prize and $25,000 prize for the best undergraduate or graduate student developed game, and a $25,000 prize for … Continue reading →