While Ludum Dare is typically an online event (make a game from the comfort of your home), many real world events happen around Ludum Dare. Most events have limited space, so RSVP ASAP! Here’s the list:
US and Canada
- Troy, NY – Tech Valley Game Space
- Louisville, KY – GameDevLou
- Dallas, TX – Dallas Society of Play (More Info)
- Victoria, BC, Canada – UVic GameDev Club
- Portland, ME – Indie Game Meetup
- Boise, ID – Idaho Game Developers @ BoiseCodeWorks
- Los Angeles, CA – Crashspace (Culver City)
- Richmond, VA – RVA Game Jams
- Longmont, CO – The TinkerMill
- Logan, UT – Cache Valley Game Creators
- Calgary, AB, Canada – Calgary Game Developers
- Boston, MA – Kick-off Party @ KAYAK
- Bozeman, MT – Bozeman Game Jams
- New York, NY – Babycastles
- Lexington, KY – RunJumpDev
- Charlotte, NC – Game Developers of UNCC
- Eugene, OR – Bit Forest
- Knoxville, TN – Knoxville Game Design
- Burnaby, BC, Canada – BCIT Games Development Club
- Kansas City, MO – #LudumDareKC
- San Francisco, CA – Noisebridge
Rest of the World
- Wellington, New Zealand – Wellington Ludum Dare
- Las Palmas, Spain – SPEGC
- Beijing, China – Beijing Game Devs
- Makati, Philippines – Quickfire Games and Let’s Play Manila (More Info)
- Budapest, Hungary – Nemesys Games
- Omsk, Russia – OLD 48
- Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil – Fábrica de Ideias Coworking
- Lublin, Poland – Makerspace Lublin
- Novosibirsk, Russia – Siberian Game Jam
- Cyberjaya, Malaysia – Multimedia University Cyberjaya
- Adelaide, South Australia, Australia – Jamalaide
- Paris, France – Jam Shaker
- Minsk, Belarus – Game Jam Belarus
- Johannesburg, South Africa – Make Games SA
- Mykolaiv, Ukraine – Mykolaiv Gamedev Community
- San Sebastián, Spain – #PintxoLudumDare
- Dundee, Scotland – Dundee Makerspace
- Frankfurt, Germany – Escape Adventures (More Info)
- Skövde, Sweden – Sweden Game Jam
- Strasbourg, France – La Plage Digitale
- Oslo, Norway – Bitraf
- Curitiba, Brazil – Hotmilk
If you want your event on the list, post a comment letting me know where your event is. Be sure to include a link to further details (either here on the blog, or elsewhere).
Like last time, Tech Valley Game Space at Troy, NY (in USA, obviously) has a meetup for this coming Ludum Dare. Note that we have a limit of 20 attendees.
I forgot the link:
http://www.meetup.com/TechValleyGameSpace/events/223559132/
GameDevLou will be hosting another in-person Ludum Dare at LVL1 Hackerspace in Louisville, Kentucky. RSVP here: http://www.meetup.com/GameDevLou/events/222494294/
The Dallas, TX, USA gathering will be held at NōD Coworking and hosted by the Dallas Society of Play. 40 spots available. FB Event page and Eventbrite page to reserve a spot:
https://www.facebook.com/events/110634519276359/
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ludum-dare-game-jam-dallas-tickets-17506508438
The University of Victoria GameDev Club is holding a jam in Victoria, BC. Canada.
The event is sponsored by VIATeC, Victoria’s Advanced Technology Council. They are providing the space to host it at Fort Tectoria in Downtown Victoria.
Facebook event:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1628448440768904/1628448447435570/
The Beijing (China) Game Devs are hosting a Real World Gathering too!
The event is not sponsored, but we have a great venue!
http://jingjams.eventbrite.com
Quickfire Games and Let’s Play Manila are hosting in Makati, Philippines!
Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/650049355094636/
But they’d need to register for tickets at Eventbrite because we need complete names of all 40 participants!
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ludum-dare-33-makati-philippines-tickets-17950592706
The Indie Game Meetup in Portland, Maine is hosting a Ludum Dare meetup on Saturday from
12:00 PM to 5:00 PM at Big Room Studios.
http://www.meetup.com/Indie-Game-Meetup/events/223785234/
Nemesys Games is hosting the Jam in Budapest, Hungary. You can check in here:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1614071545540654/
Boise, Idaho! Idaho Game Developers are hosting a Real World Gathering in conjunction with BoiseCodeWorks! Check “Idaho Game Developers” at Facebook and Meetup!
http://www.meetup.com/idgamedev/events/224294647/
Los Angeles has a gathering at Crashspace in Culver City
http://blog.crashspace.org/2015/07/ludum-dare-33-august-21st-6pm/
Omsk, Russia
http://old48.com
Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre
https://www.facebook.com/events/1040007809345752/
Many Thanks!
Vejo vocês lá! 😀
Hey, we will be gathering in Lublin, Poland in Makerspace !!
https://www.facebook.com/events/724871764325259/
See you there !!
Do zobaczenia
Richmond, VA –
RVA Game Jams will be hosting at 804RVA! Please join us!
https://www.facebook.com/events/2030188193786524/
– <3
Longmont, CO –
The TinkerMill will be hosting a local meetup again. Join us for another fun jam!
http://www.meetup.com/LongmontHackerSpace/events/224341062/
Novosibirsk, Russia
http://sibgamejam.ru/
Multimedia University(MMU), Cyberjaya Campus, Malaysia
https://www.mmu.edu.my
Can you share any details how people can get involved?
@PoV Details of the event here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1642783632646799/
Cache Valley Game Creators
Logan, Utah, USA
http://groupspaces.com/CVGC/
Calgary AB Canada!
http://www.meetup.com/Calgary-Game-Developers/events/224401131/
Boston MA <3
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ludum-dare-33-game-jam-kick-off-party-kayak-tickets-18020914039
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
http://jamalaide.org.au/jams/ld-33
I’m happy to announce that we’re bringing Ludum Dare to Montana!
Bozeman Game Jams
Bozeman, MT
https://www.facebook.com/events/812417008872151/
Ok, I am hoping to partake in dare 33. I am looking to be organized and prepared for the overall event. What prepping tips can you guys offer? If I cannot find a team, are there any books or websites I should rent/bookmark? Is google+ a good communication/info sharing source for a team that cannot meetup in person?
I currently have Game Maker Studio and some programming books I have collected. I like java and python but the Game Maker language is growing on me. I look forward to the competition. If not 33, I am going to participate as well as donate. This is exactly what I hoped to find when I began sorting through search engines for new hobbies
Currently waging battles on Cardhunter and falling through some TowerFall
Lexington Kentucky is going to have a real world gathering, set up under the RunJumpDev banner at the Black and Williams Community Center: https://www.facebook.com/events/491133274379515/
Someone in Montreal wants to do a real world gathering?
Otherwise I can host in my small apartment in downtown if anyone is looking for a team!, fell free to write me up at vladimirdlc@gmail.com
The Game Developers of UNCC are hosting the event in Charlotte, NC (US).
Link Page: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ludum-dare-charlotte-tickets-18081650704
The Charlotte, NC location has been cancelled for lack of attendence.
Paris, France is going to have a meet up as well.
http://www.meetup.com/Unydev/events/224469540
Almost two years straight of Ludum Dare real world gatherings in Eugene!
Eugene, Oregon
@Fertilab Thinkubator
390 Lincoln Street
Eugene OR 97401
Event Flyer: http://imgur.com/IiEYrLd
Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/826305250810286/
Event Space:http://fertilabthinkubator.com/
Contact: britttbrady@gmail.com
I mistyped the URL for the Adelaide site, it should be:
http://jamalaide.org.au/jams/ld33
Oops! I usually check links too. Fixed.
Knoxville, TN
Knoxville Game Design
Info: http://www.knoxgamedesign.org/304/game-jam-ludum-dare-august-21st-24th-2015/
Please, add our event as well. This would be our 3rd offline gathering in Minsk
Minsk, Belarus
https://ggjby.timepad.ru/event/229753/
Hello
i’m the organizor of the LudumDare Real-World gathering in my company
( this will be a Gathering only for employees for this first attempt)
Can i nevertheless add it to the list ?
The lists are here to help people find local gatherings they can attend. If you’re not opening your gathering to outsiders, it’s not very helpful to list them. 😉
We’re having a meetup in Burnaby, BC, Canada.
http://www.eventbrite.ca/e/ludum-dare-33-bcit-meetup-tickets-4587505352
Cheers
Might join you guys. The dates on the event are wrong btw, unless you plan to meet in 2016 😉
Brasil,,, vamos mostrar como se faz jogos.. XDXD
We’re having a venue in Johannesburg South Africa! Hosted by Make Games SA :).
http://makegamessa.com/discussion/3381/gamejam-ludum-dare-33-microsoft-bryanston-august-21-23#latest
could you please add our Ludum Dare competition in Mykolaiv, Ukraine
Mykolaiv Gamedev community: http://vk.com/mykounity
San Sebastián (Spain) – http://ludumdare.pintxodeveloper.com (@PintxoDeveloper )
:DD
Hi im holding at Dundee makerspace,
Dundee Scotland
https://www.facebook.com/events/1594967487435430/
Frankfurt, Germany:
Address: Escape Adventures, Hanauer Landstrasse 551, 60386 Frankfurt.
Free Wifi. Drinks & Snacks available. Seperate dark room for sleeping/nap. Bring your own sleeping bag.
Please register at: team@escapeadventures.de
Limited to 20 persons.
http://www.escapeadventures.de
(General website, has no info about the event)
Forgot the link for the infofile:
http://www.escapeadventures.de/ludumdare.txt
I’m organizing a meetup in Kansas City, MO! #LudumDareKC
http://www.meetup.com/KC-Video-Game-Developers/events/224696846/
Some folks from Sweden Game Arena will be jammin like crazzy! XD
Heja heja! Ludum in Skövde!
https://www.facebook.com/events/910577125669402/
If you’re near Strasbourg, France, you can join us at the coworking space La Plage Digitale!
https://www.eventbrite.fr/e/billets-game-jam-ludum-dare-a-la-plage-digitale-18205440964
I’m hosting Norway, Oslo, at Bitraf the hackerspace: http://www.meetup.com/bitraf/events/224687588/
San Francisco reporting in. Noisebridge will be hosting a gathering this weekend!
https://noisebridge.net/wiki/Ludum_Dare
Curitiba, Brazil!!!!
https://www.facebook.com/events/114946508855056/
https://www.facebook.com/events/882496198494293/ Coimbra, Portugal 😀
I’m not personally hosting the event (sorry PoV!), but since the event organizers haven’t posted anything about it, we (er not me) are hosting a local meetup in Corvallis, Oregon! Event details can be found at https://www.facebook.com/events/1517076381942374/
I will be there
First real world meetup I’ve been to since I was hosting them in the bay area, and probably will be the first time I finish since then, too.
I will be hosting a pre-LD drinks session in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Folks can come along and meet people, form teams and arrange venues for their teams to meet. We will not be providing a venue in this case, but there is also already one available in Frankfurt if needed.
Many of the local independent devs will be there as well, so if your new to indie games come and meet us!
http://www.meetup.com/Independent-Game-Developers-Rhein-Main-Meetup/events/226480182/