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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
- Richmond, Virginia – 804RVA
- Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada – PegJam at ACI Manitoba
- Longmont, Colorado – TinkerMill
- Richmond, Kentucky – Eastern Kentucky University
- Louisville, Kentucky – Game Dev Lou
- Knoxville, Tennessee – Knoxville Game Design
- Manhattan, New York – VR Jam
- Troy, New York – Tech Valley Game Space
- Lexington, Kentucky – RunJumpDev
- Eugene, Oregon – FertiLab
- Bozeman, Montana – Bozeman Game Jams
- Venice, California – Indie Game Jams!
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – Looking For Group
- San Francisco, California – Noisebridge
Rest of the World
- Brighton, United Kingdom – The Skiff
- Omsk, Russia – Old48
- Manchester, United Kingdom – MadLab
- Melbourne, Australia – La Trobe University
- Brasilia, Brazil – UDF
- Adelaide, Australia – Jamalaide
- Budapest, Hungary – Nemesys Games
- Tartu, Estonia – APT GameGenerator
- Goiás, Brazil – Gamejam Goiana
- Luleå, Sweden – LuleåMakerSpace [more]
- Lund, Sweden – Code@LTH at ProLab (Plus Thursday Unity event)
- Paris, France – Ludum Dare Paris
- Bangalore, India – Bangalore Game Developers
- Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – GameFounders Asia HQ
- Prague, Czech Republic – Charles University
- Saint-Petersburg, Russia – D3COD3
- Oeiras, Portugal – Técnico Lisboa Uni
- Osnabrück, Germany – Innovationscentrum Osnabrück
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – Espaço de Estudos Botafogo
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).
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We’ll be hosting a real world gathering in Brighton, United Kingdom. Located centrally in the city, ample space for participants. Planning to work as one team, though lone participants and other teams are more than welcome – it’s all about the atmosphere. RSVP to hello@yanneves.com is required ahead of time for details on venue and general introductions.
Can you give a rough estimate how many you can take, and what I should call it (at the office of ??)? There’s been a couple 100+ person gatherings in the UK (I’ve been chatting with the organizer of a new one, but plans fell through last time), so I just want to confirm the size. Thanks!
Current capacity would max out at 40, I reckon. Location is confirmed, this will be at “The Skiff” in Brighton. Not sure how others have organised it, however, we can’t offer an open door on the day, it will have to be by invitation – if it’s really that popular, we can accommodate this differently in future. Should there be the demand to organise a 100+ gathering in Brighton, I can look into this.
Oh great, that’s a lot larger than I expected. Thanks for the extra info.
I think the trick to bigger gatherings is something to do with a school (promoting them at, etc). I’m not sure how some of these folks manage that. I just got the impression it was a much smaller venue from the RSVP method (usually venues with room for 1-3 more people do e-mail RSVPs).
Gotcha, indeed for larger space we’ve got connections with educational institutions (namely universities) in the area, and studios based in Brighton. Not something we’ve had the numbers to warrant so far, but I’m certainly keen! Cheers for the tips.
Just being wary with the email RSVP, don’t want to get overwhelmed since I’m not expecting large numbers this year. Just rinse and repeat – we’ll grow, I’m sure.
Omsk, Russia
http://old48.com
We will once again have our regular Manchester(UK) Ludum Dare jam at MadLab. Tickets always sell out so be sure to book early so as not to be disappointed – https://madlab.org.uk/events/manchester-game-jam-april-2016-sat/
Hi everyone!
We’ll be running a real-world gathering at La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia:
http://www.respawn.com.au/
We’re playing with combining a conventional LAN with a game jam. Maximum attendees is 150 and it’ll book out fast!
Richmond, Virginia at 804RVA
https://www.facebook.com/events/1701043856845797/
Hello!
We will be hosting a Ludum Dare event in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada at ACI Manitoba located at 245 McDermot.
http://www.pegjam.com/ludem-dare-35/
UDF be hosting again a real world gathering in Brasilia, Brazil.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1112184412139849/
We can take up to 30 people.
Any interest, other doubts or info, please contact udf.ludumdare@gmail.com
Jamalaide will be hosting a real world gathering in Adelaide, Australia again.
http://www.jamalaide.org.au/jams/ld-35
We have a maximum capacity of around 40 people.
Hey all!
We will once again be hosting a real world gathering at the TinkerMill in Longmont, Colorado.
http://www.meetup.com/LongmontHackerSpace/events/230001842/
Budapest location at Nemesys Games: https://www.facebook.com/events/216101885412561/
Tartu, Estonia: https://www.facebook.com/events/1046242828730830/
Max capacity: 32 workstations (PC, headphones, drawing tablet), room for a total of 40 people.
Availability of lunch and workstations based on the order of registration.
Gamejam Goiana in Goiás, Brasil.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/gamedevgo/
We can take up to 25 people.
Any interest from Goiás, other doubts or info, please contact…
gamejamgo@gmail.com
Additional information…
Our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/gamejamgo/
Thanks.
😀
Luleå Sweden, LuleåMakerSpace (http://www.luleamakerspace.se/?p=251)
https://www.facebook.com/events/1716947471913282/
Richmond, KY USA
Eastern Kentucky University
http://gaming.eku.edu/events/eku-spring-game-jam-2016
Game Dev Lou
Louisville, KY USA
http://www.meetup.com/GameDevLou/events/229841705/
Knoxville Game Design
Knoxville, TN USA
http://www.knoxgamedesign.org/365/game-jam-ludum-dare-april-15th-18th-2015/
We’re hosting in New York:
nyc.vrjam16.com
Public showcase New York:
showcase.vrjam16.com
Manhattan, New York*
Any hope to get added to the main list?
As usual, we’re hosting in Troy, New York at the Tech Valley Game Space. Important to note is that there will be a VR/AR/Gaming hackathon going on at the same time, with their own rule-set. While entering to that event is entirely optional, it does mean our space will be pretty busy during this game jam weekend. On the other hand, I’m hearing rumors about free food….
Sign up at the Meetup link below:
http://www.meetup.com/TechValleyGameSpace/events/228558727/
RunJumpDev
Lexington, KY
http://runjumpdev.org/ludum-dare-35-real-world-gathering/
We, code@lth, are hosting one at PROLAB, LTH, LUND, SWEDEN.
We will be having the space open for everyone during both Saturday and Sunday, check the FB-event for details https://www.facebook.com/events/204757443237270/
The Thursday before we will also having an event where we’ll have a short lecture and a workshop to get to know Unity in preparation https://www.facebook.com/events/1769663016594810/
If you can’t access FB please just ask and I’ll hopefully get back to you.
As always, Paris will have its Ludum Dare meetup as well!
http://www.meetup.com/fr-FR/LudumDareParis/events/229949144/
This is a first
IGDA Bangalore and the NASSCOM Gaming forum are teaming up to host a real world gathering here in Bangalore, India.
http://www.meetup.com/Bangalore-Game-Developers/events/230177644/
As per usual Eugene, Oregon US will have one.
https://www.facebook.com/events/208837436171410/
GameFounders Asia & IGDA Malaysia are hosting one at GameFounders Asia HQ, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
https://www.facebook.com/events/214957778881470/214963182214263/
Bozeman, Montana – Bozeman Game Jams
https://www.facebook.com/events/1729656770630879/
Czech Republic, Prague, Charles University
Capacity: 40 people
Free entry.
Everyone is welcome!
Sign up at FB event: http://bit.ly/ld35mff-fb
Page: http://bit.ly/ld35mff-page
Twitter: http://bit.ly/ld35mff-twitter
Site Info: http://bit.ly/ld35mff
Saint-Petersburg, Russia
https://vk.com/ludumdare35
Oeiras, Portugal, Técnico Lisboa Uni
https://www.facebook.com/events/214101302278996/
Osnabrueck in Germany is participating: http://gamedevos.tumblr.com
http://www.meetup.com/Indie-Game-Jams/events/230304406/
This is a small meetup group we just started. This meetup is in Venice, California. The address is in the link.
We’re new to the area so we’re just hosting a small meetup for anyone interested in joining us.
The size of our meetup in Venice, CA is going to be 10.
Hello! We’ll be hosting a real world gathering too!
Where: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Local: Espaço de Estudos Botafogo
Website: http://costudying.org/espacobotafogo/
Somewhere around 8 or 9 people.
We are going to get together in Argentina!
We are also encouraging people in applying to participate in our teams from their homes.
Facebook event
https://www.facebook.com/events/1708360509448621/
Form if you are international and you wanna join us from your home and do games with us:
http://goo.gl/forms/74FUpVDTJ3
Facebook link isn’t working.
We are hosting at Looking for Group Pittsburgh – tickets are available here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ludum-dare-35-tickets-24612352208
Our address
924 Brookline Blvd
Pittsburgh, PA 15226
Hey there! We will be hosting a gathering at Noisebridge in San Francisco! We will start 6pm friday and have an introductory/team forming session then. https://noisebridge.net/wiki/Ludum_Dare
More about Noisebridge: https://noisebridge.net/wiki/Noisebridge
Address:
2169 Mission St
San Francisco, CA 94110
Gathering hosted in Bloomfield, New Jersey.
https://www.facebook.com/events/256911657993972/
Address is:
80 Oakland Ave.
Bloomfield, NJ
Plymouth (UK) Game Dev Society are hosting a gathering in Plymouth Uni, there is still plenty of space left!
https://attending.io/events/ludum-dare-35
Astana (Kazakhstan) – Zoccolo coworking
https://www.facebook.com/astanajam/
http://agj.kz/
Real world gathering happening in Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada at The Hub on main street. There’s plenty of room if anyone wants to joins us! Many thanks to the Hub owners for letting us use their space!!!
http://www.hubsouthshore.com
Almost forgot to post here (doh)
Calgary, AB Canada.
http://www.meetup.com/Calgary-Game-Developers/events/230054990/
Hello, we (PUCPR) are hosting a space for our students and guests!
https://www.facebook.com/JogosDigitaispucpr/posts/1744487545795520
Where: Curitiba, Brazil
Hello! We’ll be hosting a HomeOffice gathering too!
Where: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Local: Jacarepaguá
Somewhere around 1 or 2 people.
Discord: https://discord.gg/0wzAVS3M7iMdtvAv
Hi! We’ll be hosting a HomeOffice gathering too!
Where: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Local: Jacarepaguá
Somewhere around 1 or 2 people.
Discord: https://discord.gg/0wzAVS3M7iMdtvAv
Dundee Makerspace, scotland
https://www.facebook.com/events/472314339631538/
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1456231127971041/?ref=bookmarks
My fully female team was built here. 😀