🎮 As an organization, everything we do is for the jammers — because without you, there would be no jams! ✨ Thank you for being part of the Finnish Game Jam community, for bringing your creativity, energy, and passion to game-making, and for making this jam a record breaker, AGAIN! 🏅 #FGJ25 gathered together 1088 active jammers (82 more jammers than last year), who made a total of 325 games!
💙 Whether it was your first jam or your tenth, we’re grateful to have you in this amazing community. Here’s to many more games, friendships, and late-night brainstorming sessions!
đź’ť SPECIAL LOVE AND GRATITUDE GOES TO THE #FGJ25 SITE ORGANIZERS đź’ť
This is the second year in a row when the number of The Global Game Jam Finnish regional sites has exceeded that of the previous years. All thanks to our regional organizers, who join this fantastic celebration of creativity through game making. #FGJ25 had 23 regional sites scattered all around Finland, from Helsinki to Rovaniemi and from Vaasa to Kuopio!
🚗 During the jam weekend we had the pleasure of visiting several sites in and around the capital area—Porvoo, Helsinki, and Espoo—and one thing stood out: the incredible diversity between them! In just one trip, we went from a cozy cabin in the forest to an elegant downtown office, each offering a unique atmosphere for creativity to thrive.
🕹️ We also got to chat with jammers and see their games in action—and wow, the theme “Bubbles” sparked some truly amazing ideas! From defeating mosquitoes with a bubble blower to a bubble-themed card game and even a determined hamster in a bubble trying to escape—this year’s games were as inventive as ever.
🍀 We managed to visit 8 out of 23 jam sites, and it took a full 12 hours—not because of the distance, but because of how incredibly welcoming and enthusiastic the organizers and jammers were. Every stop was filled with exciting conversations, creative energy, and inspiring projects.
✨ Thank you to every amazing individual who made this year’s jam unforgettable and we hope to see you again among organizers next year! ✨
🎥 Streaming live from the jams has been a long-standing tradition, bringing the energy and creativity of our events to a wider audience. This wouldn’t be possible without the dedication and hard work of our incredible Stream Team! 💕
Finnish Game Jam 2025, or #FGJ25, will be traditionally held as a part of Global Game Jam during the last weekend of January (24th – 26th of January, 2025).
Global Game Jam is the world’s largest game jam event, occurring simultaneously in multiple locations around the world. Finnish Game Jam in it’s turn unites all Global Game Jam sites from Finland under one umbrella. In 2024, the Finnish region of the Global Game Jam alone gathered more sites and participants than all other Nordic countries combined! Finland ranks #1 globally in games created per capita during the Global Game Jam, showcasing the immense talent we foster.
Are you a sponsor?
If you are willing to sponsor Finnish Game Jam 2025 (or other upcoming jams), contact Eduardo Reyes.
Send your application at Global Game Jam site, and our Regional Organizer will contact you shortly with further instructions.
✔️ if you want #FGJ25 swag – application deadlline is January 8th ✔️ if you don’t want #FGJ25 swag – application deadline is January 13th ✔️ apply ASAP to avoid any issues or delays! Keep in mind that the upcoming holiday season will considerably slow the registration process down!
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A game jam is a game making event that brings together all types of game developers (beginners, hobbyists, students, and professionals), and creators of various fields (art, music, 3D modelling, storytellering, and others) to innovate new games in a single weekend. Typically participants work in small teams, or not so often solo, racing to produce as complete a game as possible with limited time and resources, but unlimited creativity. Join Finnish Game Jam 2025 with friends, join an ad hoc team, or do it solo, YOU ARE WARMLY WELCOME!
#FGJ23 is a 48-hour-long game development event organized as a part of the Global Game Jam. In 2023, FGJ#23 and the Global Game Jam are organized between the 3rd and the 5th of February. With various different #FGJ23 online locations, Finland is celebrating the 14th Global Game Jam in 2023! We will soon update this page with more information on #FGJ23. To hear the latest updates, follow this page and our other channels:
Participation requires registration through our Eventbrite page – each location has its own registration. All of the sites are different, contact your local organizer if you need more info.
What is a game jam?
A game jam brings together all types of game developers, amateurs, professionals, and students to innovate new games in a single weekend or a similarly short time span. Typically participants work in small teams, racing to produce as complete a game as possible with limited time and resources, but unlimited creativity.
What is a Global Game Jam?
Global Game Jam (GGJ) is the world’s largest game jam event taking place worldwide every January. In 2017, jammers in 700 locations in 95 countries created over 7000 games.
What is Finnish Game Jam and #FGJ23?
Finnish Game Jam ry (FGJ) is a registered association founded to organize game jam events in Finland. Our main event is an annual game development event and a part of the worldwide Global Game Jam (GGJ). This year’s event is called #FGJ23, and comprises several game jam locations organized all around Finland. In #FGJ17, we had 22 locations, 888 jammers and 222 games created in one weekend!
Hello this is Chris Castro, the treasurer and sponsor lead in Finnish Game Jam. I want to personally thank the continual support of Skunkworks as our Gold Sponsor. Thank you Supercell for becoming our Silver Sponsor. Many thanks to Lightneer joining as our Bronze Sponsor. The FGJ22 became a success because of your support.
In Finnish Game Jam 2022, Tampere is one of the biggest sites! They’ve managed to gather 74 participants online. Tampere Site Organizer Pekka Nordlund, how’s it going so far?
“Warmest greetings from Tampere! We started this year with two ice-breaker evenings, filling the pre-jam anticipation with some good old laughter over online gaming.
Our site is nice and busy with jammers joining us all the way over from Oulu and Rovaniemi, and with us being online, we’ve even heard a game pitch live from a grocery store! Today we organizers will be hosting a pizza draw to follow the Tampere pizza tradition with the help of our local sponsors (Tampere Game Hub and 10tons Entertainment) so it’s safe to say that games will be made!”
#FGJ21 will happen January 29-31st 2021, as a part of Global Game Jam. If you want to organise your own site now its the time to register.
As you may have noticed, we are having a little unconventional year, which understandably also affects jamming, and the next GGJ/ # FGJ21 jam. Therefore, we have unsurprisingly made the decision to host the next event fully online.
Head out now to https://globalgamejam.org/ to register a site for your City, School or Company. To name your site use the following formula:
Another FGJ has been completed! Thank you everyone for participated no matter what role!
Every year despite limited time, we are amazed what you jammers can do. This year in Finland we had 32 sites, more than 700 jammers who developed 238 games.
You can find all the games developed in Finland on the Global Game Jam page:
This year, GGJ had over 48,700 jammers attending 934 jam sites across the world in 118 countries, all coming together became the biggest jam ever! Once again GGJ has broken all of last year’s records and become the newly-crowned Biggest Game Jam Ever!Â
GGJ had 9 new countries take part for the first time ever: Albania, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cyprus, Mauritius, Senegal, Sudan and Zimbabwe, adding 213 jammers and 35 new games to the mix. One of GGJ’s biggest aims is to be able to bring new emerging voices and talent into the game making space, and welcome these new site organisers and jammers to our big jam family.
The global theme for GGJ20 was repair and jammers incorporated this theme as a concept in their games in different ways: various states of repair, breaking and repairing buildings and pots, repairing relationships, and plants repairing themselves.
In Finland we were lucky to have amazing national and local sponsors this year as well. We want to extend a big thank you to all sponsors one more time, we could have made #FGJ20 this awesome without them.
#FGJ20 wouldn’t be possible without Futureplay Games as our national GOLD Sponsor for the event! A huge thanks to this inspiring company!
Thank you again everyone who attended or followed the action through our streams and social media, it was crazy but amazing weekend! Follow our Facebook, Twitter and Instagram and see you all at the next jam!
#FGJ20 has just started, and it wouldn’t be possible without Futureplay Games as our national GOLD Sponsor for the event! A huge thanks to this inspiring company with no-nonsense approach to the industry!
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