🌊 The Rising Tide Challenge 2026 is live — and there’s still plenty of time to jump in.
🎬 1-min game trailer
💡 Pitch your idea
💰 Up to $300K investment
🏆 Cash + visibility
Runs until June 30 👇
buff.ly/Jqm9Ly5
#GameDev #GameJam #IndieDev #RisingTideChallenge #GameTrailer
🎮 Love indie games? Don’t miss this.
Join us on April 29 for the GGJ Indie Game Spotlight — a live webinar featuring indie studios from around the world.
✨ Play unique games
🎤 Hear real dev stories
🌍 See how global creators bring ideas to life
Sign up now: buff.ly/rc7m4Ks
#IndieDev #IndieGames
Webinar to watch on YouTube. Game Design with Manufacturing in Mind. Panda Game Manufacturing and Global Game Jam.
From concept to cardboard 🎲
This talk breaks down how to think about board game manufacturing from the very start — covering costs, components, UX/UI, and clever ways to make your game stand out without blowing your budget.
Watch here: buff.ly/JUMWRFW
#BoardGames #GameDev #PandaGameManufacturing
🎙️New #GGJPodcast episode!
From war in South Sudan to founding Junub Games, Lual Mayen shares how games can heal, build empathy, and carry stories across generations.
🎧 Listen: buff.ly/sA9Sf0K
#GameDev #IndieDev
This kickoff session will introduce an exciting new game jam bringing developers across Africa together to collaborate & create.
🌍 Ready to Play Without Borders?
Join the Pan-African Jam 2026 Launchpad Webinar on April 27! Hosted by Global Game Jam and Lagos Games Week.
📅 April 27
🎫 Sign up: buff.ly/CcKGefe
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#IndieDev
#Africa
#GameJam
🚨 It’s live! Rising Tide Challenge 2026 starts NOW!
Join Global Game Jam + @blueoceangames.bsky.social for a global trailer jam April 13 – June 30.
🎬 1-min trailer
💡 Pitch your idea
💰 Up to $300K investment
🌊 buff.ly/QoAx9Ym
#GameDev #GameJam #IndieDev
Create, connect, and showcase Africa’s talent on a global stage -- with winners announced May 25!
#GameDev #GameJam #AfricaGames #IndieDev #LagosGamesWeek2026 #PlayWithoutBorders
Global Game Jam and Lagos Games Week Launch Pan-African Game Jam 2026! ☀️
From April 24 – May 11, a virtual game jam.
🎮 Theme: Play Without Borders
🤝 Open to African devs (18+) solo or teams
🌍 Cross-border collaboration encouraged
🏆 $2,500 prize pool + in-kind rewards
Learn more: buff.ly/kjqYwZQ
Got a game idea? See how it turns into something you can actually play 🎮
In this session, Epic Games walks through the full journey, from concept to playable, using UEFN, covering mechanics, level design, and game flow inside Fortnite.
Watch here: buff.ly/yZnmJAE
#UEFN #GameDev
Remember to join us in 2026 Rising Tide Challenge with Global Game Jam Kickoff live stream!
📆 April 13
🔗 Register now: buff.ly/NZvYt91
@blueoceangames.bsky.social
#GameDev
#IndieDev
#GameTrailer
A year of growth, creativity, and global collaboration!💜🎮
From 11 partner jams to bold plans for the future, Global Game Jam continues to expand what game creation can be. Dive into the Executive Director's reflections on 2025, and what’s next.
👉 Read more: buff.ly/6gJoJYY
#GlobalGameJam #GameDev
From High Heat Baseball at 3DO to Psychonauts at Double Fine, from League of Legends skins to bootstrapping Wicked Fox with $3,000 and a blazer from a secondhand store - Terry has climbed, pivoted, and come back every single time.
Episode 6 - GGJ Podcast!🎙️
A career isn't a ladder. It's a jungle gym. Terry Redfield learned that early. Now she's making games for the grown-ups who never stopped playing.
🔗 buff.ly/u4R1h6X
#GGJPodcast #GameDev #WomenInGames #IndieGames #WickedFox
🌟 Global Game Jam Community Spotlight: Brian Zou, Australia
"I’ve always been fascinated by creating games with people from different parts of the world—seeing how diverse creative minds come together under pressure."
🔗 buff.ly/YI0Lm9m
#GameDev #IndieDev #Community
Investigative Journalism Game Jam with Floodlight Gaming is here 🕵️♀️
🗓️ April 6 – May 7
💰 $5,000 prize + Spielfabrique Launchpad Mentorship
🌍 Showcase opportunity @ INDIGO Festival
👉 Learn more & join: buff.ly/DnmPghy
#GameDev #GameJam #Journalism #IndieDev #SeriousGames
Multiple teams from last year’s GGJ + BOG collaboration went on to secure six-figure investments.
We'll talk about the Rising Tide Challenge including updates since the first edition, answer your questions and more!
The 2026 partner jam will run from April 13 through June 30. Rising Tide is a global competitive "trailer jam." This year, teams will produce and submit a 1-minute game concept trailer, pitch deck and (optional) 1-minute pitch video.
📣 Global Game Jam and @blueoceangames.bsky.social are partnering once again for The Rising Tide Challenge. Join us for the official Rising Tide Challenge kick off! 🌊
🗓️ April 13
🎟️ Register now: buff.ly/vIqRiR3
#RisingTide #GameJam #GameDev #IndieDev
Jammers in GGJ26 in Falmouth, Cornwall in United Kingdom
Jammers at GGJ26 in Falmouth, Cornwall in United Kingdom.
Jammers at GGJ26 in Falmouth, Cornwall in United Kingdom.
Jammers at GGJ26 in Falmouth, Cornwall in United Kingdom.
Throwback to GGJ26 in Falmouth, Cornwall in United Kingdom!
👾 Play the games from the site: buff.ly/ZLUj0Tv 🎭
#GameDev
#IndieDev
#IndieGame
#GameJam
#GGJ26
Love indie games? This webinar is for you!
#IndieDev
#IndieGames
#GameDev
👩🏻💻 WEBINAR: GGJ Indie Game Spotlight
We are joined by indie studios from across our global community. Play the games, hear the developer stories, and learn more about Global Game Jam's ability to empower indie studios around the world.
🗓️ April 29
🎟️ Register for free: buff.ly/kfL846m
#IndieDev
🎙️Listen the #GGJPodcast buff.ly/UQKa3WO
Pablo Quarta joins GGJ Podcast to talk about rivers as protagonists, co-ops as survival & why games can hold the weight of real communities and real crisis.
“My work uses games as tools to think about labor, climate justice, queerness, and Latin American realities.”
🎙️ buff.ly/UQKa3WO
#IndieDev
We’ve seen amazing progress from teams who started their games during #GGJ26 - from prototypes to real, growing projects.
Keep building. Keep shipping. Keep playing. 🎮🔥
#GameDev #IndieDev #GlobalGameJam #VersionControl #Diversion
Thanks to all the creators who chose Diversion for their jam and continue using it today for new projects as well. We told you - once you try Diversion, you can’t go back. 😉
Message from GGJ26 sponsor Diversion:
Two months after GGJ and we just want to say thank you!
Use the coupon code 50GGJ26 before the offer closes. ⏳
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The Xsolla Report.
Volume 9 of The Xsolla Report is out now, featuring original thought leadership from Xsolla’s President, Chris Hewish on the state of the games market, and Chief Marketing & Growth Officer, Berkley Egenes on why D2C has become a strategic necessity for every publisher.
👉https://buff.ly/DWe0es8
Epic Games, Unreal Editor for Fortnite. UEFN.
From GGJ26 Sponsor 📣
Epic Games signing off! We have enjoyed our time together and hope you will continue building and creating in UEFN. To stay up to date with what we have going on, follow us @FNCreate and on Discord. Stay in touch!
Monarchial Chair team at Jam @ GDC event.
Monarchial Chair team at Jam @ GDC event.
Reflecting on Jam @ GDC and some of the interesting ideas that came out of it.
Monarchial Chair is one of the projects built during the jam using Unreal Editor for Fortnite (UEFN), powered by Epic Games.
🎮 Play it here: buff.ly/6GTm7uf
#GameDev #IndieDev #GameJam #UEFN