GameJamPlus happens at the same time in more than 50 countries, and in every city there's one person who opened that door. This year, that person can be you. You run your venue your way, with a global team that's been doing this for 10 years right behind you.
In 2017, GameJamPlus started with 80 people in a room in Rio de Janeiro. Today it is the "World Cup of game creation": thousands of developers, across more than 50 countries, building at the same time.
The difference? Here the jam doesn't end when the game is done. Those 48 hours are just the start of a 6-month journey with incubation, business acceleration and an in-person Global Final.
We believe talent lives far from the big hubs. What's usually missing is structure, and structure is exactly what GJ+ brings to each city.
And the one who opens that door is the venue.
Your venue is stage 1, the front door of a journey that carries teams from prototype all the way to an investor pitch. Every global finalist started on a weekend just like the one you'll host.
The marathon weekend. Teams build a game from scratch plus a business plan. Whoever delivers moves on. Nobody gets eliminated in the first stage.
Technical content: game design, balancing, narrative, market research and polish.
Four regions run their own semifinal: Africa, Brazil/LATAM, Asia/Oceania and Europe/North America. The winner of each region earns travel and accommodation to the Global Final.
Business bootcamp: pitch, monetization, funding, distribution and marketing, with publishers and investors at the table.
In-person final with 15+ prizes and international networking. Standout local organizers get to go too, with travel covered.
Marina Gatto built a physical game in the Inhã-Bã village, deep in the Amazon, with no power and no computer. She won the North region, and the next edition she took a sponsored category with a board game based on a classic Brazilian children's series.
Hellbrella, a roguelite about a kitten with an umbrella born at GJ+, was released commercially and sold 3,000 copies in under 3 weeks. The jam was only the first chapter.
Mix It!, a cooking game by Costa Rican studio T3ampo, was born at GJ+ and won Best Sound Design. In 2025 it was picked up by Fondo El Fauno for funding. Featured in Indie Hero Magazine.
The next one can start in your city.
Hosting a GJ+ venue isn't "lending your space to someone else's event". You're leading the local chapter of a global movement, and the rules are built to work in your favor.
Registration fees and tickets from your venue stay entirely with you. Just let the global team know.
You prospect, negotiate and manage your venue's sponsors directly. No global approval needed to close a deal.
Your one job is the jam weekend. Every other stage is optional, and each one earns you points in the ranking if you want to go further.
Your venue picks its own name, chooses its local jury and appears on the official platform alongside venues from 50+ countries.
Every local organizer joins the Fellows program: a direct line to organizers worldwide and to the GJ+ global team.
The top-ranked organizers in the Fellows program win travel and accommodation to the international Global Final.
The global organization hands you the structure so your venue launches ready, even if you've never run a game jam in your life.
Global system for registration and game submission. You do not have to build anything technical.
Manuals, editable artwork, calendar and even a commercial deck template so you can land local sponsors.
Ready-made posts, banners, save the date and videos, all translated into your language.
Official opening revealing themes and categories, broadcast to every venue in the world.
Guidance and criteria to assemble your local jury with professionals from your region.
Dedicated Discord plus a WhatsApp group with organizers worldwide and the global team.
The weight of a 10-year-old brand, the anniversary seal and IGDA recognition.
An open line to the global team by email, Discord and WhatsApp, before, during and after the jam.
Venues on 5 continents have already run GJ+. See who brought the jam to their own city, and where someone like you is still missing.
+ dozens of other cities across 5 continents.
Your city is not here? Then that spot is yours.
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Students walk away with a certificate, portfolio work and pitch practice.
A weekend that fills your space with creators, draws local press and plugs your venue into a global circuit.
Recruit talent by watching people actually work for 48 hours, and put your brand right inside your region's dev community.
You do not even need a physical space: fully online venues run on a Discord server and can gather people from several cities.
It takes under 5 minutes. Tell us who you are, where you are and which venue format makes sense.
A conversation with the global team to align expectations, answer your questions and make your venue official.
Toolbox, artwork, manuals and platform ready to go. You open registrations and mobilize your community.
48 hours of creation in your city, and you are already part of the GJ+ global Fellows network.
Send us a message on WhatsApp and the global team gets back to you to set up the welcome call. Applications for the 2026/27 edition are open, and once the map closes, your region could sit out another whole year.
There is no such thing as a venue that is too small. There is no minimum number of teams. Every venue counts, whatever its size. A regional champion once came out of a village with no electricity in the Amazon.
You can. You get the complete local organizer manual, the toolbox with ready-made artwork and templates, the registration platform and a network of experienced organizers on Discord and WhatsApp backing you up. Most organizers started from exactly zero.
You can, and 100% of that revenue stays with your venue. You can also close local sponsorships directly, with no global approval needed.
Not required. Food usually comes from local supporters, and local prizes are optional. Whoever delivers a build and a pitch moves on to global Incubation either way. Opening and closing ceremonies are optional too.
Full transparency: global does not send money. Each venue manages its own resources. In exchange, you get full autonomy over revenue, tickets and local sponsorship, plus the whole structure, brand and global network with no franchise fee.
Venue applications for the 2026/27 edition are open. When the map closes, it closes, and your region could sit out another whole year.
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