
Board Game Jam
What is the Board Game Jam?
A Game Jam is a two-day collaborative game creation event where you’ll team up, brainstorm, and craft a completely new card or board game from scratch! Get ready to dive into creative challenges and bring your ideas to life.
What’s in it for you?
Real-world skills: Experience responding to a tight deadline and build teamwork skills.
Creativity unleashed: Boost your ability to give and receive feedback, refine ideas, and learn the ins and outs of game-making.
Career-ready: Ideal for anyone interested in creative industries or entrepreneurship, plus it’s tons of fun!
Why join?
This Game Jam supports Joe Macleod-Iredale’s NWCDTP funded PhD investigating the benefits of game-making as a teaching tool. By participating, you’ll help shape new ways of learning!
Who’s running it?
Joe Macleod-Iredale — Design lecturer, Doctoral Researcher, ex-retail furniture design consultancy owner & game designer.
Associated Badges:
In A Nutshell...
- Collaborate... with students from across the university
- Develop... your own ideas in a creative setting
- Contribute... to a PhD research project
- Build... your creative and entrepreneurial skills
- Earn up to 50 Rise points ... which can be recognised within your degree.
Schedule
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10:00 to 16:00 on 06/11/24 - Business School 4.05A (North)
Session One -
10:00 to 16:00 on 08/11/24 - Geoffrey Manton 307
Session Two