Jam for Clean and Renewable Energy Solutions
Earth Day, April 22 – May 2, 2021
Jam Partners:
Thank you so much, we cannot express in words how grateful our entire team is to receive this. Such an amazing game jam, amazing sponsors, amazing platform, a truly amazing theme, and absolutely incredible teams submitting stunning games. The messaging and concepts made by every single team’s game submission are seriously inspiring for the future. Inspiring not only in games, but for all of of us as a whole and our future generations on our beautiful planet.
Together we’re creating Games for Our Future
Turbines Blade – Virginia Wright-Frierson
You’re Invited
We’re inviting game creators from around the world to make games that explore solutions to address a rapidly changing planet. Together we can make a difference!
We believe
this generation of creators cares deeply about the environment and has the power to inspire action through games.
The theme of this jam is: Clean Energy solutions.
We hope to see games that include:
- Climate justice
- Clean energy jobs
- Capturing the wind
- Solar panels on every rooftop
- Transportation
- Green manufacturing & building
- Climate policy
- Solarpunk/speculative design
Texas Wind Turbines – Virginia Wright-Frierson
Jam Essentials
Climate Jam is a virtual jam hosted on itch.io, just follow the link and hit “Join Now.”
Join us on Discord an easy way to ask questions, chat, meet other jammers, whatever.
- Say hi in the #introduce-yourself channel.
- Meet others in the #cj21-looking-for-group channel
- Explore the other #cj21- channels dedicated to helping you have the best experience possible.
We ask that you follow our Code of Conduct in all of your IndieCade interactions, virtual or otherwise.
First-time jammer? Check out these resources to get started!
Mentors
Not a climate expert? No problem! We have some great Mentors available to provide inspiration and knowledge about climate topics and game design.
Transmission Lines – Virginia Wright-Frierson
Important Dates
Virtual Jam Mixer (Event Past)
April 17th 12pm-3pm PST
Meet jammers, discuss ideas, get inspired!(Link shared via Discord and Itch)
Jam Kick-off Event
April 22nd 12pm-1pm PST
Hear from mentors, get energized! Streamed on Twitch https://www.twitch.tv/indiecade
Games Submitted
May 2nd 12pm PST
All games must be uploaded to the itch.io page.
Games Showcase
May 2nd 1pm PST
Showcase the games that got made! Create a short video of your game play and we’ll share it with everyone!
Judges play games
May 2nd – May 8th
Judges play games! We have some great judges this year! Check them out here.
Games Celebration
May 13th – 11 AM PST
We’ll announce the judges picks for the winners!
We are so grateful for our 2021 sponsors Niantic and Riot Forge
Want to help us save the world?
Contact Erin@Indiecade.com for information about sponsoring this year’s Climate Jam.
Game jams, similar to hack-a-thons, are an event format where people come together to collaborate on creating game prototypes in a compressed time frame.
This is is our second virtual Climate Jam.
Want to share this jam?
This year our jam has some great judges lined up! Check them out here.
