GAME – The department of Game Design at Uppsala University, campus Gotland

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Explore Every Game & Photo Gallery from the Gotland Game Conference

We’ve been hard at work making the Gotland Game Conference archive more complete and accessible than ever before! Here’s what’s new:

All student game projects are now published – including the full back catalogue from 2024 and earlier years. Browse and get inspired!
- Use the tags in the sidebar to quickly explore subsets of the archive: browse all mobile games, award-winning titles, or even all card games.
New “thesis project” tag:
You can now easily browse games that originated as student research projects. Each tagged game links directly to its corresponding thesis on DiVA, for those who want to dive deeper into the academic side of game design.
- Know about a thesis game we’ve missed?
  We’re always looking to make the archive more complete – if you supervised or remember a thesis game that isn’t tagged, please let us know!

Photo galleries have been added to every GGC website from 2025 all the way back to 2011:
In the past, we’ve been a bit inconsistent about where photos are published – sometimes on Facebook, sometimes here on the blog, sometimes on the conference website itself. But no more! Every GGC website now has its own /gallery/ page. Relive the memories, see how the conference has grown, and spot familiar faces from years past:
- 2025/gallery
- 2024/gallery
- 2023/gallery
- 2022/gallery
- 2021/gallery (second year of Covid—hosted in Gather Town!)
- 2020/gallery (first year of Covid—hosted as an itch.io game jam)
- 2019/gallery
- 2018/gallery
- 2017/gallery (created the Educators Summit)
- 2016/gallery (co-hosted Sigrad 2016)
- 2015/gallery
- 2014/gallery (co-hosted Nordic Digra AND NicoGraph)
- 2013/gallery
- 2012/gallery
- 2011/gallery

Screenshots from some of the many, many conference websites that now sports a photo gallery. 🙂

Before the Gotland Game Conference, the event ran under several different names. These galleries have always been available and remain untouched – linked here for your convenience:

Gotland Game Awards: 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007
Gotland Game Convention: 2006
“Vårutställning 2004” – if anyone has photos or more information, please get in touch. 🙂
Theme Park 2002

The GGC 2025 Winners

Best in Show: Shelf Life
The Innovation Award: CONVERTER
Best Game Design: Hamla, and Essom
Best Art Direction: Libertine
Best Audio Design: Libertine
Best Level Design: Access Acquired
Best Storytelling: Elephants Can Cry
Best Presentation: H2O
Best Arcade Experience: Shelf Life
Jury Spotlight: Inversion, Climb Me to the Moon, Vigil
Public Choice: Dawn of the Witch
Student Choice: Shelf Life
Almedalen Library Award: Library Bus

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Analog games
2nd Year Master, GGC 2025, winners 2025

Hamla

Hamla is a card game that is “””simulating””” a battle. 2 to 3 people can play, but by adding more decks, this can be extended up to any number, but 6 people is a soft limit. The card game has a medieval artstyle.

Hamla was awarded Best Game Design, shared with Essom, at the 2025 Gotland Game Conference!

Team:

Márton Bodrog

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3D games
3rd year, GGC 2025, itchio, released

Libertine

Libertine is a horror game that leads you down onto the floor of a twisted and cruel casino. You’re drowning in debt, but don’t worry! Luck be on your side, you’ll make some quick cash here, if you’re willing to wager your own bodyparts, that is. Gamble against a variety of characters with their own mad motivations, and ask yourself: How many fingers are you willing to part with to pay off your debt?