The department of Game Design at Uppsala University, campus Gotland
This category holds posts that we otherwise only publish on the Gotland Game Conference website. To browse the games that were on each GGC showfloor, try the tag cloud!
This year’s Gotland Game Conference was cancelled due to Covid-19. But our students have produced some amazing games for our, virtual, show floor.
The GGC Showcase opens today with more than 35 games available for everyone to play, rate and give feedback directly to the developers.
Perhaps check out these unrated gems first?
Thanks, and have fun!
We sadly had to cancel the Gotland Game Conference 2020 due to the Corona outbreak. Even without a show floor, however, our students are all still producing A TON of new games this semester which need to be play tested, scrutinized and celebrated!
Hence: the Itch.io Gotland Game Conference 2020 Showcase!
We expect to have more than 40 games available for anyone to play, for free, from the comfort of their own homes. Everyone is welcome to join in and vote on the games they play!
All student teams should follow the usual delivery schedule to have their games properly archived and published on the department website. In addition to those deliveries, all teams are also strongly encouraged to submit their game to the public Showcase, to be play-tested and voted on in early June!
As with the regular GGC, student participation is entirely voluntary and is not a part of your course work. You are not graded for your performance in the event.
Read Student Info carefully and contact Ulf Benjaminsson if you have questions.
For soon-to-be three years, the Educators Summit has created a space to discuss the work and subjects that we collectively fly under the banner of game education. We have looked at teaching, research, outreach to industry and how to form a closer bond with each other.
It has been instrumental in the forming of a European wing of the Higher Education Video Games Alliance, and the formation of a HEVGA Research Summer School.
The 2019 Gotland Game Conference was a great success. We managed to pull in a record-breaking 983 attendees to play test the student games and participate in a discussion on how to have a stable career in an industry which doesn’t seem to offer one.
Nearly 40 experts volunteered to work on the jury – traveling to Visby for three days of intense play testing and mentoring. They play, the give feedback and they spend an inordinate amount of time every evening debating what they have experienced, before they’re able to narrow down the final award line-up.
For the full award descriptions, see The Awards. See the conference page for the full list of nominees.
Photos:
The full set of event photos are available in the Facebook gallery!