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GGJ26 is here! globalgamejam.org

It’s here! 🎉 Global Game Jam 2026 begins today! Share your setups, your teams, and your first ideas using #GGJ26 & @globalgamejam 💜 💜 💜

Global Game Jam 2026 x JetBrains Description coming soon

GGJ26 Sponsor:
#GGJ2026 week is here! 🚀

If you’re crafting your game with JetBrains Rider, tag JetBrains Rider when uploading your project so others can filter and find your game among projects made with Rider. We’re also giving away complimentary licenses! 🎁

Details: buff.ly/p3YQWfP

#GGJ26

Remember to keep the theme a secret after the reveal — not all are ready to hear it yet!

global game jam 2026 live theme reveal, january 25. Join us.

🚨🎉 THE WAIT IS OVER — GGJ 2026 THEME REVEAL! 🎉🚨

📅 Jan 25 | 7:00 PM GMT+2
Join us LIVE for the Global Game Jam 2026 Theme Reveal!

A huge thank you to our sponsors, board, and volunteers — you make GGJ possible 💜

🎟️ Register here: buff.ly/b1aYeth

Let’s make GGJ 2026 the biggest one yet! 🔥 #GGJ26

GGJ 2026: Prep Week Share your videos with friends, family, and the world

✨ GGJ26 Prep Week recap! ✨
Huge thanks to everyone who joined the webinars and made it such a great week 🙌

🎥 Missed it live? Watch all session recordings here 👉 buff.ly/okYvblS

Big love to our sponsors, partners & organizers 💜 #GGJ26

ggj26 prep week day 5

🚨GGJ 2026 PREP WEEK — DAY 5 (Jan 23)!🚨

🕑 Customizable Characters Made Easy: Genies SDK for Jammers 👉 buff.ly/4Z7x443

🕕 Games for Change: Outgrow Hunger 👉 buff.ly/JmJwBbX

Two sessions. Infinite inspiration. Prep Week wraps with the GGJ26 Theme Reveal on Jan 25! 🔥

The Jam @ GDC. Global Game Jam partner jam.

🎮 Register TODAY for The Jam @ GDC!

We’re welcoming 100 jammers — and every participant gets a GDC Festival Pass 🎟️

Spots are limited. Don’t miss out 👉
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#GameJam #GDC2026 #GameDev

ggj26 prep week day 4

🚨GGJ 2026 PREP WEEK — DAY 4 (Jan 22)!🚨

🕑 GGJ Indie Jammer Guide 👉 buff.ly/VCYeBu8
🕔 Xsolla: Cross-Platform Play: Designing Games That Adapt Anywhere👉 buff.ly/7wLPT88
🕗 Game Design with Manufacturing in Mind with Panda Game Manufacturing👉https://buff.ly/WFA2Jg1

Think bigger. Jam smarter. 🔥

#GGJ26

#GGJ26 is officially live! 🌟

JetBrains celebrates game developers worldwide as you create boldly, innovate fast, and ship your games. Using Rider? Tag JetBrains Rider when uploading to connect and share your projects with fellow creators! 🎮

🔗 buff.ly/wKEf4uE

ggj26 prep week day 4

🚨GGJ 2026 PREP WEEK — DAY 4 (Jan 22)!🚨

🕑 GGJ Indie Jammer Guide 👉 buff.ly/VCYeBu8
🕔 Xsolla: Cross-Platform Play: Designing Games That Adapt Anywhere👉 buff.ly/7wLPT88
🕗 Game Design with Manufacturing in Mind with Panda Game Manufacturing👉https://buff.ly/WFA2Jg1

Think bigger. Jam smarter. 🔥

#GGJ26

Amel Negra, developer relations at Genies. Customizable Characters Made Easy: Genies SDK for Jammers. Webinar.

Get ready for #GGJ26 with #Genies — a FREE #Unity Verified Solution! 🛠️

Don’t miss our Prep Week session this Friday at 2 PM GMT with Amel Negra!

📥 Grab it on the Unity Asset Store: buff.ly/9Wx8hmO

🗓️ Set your reminder: buff.ly/4Z7x443

GGJ26 prep week day 3

GGJ 2026 PREP WEEK — DAY 3 (Jan 21)!

🕑2pm UTC / 9am ET
GGJ Site Organizers Survival Guide
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🕔5pm UTC / 12pm ET
Diversion: Empowering Creative Developers
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🕗8pm UTC / 3pm ET
OVR Technology: Building Scented Games with Unreal & Unity
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Global Game Jam The GGJ is the world's largest game creation event taking place around the globe boasting tens of thousands of participants (jammers) at hundreds of physical and virtual sites in over one hundred…

🚨 Don’t miss your chance to be part of #GGJ26. Register as a jammer now → globalgamejam.org

#GameJam #GameDev #IndieDev

the* gamehers™AWARDS 2026 NOMINEE COMMUNITY CHAMPIONS. Tarja Porkka-Kontturi. Tarja is hanging out with her cat, playfully smirking at the camera.

I’m incredibly honoured to be nominated for Community Champion @ 2026 the*gamehers Awards ❤️

Community work is all about creating spaces where people feel welcome, seen & safe.

Here’s to beautiful communities, just to mention few:
@globalgamejam.bsky.social
We in Games
@abletoplay.com

The Omara Scent Display will be at 6 jam sites worldwide for Jammers to build scent-enabled games:
-New York University (NYU)
-Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT)
-University of Montana
-IGDA Utah @ the Christa McAuliffe Space Center
-Collin College
-University of Applied Sciences St. Polten

Scent unlocked. OVR Omara at Global Game Jam.

.@ovromara.bsky.social is bringing a new sense to #GlobalGameJam 2026: SCENT! 👃

Unreal & Unity plug-ins are available to all Jammers worldwide! Learn how to integrate scent in OVR’s webinar Jan. 21: buff.ly/qfa0nL9

JetBrains

JetBrains is proudly sponsoring #GGJ26!

Building games with Unity or Unreal? JetBrains Rider helps you code faster with intelligent navigation, powerful refactoring, and reliable debugging when it counts.

Check it out: buff.ly/wKEf4uE

GGJ26 Prep Week Day 2

🚀GGJ 2026 PREP WEEK — DAY 2 (Jan 20)! 🎮

🕔 5pm UTC / 12pm ET
Epic Games: From Idea to Playable in UEFN
👉 luma.com/cz07inet

🕗 8pm UTC / 3pm ET
The GGJ Toolkit: Must-Have Unity Assets & Workflows
👉 luma.com/ehccoqkw

Two engines. Two expert teams. Get jam-ready! 🔥

Global GGJ26 Theme Reveal · Luma The moment has arrived! Join us for our live Global Game Jam 2026 Theme Reveal event as we celebrate the launch of this years big event. Meet key members of…

🔥GGJ 2026 THEME REVEAL – LIVE!🔥

The moment we’ve all been waiting for 👀
Join us Jan 25 | 7:00 PM GMT+2 for the Global Game Jam 2026 Theme Reveal!
Meet the GGJ team, partners & sponsors as we kick off an epic year of jamming! 🚀

🎟️ Register: luma.com/mouj3jcc

#GGJ26 #GameDev

Prep Week for GGJ 2026 Set for January 19-23 | Global Game Jam With Global Game Jam 2026 fast approaching, we're excited to share the schedule for Prep Week 2026! Join us for our annual ma

👉 Full schedule: buff.ly/tdVxjdf
👉 All GGJ Prep Week events: luma.com/ggj

Today is the day. GGJ 2026 prep week, January 19-23. Join us.

🚨 GGJ 2026 PREP WEEK STARTS TODAY! 🚨

Join a week of free webinars packed with inspiration, tools, and insights to help you get ready for #GGJ26

First up — today (19 Jan):
🌍 Games for Change: All in for Nature
⏰ 5pm UTC / 12pm ET
🎟️ Register now: buff.ly/o73ZdIn

Let’s get inspired and jam-ready! 🎮🌱

Global Game Jam 2026 powered by Xsolla

The jam kicks off soon! Is your team ready?

From payments to distribution to publishing support, Xsolla tools make it easier for creators to launch, test, and share their projects.

We can’t wait to see what the GGJ community builds this year.

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Diversifier webinar cross-platform play. Thursday, January 22, 9am PST. Xsolla and Global Game Jam.

📣 From GGJ sponsor Xsolla:

Want to push your GGJ 2026 project further? 💥

Join Xsolla on January 22 for Diversifier Webinar, where we’ll explore how cross-platform play can expand reach and player experience.

Sign up now. luma.com/n3lecl81

The GGJ Toolkit: Must-Have Unity Assets & Workflows. Webinar, January 20. Global Game Jam 2026 prep week.

🎮 GGJ26 Prep Week | Sponsor Webinar 🧰

The GGJ Toolkit: Must-Have Unity Assets & Workflows
🗓 Jan 20 | 🕗 8pm UTC

New to #Unity or a seasoned dev? Join the Unity team for essential assets & workflow tips to help you make the most of #GGJ26.

📝 Register: luma.com/ehccoqkw

Webinar, part of GGJ 2026 prep week. OVR Technology: Building Scented Game Experiences with Unreal & Unity. 21 January.

👃🎮 GGJ26 Prep Week | Sponsor Webinar

What would your game smell like?
Join @ovromara.bsky.social to learn how to build scented game experiences using Unreal & Unity with the Omara Scent Display.

📅 Jan 21 | 🕗 8pm UTC / 3pm ET
🎤 Alex Solverson (OVR), Richard (GGJ)

📝 Register: buff.ly/HNmZ3OR

Webinar. Diversion: Empowering Creative Developers. 21 January. Part of GGJ 2026 Prep Week.

🎮GGJ26 Prep Week | Sponsor Webinar🚀

Diversion: Empowering Creative Developers
🗓Jan 21 | 🕔5pm UTC

Gamedev is creative & challenging. Join Diversion to learn how to manage your workflow, avoid common pitfalls, and use tools & tech to strengthen your development process.

📝Register: luma.com/ezlzdrne

G4C-GGJ Next Gen Expert Jam 2026. Join Now. For Game creators ages 18-25.

⏰ Reminder! The G4C–GGJ NEXT GEN Expert Jam 2026 is open for creators ages 18–25.

A partner jam by @globalgamejam & @GamesForChange, supporting young devs creating social impact games for the G4C Student Challenge (Expert Division).

Join in 👉 itch.io/jam/g4c-ggj-... ✨

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