Tromsø Game Jam 2025

It´s that time of the year again – where our Arctic city plays host to as one of the game sites under the Global Game Jam in 2025!

Tvibit is excited to be working in collaboration with Tromsø Game Lab@UiT for the event and bringing mentors Sebastian Mangseth and Meeka Elliot from Team Tooth – the winners of 2023 NM in Gameplay to guide our jammers through their creative process. With support from the Kreativ Teknologi team of technical and digital artists, this is an opportunity to test out your wildest game ideas and put them to playable test!

No experience is necessary, but participants must be at least 15 years old and up! Just bring your own computers/laptops, a vivid imagination and open-mindedness to learn, collaborate and create games!

Register with the link below for up-to-date info and let´s kick off the jams!


Details on Tromsø Game Jam 2025

24th Jan, kl 1700 - 2300: Kickoff at UiT

Kicking it off with a presentation about what to expect from this year´s game jam with mentors from Team Tooth and members from the Kreativ Teknologi team. Participants will get a chance to introduce themselves and get to know each other over a warm slice of pizza in the polar winter! By the end of the first day, we´re hoping that participants are able to start forming teams and work on generating and deciding on their game projects!

25th -26th Jan: The Jam!

Once game ideas are confirmed and teams are formed, jammers have the entire weekend to bring their ideas to playable life. Game mentors will be on-site at UiT to offer good advice and help under development, and teams can utilise the jam site facilities to take meetings and work, or stay in touch from their homes through the official Discord server. Teams must try their best to submit their jam projects on itch.io by 1700 on the 26th of January.

Food

There´ll be pizzas served each day at 1700 and snacks (brain food!) available , but you´re encouraged to bring your own lunch and drinks if you´re meeting up at the jam site.

Hours of Operation

Game jams typically have a work period of 48 hours in total and participants can continue working at the location throughout the entire jamming period, but mentors will be ensuring that everyone is getting enough rest through their process! Participants can remain at the jam site at UiT till late, or else, utilise the official Discord server for remote development.

Other useful info

Tromsø Game Jam has a page on the Global Game Jam site and all participants are encouraged to create a profile there and be part of this worldwide community. Click on the link for more info about Global Game Jam.

Itch.io – Projects are intended to be submitted to the itch.io site page for Tromsø Game Jam. Check out itch.io and be inspired by the thousands of game projects that has been submitted by indie developers all over the globe!

Check out the pictures from last year´s Global Game Jam event at Tvibit!