Duke Hosts Global Game Jam (GGJ) Site

During the weekend of January 29-31, about 20 participants filled the Duke Game Lab and—fueled by plenty of coffee, pizza, and snacks—joined minds to bring to life their ideas for games related to a common theme.

At the same time, at 933 other sites around the globe, tens of thousands of people were doing the same thing. They were all participating in the Global Game Jam (GGJ), the world’s largest game creation event, where people interested in game development came together all over the world to design, develop, and present games around a secret theme.

AMES Professors Shai Ginsburg, Nayoung Aimee Kwon and Leo Ching were all part of bringing the Global Game Jam to campus this year.   

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