{"id":29525,"date":"2018-01-23T11:39:33","date_gmt":"2018-01-23T18:39:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=29525"},"modified":"2018-01-25T11:29:52","modified_gmt":"2018-01-25T18:29:52","slug":"game-designers-and-developers-to-spend-weekend-at-uccs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=29525","title":{"rendered":"Game designers and developers to spend weekend at UCCS"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Global<\/a>The next big game could be created at UCCS when more than 80 game designers and developers meet Jan. 24-26 for the 10th Global Game Jam. UCCS will be one of the largest sites in the United States among more than 800 scheduled locations across the world.<\/p>\n

The event, in its fifth year at UCCS, stresses collaboration and innovation in a 48-hour development cycle. Participants will design, create and test new games throughout the weekend based on a given theme announced at the beginning of the weekend. The focus at UCCS is traditionally on video games, but also includes virtual reality, augmented reality, board, dice and card games.<\/p>\n

Last year\u2019s jam created 7,000 games among 36,000 participants from 95 countries. UCCS developers accounted for seven games.<\/p>\n

The El Pomar Institute for Innovation and Commercialization sponsors the jam. Registration and additional information can be found at globalgamejam.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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