Orlando Game Jam
Unleash your creativity and join us on February 22, 4-7 p.m., for an exciting information session where you’ll discover the secret theme and special challenges, form a team, and plan how to create a video game over the weekend. You’ll have a chance to win cash prizes and showcase your skills to the world!
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Itenerary
February 22, 4-7 p.m.
- Information Session - Create Teams - Make A Plan
- 4:15 p.m. Guest Speaker, Kunal Patel: Opportunities Post-jam, What Comes Next?
February 23 & 24, 10 a.m.-10 p.m.
- Melrose Center and development resources will be available.
February 25, 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
- Game Jam participants must turn in their game and have their booth ready by noon.
- 1-4:45 p.m. Game Jam participants will showcase their games at the Orlando Gaming EXPO.
- 5-5:30 p.m. Closing ceremony
Sponsors
Opportunities Post-jam, What Comes Next?
Guest Speaker: Kunal Patel
Thursday, February 22, 4:15 p.m.
Whether you’re a pro with decades of experience heading back to the day job or in college now with a dream in hand, or a hungry entrepreneur, there are lots of outcomes you can bring out of your jam weekend.
Kunal Patel is an Orlando-based tech entrepreneur and leader with over 15 years of experience in video game dev, tech creation and creative partnerships. He’s the co-founder of OMG Labs a frontier technology incubator which is home to several companies in gaming and XR and is also Executive Director of Indienomicon Foundation which builds connections between game development and major industries like Space, Health, Defense, and Themed Entertainment. He has over the years worked with NASA, Team Orlando, and every major university and built and grown several startups from scratch including Stax formerly known as Fattmerchant as Director of Innovation. He’s a believer in not waiting for something great to simply happen to you, but rather taking action and creating your own luck.