GAMATHON
celebrating African creatives...
NOVEMBER 15 – 27, 2021
BRIEF - About the Gamathon
Africacomicade Gamathon is the largest Pan-African creative event showcasing the works of African digital creatives and connecting them to opportunities.
Due to the pandemic, the maiden edition held completely virtual in 2020 . The Gamathon comprises of a conference, game jam , pitch event amongst many other activities. The theme of the game jam in 2020 was “Avoid the spread”, following issues surrounding the pandemic and #Blacklivesmatter . It run for 48 hours and had over 200 participants from 12 different African countries.
A couple of sessions from sponsors, mentors and industry leads held during the jam to help educate and inspire participants . Find below some of the activities that took place during the Gamathon.
Re-live 2020 with Us!
2021 Updates coming soon ...
TIMELINE [2020]
Friday 26th, June
Commencement of Registration for Africacomicade Gamathon 2020
Monday 24th, August - Thursday 27th, August
Online sessions with Industry Leads, Sponsors and Partners
Friday 28th, August
Game Jam Theme Announcement
Friday 28th, August
Africacomicade Gamathon 2020 Kick-Off
Sunday 30th, August
Deadline for submissions (11:59 PM GMT+1)
Monday 31st, August - Friday 4th, September
Project Review and Grading by Judges, eSports competitions and virtual party!!
Sunday 6th, September
Announcement of Winners
SCHEDULE [2020]
ALL TIMES ARE IN WEST AFRICAN TIME (WAT)
SESSIONS [2020]
WATCH THE STREAM
SPEAKERS, MENTORS & JUDGES [2020]
2020 SPONSORS/PARTNERS
Driving technology for leading brands
Our 2021 update is coming soon...
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F.A.Qs
A Game Jam is essentially a hackathon for video games. It is a gathering of people for the purpose of planning, designing, and developing games within a short period of time. The goal is to foster collaboration, creativity, and productivity amongst participants to help encourage creative thinking resulting in games that can be turned into commercial success. Participants rapidly prototype games and make use of new ideas to help inspire and build games from start to finish.
The Africacomicade Gamathon 2020 is scheduled to hold between Monday, 24th August to Sunday, 30th August Check out the timeline page on our website for more info.
The game jam would be hosted on itch.io so you can submit your games after registering on itch.io. Make sure you submit before the end of the Game Jam! Late submissions are not accepted.
Anyone can participate in a Game Jam. Usually, participants are made up of game developers, animators, level designers, artists, gamers , testers , and more. Anyone who wants to learn how to make a game is also welcome. You can learn many new skills and support your team by contributing ideas, playtesting, and giving moral support.
The theme is announced a day before the game jam starts. Be sure to check out the theme announcement video when it drops!
No. That would be the same as cheating. You can only start working on your game once the jam has started.
A team of judges carefully chosen with experience in the games industry would be collaborating with the Africacomicade organizing team to select winners in the different categories. Asides then, 20% of the vote would come form the public , who would upvote uploaded games . 20% because we don’t just want people with media coverage to outsmart actual creative content. We will definitely factor in how well you use the theme in our decision.
We welcome both! Both teams and individuals are allowed to enter.
Yes! You can absolutely use any of them..
You’re free to decide the type you wish to create. As long as it’s not a direct copycat of another game and follows the rules and incorporates the theme, we’re good. We do not want to restrict your creativity so go for anything you want.
We will be announcing the theme and other updates on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, Email, Youtube, and Africacomicade Discord. Follow the accounts below!
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