Have you ever heard about Game Jams?  The principle is
simple: teams of 2 to 4 young developers and designers, with a
passion for games, join a competition: they come with their
computers and software, their creativity and their skills; they get
given a theme and they have 48 to 72 non-stop hours to develop a
game concept, including a story line, graphics and, of course, the
gameplay that will get gamers to run, jump, fight, shoot, hide and
more for hours and days.

A Global Game Jam happens every year, ran simultaneously in
several countries, and gathering 17,000 participants globally.

Bahrain Polytechnic, in partnership with Red Stallion
Interactive / Get Games Middle East and InfiniteWare / Bahrain Game
Developers, are hosting their first
GCC Game Jam from Thursday 21st to Saturday
23rd.

Bahrain Hall, the brand new exhibition building inside Bahrain
Polytechnic campus, will welcome approximately 15 teams and 60+
developers on Thursday morning, and at noon, they will be given the
theme of the competition: one word that shall inspire them a
concept, a story, some graphics and become a game… On Thursday at
2 PM, they will stop all development, and from 3 to 6 PM, each team
will give a short demo and presentation of their game in front of a
professional jury.

Bahrain Polytechnic and his partners have invited an
international professional jury, representing the various facets of
the gaming industry:

·         Mr Andy
Payne, Mastertronic CEO, is a gaming industry veteran, with
activities in PC and console games publishing, mobile games
publishing and simulation software.

·         Mr
Georg Backer has a 15-year track record in the gaming industry,
where he has evolved from development to production on some major
titles.

·         Mr
Hamad Al Hasan, a Bahraini national, is a seasoned game developer,
who has worked for several studios in the USA, Europe and the
Middle East.

Whether you are a keen gamer, a technology fan, have children
interested in game development, or simply want to see young
emerging talent in the region,
please join us from 3 PM to 6 PM on Saturday at Bahrain
Polytechnic campus in Isa Town to witness the early steps of
developers and games that might make it big in the
future…

For further information, please contact Hélène
Poirier on +973 3391115 or
helene@rsigaming.com