Come Create, Play and Learn

About the event



A Game Jam is a competitive game design and development event where participants will make a video game from the start based on a theme through coding, design, and play.  Participants work in teams of up to 2 - 4 members of ages 14-18. Participants are generally programmers, game designers and artists.

This is an opportunity for participants to demonstrate and develop their transferable skills such as creativity, collaboration, grit, and self-efficacy. The Game Jam encourages networking and insight into the game development field for the young aspiring developers and artists. It will also be an opportunity for participants to talk to invited speakers about various fields in game development and design.

Our theme will be communicated during the game jam. Participants will need to have experience using a game development software.

Registration and Attendance

The participants must be 12-18 years of age and will be expected to pay KES 2500 each as an entry fee for the four days. The participants must purchase tickets from the Crawford Game Jam Tickets by 26th October

To confirm your participants attendance please fill in the google form

Schedule of the event

Registered participants will be expected at Crawford International School- Tatu City by 8:30am each day.

The official sessions start at 9:00am and will be expected to end at 4:00pm every day for the three days. The main activities in the three days will be organized as follows:

Day 1: Keynote Address, Ignite Talks, 2 Workshops and Game Design Session

Day 2: Ignite Talks and Game Development Sessions

Day 3: Game Development, Presentation, Judging and Award Ceremony.

The awarding ceremony will take place on the last day and parents and teachers are welcome to attend this session. The winning categories are as below:

1.      Winning Team

2.      1st Runners Up Team

3.      2nd Runners Up Team

Teams will be comprised of a minimum of 2 students and a maximum of 4 students.

Further event information is provided on the game jam website.

Device specifications

Participants are encouraged to come with devices with the following specifications.

·        Windows 10 64-bit, quad-core Intel or AMD, 2.5 GHz or faster, 8 GB RAM

·        macOS Big Sur, quad-core Intel, 2.5 GHz or faster, 8 GB RAM

·        Linux Ubuntu 18.04, quad-core Intel or AMD, 2.5 GHz or faster, 32 GB RAM

·        Or any other laptop that can develop games on.

We hope we can count on your support to assist young upcoming innovators in Kenya through this Game Jam that will be the first of its kind to held at a school in Kenya.

cisgamejam@crawfordinternationalschool.com