CRIMSON GAME JAM IS BACK

Join us in fueling the creative fire of budding game developers at WSU! Game Development Club is a club dedicated to teaching and supporting video game development at WSU. As a club, we connect through our shared passion for video games and the immense creativity and technical knowledge that goes into them. Game development combines all kinds of creative disciplines to create a single cohesive whole: from artists to programmers, not to mention designers and musicians, game development is truly a culmination of creativity. We hope to get people excited about what they can achieve in this interactive medium through events and club-hosted lessons.

To that end, we are thrilled to host the second annual Crimson Game Jam, where students will bring their unique game ideas to life. Simply put, a game jam is an event where participants have to make a video game from start to end in just 48 hours! It's an absolute thrill to participate in: a whirlwind of code, art and dreams, all coming together to craft a finished game. Just like a Hackathon, which is similarly constrained by time, participants learn so much and create so much more than they could have ever imagined. This last January of 2024 we held our first ever Crimson Game Jam, with over 65 participants and a guest speaker who works as the lead game designer for the "Medimon" game project (studio based in Moscow, Idaho). It was a great success, we had a number of fantastically creative games by the end and participants learned so much. We have a showcase reel of all our students' games in the video above, as well as a link at the bottom to play them yourself!

For our next event, we'd like to go even bigger and better as we try to build up the area's local game development community. We weren't able to get an in-person venue for the entire first jam, we were only able to get a room for our opening and closing ceremony. However, this year, we hope to rectify that with an abundance of development-sustaining food and plenty of in-person space for brainstorming -- all night long. Our primary goal is to be able to rent out the Spark for the night, just as the ACM Hackathon does. But we can't do it alone – we need your support to make this event a success!

By contributing to our crowdfunding campaign, you'll help provide the essential resources, the venue, and the food and snacks to keep our developers fueled and focused. This is truly an event of all-out, non-stop (all-night) learning -- it can be supercharged with help from you! 90% of participants voted a 5 out of 5 when asked how much they learned during the first Crimson Game Jam experience. Together, we'll foster a community of innovation and teamwork, inspiring students to explore their passion for game development.

Your donation, no matter how small, will make a big difference. We will continue to be able to host this event free and openly for all students. We believe that learning by creating is the highest form of education, by donating you are supporting that continued mission. Thank you.

Have fun trying out our submissions from our first Crimson Game Jam! Here: https://itch.io/jam/crimson-game-jam/results