Gamers Wanted!

The Global Game Jam (GGJ) and #SUGGJ17  Need You!

The weekend of Jan 20-22, Syracuse University is hosting a local site for the GGJ (#SUGGJ17) and needs a few folks to help out. The GGJ has teams at sites all over the world trying to create a game within a 48 hour window. It’s open to people of all skill levels, and folks work on both digital and analog games. It’s a lot of fun, and some truly amazing and creative work work comes out of the weekend. More details can be found at our website: gamejam.syr.edu.

The event will be at and around the Blackstone LaunchPad in Bird Library. Free food and coffee (and other goodies) will be available for volunteers.

Volunteer responsibilities for the general shifts are mainly being the point person for any questions that arise — mainly issues about the schedule, hours, rules of the jam, where food is, unofficial playtests, etc. Volunteers will not be expected to fix technical issues or resolve emergency situations (if any were to arise), just pass it along to the correct services and/or let one of the other organizers know. There are also some special shifts that carry other (usually fun) responsibilities, and we need critical mass for those!

The schedule is divided them into 4-hour shifts across the weekend, but if you have odd schedules and would like to work at different points, we can work it out.

One last thing: you may DEFINITELY participate in the jam while you’re volunteering as well, so long as you are visible and available to help out if the need arises!

The sign-up sheet is available online 

If you have any questions, please email John Sanders