🖌️🎨 OPEN CALL FOR THE NGJ2027 ARTIST 🖌️🎨 Go and apply now to be the awesome artist that will put a face on Nordic Game Jam 2027 at this link: forms.gle/81yhohsQf9Qq...

psst, jammers! We got some stuff for you! 👀 As you all know, last week Nordic Game Jam 2026 happened and it was a huge success! 🥳 Us organisers are so proud of how the event turned out, but we are already thinking about how to double the hygge factor of the jam for next year! 🧑‍🍳

Nordic Game Jam 2026 - Evaluation Survey

This is the evaluation form for Nordic Game Jam 2026. Thank you so much for attending and we hope you have had a great time at the jam this year! By filling out your e-mail at the end you will enter…

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At the start of 2026, HTL Spengergasse hosted Toby and Elena, our Head of Outreach & Community and Head of Graphics, to accommodate its yearly in-house game jam! 🔥

As a post-jam treat, check out what we have been up to before NGJ2026 happened! 🤩 Last March, Copenhagen Academy of Digital Arts hosted Toby, our Head of Outreach and Community, to hold a Storytelling Workshop for its super talented students! ❤️

❤️ 130 games were developed by 650+ people at NGJ2026 ❤️

🎨 Get yourself a portrait from PROSA as an iconic video game character 🎨 Great news everyone! Once again, PROSA is offering for jammers at NGJ to get a portrait from an amazing caricature artist: Sune Watts. 🤩

AAU Copenhagen is once again hosting Nordic Game Jam 🤩 Today, Nordic Game Jam 2026 finally starts! 🎉

Games Denmark is sponsoring Nordic Game Jam 2026! 🎉 Games Denmark works to strengthen the Danish game industry by connecting talent, studios, educators, and policy-makers.

NIMBI is sponsoring Nordic Game Jam 2026! ✨ NIMBI - Danmarks Institut for Spiludvikling is dedicated to promoting originality and quality in games made in Denmark. As a key force in the Danish game development stage, we’re very excited to have their support for jammers at NGJ! 🕹️ ❤️ #NordicGameJam

The LEGO® Group is sponsoring Nordic Game Jam 2026! 🧱 We couldn't be happier about this continuing partnership based on the shared love for creativity and play. 🕹️ ❤️

Epic Games is sponsoring Nordic Game Jam 2026! 🚀 The creators of Unreal Engine and Fortnite, they are a driving force in real-time 3D and continuous supporters for creators around the world!

Hovgaard Games is sponsoring Nordic Game Jam 2026! 🥳 Hovgaard Games is an international game studio, originally founded in Denmark, best known for Big Ambition and Startup Company. We're very happy to have their support for our jammers 🕹️ ❤️ #NordicGameJam #NGJ2026

Photon Engine is sponsoring Nordic Game Jam 2026! 🕹️ ❤️ Photon Engine is ready to attend the Nordic Game Jam for the first time as a sponsor and hands-on supporter.

Raw Power Games is sponsoring Nordic Game Jam 2026! ⚔️ We’re happy to have the support of this awesome Copenhagen-based studio. They are working on Chronicles: Medieval, heading into Steam Early Access on PC this year! 🕹️ ❤️ #NordicGameJam #NGJ2026

Hutlihut Games is sponsoring Nordic Game Jam 2026! 🕹️ ❤️ The Copenhagen-based developers behind the beloved Void Crew, Hutlihut is a team of dedicated sci-fi lovers and passionate gamers.

🤩📋 Program Schedule!📋🤩 Hello hello jammers, it’s time to share this year’s exciting PROGRAM! In addition to announcing the events of the jam individually, we are giving you a full overview so you can easily plan your NGJ26 experience! So save this and buckle up for a whole lot of exciting stuff!

Program — Nordic Game Jam 2026

Early Bird Tickets are now available!

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Playdead is sponsoring Nordic Game Jam 2026! 🚀 Playdead is the independent Danish developer that crafted LIMBO and INSIDE, with a new exciting project in the works.

🤩 Portfolio Reviews 🤩 We’ve got four industry experts coming in to review your portfolios, to help make sure you’re ready to get hired!

SYBO is sponsoring Nordic Game Jam 2026! 🛹 As the makers of Subway Surfers, one of the world's most popular mobile games ever, that also recently announced Subway Surfers City, SYBO knows all there is about creating vibrant worlds with captivating mechanics. 🌆

Game Workers Guild is sponsoring Nordic Game Jam 2026! 🎉 Gameworkers is a cooperation between four unions with the shared goal of improving the working conditions for those employed within the Danish games development industry.

PROSA is sponsoring Nordic Game Jam 2026!✨ As Denmark’s leading trade union for IT professionals, PROSA supports creativity and the future of digital innovation - and a large part of that includes game developers! 🤝

We are happy to share Triband is sponsoring Nordic Game Jam 2026! Triband is a comedy games company based in Copenhagen. This awesome group of devs has the objective of spreading laughter to everyone, with their most recent success being the award-winning What the Clash! #NordicGameJam #NGJ2026

🦆 Making of The Duck Pond: From Nordic Game Jam to Steam 🦆 This talk will be about the development of The Duck Pond, made by Quack People. The Duck Pond started as a game jam prototype at Nordic Game Jam 2024, and 2 months later we finished the game.

Unity is sponsoring Nordic Game Jam 2026! As one of the leaders in game engine technologies in the whole world, Unity has empowered countless developers to bring some of your favourite games to life!

🎸 Hi-Fi Rush: 5 Lessons in Taming a Wild Story 🎸 Join game writer Morten Brunbjerg for a candid look at his narrative work on Hi-Fi Rush.

Tactile Games is sponsoring Nordic Game Jam 2026! ✨ Makers of hugely popular games such as Lily’s Garden, Penny & Flo, and Simon's Cat, the developers at Tactile have been known to deliver engaging puzzles and storytelling for years. 🌸

Ghost Ship Games is back sponsoring Nordic Game Jam 2026! 🎉 Ghost Ship Games is the worldwide successful Danish game studio based in Copenhagen, they are the devs behind the cooperative game Deep Rock Galactic! ⛏️❤️

👤 The Long Shadow of the Doom-Clone. Re-Evaluating the Origin Myth of First-Person Shooters 👤 The talk takes id Software's classic First-Person Shooter Doom as a case study in how the perception of game genres forms and changes over time.

🧑‍🏫 From Game Jam Mistakes to Studio Lessons 🧑‍🏫 Before running Northplay and developing games like Dinolords, Michael Flarup spent years learning the hard way at Nordic Game Jam.

Updated T-Shirt Mockup 🎉 Hello everyone, we are happy to share with everyone an updated look at what the T-Shirts for NGJ26 will look like! 👀