Join a team to see if you can win a £500 prize in this game competition!

From helping lay the first telegraph cable across the Atlantic to absolute zero and the Kelvin scale for measuring temperature. Lord Kelvin, University of Glasgow Graduate and later Professor, was a genius whose invaluable contribution to knowledge significantly affects our modern world, from thermodynamics, electricity and magnetism to hydrodynamics and geophysics, among other areas. 

 Even Kelvin's failures, such as calculating the age of the earth, which were based on a false premise and proved wildly inaccurate, show the breadth of his scholarly engagement and creative approach to ideas. 

 In this 200th anniversary year of his birth, the Kelvin Games Jam asks participating teams to create a game or gaming concept which features risk taking, innovative ideas, creativity, and challenging scientific conventions.  

 The game/concept must also display empathy, diversity and be fun to play. 

 We want participants to reflect on and 'build' in response to one of the following areas of Kelvin’s life and research: 

• Communication – explore and respond to current communication challenges
  

• Balancing Energy Resources 

• Chirality – explore the risk of getting a mirror-image of what you expected 

• Trial and Error – reference ideas and concepts that Kelvin got wrong – and maybe creatively fix them 

  Open to University of Glasgow students from any discipline or stage. 

The entries will be judged by a panel of experts from the University of Glasgow Games and Gaming Lab, the School of Physics and Astronomy and employers (TBC) on 13th November. 

 

There is a prize of £500 for the winning team.

We will start with a 2-hour workshop on Monday 4th November (1-3pm), in the Games Space in the Queen Margaret Union. Refreshments provided. 

What will you need to bring to the event? – enthusiasm and a desire to get involved 

What will you get out of it? – become part of a participating team in the competition; get ideas on how to create effective games; have fun; meet students from across the University 

You can enter as team of up to 5, or you can enter as an individual and will be assigned to a team on the day. You can work together to come up with an idea/concept for either a physical or digital game. 

When will you need to submit your game or game concept? - You and your team will need to submit your game or game concept by noon on 13th November.

You will then be able to display the game on the morning of 14th November. The prize-ceremony will be between 5.30 - 6.30 pm on 14th November. At least one member of the team will need to attend to (maybe) collect the prize.

Numbers are limited to 50