Aberdeen GameJam 2026

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After the success of last year, University of Aberdeen’s School of Natural and Computing Sciences will be running Aberdeen GameJam 2026, this time in partnership with the History department!

The event is open to students at University of Aberdeen and any other Scottish University. Each participant will receive an Aberdeen GameJam 2026 t-shirt and Amazon vouchers will be awarded to winners in each prize category.

Additionally, ABVentures and Common Profyt Games have sponsored prizes, one for the Best Pitch, and one for a category yet to be announced!

This year’s general theme is Games & History (so it might be a good idea to grab somebody who knows their history!)

Participants will have a week to develop from scratch a game on a more specific theme that will be announced on Wednesday, 21 January 2026, followed by an in-person event starting at 9am on Wednesday, 28 January 2025 where teams will get feedback from judges.

Teams will make a short presentation of their game starting at Noon and then judges will choose a winner for our prizes to be announced that afternoon.