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Make a Tiny Game + Tiny Game Jam

Date: June 22, 2025 12-4pm


Format: In-person only


Tags: #bitsy #game jam #games #video games


Come learn how to use Bitsy, a small, friendly, browser-based game engine that requires no previous coding knowledge. Come away with a completed game / interactive poem / tiny world of your own!

You're welcome to drop by for some or all of the session. It will be broken down as follows:

12pm - 1pm: Bitsy tutorial

1pm - 1:30pm: Brainstorm

1:30pm - 4pm: Game jam!

If you haven't participated in a game jam before, don't be intimidated — it's basically a communal, creative coworking session meant to get over the hump of needing a project to be "perfect." You're welcome to spend all day (or week) on your piece, and might even come away with something to display at the Show All Things Show.

You're also not restricted to using Bitsy; feel free to use whatever engine or framework you're comfortable with, or to make a physical game. Time and interest permitting, we might touch on a couple of other lightweight game engines + design tools like Twine and Google Sheets (yes, really).

Check out Bitsy here:

https://bitsy.org/