Uploaded January 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Join us as we officially kick off Global Game Jam 2023 and reveal the theme of this year's jam! We'll also have interviews with our sponsors and community members to talk about GGJ in their part of the world. Stream starts at 9am PT and the theme reveal will happen in the 10-11am PT hour.
Register now at globalgamejam.org

Hosted by:
Alanah Pearce: twitter.com/Charalanahzard | youtube.com/Charalanahzard
Mary Kenney: twitter.com/maryknews | marykgames.com
MacNcheeseP1z: twitter.com/Macncheesep1z | twitch.tv/MacNcheeseP1z

4:05 - Mary Kenney Keynote: Our Games, Our History. AKA, Why we need Gamer Girls
1:01:35 - GGJ Staff Intro
1:05:11 - GGJ 2023 Keynote and Theme Reveal video
1:27:45 - Theme Reveal
1:31:23 - Theme reactions with the GGJ 2023 Theme Committee
1:51:08 - Global Game Jam Board of Directors
2:02:41 - GGJ 2023 Headline Sponsor dot big bang - dotbigbang.com
2:17:49 - GGJ Founders Susan Gold, Ian Schreiber, Gorm Lai, and Foaad Khosmood
2:35:00 - GGJ 2023 Headline Sponsor coherence - coherence.io
2:56:10 - GGJ Community Spotlight - Sri Lanka
3:07:23 - GGJ Community Spotlight - Tunisia
3:21:40 - GGJ Community Spotlight - Saudi Arabia
3:28:36 - GGJ Community Spotlight - Netherlands
3:34:49 - GGJ Community Spotlight - Finland
3:34:49 - GGJ Community Spotlight - Switzerland
3:53:49 - GGJ Community Spotlight - UK/Neurodivergence in games
4:16:11 - GGJ Community Spotlight - UK
4:27:10 - GGJ Community Spotlight - Iran
4:39:58 - GGJ Community Spotlight - Canada
4:45:30 - GGJ Community Spotlight - Mexico
4:59:12 - GGJ Community Spotlight - US