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Global Final has representatives from every continent, where finalist games and studios meet to compete for the first place worldwide and many other categories.
Welcome to the final stage of the GameJamPlus Marathon!
This stage focuses on strengthening the business side of your game and preparing your project for the final global evaluation. During Acceleration, teams work on:
Refining the Business Pitch: Improve how you present your game’s value, market potential, and vision.
Developing the Business Plan: Structure the commercial strategy behind your project.
Preparing for the Global Final: Polish both your game build and pitch presentation before the final submission.
Acceleration is the next step for teams that qualified during the Continental Semifinals. To move forward in this stage, teams must:
Be selected during the Continental Semifinals.
Prepare the updated Game Build for the Global Final submission.
Submit the improved Pitch, highlighting the business potential of the project.
At the Global Final, games are evaluated one last time, with scoring based on 50% build and 50% pitch.
| Focus Topic / Activity | Dates |
| Welcome Email | March 09 to 13 |
| Content Taking your game to the next level | March 09 to 13 |
| Welcome Live Streams | March 16 to 20 |
| Content How to prepare your game for the market | March 16 to 20 |
| Content How to promote your game the right way | March 23 to 27 |
| Content How to turn your game into a business | March 30 to April 03 |
| Final Live Streams | April 06 to 10 |
| Content Preparing for the stage and investors | April 06 to 10 |
| Submission | April 09 to 13 |
| Judges’ Evaluation | April 14 to May 04 |
| Jammers’ Playtest | April 14 to May 04 |
| Jammers’ Popular Vote | April 14 to May 04 |
Don’t forget: to be evaluated and compete for the Global Final awards, you need to make one more submission after the Acceleration stage.
Whether you’re going as a guest, jammer, local organizer, or part of the global team, use this personalized “I’m going” artwork that you can edit and post on your favorite platforms. Link to download the editable art:
Whether it’s your first time or you’ve participated in GameJamPlus many times before, it’s always good to have some guidance and tips that can help you during the event.
So click below to access our survival guide:
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