Surrey Business School Global Game Jam 2026
Day 1 – Tuesday, 27 January
10:00 – 10:15 | Registration & Welcome
Participants check in
Icebreaker activities
10:15 – 10:30 | Global game jam regulation (CompSoc)
Programme Leaders, and Organizers
10:30 – 12:15 | Guest Speaker workshops
Speakers from EA, ConnectPlayWise
Insights on industry trends, career paths, and innovation
12:15 – 12:30 | Event Opening (Associate Director of SBS)
🛠 Hackathon (Runs all day)
Teams form, ideate, and start building their games.
12:30 – 12:35 | Sharing from JatHub (Founder) & Group Picture
🎤 Optional Talks & Workshops (Parallel)
12:35 – 14:00 | Lunch Break (Pizza and drinks)
14:00 – 15:00 Panel: Careers in Games
Moderator - Frankie
Square - Yota
Atom Star - Tanguy
WarGaming - Constantine
Day 2 – Wednesday, 28 January
🛠 Hackathon (Runs all day)
Teams form, ideate, and start building their games.
🎤 Optional Talks & Workshops (Parallel)
11:00 - 12:00 Good Game Sharing
12:00-12:30 JatHub Ideathon
12:30-14:00 Lunch Break (Snacks and drinks)
14:00-14:30 Product Game Demo
14:30-15:00 Game marketing - ex-epic
17:00 – 18:00 | JatHub Social Media Activity / Fun Session
Teams create short social content related to their project
Optional interactive brand challenges
Day 3 – Thursday, 29 January
09:00 | Pass the event to Game Innovation Zone
Organisers wrap up event so far
Held by Leon and Jon from game course (Music and Media department)
09:00 – 11:00 | Development Sprint & Prepare Submission
Prepare playable versions and any presentation materials
11:00 – 12:00 | Submission Hotfixing
12:00 | All Submissions Entered
12:00 – 13:00 | Group Photo, Lunch & Celebration
Participants, speakers, and mentors
12:00 -- 13:00 | Demo & Showcase
13:00+ | Networking & Showcase