BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250309T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20241103T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:PST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250212T000435Z UID:9749D5EB-8EA6-4D2F-B3CB-2F1B9BF3593D DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250124T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250126T180000 DESCRIPTION:The IEEE Seattle Section is teaming up with Bellevue College to host a Global Game Jam site.\n\nThe Global Game Jam® (GGJ®) is the worl d's largest game creation event taking place in physical locations across the globe. Think of it as a 48 hour hackathon focused on game development around a theme.\n\nTotal Count To Date\n439\,047+ Jammers\n89\,146+ Games created\n132 Countries participated\n\nGGJ’s mission is to stimulate inn ovation\, experimentation\, and collaboration in games. This annual event begins on Friday afternoon January 24th and ends Sunday afternoon January 26th.\n\nThe GGJ encourages collaboration and its events are not a competi tion. This event is open to the public.\n\nMore information is available a t the [Global Game Jam website](https://globalgamejam.org/)\, including ga mes from previous years\, and the [Bellevue College GGJ 25 Site](https://g lobalgamejam.org/jam-sites/2025/bellevue-college).\n\nPlease register toda y to get a seat\, Space is limited.\n\nParking is available across the str eet in Lot 14 using parking code ABBRPL.\n\n[Join IEEE](https://www.ieee.o rg/membership/join/index.html?WT.mc_id=hc_join)\n\nPLEASE ENSURE YOU ARE S IGNED UP BOTH HERE AND ON OUR GGJ SITE (Linked Above)\n\n[Bellevue College Flyer]\n\nCo-sponsored by: Bellevue College\, Global Game Jam\n\nAgenda: \nFRIDAY\, January 24th\,\n\n4:00 PM\nRegistration\n\nWorkshops\n\n- Pixel Art\n- Photogrammetry (Jack Trotter)\n- Navigating a GGJ (Megan Davies)\n - Programming (James Riggal)\n- Audio (James Brooks)\n\n6:00 PM Dinner and Welcome\n6:30 PM Team Building and Idea Pitches\n8:00 PM Adjourn\n\nSATUR DAY\, January 25\,\n\n9:00 AM\nTeam Jams (all day)\n\n- Mentors available\ n- "Stretch with Meg"\n\n12:00 PM Lunch\n5:00 PM Dinner\n7:00 PM Adjourn\n \nSUNDAY\, January 26\,\n\n8:00 AM\nTeam Jams (all day)\n\n12:00 PM Lunch\ n3:00 PM Teams Upload Games to GGJ Site\n3:30 PM Team Presentations\n5:45 PM Wrap-Up\n6:00 PM Adjourn\n\nBldg: Building N\, Bellevue College\, Coal Creek Road\, Bellevue\, Washington\, United States\, 98007 LOCATION:Bldg: Building N\, Bellevue College\, Coal Creek Road\, Bellevue\, Washington\, United States\, 98007 ORGANIZER:swen@ieee.org SEQUENCE:55 SUMMARY:Join 439k Gamers worldwide to Create Exhilarating Games at the Glob al Game Jam 2025\, January 24-26 URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/453943 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><iframe sr c="https://www.youtube.com/embed/PPJGLTXfH6o" width="560" height="314" all owfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p>\n<p><span style="color: rgb(2 24\, 62\, 45)\; font-size: 24pt\;"><strong>The IEEE Seattle Section is tea ming up with Bellevue College to host a Global Game Jam site.</strong></sp an></p>\n<p><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms'\, sans-serif\; font- size: 14pt\;">The Global Game Jam&reg\; (GGJ&reg\;) is the world's largest game creation event taking place in physical locations across the globe. Think of it as a 48 hour hackathon focused on game development around a th eme.</span></p>\n<p><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms'\, sans-serif \; color: rgb(224\, 62\, 45)\; font-size: 14pt\;"><em><strong style="box-s izing: inherit\; font-weight: bolder\; margin-bottom: 4px\; display: inlin e-block\; font-style: normal\; font-variant-ligatures: normal\; font-varia nt-caps: normal\; letter-spacing: normal\; text-align: left\; text-indent: 0px\; text-transform: none\; word-spacing: 0px\; -webkit-text-stroke-widt h: 0px\; white-space: normal\; background-color: rgb(242\, 244\, 245)\;">T otal Count To Date</strong></em></span><br style="box-sizing: inherit\; co lor: rgb(73\, 89\, 111)\; font-family: 'Futura Book'\, sans-serif\; font-s ize: 14px\; font-style: normal\; font-variant-ligatures: normal\; font-var iant-caps: normal\; font-weight: 400\; letter-spacing: normal\; orphans: 2 \; text-align: left\; text-indent: 0px\; text-transform: none\; widows: 2\ ; word-spacing: 0px\; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px\; white-space: normal \; background-color: rgb(242\, 244\, 245)\; text-decoration-thickness: ini tial\; text-decoration-style: initial\; text-decoration-color: initial\;"> <span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms'\, sans-serif\; color: rgb(224\, 62\, 45)\; font-size: 14pt\;"><em><span style="font-variant-ligatures: nor mal\; font-variant-caps: normal\; font-weight: 400\; letter-spacing: norma l\; text-align: left\; text-indent: 0px\; text-transform: none\; word-spac ing: 0px\; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px\; white-space: normal\; backgrou nd-color: rgb(242\, 244\, 245)\; display: inline !important\; float: none\ ;">439\,047+ Jammers</span></em></span><br style="box-sizing: inherit\; co lor: rgb(73\, 89\, 111)\; font-family: 'Futura Book'\, sans-serif\; font-s ize: 14px\; font-style: normal\; font-variant-ligatures: normal\; font-var iant-caps: normal\; font-weight: 400\; letter-spacing: normal\; orphans: 2 \; text-align: left\; text-indent: 0px\; text-transform: none\; widows: 2\ ; word-spacing: 0px\; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px\; white-space: normal \; background-color: rgb(242\, 244\, 245)\; text-decoration-thickness: ini tial\; text-decoration-style: initial\; text-decoration-color: initial\;"> <span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms'\, sans-serif\; color: rgb(224\, 62\, 45)\; font-size: 14pt\;"><em><span style="font-variant-ligatures: nor mal\; font-variant-caps: normal\; font-weight: 400\; letter-spacing: norma l\; text-align: left\; text-indent: 0px\; text-transform: none\; word-spac ing: 0px\; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px\; white-space: normal\; backgrou nd-color: rgb(242\, 244\, 245)\; display: inline !important\; float: none\ ;">89\,146+ Games created&nbsp\;</span></em></span><br style="box-sizing: inherit\; color: rgb(73\, 89\, 111)\; font-family: 'Futura Book'\, sans-se rif\; font-size: 14px\; font-style: normal\; font-variant-ligatures: norma l\; font-variant-caps: normal\; font-weight: 400\; letter-spacing: normal\ ; orphans: 2\; text-align: left\; text-indent: 0px\; text-transform: none\ ; widows: 2\; word-spacing: 0px\; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px\; white-s pace: normal\; background-color: rgb(242\, 244\, 245)\; text-decoration-th ickness: initial\; text-decoration-style: initial\; text-decoration-color: initial\;"><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms'\, sans-serif\; color : rgb(224\, 62\, 45)\; font-size: 14pt\;"><em><span style="font-variant-li gatures: normal\; font-variant-caps: normal\; font-weight: 400\; letter-sp acing: normal\; text-align: left\; text-indent: 0px\; text-transform: none \; word-spacing: 0px\; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px\; white-space: norma l\; background-color: rgb(242\, 244\, 245)\; display: inline !important\; float: none\;">132 Countries participated</span></em></span></p>\n<p><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms'\, sans-serif\; font-size: 14pt\;">GGJ &rsquo\;s mission is to stimulate innovation\, experimentation\, and colla boration in games. This annual event begins on Friday afternoon January 24 th and ends Sunday afternoon January 26th.</span></p>\n<p><span style="fon t-family: 'comic sans ms'\, sans-serif\; font-size: 14pt\;">The GGJ encour ages collaboration and its events are&nbsp\;<strong>not a competition</str ong>. This event is open to the public.</span></p>\n<p><span style="font-f amily: 'comic sans ms'\, sans-serif\; font-size: 14pt\;">More information is available at the <a href="https://globalgamejam.org/">Global Game Jam w ebsite</a>\, including games from previous years\, and the <a href="https: //globalgamejam.org/jam-sites/2025/bellevue-college">Bellevue College GGJ 25 Site</a>.</span></p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><span style="font-family: 'com ic sans ms'\, sans-serif\; font-size: 14pt\;">Please register today to get a seat\,&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Space is limited.</span></p>\n<p><span style="font -family: 'comic sans ms'\, sans-serif\; font-size: 14pt\;">Parking is avai lable across the street in Lot 14 using parking code ABBRPL.</span></p>\n< p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms'\, sans-serif\; font-size: 14pt\;"><span style="color: rgb(53\, 152\, 219)\;"><a style="c olor: rgb(53\, 152\, 219)\;" href="https://www.ieee.org/membership/join/in dex.html?WT.mc_id=hc_join">&nbsp\;<span style="color: rgb(35\, 111\, 161)\ ;"><strong>Join IEEE&nbsp\;</strong></span></a><br><br><br><strong>PLEASE ENSURE YOU ARE SIGNED UP BOTH HERE AND ON OUR GGJ SITE (Linked Above)</str ong></span></span></p>\n<p><img src="https://events.vtools.ieee.org/vtools _ui/media/display/e3654616-58b6-4082-9ee1-ade335d30a17" alt="Bellevue Coll ege Flyer" width="813" height="1063"></p><br /><br />Agenda: <br /><h2><st rong>FRIDAY\, January 24th\,&nbsp\;<br></strong></h2>\n<table style="borde r-collapse: collapse\; width: 42.0345%\; height: 287.984px\;" border="1">< colgroup><col style="width: 22.8561%\;"><col style="width: 77.1439%\;"></c olgroup>\n<tbody>\n<tr style="height: 220.789px\;">\n<td style="height: 22 0.789px\;">4:00 PM</td>\n<td style="height: 220.789px\;">\n<p>Registration </p>\n<p>Workshops</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pixel Art</li>\n<li>Photogrammetry (Jack Trotter)</li>\n<li>Navigating a GGJ (Megan Davies)</li>\n<li>Programming (James Riggal)</li>\n<li>Audio (James Brooks)</li>\n</ul>\n</td>\n</tr>\n< tr style="height: 22.3984px\;">\n<td style="height: 22.3984px\;">6:00 PM</ td>\n<td style="height: 22.3984px\;">Dinner and Welcome</td>\n</tr>\n<tr s tyle="height: 22.3984px\;">\n<td style="height: 22.3984px\;">6:30 PM</td>\ n<td style="height: 22.3984px\;">Team Building and Idea Pitches</td>\n</tr >\n<tr style="height: 22.3984px\;">\n<td style="height: 22.3984px\;">8:00 PM</td>\n<td style="height: 22.3984px\;">Adjourn</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</ table>\n<h2>&nbsp\;</h2>\n<h2><strong>SATURDAY\, January 25\,&nbsp\;<br></ strong></h2>\n<table style="border-collapse: collapse\; width: 41.9386%\;" border="1"><colgroup><col style="width: 22.54%\;"><col style="width: 77.4 6%\;"></colgroup>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>9:00 AM</td>\n<td>\n<p>Team Jams (al l day)</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mentors available</li>\n<li>"Stretch with Meg"</li>\ n</ul>\n</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>12:00 PM</td>\n<td>Lunch</td>\n</tr>\n<tr> \n<td>5:00 PM</td>\n<td>Dinner</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7:00 PM</td>\n<td>Ad journ</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<h2><strong>SUNDAY\ , January 26\,&nbsp\;<br></strong></h2>\n<table style="border-collapse: co llapse\; width: 41.9386%\;" border="1"><colgroup><col style="width: 22.54% \;"><col style="width: 77.46%\;"></colgroup>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>8:00 AM</ td>\n<td>\n<p>Team Jams (all day)</p>\n</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>12:00 PM</t d>\n<td>Lunch</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3:00 PM</td>\n<td>Teams Upload Games to GGJ Site</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3:30 PM</td>\n<td>Team Presentations</t d>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5:45 PM</td>\n<td>Wrap-Up</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6:00 PM</td>\n<td>Adjourn</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR