Global Game Jam Istanbul @ BUG

The Bahçeşehir University Game Lab "BUG" once again hosted the Istanbul leg of Global Game Jam, the game development marathon held all around the world.

On 29–31 January 2016, around 150 game developers, artists and designers came together at the Bahçeşehir University Galata Campus, produced games in teams within 48 hours based on a given theme, and shared them with the whole world.

Sponsored by Riot Games and Netmarble Türkiye and supported by MSI and Logitech, GGJ Istanbul @ BUG this year also opened its doors to virtual reality (VR), a technology set to shape the next decade. The "VR First" virtual reality lab, a Crytek & BAU collaboration project launched on 19 January, was also active throughout the event for participants to develop VR games.

With 5,439 games produced at more than 500 venues in 78 countries in 2015, Global Game Jam is an event that independent game developers in particular look forward to all year to showcase themselves, and that the game industry awaits to discover new talent and new game ideas.