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Welcome to the Noodle Goose (https://noodlegoose.ca/)'s YOU CAN PLAY THIS GAME JAM! This is a virtual event with an optional in-person kickoff party! Our game jam focuses on developing and pitching your best game ideas. You are not required to submit a playable game prototype, though you are welcome to do so.
The in-person portion of the event will be co-run with Games Unlocked, a build and play event where you can drop in and play games with adaptive equipment and settings, as well as build switches for custom game controller set-ups. These switches will be donated to gamers who need them through organizations such as Sickkids and Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital.
Total beginners are welcome to join our game jam and Games Unlocked; mentors will set you up on a team and provide the templates you need to organize your game ideas!We're also challenging you to design your game to be as accessible as possible,so that more people can enjoy your game.
SCHEDULE and Locations:
**MAY 30TH, 12:00AM EST:**Announcement of the game jam theme on Discord and Itch.io page. Participants may begin jamming until the deadline, June 12th, 2026. The game design deck submission template is posted on Discord.
**MAY 30TH, 11 AM-4 PM EST:**We're host our game jam kickoff in person! If you're in the Toronto area, join us at OCAD University's Inclusive Design Research Centre located at 205 Richmond Street West, 2nd floor, for a live work period complete with free instant noodles and other refreshments!
**JUNE 12TH 4:00PM EST:**The YOU CAN PLAY THIS GAME JAM ends, and judging begins.
**JUNE 16TH 7:00PM EST:**Results are finalized we will announce the winners at our awards show as part of Wero Creative's Seriously Fun Showcase at Danu Social House, during Toronto Games Week. Prizes to be announced via social media!

Breaking the rules can disqualify your entry and result in removal of your project from the event page.Please make sure to review the rules you submit your project.

Our game jam has a theme on which you should base your game. The official theme will be announcedon the day of the jamlive in our Discord Server (https://discord.gg/Tkn7pggUDr). People who register for the jam will receive an invitation to the server.
We have a secondary mini theme of "Goose". If you include a goose within your game, you will automatically gainone extra point.

Our evaluation rubric is a scored rubric of**26 points.**These points are divided as follows:
Judges will be announced on Noodle Goose's social media accounts prior to the event.
Partners and Supporters:
OCAD Inclusive Design Research Centre
Wero Creative
Unity
ASUS
XP Game Biz
Coast to Coast ATC
Noodle King
Inclusion Arcade
Entry Lvl
Canadian Game Awards
All of our updates will be made to our DISCORD (https://discord.gg/QmCPPPHTW8) first; that's where you can ask questions, find updates, and everything else! Follow us onINSTAGRAM (https://www.instagram.com/noodlegoose.ca), TIKTOK (https://www.instagram.com/noodlegoose.ca), andLINKEDIN (https://www.linkedin.com/company/noodle-goose/)!

Saturday, May 30
4:00 AM → 13 days later 8:00 PM GMT+0
Online
Link available after registration