Create, Collaborate, and Innovate—A 72-Hour Video Game Development Challenge.

Join us at the 8th annual Winnipeg Game Jam, aka PegJam, the highly anticipated video game development challenge hosted by the Winnipeg Game Collective in Winnipeg, Manitoba! Create video games from scratch over the course of a weekend with a community of programmers, designers, artists, writers, musicians and more. Our community includes students, hobbyists, indie developers, professionals and everyone in between. Whether you're just starting your journey into game development or an experienced game developer this is the perfect opportunity to bring your ideas to life.

Info • FAQ • LINKs • Sponsors

The Festival

When:

Thursday, February 20th | 4:30pm

Where:

Red River College Polytech | Manitou A Bi Bii Daziigae (319 Elgin Avenue)

The Jam

When:

Friday, February 21st - Sunday, February 23rd

Where:

Red River College Polytech | Manitou A Bi Bii Daziigae (319 Elgin Avenue)

Sponsors

Gold

Owlchemy Labs Logo

Owlchemy Labs is an XR studio with a passion for polished, playful VR games and experiences.

Owlchemy Labs believe that natural, spatial interactions make virtual reality the ultimate destination for new forms of gameplay and immersion. They love building experiences for everyone: oozing with style, absurdly funny, and with ground-breaking accessibility to bring more joy to more people.

Acquired by Google in 2017, Owlchemy continues to share its pioneering experiments and VR best practices through blog posts, white papers, and talks around the globe to improve VR for Everyone.

Flightyfelon Games is an up-and-coming video game studio founded in Winnipeg, led by wife & husband combo: Rebecca & Zachary Harrison.

Our studio's goal is to become a long-term part of the Canadian game development ecosystem, focusing on sustainable work practices and crafting unique, introspective experiences.

Freeride, our flagship game, is a Personality Test that plays like an Action-RPG.

Industry Speakers

Festival Showcase

Event Partners

What is a game jam?

"Jam" is a reference to musical jam sessions. Similarly, the goal with a "game jam" is to come together and make a video game, or a non-digital (analog) game like a board game or card game. The brief time span is meant to help encourage creative thinking which results in small but innovative and experimental games.

What is PegJam?

Winnipeg Game Jam, also known locally as PegJam, is an annual “game jam” event in which participants try to make a video game from scratch. Winnipeg Game Jam also hosts local events for international game jams such as Ludum Dare, Global Game Jam and others.

Who can participate in PegJam?

Anyone and everyone is welcome! Experience is not necessary but a game jam does require some degree of self directed participation. Participants can include programmers, designers, artists, writers, musicians or even knitters, gardeners, architects and more! You could even work on a board game, and then there's no need for code! To get the most out of the event we encourage all attendees to walk through some basic tutorials prior to the event.

FAQs

Is this event in-person or online?

The location of the event including the Festival+Game Jam will be taking place in person at Balmoral Hall. Participants are also welcome to participate remotely instead or do a mix of the two via Discord. https://dsc.gg/pegjam

Where do I get tickets?

Tickets for both the festival and the game jam are available on Zeffy! https://www.zeffy.com/en-CA/ticketing/winnipeg-game-jam--2025

Do I need to have a team? Can I work solo?

You can work either as a team or solo. If you are looking for a team or have a team and are looking for additional members, we will do our best to help match you up at the jam!

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