Generating Real-World Impact from Academic Research

Ingram, Claire; Chubb, Jenn; Boardman, Claire; Ursu, Marian F.

doi:10.1145/3387940.3391479

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“…As such, game jams are a way to connect formal education with industry practices. Ingram et al (2020) suggest that industry-academia cooperation brings mutual benefits: academics collaborating with the industry create higher quality research outputs with higher funding, and companies collaborating with universities create more innovative products. Kankainen et al (2019) interviewed 13 game jam organisers who organised their events as part of their jobs with a company or an institution (in the game industry or in education) in Finland.…”

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“…With regard to the industry perspective, one of the Czech Game Developers Association's top priorities for 2021 was to support the educational sector in adapting to the demands of the growing game industry. As a format familiar to both the industry and the education system, game jams can be a platform for industry-academia collaboration: with benefits to both parties (see Ingram et al, 2020) and to local gaming communities. Thus, a better understanding of how the industry benefits from various game jam formats is not only an academic pursuit.…”

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Review of Educational Benefits of Game Jams: Participant and Industry Perspective

Kolek

Mochocki

Gemrot

2023

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There are some studies on the educational potential of game jams, but their number seems insufficient given the hundreds of thousands of game jam participants every year. What emerges as the largest research gap is the game industry perspective: its involvement in game jamming and motivations for doing so. This study is a reaction to this research gap. Current research defined some educational benefits of game jams, but how these benefits are relevant for the game industry is radically underresearched. Clarifying this missing link might be essential to the widespread use of game jams as platforms for collaboration between the academia and the game industry. This explorative study answers the following questions: What do we know about the learning outcomes of game jams for participants? How are (or are not) those outcomes relevant for the game industry? How and why do (or do not) video game studios engage with game jams? If so, are the studios also motivated by educational benefits? Our paper is based on a systematic review of resources from 10 academic databases using search operators and pre-defined criteria, and also on direct data collection from the video game industry. The study suggests that game jams can improve soft and hard skills that the video game industry appreciates. Also, the findings suggest that the video game industry is aware of game jams’ educational benefits and that these benefits are one of the main motivators for game companies to get involved in game jams.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%