Game jams are creative events in which participants race against the clock to design and develop a video game, often centered on a specific theme or concept. The 2025 Game Jam has wrapped up, but play and enjoy the winning games! The theme for this year was “A Delicate Balance.”
2025 Game Jam Winning Games
- Best Game Overall – Hog Heist
- Best Visual Novel – System Dive
- Best Action – Light Eater
- Best Other Genre – Forklift Frenzy
- Best Theme Adherence – Gravity Flipped
- Young Creator – Inverted
- Best Narrative – Hyphen
- Best Game Play Experience – System Dive
- Best Technical Execution – System Dive
- Best Sound Design – Hog Heist
- Best Art Direction – What Befell Orwell
- Great Start – What Befell Orwell
- Wild Card – Dragon Bachelors
Library Resources at GCPL for Game Developers and Designers
The Gwinnett County Public Library’s Learning Labs have many free resources to help game developers and designers, including access to Adobe Creative Cloud, Blender, drawing tablers, and audio and video recording studios. We also offer coding classes to help you get started in Scratch, Python, C#, or the Unity game engine. Access to our Learning Labs is free with a library card. Out-of-county patrons can purchase a full-access library card for $40 a year.
For more information on getting started with game design and development, visit our LibGuide: https://lib.gwinnettpl.org/learninglab/gamedev
Learning Labs Specialists are also on staff to help! Book-a-Librarian or make a reservation to use the labs at www.gwinnettpl.org/learninglabs/
Have a question? Send us an email at learninglabs@gwinnettpl.org