The Sovereign Game Jam Panels Hub
Demystifying game development, lowering the barrier to entry, and sparking collaborative teams across festivals, conventions, & events.
GeekGirlCon 2026 Live Showcase
Game Jams: Your Gateway to Fun, Friends, Indie Game Dev Magic, & XR Realities
An un-gatekept look at how weekend jams act as one of the most welcoming, low-barrier on-ramps into indie game development. Hear firsthand stories from Seattle studio founders, shipped game developers, and community leaders—plus participate in a live 48-hour game design experiment using our Proxy Tarot pitch engine!
Multi-Event Directory
GeekGirlCon 2026
Room 'America' • 1:30 PM PDT
A 45-minute interactive panel with Seattle indie leaders exploring non-programmer game dev on-ramps, cozy XR, and a live audience Tarot pitch experiment.
GeekFest West 2025
Kitsap County Pavilion • Genesis Talk
The original 42-slide foundational talk by Larry James exploring early game jams, the 48-hour prototyping crucible, the live Unreal Engine VR workshop, and the genesis of The Game Master Project and Artemis.
Future Cons & Festivals
PAX West • ECCC • GDC • Regional Jams
We are actively planning future panels on game jams, prototyping, and accessible development across conventions. Are you an indie creator with a jam story?
Game Jam & Panel Collaboration Hub
Whether you want to speak on an upcoming Game Jam panel, find a jam crew, offer your craft as a jammer, or bring this Game Jam panel & workshop to your city or convention—connect with our creative network!
Resources & Pocket Grimoires
Take-Home Game Jam Pocket Grimoire (Folding Mini-Zine v1.2.1)
The verified 1-page print-ready 8-panel folding pocket grimoire featuring 5 crew archetypes, step-by-step team formation, crew card instructions, cheat codes, and optical QR codes.
Download PDF (2.1 MB) →9-Up Tabletop Crew Cards (Cardstock Sheet)
Printable 2.5" × 3.5" poker-sized crew cards centered 3×3 on 8.5" × 11" cardstock with zero bleed for duplex printing. Color & Economic B&W.
Tabletop Acrylic Stand Signs (8.5" × 11" Portrait)
Near full-bleed display sheets for acrylic tabletop stands. Includes all 4 Slide 1 Panel Lineup editions & the 5 Jam Crew Archetypes Guide.
Proxy Tarot 48-Hour Pitch Engine
Our live 3-deck synthesis engine: draw Themes, Action Verbs, and Diversifiers to spark an atomic 48-hour prototype with zero MMORPG bloat.
Open Pitch Generator →The 4-Hour Scoping Rule
How to distill your game to a single atomic verb within the first 4 hours of a jam, sleep 8 hours a night, and ship before the Sunday deadline.
Featured on Slide 19Seattle Indies Community
The largest community of independent game developers in the Pacific Northwest, hosting game jams, playtest nights, and inclusive dev events.
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