Building finnish game jam community through positive social facilitation

In this paper we present the findings of a case study of Finnish Game Jam. Finnish Game Jam is a game creation event organized as a Global Game Jam event in Finland. The development of the Finnish jamming scene has been strong for the past six years paralleling the success of game industry and the growth of game education in Finland. This study consists of post-event surveys collected between 2010 and 2016 and statistics collected from the participant registration forms. The study builds a picture of the evolution of the Finnish game jamming scene and provide suggestions for national support systems of game industry ecosystems.