According to Wikipedia, a game jam is a gathering of people for the purpose of planning, designing, and creating one or more games within a short span of time, usually ranging between 24 and 72 hours. Participants are generally made up of programmers, game designers, artists, writers, and others in game development-related fields.
When is it?- October 27, 2017. 6PM - 10PM. Orientation, team registration, keynote
- October 28, 2017 9 AM through October 29, 1 PM - Game Jam
- Complete schedule is available at https://pittgames4health.com/schedule/
Games4Health is open to any university student 18 years of age or older.
Overarching ThemesDesign and develop a serious or a transformational digital game that addresses critical issues in one of the following areas:
- Asthma
- Cancer
- Depression, anxiety
- Eating disorders
- Diabetes self-management
- Autism
- Learning disorders
- Medication abuse
- Epilepsy or other seizure disorders
- Food allergies
- Inflammatory bowel disease
- Obesity
- Organ transplant
- Sickle cell disease
- Stuttering
Eligibility
- Games4Health is open to any university student 18 years of age or older.
Prizes
$4,250 in prizes
1st Place
(5)
2nd Place
(5)
3rd Place
(5)
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
How to enter
- Games4Health is open to any university student 18 years of age or older.
- Teams must be comprised of 3-5 graduate or undergraduate student-members
- Teams must be cross-disciplinary and have at least one:
- Computer science, Information sciences, or Engineering student
- A Health Sciences student (dental, medicine, nursing, pharmacy, public health, or rehabilitation sciences)
- Business student
- We encourage participants to form teams prior to Games4Health kick-off date. If you are looking for teammates, please post the following information about yourself on our Facebook group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/1953854054871443/):
- Your name
- University
- Major
- Degree
- Email address
- Which overarching theme you are interested in
- What skills will you bring to the team
You can register for Games4Health 2017 through https://pittgames4health.com/registration/
Judges

Dmitriy Babichenko
Judging Criteria
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Relevance / Usefulness
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Innovation
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Fun factor
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Quality of Implementation
Questions? Email the hackathon manager
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