GM4CF Presents: Atlantic Game Jam Showcase & Awards Show

Adam Hartling
8 hours ago
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Updated: 21 minutes ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEhcoUFclcA

Video of the awards ceremony

On May 26th, 2026 the Game Makers 4 Cooperative Futures organization presented the "Atlantic Game Jam Showcase & Award Show" at Volta. The show was presented in partnership with the XP Game Connect Atlantic 2026 event that is being held June 5th in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

The Atlantic Game Jam: Spring 2026 started May 8 and ran 10 days to May 18, with the theme of "Together!" There were 13 game submissions and 42 participants across the Atlantic Canada region. The jam was intended to encourage people to join teams with the goal of fostering the formation of video game cooperative studios. Participants were encouraged to jam with people they had not worked with before, as a community building exercise.

The jam was sponsored by the following studios:

besszong. https://besszong.ca/

Iron Fox Games https://www.ironfoxgames.com/

Gamemode One https://www.gamemodeone.com/

Talberon Games https://talberon.com/

Entries were judged by a panel from the community to win table space at the XP Game Connect Atlantic 2026 event. There they will get to present their work to industry attendees to view and play. A total of 5 tables and 10 tickets to the event were available as prizes.

During the two hours of the showcase, participants were provided tables to setup playable demos of their entries.

At 8 PM, an award ceremony was held and live streamed on Discord for those who could not attend in person. A recording of the award presentation was also uploaded to YouTube. The emcee that evening was Halifax game developer Trevor Kendrick, with assitance of the event organizers George Greer and Kai Oliver (organizer Matthieu Benedict was unable to attend)

Game entries were judged by a panel consisting of Trevor Kendrick, George Greer, Tabea Marzlin, Abigail Evans, Matthieu Benedict & Kaitlyn Archambault. Entries were scored based on five factors; innovation, use of the theme, overall presentation, fun factor and overall feel.