Global Game Jam is an annual game hackathon. It took a place in many countries at the same time all over the world. People like designers, sound creators, programmers sit together to create games in 48h. The main purpose of this game jam is to innovate, experiment and collaborate. Each year, participants get a new theme for the game. They try to use this theme as inspiration for game story line.

I really love doing things connecting in technology. This time I was participant in “Global Game Jam” in Cieszyn. This was my third time. What is Global Game Jam? This is 48 hours hackathon for people which would like to create games. And each year I’m impressed of ideas, talent and projects realization.

This was second Hack4Good for me. Previous was in Dublin and this was in Krakow, Poland. I was there with my 3 friends from work (Ula, Alek, Grzesiu) and one from Rails Girls Poznan (Przemek). We created one team and worked in Rails of course…

I had the pleasure to be a part of two events in Dublin this week: Hack4good and Web Summit. Today I will focus on the first. What is Hack4good? It’s one day of coding in good cause. Programmers from different countries come to one place (this time in Dublin) and create applications for community. For example: How to give homeless people food to survive? How to fulfill the dreams of dying children? How to follow people carrier path after graduation? And many, many more…