Your great journey
Welcome to explore our activities!
Who are you?
I am a game dev
Game devs of every stage of your career are welcome to take part in our activities.
DEMO
Show you game concept for other game developers and get valuable feedback or use this opportunity to look for new team mates?
More details available the coming fall.
Friday Stories
Challenge yourself with new knowledge and perspectives from the games industry and experience design field.
You can learn more about it on our Friday Stories-subpage here.
Game Jams
Flex your skills and explore different game ideas at one of our game jams.
More info coming after the summer.
Meetups
At our meetups you get the opportunity to meet other game devs and game enthusiasts and discuss the latest gaming news, the new tools and much more.
Join our discord-server to find out more.
The Great Pitch-events
Test out your game and pitching skills in one of our free pitch-events. The Winter Pitch gives you a great opportunity to pitch your game and get live feedback from a panel of industry pro's and The Summer Pitch offers prizes with up to 100 000 in funding!
More info about these event will be available later this year.
I am a student
It doesn't matter if you are a student here in Karlstad, up in Boden or down in Malmö, everyone are welcome to our activities.
Internship at The Great Journey
This is an internship opportunity for the students at the Indie Game Developer-program here in Karlstad where you get to develop your own concept under mentoring from both our Studio Manager and other industry professionals.
More details coming soon.
Friday Stories
Challenge yourself with new knowledge and perspectives from the games industry and experience design-field.
You can learn more about it on our Friday Stories-subpage here.
Fasttrack
If you are about to finish your games studies but have a team and a game you want to release, then Fasttrack is the place for you. Fasttrack offers you a chance to work on your game and build your studio for a whole year while being financial supported.
Applications are closed for this year, but you can learn more about the program here.
Meetups
Join in and find other students, game developers and game enthusiasts to share ideas and find new friends.
I want to start a studio
Workspace, processes or marketing? Here at The Great Journey we help you all the way from starting and managing your studio to finding an office to settle in.
The Accelerator
We have an accelerator-program that is supporting you in your journey to your own studio and the release of your game!
Send an email to our Studio Manager Mikael at mikael.forslund@thegreatjourney.se and say hi!
Fasttrack
The Fasttrack-program is an opportunity for you to develop your studio and game for a whole year with financial support.
Applications are closed for this year, but you can learn more about the program here.
Friday Stories
Challenge yourself with new knowledge and perspectives from the games industry and experience design field.
Relocating your studio
Want to move your studio to the cozy and innovative forests of Värmland?
Reach out to our Project Manager Patrick Standfast at patrick@thegreatjourney.se and say hi!
I am an industry professional
Friday Stories
Challenge yourself with new knowledge and perspectives from the games industry and experience design field.
You can learn more about it on our Friday Stories-subpage here.
If you are interested in hosting a Friday Stories, send an email to our Project Manager Patrick Standfast at patrick@thegreatjourney.se.
Internships
Our students the opportunities for LIA and internship-periods.
More info coming soon.
The accelerator
We have an accelerator-program that is supporting you in your journey to your own studio and the release of your game!
Send an email to our Studio Manager Mikael at mikael.forslund@thegreatjourney.se and say hi!
Fasttrack
The Great Journey together with Futuregames offers newly formed or soon to be game studios the chance to develope their game and studio for a whole year. If you are interested in mentoring or in other ways take part in this process, please send an email to our Studio Manager Mikael Forslund at mikael.forlsund@thegreatjourney.se
I want a community
Be part of our growing community of game devs and gamers!
The Great Journey discord-server
Now during the pandemic, the easiest way to hang with new people is to join our Discord-server where we talk everything games, the latest news and help each other with coding and other game dev questions.
Join our discord-server to find out more.
Meetups
Don't be shy to pop in to our meetups! Talk about the games you are playing, creating and loving and find other people.
Join our discord-server to find out more.
Friday Stories
Want to take it to the next level? Then join in on our Friday Stories where we invite industry professionals to share their experience, technics and methods with us.
You can learn more about it on our Friday Stories-subpage here.
