@arcademia.bsky.socialTHE RETRO REVOLUTION // TRANSMISSION 02
Different people. Different places. Different ideas.
One Arcademia. One Revolution.
Whoever you are, wherever you are, there’s a place for you here.
Arcademia game jam returns in February 2027.
@arcademia.bsky.socialMeet Bartik. One of the originals that started it all. 🕹️
Bartik was one of two Research Arcade machines created to study gendered representation and player preferences in video games.
Years later, those machines would help lay the foundations for Arcademia.
@arcademia.bsky.socialDifferent campus. Same jam. 🕹️🌍
This was Arcademia 2026 at North-West University in South Africa.
NWU was our first international partner.
The family has grown since then, and we’ve got plenty more from NWU to share!
@arcademia.bsky.socialTwo arcade machines in a university hallway and an 8-hour student game jam.
That’s where Arcademia began.
Today, we’re an international game jam with NINE educational institutions! But Lincoln is where we started!
More Venue Spotlights coming soon. 🌍
#arcademia #gamejam #gamedev
@arcademia.bsky.socialMid jam. Guitar out. Writing a soundtrack from nothing.
A game is never one skill. Artists, animators, designers, programmers, composers and everyone in between. Arcademia needs all of you in one room.
Whatever you make, you'd fit right in.
@arcademia.bsky.socialFour institutions. Two countries. One weekend. 29 games! 🕹️
This was Lincoln. At the same time, teams at Hull, Wits and North-West University were crossing the finish line too.
We’re building the Arcademia family photo album. This is page one.