Negative Game Jam Experiences
Game jam research and reports on game jams are often mapping the positive aspects of game jams. But how about negative experiences? What kind of things can make the events unpleasant, less enjoyable, discouraging - or even unsafe? It is important to understand game jams from all different viewpoints, so this study gathers specifically stories on negative experiences on game jams.

How does this study define a game jam? A game jam is:
* an event that is organized by someone for more than one person
* self-defining itself a game jam for its audience prior to the event (as part of the name of the event or in a descriptive text on a website, Facebook page, company Slack, email or similar).

This survey focuses on experiences within Finnish game jam communities, but is not excluding other responses.

Reply by 14th January 2021.

The data will be collected anonymously and will be handled by post-doctoral researcher Annakaisa Kultima and her research team from Aalto University (further inquiries can be directed to: Annakaisa.Kultima@aalto.fi). We aim to publish the results of this study as an academic article.
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****** Background questions
Please provide your background information.
Your age
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Your nationality
Gender
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How would you identify yourself? Choose all that apply.
***** Experiences with game jams
Please provide information on your general experience with game jams.
Which roles have you taken in game jams? Choose all that apply.
How many game jams have you participated (in any role, also organizer)?
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Which year did you participate a game jam for the first time (in any role, also organizer)?
What kind of game jams have you attended? Choose all that apply.
How would you rate your overall experience with game jams? *
What is your overall impression on game jams based on your experiences so far? How positive or negative are game jams personally to you?
Very positive
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***** Your story
Describe a negative game jam experience that you would like to share for this study.
Your negative game jam experience *
Pick one experience that was negative for you and describe the experience in the level of details of your choice. What made it negative? What kind of game jam it was? What happened before and after the experience?
How defining this particular experience was for you? *
How did you recover from the experience or what would have made your experience more positive and/or help you recover?
Share your experience or your own ideas on how experiences similar to yours could be resolved or avoided altogether.
Where did this experience take place?
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***** Additional information
Share other game jam experiences (optional)
If you want to, you can also describe other game jam experiences, positive or negative ones.
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