Eko Game Jam – Sustainability Games Community (HIGHLIGHT)

Last updated: 23.8.2025

This was a game sector community event making climate impact data playable.

EKO Game Jam was an open and free event for game developers to create climate-themed web and mobile games. The jam focused on integrating environmental data into playable formats and exploring open platforms for long-term reuse. It resulted in multiple playable climate-conscious game prototypes and a roadmap for open environmental game assets.

Status and news

We are exploring opportunities to continue the community game jams in the future. Eko Game Jam could become an annual event, in minimum.

Illustration: Venla Inkari, Avoin

Tuula Cox

Duration

4/2019-10/2019

Offered expertise

Stakeholder co-creation, Scientific collaboration, Game design, Participatory methods, Climate data visualisation, Community building, Branding, Open-source, Communications

Openness

Free participation, mainly open data, models, and prototype-level code

Partners

Avoin, Finnish Environment Institute

Funders

The Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra (75%), Ministry of the Environment, Finland (25%)

Grant ID

400605

Links

https://avoin.org/eko-game-jam/

https://itch.io/jam/eko-game-jam