Friday, 7pm at Foundry Coworking
Keynote by Alec Holowka, co-creator of the award-winning indie game Aquaria

Friday, 8pm - Sunday, 3pm at Foundry Coworking
Making videogames

Sunday, 3pm - 8pm at Impromptu Studio
Show & tell - RSVP NOT REQUIRED - Open to the public

TIGJam Midwest is an indie game jam where creatives - programmers, hackers, designers, artists, or musicians - get together and make videogames in a weekend.  In that sense, it's very similar to events like the 48 Hour Film Project or Startup Weekend.  It's called TIGJam because our group is part of the TIGSource community, which is a developer community for indie games.

Our game jams usually have a theme, and TIGJam Midwest's theme this year is "proverbs."  Participants will form teams, choose a specific proverb from a culture of their choice, and develop a game based on it.  There could be games based on Chinese Buddhist, Muslim, Hindu, Christian proverbs, or more obscure cultures or religions.

The local community is encouraged to attend the show & tell at Impromptu Studio (RSVP not required), where they will experience the games and meet local game developers.  These won't be your usual space marine shooters; expect raw and barely-finished games that explore satirical, brand new, or meaningful territory.