Keeping indie games alive in Rennes

The Global Game Jam (GGJ) is a yearly worldwide event where teams make games in 48 hours: video games, board games or anything in between. Jammers discover the theme when the 48 hours start, and optional achievements add to the challenge.

First co-organised in Rennes by the association 3 Hit Combo, the Global Game Jam has been fully run by Indie Collective since 2021.

Our role covers the overall management, the presentation and the smooth running of the event all weekend long.

The Stunjam is a 48-hour team game-making event (video games, board games or hybrids), usually held the weekend before Stunfest, the festival of video game culture in Rennes.

Jammers discover the theme when the 48 hours start, and optional achievements add spice to the challenge.

What makes this jam special is that it's part of the festival: the games are shown at Stunfest on a dedicated stand, next to the independent studios.

Our role covers the overall management, the presentation and the smooth running of the event all weekend long.

The BBQ Jam is a 48-hour team game-making event (video games, board games or hybrids) held in the summer. Jammers discover the theme when the 48 hours start, and optional achievements add to the challenge.

Our role covers the overall management, the presentation and the smooth running of the event all weekend long.

The Octojam is a 48-hour team game-making event (video games, board games or hybrids) held on the last weekend of October. Jammers discover the theme when the 48 hours start, and optional achievements add to the challenge.

It falls on the night the clocks go back, so jammers can also take part in the 0h game jam: one hour of game-making between 2 a.m. (summer time) and 2 a.m. (winter time).

Our role covers the overall management, the presentation and the smooth running of the event all weekend long.

Stunfest, a festival of video game culture in Rennes, created in 2005 and run by the association 3 Hit Combo, has welcomed us since 2012 to coordinate part of the festival.

First focused on independent game studios, this section grows year after year and now also hosts original installations, temporary workshops and other performances during the festival.

Its aim is to showcase game creation in all its forms, from France and elsewhere. A jury also gives several awards to the Indie Zone’s favourite games.

A game jam, the Stunjam, is open to the public ahead of the festival: a jam for game-making enthusiasts (and newcomers), whose games are then shown at Stunfest on a dedicated stand.

The association also builds the website presenting the indie exhibitors, runs the public vote and makes the trailer of the games shown at the Indie Awards.