ICGJ 2016 Accepted Papers, Showcase Games and Award Winners
| Full Paper | Authors |
| Design Constraints in Game Design — Case: Survival Mode Game Jam 2016 (Best Paper Award) | Annakaisa Kultima, Kati Alha and Timo Nummenmaa |
| Big Team Game Jams | Elias Farhan and Dr. Mela Kocher |
| Improving Social Skills through Game Jam Participation | Peter Smith and Clint Bowers |
| Understanding a Community: Observations from the Global Game Jam Survey Data | Thomas Steinke, Max Linsenbard, Elliot Fiske and Foaad Khosmood |
| Short / Position Papers | Authors |
| Global Game Jam as IT-Community Development Boost | Alexey Izvalov, Serhii Nedilko and Vitalii Nedilko |
| Informal STEM Learning in Game Jams, Hackathons and Game Creation Events | Allan Fowler |
| Using Sentiment Analysis to track reaction to the Global Game Jam Theme | Brian McDonald and David Moffat |
| The Value of Game Prototyping Projects for Students and Industry | Johanna Pirker, Annakaisa Kultima and Christian Gütl |
| Deciphering Hackathons and Game Jams through Play (Best Paper Award) | Lindsay Grace |
| Ethos of location and it's implication to the motivators of Games Jam participants | Nia Wearn and Brian McDonald |
| A better recipe for game jams: using the Mechanics Dynamics Aesthetics framework for planning | Paris Buttfield-Addison, Jonathon Manning, Tim Nugent and Jason Imms |
| No One Way to Jam: Game Jams for Creativity, Learning, Entertainment, and Research | Richard Eberhardt |
| Showcase Finalists | Creators |
| Valhalla | Elliot Fiske, Thomas Steinke and Max Linsenbard |
| Something Deep | Alexey Izvalov |
| Advanced Dodgeball | Ryan Zappulla, Philip Blankenship and Chris Harris |
| Showcase Honorable Mentions | Creators |
| The Devil Among Us | Darren Reed, Peter Cowling, Emma Brassington, Sebastian Deterding, Jonathan Hook, Vicky Hodge, Marian Ursu, Sam Devlin and Mark R Johnson |
| Bedtime: A GGJ Showcase | Keenan M. Reimer and Jennifer E. Reimer |
| Crowd Fiend | Cory Williams, Chris Mondok, Jason Marciniak, Ryan Smith, Robert Foder, Kevin Bartlam, Trevor Carter and Brian Thompson |
