SynBio Game Jam

Welcome to the inaugural SynBio Game Jam! Join scientists, game developers, designers, and ML engineers for a week-long hackathon at the crossroads of synthetic biology (synbio) and games. Synbio is reshaping our world, transforming how we grow food, source materials, and design new medicines. Games, as a medium for exploration and storytelling, can captivate and engage us like no other. Let this event be your playground. DNA puzzles? Simulations? Dynamic ecosystems? Battle royales? Choose-your-own-adventures? Sandbox games? Team up, have fun and bring your most ambitious ideas to life. We have an incredible lineup of speakers: -- Thomas Karagianes (Eterna): Scientific Discovery Games -- Marguerite deCourcelle (Blockade Labs): Building a Text-to-Game Future -- Emmanuel de Maistre (Scenario): GenAI for Creating Style-Consistent Game Assets -- Christina Wodtke (Stanford): Designing Serious Games Schedule: Day 1: Kick-off at Fifty Years HQ 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM: Registration and Check-in 10:00 AM - 10:15 AM: Intro to the SynBio Game Jam 10:15 AM - 11:00 AM: Lightning Talks 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM: Brainstorming Session 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM: Lunch & Networking 12:30 PM - 1:00 PM: Teams! 1:00 PM - 6:00 PM: Project Planning & Initial Development 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM: Food & Drinks 7:00 PM - 7:30 PM: Fireside Chat Days 2-6: Remote collaboration Day 7: Wrap-up and demos at Fifty Years HQ Prizes: -- Signed copies of Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin -- Signed copies of Reinventing Discovery by Michael Nielsen -- $1000 Cash