Nexon's game jam for college students is fun, with about 70 people producing interesting games

Jul 21, 2025

Nexon's game jam for college students is fun, with about 70 people producing interesting games



Nexon's game jam for college students is fun, with about 70 people producing interesting games


Nexon announced on the 21st that it has completed 2025 Nexon University Student Game Jam "It's Funny" held at the Nexon headquarters in Pangyo from the 18th to the 20th.

Marking its third anniversary, 'It's Funny' is a game jam for college students held annually by Nexon to discover young game talents. Seventy college (graduate) students selected in the planning, programming, and art fields will team up to complete games within a limited time, and aim to increase creativity, collaboration skills, and job understanding together.




This year, the contest was held under the theme of 'combination of different genres', and the working-level staff of Mint Rocket, Nexon's subsidiary that developed the global popular game 'Dave the Diver', was in charge of mentoring and screening on the spot.

For a total of 14 games completed for two nights and three days, a total of four teams, including the grand prize (1 team, 3 million won), the best prize (1 team, 2 million won), and the excellence prize (2 teams, 1 million won each) were awarded based on subject suitability, completeness, creativity, and fun.

The grand prize was awarded to the 'Matsei' team, which developed 'Break Shoot', which combines sports (playing games) and log-like. The top prize was awarded to the 'space dust' team, which developed 'Beat Dust', while the 'Trap Fall' and 'Build to the Moon' team and 'Build Rocket' team were selected for the excellence prize, respectively.




Lee Jae-woo (22) of the 'Matsei' team who received the grand prize said, `I am truly grateful to the team members who believed in my plan and stayed with me until the end.'"I was able to feel the importance of teamwork by experiencing the process of actual development and implementation of the plan into art through fun," he said.

Hwang Jae-ho, CEO of Mint Rocket, who participated in the awards, said "Game Jam is a rare opportunity to objectively look at the results of his creation and exchange sharp feedback" and "I hope this experience will be a valuable nourishment for all participants"

Meanwhile, Nexon has been supporting the college game production club 「Nexon Dream Members」 since 2007, and is making various efforts to foster young talents and prospective creators in the game industry by conducting industry-academic cooperation projects with various universities in Korea using the creative platform"Maple Story World".








This article was translated by Naver AI translator.