Republican festival of "Mythical Game Jam SU 2022" video game developers was held at Satbayev University

From December 6 to 10, 2022, Republican Festival of "Mythical Game Jam SU 2022" video game developers was held at Satbayev University. The teams developed video games in "Mythology" theme. The event was held in support of "Zhana Kazakhstan" development program.

This year 70 teams from Almaty, Astana, Karagandy, Kostanay, Pavlodar, Taraz, Semey, Shymkent and other cities took part in the competition. In addition to Satbayev University, the participants were students of Kazakh-British Technical University, Suleiman Demirel University, International University of Information Technology, Almaty University of Energy and Communications and others.

For two days, the teams elaborated games and presented them to the jury and festival guests. The winner was "Koumiss Games" team from Turan University. The second place in the race of champions went to "Bilim-innovation" lyceum students’ "Aşkım" team, and the third place was won by Satbayev University "XYZ" team.

In addition to the three prizes, the winners were determined in four categories:

1. In "Innovation" nomination – the uniqueness of the idea, "Brave little suckers" team from Almaty Academy "ITStep Almaty" won;

2. In "Design" nomination – visual style and effect, MUIT "Aspire" team won;

3. In nomination "Script" – for the best story, the team of the specialized lyceum # 165 and Al-Farabi KazNU "Ragnarok Games" won;

4. In "Best Junior Team" nomination - for the best school project, Republican Physics and Mathematics School "16-Bit" team won.

Festival’s prize fund amounted to about two million tenge. The festival was organized due to Automation and Information Technology Institute at Satbayev University and Independent Youth Community TheHUB.

Festival organizers thanked RK Science and Higher Education Ministry and RK Ministry of Digital Development, Innovation and Aerospace Industry for their support.