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🎉Global Game Jam Online Sponsor Appreciation thread 2021!🎉

Please support our sponsors this year if you are able as GGJ could not happen without them. Give them a like, RT an @, follow, download or subscribe. Show them how much #GGJ means to the community!! 👏👏👏 #ggjonline

First a huge thanks to @CoreGames for being our Headline Sponsor! 🤍💛💙Core is a radically accessible game construction kit, content exchange, and game-playing platform, all in one. Get started here coregames.com

Our Empower Sponsors this year are @Microsoft & @unity3d

Unity believes the world is a better place with more creators in it. Game jams and hack weeks are part of Unity’s DNA, so they are proud to be able to help continue the tradition. Visit globalgamejam2021.unity.com

The biggest games in the world run on Microsoft Game Stack but Game Stack was born to democratize game development and even the playing field by giving all developers the same powerhouse toolsets as big studios, so they can create the games they want. developer.microsoft.com/en-us/games

Our Diversifier Sponsors for #ggjonline: @IGDAFoundation @Sony/@PlayStation @NextNav @virtuosgames @EpicGames @EndlessOS @CalPoly DxHub & Carina Fund

.@IGDAFoundation believes that every person on the planet should love playing games, and the best way to make that happen is to have a game development community that is representative of, welcoming and inclusive to, every person who wants to make games. igdafoundation.org/ggj2021/

Sony Interactive Entertainment is a global leader in interactive and digital entertainment, and is responsible for the PlayStation brand and family of products.

.@NextNav delivers highly accurate vertical positioning data to any application through its Pinnacle service. With NextNav Pinnacle, game developers can break out of the constraints of a 2D world and build immersive experiences which reflect a 3D reality. nextnav.com

.@virtuosgames is made up of people who have come together to share their mutual passion for producing high-quality games. In a way, we share the same outlook as Global Game Jam, which is why we're proud to be a sponsor for GGJ Online 2021. virtuosgames.com/career/

.@UnrealEngine has fantastic marketplace full of assets to kickstart your jam games: unrealengine.com/marketplace/en…

.@EndlessOS is simple and easy for anyone to use. It is fully equipped with essential apps to learn, play, work and connect in 2021. All for free, provided by the Endless OS Foundation.

Once installed, no internet is required. endlessos.com/home/

.@CalPoly DxHub provides students with real-world learning experiences & applies proven innovation methodologies in combination with the deep subject matter expertise of the public sector, the tech expertise of AWS & other partners to solve new challenges. dxhub.calpoly.edu

Carina Fund sends more kids from more communities to the frontiers of science and technology. We partner with teams building programs and products that reveal and nurture hidden math genius. carina.fund

Our Promotion Sponsors: @sidefx @wbgamesny @Poki @krillaudio @DigDevMgmt @NJIT

.@sidefx returns as a Global Game Jam® Promotion Sponsor and offers game jammers a FREE 2-month Houdini Indie license to use before, during, and after the game jam! Request your license for the jam! forms.gle/AP17aLWFmjyTJC…

.@wbgamesny works with some of the top talent in the game industry to build online competitive and social features for video games. Our highly experienced team of engineers utilize cutting-edge technology to build game services that are robust and scalable wbgamesny.com

.@Poki's goal is to create the ultimate online playground, Free and open to all. They run a web gaming platform offering free online games to over 30 million users worldwide, every month.

Find out more about their tools for developers here: developers.poki.com

.@krillaudio is a graphic node-based audio middleware that facilitates the design and implementation of interactive audio in a creative, simple and efficient way. Download Krilloud today krilloud.com/download.html

.@NJIT offers an undergraduate degree in digital design, with courses in animation, game design, augmented and virtual reality, as well as degrees in industrial design, interior design, and architecture, and grad degrees in architecture and digital design. njit.edu

.@DigDevMgmt
DDM is supporting GGJ because supporting creators of games is at the heart of who they are and what they do.

They deliver business expertise for developers all over the world. Check out more about what they do here: ddmagency.com

And lastly thanks to our friends at @prosearium & @planofattackbiz for continued support of GGJ and the community.

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