???? Balıkesir Technopark Game Development Camp – GameJam II Demo Day Successfully Held! ????

Following the opening speech by Balıkesir Technopark General Manager, Lecturer Burcu AYDEMİR, the Demo Day program continued with keynote remarks by Balıkesir University Vice Rector Prof. Dr. Fatih SATIL. The event was successfully held within the scope of the Balıkesir Technopark Game Development Camp – GameJam II, organized under the coordination of Balıkesir Technopark.

Throughout the camp, participants had the opportunity to experience the game development process from both technical and creative perspectives, thanks to the valuable contributions of:

• Birkan BEYAZ, Game and Digital Advertising Specialist at Beyazay Games

• Zeynep YAVUZ, IT Instructor at Matrotek Academy, delivering Blender 3D Training

• Prof. Dr. Serdar YILMAZ, Faculty Member, Department of Graphics, Faculty of Fine Arts

• Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hüseyin GÜNEŞ, Co-Founder of 2Kek Games and Faculty Member, Department of Computer Engineering

• Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sabri BIÇAKÇI, Co-Founder of 2KeK Games and Faculty Member, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Teams consisting of two developers and one designer presented the game projects they developed during the intensive and productive camp period to the jury and guests as part of the Demo Day.

The Demo Day event was attended by:

• Prof. Dr. Fatih SATIL, Vice Rector of Balıkesir University

• Ceyhun ERCAN, Chairman of the TOBB Balıkesir Young Entrepreneurs Board

• Prof. Dr. Selvihan Kılıç Ateş, Dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts

• Prof. Dr. Aslan Deniz Karaoğlan, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering

• Arif Vatansever, Member of the TOBB Balıkesir Young Entrepreneurs Board

As a result of the jury evaluations, the winning teams were announced as follows:

???? Third Place: Düşbaz Game
???? Second Place: Souls Fedaileri
???? First Place: GirlBoost Team

As Balıkesir Technopark, we would like to sincerely thank all our trainers, jury members, and participants who contributed to this valuable organization that brought young talents together with the game development ecosystem.