Diversity
For Developers
Train Jam’s diversity initiatives focus on giving developers from under-represented groups assistance to travel to Chicago, participate in Train Jam, attend GDC, and return home.
The diversity initiatives are intended to assist:
- Developers from a country which is not considered to be a part of the United States of America, Canada, Western Europe, or Australia
- Developers who identify as a woman, gender fluid, non-binary, agender, non-cisgendered man or any other under-represented gender in the games industry
- Developers of color
- Developers with disabilities
- Developers from any other group that is under-represented in the industry
If you are a developer from an under-represented community within the games industry, Train Jam may be able to assist you both financially and logistically. Thanks to our generous sponsors, we may also be able to provide travel stipends, sponsored Train Jam tickets, and visa application assistance. Train Jam can also help with the logistics of planning your trip to Chicago/Train Jam/San Francisco, and will be available to answer any questions you may have with the jam, GDC, and traveling around the US.
Each year, before Train Jam opens its public sale, we open applications up for developers from these diverse backgrounds. These applications are simple and private, and help us see how we can facilitate assistance for as many developers as we can. We will announce when the applications open up on our website’s updates page, as well as our twitter @indietrainjam.
For Sponsors
Every year, we aim to allocate half of all Train Jam sponsorships towards diversifying our attendees. If you are interested in sponsoring Train Jam, please contact us in order to receive our most up-to-date sponsorship packet.