Games on Demand game jam takes requests from ill children

Though most game jams have developers creating projects on a single theme, Games on Demand takes a different approach. Founder Lana Chircop and six other organizers are fielding requests from children with cancer or disabilities and giving them to developers to make those games a reality. It will run from December 1 to December 3, and folks who would like to participate can sign up on Itch.io.

Chircop is a game developer and user experience designer who’s participated in such jams in the past. She’s developed web-based dress-up games at Cosmic Girl Games, as well as the colorful mobile role-playing game Bioscape. The inspiration for Games on Demand came from a visit to a skatepark, where she saw a local group teaching sick kids how to skateboard.