Games Now! Exhibition 2026 showcases six selected games from the GN! Game Jam held in November 2025. Game jams are gatherings where creatives come together to develop games based on a specific theme. The theme for the GN! Game Jam 2025 was ‘cute’. The games in this exhibition explore the theme in various ways. What do you think, are they cute?

The teams behind these games consisted of students and other GN! Community members from around the world.

Games Now! is an open lecture series and learning community run by Aalto University. At GN!, the latest trends in the game industry are explored through lectures by international game professionals. GN! also runs game jams where students from around the world come together to create games in one week. The GN! School Network consists of 19 universities and game schools from Finland, Sweden, Germany, China, Ukraine, Ireland, Japan, Portugal, Sout Korea, and the US. GN! works closely with representatives of the Finnish game industry and international experts in game development. The judging panel for Games Now! Exhibition 2026 included game industry professionals Aku Tukeva from Housemarque (Finland), Charlene Putney from Neon Aurelius (Denmark), Chride Lassheikki from Nitro Games (Finland), Jasmin Dahncke (Germany), Patrick Geuder from Mojang Studios (Sweden), Samuli Jääskeläinen from Varjo (Finland), Shailesh Prabhu from Monsoon Bit (Sweden), Sun Park from Turtle Cream (South Korea), and Tatu Laine from Futureplay Games (Finland).

List of Works:

1. Back to the Cute-Ture! (Finland/China/South Korea)
2. Cutescape (India/Finland/Bangladesh)
3. PlanetBoys: The Adventures of Jeronimo and Samuel Lake
   (Finland/Estonia/ Turkey/Croatia)
4. FHARG (Ukraine)
5. Sortris (Philippines/Indonesia/Nigeria/Pakistan)
6. Observation Beauty (Ireland/Lithuania)

Game makers: Alfredo Yabut III, Ammara Nazir, Arya Rakha, Arzoo Naqvi, Axel Kulomaa, Cillian McPadden, Da Eun Hong, Daniele Uzpolevicute, Diandra Kathyusha Herli, Eelis Koivusaari, Elias Nieminen, Janne Denesse Nedamo, Joseph O’Shea, Kurtis Brady, Maja Milas, Mariia Tymoshenko, Michelle Lauriste, Mreethmandir Roy, Niko Setälä, Oliver Saarinen, Run Zan, Sam O’Reilly, Sami Huttunen, Sohan Sen, Soyeong Jang. Taras Oleinikov, Teemu Konsti, Temitope Falade, Timo Hakkarainen, Umut Soydan, Yaroslav Protsenko, Yaroslav Shelst.s Manninen, Nikita Molin-Thøgersen, Nickita Kolesnikov, Mikhail Fisenko, Hasibul Hasan, Arthur Lopes, Amir Sám Nakhjavani, Joonas Vataja.