September 18-20th, 2026

Armed Forces Jam
Seattle, WA

Cultivating the culture & professional opportunities for leaders, developers and major industries by using emerging, gaming & frontier technologies.

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About the Event

This in the inaugural event for the greater Seattle.

We will drive collaborative & innovation within the Defense Industry & Armed Forces tapping into Seattle & Pacific Northwest’s talented and robust gaming community to help our Defense / Armed Forces solve hard problems in training and simulation.

Individuals & teams will come together in a physical environment and attempt to rapidly prototype a game, technology, app or game (video or otherwise) focused on some element of military simulation.

The creative solutions these teams create can help us bring our Warfighters home safely. Build Dual use technologies, or simply help us visualize real problems and solutions.

Opportunity Areas

AI/Machine Learning
gamification learning
cybersecurity gamification
PTSD,
creator tools
data visualization and data interpretation.

Event Agenda

September 18-20th:

Fri evening (5pm – 9pm) –problem statements solution pitches, teams assembled, development begins
Saturday (8am – 9pm) game development
Sunday (8am – 4pm) game development
Sunday (4pm – 5pm) Judging
Sunday (5pm – 6 pm) Dinner
Sunday (6pm – 7:30pm) top 6 teams present and winners announced
Sunday 8pm doors close and Jam concludes