Generated by All in One SEO v5.0.0.1, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site.Bit1 Competition give young game developers change to showcase their talent ## Sitemaps - [XML Sitemap](https://www.bit1.fi/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website. ## Posts - [News](https://www.bit1.fi/news/) - Looking for the best student game in Finland! Bit1 Competition gives young game developers change to showcase their talent to the professionals - [Thank you for Bit1 2026! See you next year!](https://www.bit1.fi/2026/04/10/thank-you-for-bit1-2026-see-you-next-year/) - Bit1 2026 has come to an end – thank you all who were part of this year’s Bit1 journey! What a ride it’s been! This year we held seven PreBits across Finland and had a total of 26 teams participating! Eight amazing teams fought their way to the Bit1 Finale that was once again held - [The Winner of Bit1 2026 is My Tennis Apocalypse!](https://www.bit1.fi/2026/04/09/my-tennis-apocalypse-takes-the-bit1-2026-crown/) - My Tennis Apocalypse takes the Bit1 2026 crown! We have a winner! The winner of Bit1 2026 is Dappal with their game My Tennis Apocalypse! We are speechless – the level of creativity, determination, and skill this year was incredible! The competition was fierce, and the jury definitely had a tough time making the final - [Meet out Bit1 2026 finalists!](https://www.bit1.fi/2026/03/25/meet-out-bit1-2026-finalists/) - That’s a wrap – we have all our Bit1 finalists! This year, we held 7 different PreBit preliminaries: PreBit Turku, PreBit Tampere, PreBit Jyväskylä, two PreBit Helsinki rounds and two PreBit Online rounds. It was amazing to see all the pitches and games, and every team did so well! The Bit1 2026 finalists are:🏆 Tervamaja - [Get ready for your PreBit!](https://www.bit1.fi/2026/02/27/elementor-3618/) - Get ready for your PreBit! The application period for Bit1 2026 has officially closed – and once again, we received applications from a fantastic group of talented and promising teams from across Finland. It’s inspiring to see the level of creativity, ambition, and game development skills represented this year! All participating teams have now been - [Registration for Bit1 2026 is now open!](https://www.bit1.fi/2026/01/22/registration-for-bit1-2026-is-now-open/) - Registration for Bit1 2026 is now open! Teams, it’s time to start your engines – especially your game engines – and prepare for this amazing adventure that’s about to begin! Registration is open until Sunday, 22.2. at 23:59, so you have exactly one month to prepare the following materials: Your game design canvas (template available - [BIT1 2026 IS HERE!](https://www.bit1.fi/2026/01/09/bit1-2026-is-here/) - BIT1 2026 IS HERE! We are proud to announce that the Bit1 Competition will be organized for the ninth time! It’s been a long journey, made possible by all the amazing teams and organizers who have been part of Bit1 over the years. Last year, Metropolia had the honor of organizing Bit1 2025, and we - [We have our Bit1 2025 Winner: Spaceship Scavenger Takes the Crown!](https://www.bit1.fi/2025/04/25/we-have-our-bit1-2025-winner-spaceship-scavenger-takes-the-crown/) - Bit1 2025 has officially come to an end. This year, a total of 28 teams from across Finland joined the competition through five PreBit preliminaries – two in Helsinki, two online, and one in Jyväskylä. After a fierce round of judging, seven finalist teams advanced to the Bit1 Finale, held at Helsinki XR Center. - [Bit1 2024 - a new era begins..?](https://www.bit1.fi/2024/03/01/bit1-2024-a-new-era-begins/) - 2024 and the winds of change… Dear gaming enthusiasts and future developers, We are thrilled to announce that the Bit1 Competition is back with a bang, and this time around, we’re under new management! The reins have been passed from Helsinki Games Capital to the dynamic team behind Espoo Game LAB, and we couldn’t be - [The winning teams of Bit1 2021](https://www.bit1.fi/2021/05/25/the-winning-teams-of-bit1-2021/) - The winning teams of Bit1 2021 Bit1 2021 is now wrapped up. Thank you for taking part and showing interest in our competition! The winning teams of Bit1 2021 were announced by the jury Juha Huhtakallio (Playstack Finland), Jasmin Dahncke (Mainframe Industries), Eevi Korhonen (Housemarque) and Taina Myöhänen (We In Games Finland). The jury emphasised - [Bit1 2022 is officially wrapped: See event pictures, stats and FGA 2022 news](https://www.bit1.fi/2022/05/31/bit1-2022-is-officially-wrapped-see-event-pictures-stats-and-fga-2022-news/) - After a 9-month period of planning, designing and executing the Bit1 2022 event, we are here: Bit1 is officially wrapped. We had a blast, and hopefully you did too! Thank you so much for taking part in Bit1 2022. Let's get into some details of the final and everything that happened after. By the way, - [Winners of the Bit1 2022 competition!](https://www.bit1.fi/2022/05/19/winners-of-the-bit1-2022-competition/) - Thank you for the amazing Bit1 2022 Final! We couldn’t have asked for a better night. We’re very grateful for everyone who took part in this final - the finalist teams, the audiences live and on Twitch, the jury, the speakers, our host Rikumikko, our lovely sponsors Boom Corp and Metacore and the Tiivistämö staff! - [Team greetings on Bit1 and game development](https://www.bit1.fi/2022/04/18/team-greetings-on-bit1-and-game-development/) - Hello everybody and happy second Bunny Day! As PreBits get closer, you may have noticed team greetings on our other social medias. In this article we will compile all of them for you to check them out if you haven't already! It's always nice to hear earlier participants' advice on the competition and about game - [Bit1 registration closed, save the date for the PreBits and meet our sponsor!](https://www.bit1.fi/2022/04/14/bit1-registration-closed-save-the-date-for-the-prebits-and-meet-our-sponsor/) - Registration for the Bit1 2022 competition closed on 10.4. We have 28 fantastic competitors and we can’t wait to show you what these teams have in store for you. Luckily, you don't have to wait much longer anymore! We will be streaming each PreBit on Twitch. You can find the Twitch link on our homepage - [Registration for Bit1 has been extended until 10.4.!](https://www.bit1.fi/2022/03/31/registration-for-bit1-has-been-extended-until-10-4/) - The Bit1 team has received requests for extending the registration time. Since Bit1 is for you, the students, we want to make everything we can to ensure your experience is smooth as possible. So we're glad to inform you that with a little reorganizing and scheduling, we managed to extend the registration for the Bit1 - [Bit1 winners Script Deprived and Improx Games on road to success](https://www.bit1.fi/2022/03/18/bit1-winners-script-deprived-and-improx-games-on-road-to-success/) - Bit1 2021 winner team Script Deprived are pitching their game DreamScript at Finnish Game Incubator Demo Day 2022. Check out the stream here. Finnish Game Incubator is a programme that supports Finnish game development teams on their journey from game ideas to successful businesses. It's a very helpful tool for starting your own game business. - [The winner is Team Colbanum with Space Hen Hassle!](https://www.bit1.fi/2018/05/17/the-winner-is-team-colbanum-with-space-hen-hassle/) - The first-ever Bit1 Game Award has now been given. The judges - Mikko Kodisoja (Supercell), Samuli Syvähuoko (Sisu Game Ventures), Wilhelm Taht, Teemu Närhi (Fingersoft) and Karoliina Korppoo (Veikkaus) - thought that the quality of the games was very good. They were all entertaining, fun and well made. The jury was pleased of the quality - [Greetings from Finnish Game Day and White Nights 2019](https://www.bit1.fi/2019/06/28/greetings-from-finnish-game-day-and-white-nights-2019/) - Third place winners of the Bit1 competition, team Erden share their experience in Finnish Game Day and the White Nights conference in Saint Petersburg in June 2019. Greetings from Team Erden! As a reward of Bit1 our team got to take part in the White Nights Conference in St.Petersburg. I, Jonas as a Head of - [Apply for the best Student Game Competition Bit1 2020!](https://www.bit1.fi/2020/01/13/apply-for-the-best-student-game-competition-bit1-2020/) - It’s time to search for the best Finnish student game in the national game competition Bit1. The preliminaries, PreBits, are held in Helsinki, Tampere, Turku and Kajaani in the beginning of March. Application period is between 13.1.-2.3.2020. This year the winning team will be selected at Bit1 in Helsinki, on 14-15th April by a jury of top - [From PreBits to the Finals!](https://www.bit1.fi/2020/03/13/from-prebits-to-the-finals/) - PreBits were organized this year in Turku, Tampere and Helsinki. The PreBits are Bit1 competition preliminaries, where the pitching and presenting teams' game play demos to the jury takes place. The jury has chosen altogether 10 teams to compete at Bit1 student game competition in Helsinki 14-15th April 2020. The finalists This year the most furious - [Bit1 2020 is an online battle of eight teams](https://www.bit1.fi/2020/04/30/bit1-2020-is-an-online-battle-of-eight-teams/) - Due to Covid-19, the Bit1 2020 competition takes place online on week 20/2020. During this exceptional time we focus on the core, to find the best Finnish student game of the year. The competing finalist teams and their games are: GudGames - Slip Slap ’n’ Quack Deep - DEEP (cancelled) Improx Games - The Last Cube - [The winning teams of Bit1 2020](https://www.bit1.fi/2020/05/15/the-winning-teams-of-bit1-2020/) - The winning teams of Bit1 2020 were announced by the jury Juha Huhtakallio (Playstack Finland), Sonja Ängeslevä (Zynga), Teemu Närhi (Fingersoft) and Timur Haussila (Supercell). The winner - Team Improx Games with The Last Cube. Jury's choice was based on high production quality innovation commercial potential working, good tutorial delivers complete gaming experience target audience defined - [Bit1 winner in Finnish Game Awards 2020!](https://www.bit1.fi/2020/08/19/bit1-winner-in-finnish-game-awards-2020/) - 18.8. in Finnish Game Awards the Bit1 winner - Improx Games was awarded! Congratulations once more! This year the event was held online only and everyone could follow the ceremony in YouTube. This is a great acknowledgement for a student team and we hope that this will become a tradition. You can watch the whole - [Bit1 finalists of 2021](https://www.bit1.fi/2021/04/28/bit1-finalists-of-2021/) - The PreBits for 2021 are now wrapped up! Thank you for taking part and showing interest in our competition! Huge thanks to all teams that participated. You are filled with amazing game ideas and you have so much potential and talent! And thank you to the wonderful judges that are also mentoring the finalist teams - [Interviews of Bit1 2019 Tampere published on YouTube!](https://www.bit1.fi/2019/06/03/interviews-of-bit1-2019-tampere-published-on-youtube/) - The interviews of our jury are now published on our YouTube channel. Enjoy these: Juha Huhtakallio General Manager, PlayStack Finland. Antti Ikäläinen Operations Manager, Traplight. Kalle Kaivola Partner, Sisu Game Ventures. Teemu Närhi CEO, Fingersoft. - [The Finnish Game Industry Professionals Chose Bit1 2019 Winners](https://www.bit1.fi/2019/05/14/the-finnish-game-industry-chose-bit1-2019-winners/) - The best Finnish student game was chosen in Bit1 Game Awards held in Tampere on 7-8th May 2019. The 12 finalist teams had been selected from regional PreBits arranged in Helsinki, Tampere and Turku. Oulu region didn't have PreBits this year, but they had three teams to send to the finals. During Bit1, the judges - [The Winner is Team Sockman with the game Sockman](https://www.bit1.fi/2019/05/08/the-winner-is-team_sockman_with-the-game_sockman/) - The second Bit1 Game Award has now been given in Tampere. The judges – Kalle Kaivola (Partner / Sisu Game Ventures), Mariina Hallikainen (CEO / Colossal Order OY), Juha Huhtakallio (General Manager / Playstack Finland), Antti Ikäläinen, (Operations Manager / Traplight) and Teemu Närhi (CEO / Fingersoft) – have evaluated the best Finnish student games. The - [The Bit1 Game Award Finalists 2019 have been announced!](https://www.bit1.fi/2019/04/19/the-bit1-game-award-finalists-2019-have-been-announced/) - From PreBit preliminaries, held in Turku, Helsinki, and Tampere in April 2019, finalists have been selected by judges. From Oulu the game teams were short in numbers and they got directly to the finals, Bit1 competition. This year the level of entries was a good quality and the student teams worked well together. The finalists for - [Greetings from Finnish Game Day and White Nights!](https://www.bit1.fi/2018/07/06/greetings-from-finnish-game-day-and-white-nights/) - Third place winners of the Bit1 competition, team Period of Play here to tell a bit about our experience in Finnish Game Day and the White Nights conference in Saint Petersburg 27.-29.6.2018! This was the first time any of us had the opportunity to attend such large-scale events centered around the business side of the - [Prizes get high - the winners to Finnish Game Day and White Nights conference](https://www.bit1.fi/2018/05/17/prizes-get-high-the-winners-to-finnish-game-day-and-white-nights-conference/) - The prizes of the Bit1 winners have been revealed! The top three finalists of Bit1 will be given a rare opportunity to present their games for professionals, and maybe even find an investor or publisher. The three winning teams will be rewarded with invitations for Finnish Game Day '18, and will also receive a presentation stand - [Going to work in the game industry? - You really should apply for the best Student Game Competition Bit1 - NOW!](https://www.bit1.fi/2019/03/19/going-to-work-in-the-game-industry-you-really-should-apply-for-the-best-student-game-competition-bit1-now/) - “Anyone who is looking to work in the game industry should participate since it'll give you so much experience and will teach you how people’s perception of your game can be a lot different than you thought. Even if you don't get to finals you'll still get a lot of experience and feedback which only - [Turku´s finalists revealed](https://www.bit1.fi/2018/05/04/turkus-finalists-revealed/) - All of our finalists are now confirmed. The finalists of Turku were chosen in Turku ICT Showroom in 8th March. The judges were Taisto Suominen (Turku AMK), Liisa Lehtonen (Boost Turku startup) and Jukka Kodisoja (Rival Games Ltd). Finalists are Team Aioni with a game called Fuzzy Runners and Team Boss Loop with Boss Loop. - [Bit1 2019 winner published their game!](https://www.bit1.fi/2021/05/12/bit1-2019-winner-published-their-game/) - Team Sockman won Bit1 student game competition 2019, held in Tampere. Now they have published their game Sockventure! Check it out in Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1222340/Sockventure/ - [PreBit Tampere winners confirmed!](https://www.bit1.fi/2018/04/30/prebit-tampere-winners-confirmed/) - PreBit Tampere was held last Thursday, 26.4. and we can now present our next batch of finalists. Taneli Lyytikäinen (Bon Games), Niko Mäkelä (Traplight Games), Sami Kojo (Random Potion) and Gareth Noyce (TripleEh?) gave overall credit to the level of technical execution of the demos. The winners stood out with their unique approaches and - [PreBit Oulu winners announced!](https://www.bit1.fi/2018/05/02/prebit-oulu-winners-announced/) - Pre Bit Oulu competition and networking event was held on Friday April 27th, 2018. The three finalists from Oulu are Death By Overwork, Arktik Kirkle and Red Shirt Games. Jury in Oulu were Jussi Autio, John Rantala from Round Zero, Antti Kananen from Koukoi Games. Death By Overwork’s game is Ninja! Not a - [The first Bit1 Game Award finalists have been announced!](https://www.bit1.fi/2018/04/26/the-first-bit1-game-award-finalists-have-been-announced/) - PreBit Helsinki finalists have been selected from 16 teams. They are Team Wreckage, Team LunarByte and Penitent wardens. In the judges opinion, the teams presented their games well. There was a large variaty of games, partly because of the varying development time. Generally, the level was very good and the students very skilled. For - [Interviews and speeches of Bit1 Helsinki published on YouTube!](https://www.bit1.fi/2018/06/09/interviews-and-speeches-of-bit1-helsinki-published-in-youtube/) - All the interviews and speeches are now published on our YouTube channel! Enjoy these: Speeches: Wilhelm Taht: From Snake to a 50bn Dollar Industry in Less Than 20 Years Samuli Syvähuoko, Sisu Game Ventures: How to attract investors for your game Arja Martikainen, Games Jobs Finland: Games industry – How do you secure your job - [PreBits are held this week: watch the live feed on facebook!](https://www.bit1.fi/2018/04/24/prebits-are-held-this-week-watch-the-live-feed-on-facebook/) - Our search for the best Finnish game by a dev team of students is getting closer. The preliminaries are held this week and will be broadcasted live on facebook. We are ready to give the Bit1 Game Award on May 16-17! The preliminaries begin on Wednesday April 25th with 34 excellent dev teams around Finland. - [PreBit Helsinki date and time confirmed](https://www.bit1.fi/2018/03/06/prebit-helsinki/) - Just like Bit1, PreBit is competition and networking event. PreBit events are held this year in three cities: Helsinki, Tampere and Oulu. At PreBit you can meet game developers and people that have succeed on the gaming markets. As a competitor you can bring your own game for judging, you will get comprehensive feedback. PreBit - [Judges for PreBit Helsinki confirmed!](https://www.bit1.fi/2018/04/18/judges-for-prebit-helsinki-confirmed/) - The preliminary rounds are coming soon, and prepping is in full gear. We're very happy to announce the judges for PreBit Helsinki! Sonja Ängeslevä is working at Unity as Product Director, focusing on mobile multiplayer games. Her expertise is in data informed product development, where she pinpoints needs, finds bottlenecks and identifies opportunities for growth - [Sign up for the competition closed](https://www.bit1.fi/2018/04/16/sign-up-for-the-competition-closed/) - Team sign up for the Bit1 competition has closed on Friday 13.4. Over 30 teams of students from all around Finland are now competing for the Bit1 Game of the year-title. We're very happy with the turnout and are looking forward to three great preliminary competitions next week! This week we're focusing on prepping the - [New jury members for Bit1 confirmed!](https://www.bit1.fi/2018/04/11/new-jury-members-for-bit1-confirmed/) - - The Bit1 Team - [First judges of Bit1 confirmed](https://www.bit1.fi/2018/03/15/first-judges-of-bit1-confirmed/) - The Jury of Bit1 will include Samuli Syvähuoko, Wilhelm Taht and Karoliina Korppoo. We´ll also announce more judges from Supercell and other companies. Samuli Syvähuoko is a partner in Sisu Game Ventures and has founded several game companies in Finland, such as Remedy and Armada Interactive. He is an early pioneer in Finnish game industry - [Registration is open!](https://www.bit1.fi/2018/03/12/registration-is-open/) - Registration for Bit1 is now open until May 7th! If you have received an invitation from your educators, our partnering projects or organization, you can register directly. If you are unsure or haven't received an invitation, please drop a line at info@bit1.fi. Also check out How to attend for more information. Professionals and HR-representatives: Please note, - [We're online!](https://www.bit1.fi/2018/02/11/were-online/) - Bit1 is a competition and networking event. On this site you will find all information on the main event, Bit1, but also updates on the competition for the Bit1 Game Award. What competition? We’re searching for the best game by a student dev team. We’ve started gathering the teams, who will face judges and audiences at - [E-mail issues fixed!](https://www.bit1.fi/2018/04/10/e-mail-issues-fixed/) - Problems with our inbox have been fixed. You can now contact our organization directly via info@bit1.fi! Cheers, -The Bit1 Team - [E-mail issues being adressed](https://www.bit1.fi/2018/04/09/e-mail-issues-being-adressed/) - We've been notified that there's been issues with our info@bit1.fi inbox. We're looking into this right now. Meanwhile you can use the form on this web page or contact our producer. Contact: Veera Schneider veera.schneider (add at) metropolia.fi Cheers! - The Bit1 Team ## Pages - [Home](https://www.bit1.fi/) - Looking for best student game in Finland! Bit1 Competition gives young game developers change to showcase their talent to the professionals - [Previous Entries in Bit1](https://www.bit1.fi/competition/previous-entries-in-bit1/) - Looking for best student game in Finland! 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