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About TEDI Games

A student organisation from the Theory of Digital Games programme at FMK UCM Trnava. We started as a game studio in 2015. Today we organise jams and help student teams get their games out.

Where we come from

It started with one person and one idea. Dalibor Bartoš, a programmer and later the Unreal Engine teacher on the Theory of Digital Games (TEDI) programme at FMK UCM Trnava, wanted to make games with students in 2015, not just lecture about them. The name is borrowed from the programme's acronym, with a silent H.

A crew quickly formed around him and went jamming together: Bratislava Game Jam, Global Game Jam, LAG in Cieszyn, Fest Anča, Comics Salón. Weekend prototypes turned into the first awards, and the crew turned into a registered civic association that started organising jams itself, first for FMK students, then for the whole of Trnava.

Today TEDI Games is led by Dominika Kimličková, 3D artist from team Red Spark, who walked the whole road from a student jam through Game Jam+ to the Steam demo of Tartaros. Under her lead the association is turning from a studio into an organisation that helps student teams do the same.

  1. 2015Dalibor Bartoš founds TEDI Games at FMK UCM Trnava.
  2. 2016First jams: LAG Cieszyn, Egg Time VR on Steam, Bratislava Game Jam.
  3. 2017First TEDI Game Jam and first Global Game Jam site in Trnava.
  4. 2018First wins: LAG Trnava, Comics Salón, Fest Anča.
  5. 2019New bear logo, jams become part of the curriculum.
  6. 2020Students found Red Spark. Trnava Game Jam: Arcade Edition.
  7. 2022TEDI Games becomes the Slovak organiser of Game Jam+.
  8. 2023Tartaros wins Best Accessibility and Best Narrative at the GJ+ finals in Rio.
  9. 2025Tartaros demo on Steam. Allergica: Best Game of Europe at the GJ+ finals. Hajku and Mindless Game Jam. First FNURIK.
  10. 2026New leadership, new logo, tedi.games. GGJ Next for teens, second FNURIK. Keeper of the Cycle 2nd at the GJ+ world finals.

What we do now

TEDI Games is changing from a studio into a student organisation and publisher. The games are no longer made only by us but mostly by student teams, and we give them support:

  • Events: regular game jams at FMK UCM, the Global Game Jam site in Trnava, themed jams for beginners and research jams.
  • Festival: FNURIK, every August at Zelený Kríček, where local indie games are exhibited as art, since 2025.
  • Acceleration: Game Jam+ Slovakia, a six-month programme with mentoring and a world final.
  • Publishing: help with grants (Slovak Arts Council), Steam and itch.io pages, marketing and festival showcases.
  • Community: contacts in the Slovak games industry, a portfolio and references for students.

People

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Leadership

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Dominika Kimličková

Chair, 3D artist (Red Spark)

3D graphic designer and PR of team Red Spark, co-creator of Tartaros. Jammed with TEDI Games since her student years (T1R, Oddly Satisfying Game, Triptofun), went through Game Jam+ from the Trnava kick-off jam to the world finals in Brazil, and now leads the association.

Current members

The current line-up is being added. Want to be here? Come to the next jam.

Founding members · 2015

  • Dalibor Bartoš

    Founder, programmer, Unreal Engine teacher

  • Juraj Mikula

    Co-founder, 3D/2D graphics

  • Michal Bartoš

    Co-founder, theoretician

  • Michal Kabát

    Lecturer at FMK UCM, 2D & design

Former members · 2015-2025

Most of the people who built TEDI Games have graduated and moved on to studios, agencies and their own projects. These are the names behind the jam archive.

  • Adam Kysler

  • Barbora Šidíková

  • Bence Berta

  • Boris Bezchleba

  • Bystrík Novák

  • Ivan Želichovský

  • Juraj Konečný

  • Lukács Dömény

  • Martina Kobetičová

  • Matej Vrzgula

  • Peter Pagáč

  • Peter Stríž

  • Samuel Michelko

  • Tomáš Fusko

  • Tomáš Sonlajtner

  • Tomáš Zlatovský

Join us

We are looking for students who want to make games: programmers, artists, designers, sound people and marketers. The best way in is to come to the next jam and meet us in person.

What you get: a team of enthusiasts, a portfolio, media exposure, insight into the Slovak games scene, access to industry events and support from industry veterans and teachers.

What we expect: respect asset licences and keep the good name of TEDI Games.

Send a photo, a short bio and links to games you worked on to hello@tedi.games.

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FAQ

If I make a game at a jam under the TEDI Games logo, who owns it?

Authorship cannot be taken away under copyright law; every creator remains the full owner of their work. TEDI Games reserves the right to promote the game and use it to promote the organisation and its members.

I am inactive. Will I be kicked out?

No, membership does not depend on activity.

How much does it cost?

Nothing. Membership is voluntary and free.

I have projects outside TEDI Games, can you add them to my profile?

Of course, just send us the list.

I no longer want to be a member.

Write to hello@tedi.games and we remove your profile.

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