Timetable, Events and Tournaments

Event time and Resting Period

The JKU Games 2025S will take place from Friday, 02.05. (16:00) until Sunday, 04.05. (06:00), for 38 hours non-stop.
On Saturday from 04:00 to 10:00, the JKU Games Orga team will have a resting period and operate at limited capacity. We’ll use this time to clean up and prepare the next day, and might even catch an hour of sleep or two as well.
During this time, you can stay at the event and play games, but you won’t be able to get new ones from our Games Rental section. Our Infopoint will be staffed, but outages in our technical infrastructure might not be fixed as quickly. In other words: This is the perfect time to test our resting area or work on our giant puzzle.

Tournaments

Compete for glory and fame (and little goodies) in one of our tournaments.
To participate in a tournament, simply get yourself a free ticket using the button below! This helps us plan ahead and guarantees you to get a spot. Left-over spots can also be booked during the event as well.

Get a free ticket!

Start time	Location	Game
Fr 18:00	Console Area	Mario Kart
Fr 21:30	Kepler Building	Beamster
Sa 01:00	Console Area	Blobby Volley
Sa 16:00	Dice Area	Uno Flip!
Sa 17:30	Dice Area	Phase10
Sa 18:00	Console Area	Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Sa 20:00	LAN Area	Minecraft Hunger Games
Sa 20:00	Dice Area	Poker
Su 02:00	Dice Area	Staring Contest

Please ensure that you arrive at least 5 minutes before the tournament starts. If you are not present up until 5 minutes before, you may be substituted from the tournament.

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Console Area) - Friday, 6pm

Race around in circles in whimsical vehicles, get all the power-ups and knock your enemies off the track.
A new Grand Prix will take place every 20 Minutes, starting at 18:00 - the timeslots of the individual players will be announced on Discord, lists are also available at the Info-Point.
At 20:00, we will have the grand finale of all group winners.
A switch console, controllers and the game are provided.

Beamster (Kepler Building) - Friday, 9.30pm

Gotcha!
This Lasertag App was developed at JKU from a Master AI Student. It easily enables you to play Lasertag with only your phone - to see how it works just go on their website, and you will quickly learn to love it. The developer itself will host the tournament which will be held in a Team-Deathmatch like setting.
You only need to bring your smartphone and install the app:

• PlayStore
• AppStore

Blobby Volley (LAN Area) - Saturday, 1am

Volleyball, but with green, slimy blobs - i.e. the perfect past-midnight game and all-time classic at the Games.
We will play in a bracket system in an epic battle to the death.
If you are confused why you have never heard of this game, it was a bit more popular back in the Windows XP days. The necessary software will therefore be pre-installed on the tournament computers.

UNO Flip! (Dice Area) - Saturday, 4pm

UNO, but they accidentally printed both sides of the cards. It’s the classical game, but with a little twist (or dare I say “Flip”?)
We will play in a bracket system consisting of several groups playing each other. First to get rid of their cards advances to the next round.
We will provide you with the game (and rules).

Phase10 (Dice Area) - Saturday, 5.30pm

Prepare for a game of wits, luck, and strategic card play in the Phase 10 Tournament! Will you advance swiftly through the phases, or be left scrambling to catch up?
We will play one round, depending on the amount of players with two decks at once.
We will provide you with the game (and rules).

Super Smash Bros Ultimate (Console Area) - Saturday, 6pm

Smash your buttons and Brawl your way through Super combos in this Ultimate fighting game between Bros.
Depending on the amount of sign-ups, we will play 1v1s / 2v2s … in a bracket system.
A Nintendo Switch console, controllers, and the game will be provided.

Minecraft Hunger Games (LAN Area) - Saturday, 8pm

Happy Hunger Games! And may the odds be ever in your favour.
In the world of Minecraft Hunger Games, there’s only one rule: survive. Gather resources, set traps, and fight for your life as you go up against other players with the same goal. But beware — the arena is unforgiving, and only the best will emerge victorious! Do you have what it takes to be the last one standing?
Three rounds will be played. In the first two rounds, the top half of players will advance to the next round. The final round will determine the winner of the tournament.
Bring your computer with the installed game to the tournament. Please install the game before the event to reduce load on our network.

Poker (Dice Area) - Saturday, 8pm

Test your luck and your poker face in this classic card game.
It is Poker, is there anything else to say? (Obviously we don’t play with real stakes)

Staring Contest (Dice Area) - Sunday, 2am

Especially enticing for all that have stayed up throughout the whole event, this game will force you to stay awake.
In this bracket style tournament, you will be invited to get lost in your opponents eyes. If you blink, you lose!
Please bring the necessary eyes.

Async Tournaments

Chess Champion

Make Magnus proud in this async tournament!
In light of logistical considerations regarding space and scheduling, we have devised a unique tournament format. The tournament will span the entire event, and each participant will receive three buttons identifying them as a Challenger.
Participants possessing a Challenger button can be challenged to a chess duel at any time during the event. Upon the conclusion of a match, the defeated player will surrender one of their buttons to the victor. The tournament concludes for a player when they have no buttons remaining. Alternatively, if a participant wishes to conclude their challenge period before running out of buttons, they can return their remaining buttons to the Games Rental section and only then the score will be recorded for evaluation at the conclusion of the tournament.
The announcement of the tournament winner is scheduled for 12am (midnight) on Sunday. In case that a winner is no longer present at the JKU Games location, we will contact them to convey their victory.
We look forward to an exciting and competitive chess tournament during the JKU Games!

Speed-Puzzle Challenge

You have as many tries as you want, but only one can be the fastest.
The quickest one to solve our 49 pieces JKU GAMES SS25-Puzzle will be awarded the title of “JKU GAMES SS25 Puzzle Champion” as well as this year’s jigsaw puzzle itself.
That’s really all there is to say about it. The challenge will be available at the games rental desk from Friday 4pm till Sunday 12am (midnight). After that we will contact the final record time holder and make sure you receive your prize.
During the Event we will keep you updated about the current record time in the “speed-puzzle-challenge” text channel on our discord.

Promoted Games

During the event, we will promote specific games at specific times to help you find players and opponents. You can find them in the LAN and DICE area respectively.
Promoted games (as all tournaments seen above) will also receive their own Discord event, so make sure to join our Discord server and mark yourself interested: This way, you will always receive a notification when a new game starts.