Creative minds can prosper under pressure and have the freedom to try new ideas, which often results in pure magic at a moment’s notice.

Could such spontaneity exist in video game development? Especially since creating a video game usually takes months of testing, polishing and bug-hunting.

This weekend, aspiring game developers with any level of experience are called upon for the first-ever Epic Oregon Game Jam at Lane Community College.

Game Jams take all the stress, fun and creativity of developing a video game and compress it into a very short period of time. From 5:30 p.m. Friday to 6 p.m. Sunday, teams will come up with a pitch, figure out rule sets, create art and code around the clock in the pursuit of a playable game. Multiple teams will compete against each other and will present their final work before a panel of judges (including talent from Zynga, Spotkin and Pipeworks). The winning team will win an array of prizes, including a full license to the Loom game development engine, which was created in Eugene. This will allow the team to continue creating their game and publish it on various mobile operating systems.

It will be a weekend full of big ideas, big dreams and even bigger cups of coffee that creator Ted Brown hopes will bring attention to the Eugene gaming development community.

“I’d hope that out of this jam we’re able to come up with one really good idea — a commercially viable game that could be picked up by a publisher and fleshed out into a real product,” he said.

If you think you’ve got just that idea, sign up on their website, epicoregongamejam.com and go to the event with a proposal to present. The event is being held at the downtown Lane Community College campus and doors open at 4 p.m.