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 on our website)

• Your game core loop video (1 minute long)

This year’s PreBits are held in the following cities:

• PreBit Helsinki – 19.3. and 20.3. (choose one)

• PreBit Tampere – 18.3.

• PreBit Turku – TBA

• PreBit Jyväskylä – TBA

• PreBit Kajaani – TBA

• PreBit Rovaniemi – 11.3.

• PreBit Online – 11.3.

Please note that some PreBits may get cancelled if there aren’t enough participating teams. If that happens, we will contact you, and you can always choose a different PreBit city or participate in PreBit Online.

We also have new regulations regarding AI and assets: AI and purchased or stock assets can be freely used, but you must be transparent about them and clearly describe how they have been used.

Note: Excessive use of AI and purchased/stock assets may have a negative impact on the judges’ evaluation.

And remember: when you apply, everything doesn’t need to be fully ready or polished. We will give you a final deadline for updated materials closer to your PreBit!

Link to registration: https://docs.google.com/.../1FAIpQLSeNOg3yucT3.../viewform

Above information gathered from the Bit1 LinkedIn post.