[1] The event is held annually and marks the end of the academic year for the students at the Department of Game Design at Campus Gotland, Uppsala University.
[2][3] The Department of Game Design[4] on Gotland, Visby, has hosted a public event for displaying student projects since at least 2002.
[5][6] The event found a stable structure and was branded "Gotland Game Awards" in 2006[7][8] and re-branded "Gotland Game Conference" in 2011,[9][10] when a presentation track was added and the event opened to public participation.
The event can be seen as consisting of four separate parts (spanning over multiple days);
[36] It is not uncommon for students recognized at the GGC to go on and win other national- and international awards.