ABOUT | WHAT IS SGDA
The Student Game Developer Alliance (SGDA) began in 2016 between nine partnered student development organizations across California.
The very first conference took place in May of 2017 with an attendance of nearly 200 students and an afternoon of three workshops, five speakers, and friendship abound.
Continuing from then on, the summit has grown to a full day of events and has served over 200 learning game developers at its peak.
The SGDA’s mission is to provide learning game developers with a network of resources and peers that stretches across the nation.
We primarily target student organizations because we believe the educational stage is where support is most important, especially in campuses where game development is not a well supported discipline.
Our annual conference in southern California is designed to be an accessible event for education and camaraderie, where students can celebrate their achievements in game development, meet each other in person, and learn from industry professionals.
In short, we aim to:
• NURTURE a community of emerging game developers.
• PROMOTE game development in education.
• ENCOURAGE student passions for game development.
• SUPPORT student made games and rising talent.
The Original Clubs
Our Current Member Schools
| Club Name | University | Website (If Applicable) |
|---|---|---|
| Texas Aggie Game Developers | Texas A&M | https://tagdigda.wixsite.com/gamedev |
| Poly Game Dev Club | Arizona State University | https://www.facebook.com/VGDCASU |
| Game Design and Development at Berkeley | UC Berkeley | https://gamedesign.berkeley.edu |
| CalArts Game Makers | California Institute of the Arts | https://calarts-gamemakers.itch.io/ |
| Game Creation Society | Carnegie Mellon University | gamecreation.org |
| Panther Games | Chapman University | http://cupanthergames.com |
| CPP Game Design & Development | California Polytechnic State University, Pomona | cppgamedev.com |
| Cal Poly Game Development Club | California Polytechnic State University, SLO | http://www.cpgd.org |
| Video Game Development Club, Fullerton | CSU Fullerton | vgdc.ecs.fullerton.edu/ |
| Video Game Development Association | CSU Long Beach | csulbvgda.com |
| Game Developers Club, Monterey Bay | CSU Monterey Bay | gamecreation.org |
| Game Development Club, Northridge | CSU Northridge | gdcnorthridge.wixsite.com/home |
| Ohio State's Game Creation Club | Ohio State University | org.osu.edu/gamedev |
| PSU Game Design/Development Club | Penn State | https://sites.psu.edu/gamedev |
| Creation of Games Society | Rutgers University - New Brunswick | http://cogs.club |
| Game Development Club, San Jose | San Jose State University | sjsugamedev.com |
| Stanford Video Game Association | Stanford University | https://stanfordvga.weebly.com |
| Video Game Developers Club - UA | University of Arizona | https://uagamedev.blogspot.com |
| Game Development and Arts Club | UC Davis | davisgamedev.com |
| Game Dev Knights | University of Central Florida | https://gamedevknights.com |
| Video Game Development Club, UC Irvine | UC Irvine | sites.google.com/uci.edu/vgdcuci/home |
| ACM Game Studio @ UCLA | UC Los Angeles | https://linktr.ee/acmstudio |
| UC Merced Game Development Club | UC Merced | ucmercedgame.dev |
| Gamespawn | UC Riverside | gamespawn.github.io |
| UCSB Game Development Club | UC Santa Barbara | ucsb-game-dev-club.github.io/ |
| Game Design & Art Collaboration | UC Santa Cruz | gdacollab.com |
| Video Game Development Club, UCSD | UC San Diego | https://www.facebook.com/groups/VGDC.UCSD |
| Video Game Design and Development | University of Houston | Video Game Design and Development |
| Game Developers Club - UMD | UC Santa Barbara | ucsb-game-dev-club.github.io/ |
| Makers of Enertaining Games Association | University of Southern California | megausc.com/welcome/ |
| Electronic Game Developers Society | University of Texas at Austin | https://texasegads.wixsite.com/egads |
| Aurora Game Development Ferris State Chapter | Ferris State University, Michigan | Aurora Game Dev Club |