The Game Design & Development Club is focused on facilitating game development as a career, hobby, or fun way to practice various talents. We welcome students interested in all aspects of game development including creating art, writing stories, composing music, programming, or business and marketing. We also strive to promote a strong sense of comradery amongst our members and encourage them to work together to create games for personal enjoyment as well as for competitions such as game jams and hackathons.
Founded May 2014
Average Member Count 40-50
Events: Game Pitch Contest, Industry Tours, Workshops, Hackathons & Game Jams
It is our mission is to utilize game development as a platform to meaningfully expand and enhance the professional and personal lives of our members, to cultivate significant personal, community, and industry relationships, to advocate for game development related topics in the educational, social, and political realms, and to inspire future generations to take a positive interest in game development and other associated fields.
Founded Spring 2014
Average Member Count 80
Events: DevKit, DevBlog, Speakers, Mixers, Game Jams, Workshops
Our mission is to motivate and encourage students to learn about game development while providing a professional and comfortable environment for programmers, designers, and artists alike.
Founded March 2014
Average Member Count ~ 20 people
Events: Workshops, Mini Game Jams, Level Design Competitions
We strive to promote collaborative work between artists, musicians, and game designers, through networking and skill-sharing!
Founded January 2015
Average Member Count 30
Events: Icebreakers, workshops, guest speakers, Global Game Jam, Pitch Night, Tournament Fundraisers, GDC trips
The CSUF Video Game Development Club (VGDC) is a student-run organization that emphasizes not just the design of games, but all aspects of video game development - from design, coding, art, sound, business, and more. We are made of students who not only love playing video games, but want to make them!
Founded October 2010 (as Video Game Design Club)
Average Member Count 20
Events: Workshops, Contests, Game Jams
The Video Game Development Club (VGDC) gives students the opportunity to break into the industry by challenging what is expected of college developers. We devote ourselves to building our members’ technical expertise, creating successful portfolios, and establishing a professional network with other game developers.
Founded 2002
Average Member Count 70 - 100
Events: Game Developers’ Week, Game Jams, Project Presentations, Workshops
We are a club dedicated to learning the production of video games and all aspects it encompasses: game design, programming, 2D/3D art creation, music/sound composition, character/story writing, and publicity/marketing.
Founded October 2015
Average Member Count 30
Events: Game Tournaments, Game Jams, Presentations, Workshops
We are a club dedicated to supporting game development at UCSD by connecting students to project groups, serving as a forum for game design discussions, and providing a space to learn key skills from peers.
Founded 2010
Average Member Count 30 - 50
Events: Game Jams, Workshops, Speakers, Game Nights, Arcade Cabinet Construction
The Makers of Entertaining Games Association (MEGA) is a student-run organization which strives to promote and facilitate the art of game creation within the University of Southern California.
Founded 2008
Average Member Count 100+
Events: Game Jams, Speaker Panels, Industry Mixers, IMAX Game Nights, Workshops