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Today marks the second playtest for our Mock Studio game Taco Cat. Taco Cat has come so far already, and we want to thank all of you for all your hard work! Along with testing for Taco Cat, lots of other great games made by other UCSC students were here for playtesting. Along with that, […]
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The goal of today’s meeting was to touch base on the progress in the various departments for Taco Cat as well as get some more work done. Along with that, we have some… Announcements TacoCat Playtest 2! We’re going to have our second playtest next week on the 10th. It is going to be in-person […]
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Today marked our first playtest of the quarter, showcasing not just the great progress on Taco Cat but also various other games made by students here at UCSC! There are also some important announcements! Announcements Unity Night Part 2 The meeting time and location for Unity Night Part 2 are now confirmed! It’ll be happening […]
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Today, we invited various GDA alumni who now work in the professional field to come on over and share their advice and expertise! However, before we get into that first we have some… Announcements Unity Night Part 2 A few weeks back, we had our Unity Night where we focused on the basics of the […]
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Today is our Unity Night, where we learn about, well, Unity! For those who don’t know, Unity is a popular free to use game engine, and it is also our game engine of choice for our development. Because of this, all departments will need to be familiar with Unity to contribute to development, so that […]
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Today is our first meeting of the Winter Quarter! Because of that, we have a lot of announcements for you regarding the upcoming quarter and some fun events! Let’s start of with some announcements! Department Meeting Times! New quarter means new timings for all our departments! Below are all the meeting times for our departments. […]
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PITCH NIGHT IS FINALLY HERE! Today, we watched all the incredible pitches you have been working so hard on to see so we can vote on what our game for next year will be! Without further ado, these are the pitches! An Axolotl’s Tale An Axolotl’s Tale is a cutesy, relaxing game about the unlikely […]
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The goal of today’s meeting was to learn about conflict resolution! We did this by exploring and acting about various scenarios. But first, there’s some important rules of conflict to know before we jump into those! The Rules To better understand the rules, let’s first define what conflict is. Conflict is when two or more […]
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Welcome back! Today’s meeting was all about making a good pitch! As you may know, every year members can pitch games to GDA to decide what game we end up developing as a club. Today was dedicated to going over the do’s and do-not’s of a pitch. What is a Good Pitch? To demonstrate what […]
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Welcome to Game Design and Art Collaborations (GDA)! Today was the first club meeting for the school year! What Are We? GDA is three things: a place to meet new people, a place to learn new things, and a place to collaboratively develop games! We do all this through our various programs throughout the year. […]