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Game Developer's Week

GDW

GDW


Game Developer's Week

GDW

GDW


Game Developer's Week

GDW

GDW

8

years running!

8

years running!

8

years running!

40+

attendees

40+

attendees

40+

attendees

What is GDW?

Game Developer's Week hosts 10+ game-industry-pros to speak and answer questions about a career.

When?

Mid - Late Winter

Where?

Donald Bren Hall (DBH)

Who?

Everyone is welcome!

What is GDW?

Game Developer's Week hosts 10+ game-industry-pros to speak and answer questions about a career.

When?

9/29 Friday Week 9 5-8pm

Where?

Student Student Pacific Ballroom A-C

Who?

Everyone! Student, Non-UCI, friends, pros, etc.

What is GDW?

Game Developer's Week hosts 10+ game-industry-pros to speak and answer questions about a career.

When?

Mid - Late Winter

Where?

Donald Bren Hall (DBH)

Who?

Everyone is welcome!

Industry Speakers

Speakers from companies including Blizzard, Riot, and Mobilityware come to talk to YOU about how THEY made it. Listen up and ask questions!! See them all below.

Industry Speakers

Speakers from companies including Blizzard, Riot, and Mobilityware come to talk to YOU about how THEY made it. Listen up and ask questions!! See them all below.

Industry Speakers

Speakers from companies including Blizzard, Riot, and Mobilityware come to talk to YOU about how THEY made it. Listen up and ask questions!! See them all below.

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PAST SPEAKERS

VGDC has speakers come from all over, including Blizzard Entertainment, Riot Games, Blind Squirrel Games, Turtle Rock Studios, Mobilityware, and Cloud Imperium Games give talks to our student body.

As well as VGDC/UCI alumni, now working in different game industries, like Claudia Rose O' Flaherty (Associate Producer, Character Art and Tech at Cloud Imperium Games), Jo Graylock (Design Lead at Riot Games), and Ittai Mann (Software Engineer at Blind Squirrel Games).

2025

Katrina Garsten

Production @ Turtle Rock Studios

Kyle Su

UI/UX @ Turtle Rock Studios

Yvonne Chung

UI/UX @ Turtle Rock Studios

Tin Bryan Nguyen

Concept Art @ Odyssey Interactive

Izzy Jones

Design @ Dreamhaven

Jade Hutchinson

Production @ Blizzard Entertainment

Jake Smith

Combat Design @ Santa Monica Studio

Ryan Quinn

Narrative Designer @ Blizzard Entertainment

Amanda Cullen

User Research @ Blizzard Entertainment

Curtiss Murphy

Engineering @ Mobility Ware

2025

2025

Katrina Garsten

Production @ Turtle Rock Studios

Kyle Su

UI/UX @ Turtle Rock Studios

Yvonne Chung

UI/UX @ Turtle Rock Studios

Tin Bryan Nguyen

Concept Art @ Odyssey Interactive

Izzy Jones

Design @ Dreamhaven

Jade Hutchinson

Production @ Blizzard Entertainment

Jake Smith

Combat Design @ Santa Monica Studio

Ryan Quinn

Narrative Designer @ Blizzard Entertainment

Amanda Cullen

User Research @ Blizzard Entertainment

Curtiss Murphy

Engineering @ Mobility Ware

2024

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2020

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VGDC

Video Game DEVELOPMENT Club

FAQs

How do I get involved?

You can get involved by joining our Discord server, general meetings, events, game jams, and anything that sounds of interest to you!

I've never made games before...

That's okay! We offer an assortment of workshops to learn new game development skills. To get more hands-on experience, we also offer introductory development projects.

I've made a lot of games, how can VGDC help me?

Our events are a perfect place where you can network with other seasoned developers, especially our pitch projects. We also offer industry speakers at certain special events, so look forward to those!

I wanna work on a game, but there's so many roles...

Workshops can be a great place to find your development niche! Our seven departments cover many topics that give you an insight into what your work will look like under each role.

VGDC

Video Game DEVELOPMENT Club

FAQs

How do I get involved?

You can get involved by joining our Discord server, general meetings, events, game jams, and anything that sounds of interest to you!

I've never made games before...

That's okay! We offer an assortment of workshops to learn new game development skills. To get more hands-on experience, we also offer introductory development projects.

I've made a lot of games, how can VGDC help me?

Our events are a perfect place where you can network with other seasoned developers, especially our pitch projects. We also offer industry speakers at certain special events, so look forward to those!

I wanna work on a game, but there's so many roles...

Workshops can be a great place to find your development niche! Our seven departments cover many topics that give you an insight into what your work will look like under each role.

VGDC

Video Game DEVELOPMENT Club

FAQs

How do I get involved?

You can get involved by joining our Discord server, general meetings, events, game jams, and anything that sounds of interest to you!

I've never made games before...

That's okay! We offer an assortment of workshops to learn new game development skills. To get more hands-on experience, we also offer introductory development projects.

I've made a lot of games, how can VGDC help me?

Our events are a perfect place where you can network with other seasoned developers, especially our pitch projects. We also offer industry speakers at certain special events, so look forward to those!

I wanna work on a game, but there's so many roles...

Workshops can be a great place to find your development niche! Our seven departments cover many topics that give you an insight into what your work will look like under each role.