Current Monthly Calendar
As one may or may not know, RPI offers a major for game design (Games and Simulation Arts and Sciences) under their recently-made GEM Department (Games and Experimental Media). From the way that it and its classes are currently organized, there is a sort of gap separating students in GSAS from students in other majors. We as a club serve to bridge this gap, as well as foster a community of game development in RPI that is open to everyone, regardless of knowledge, experience, or skill level!
Meeting every |Monday at 8pm| in |Sage Labratory, Room 2510|, our club covers a wide variety of activities, some of our signature ones are:
Taught by our officers, covering a multiple different disiplines of game dev.
By both RPI's GSAS professors and industry veterans.
Participants are challenged to make game asset(s) outside of their typical fields (ex: programmers make art, artists write stories, writers make music, etc.).
Where we house discussions on various topics of games!
Outside of our weekly meetings, we also engage in other special events, such as:
Every month, we choose a weekend to host a game jam in the Sage Labratory. In it, participants, given a theme, attempt to make a game and post it to Itch.io in under 48 hours, working solo or in teams. Afterwards, everyone gets to present what they've made, with food as a reward!
The Rensselaer Game Showcase (RGS) is an annual event where RPI students can present games they've made to the public! Local game studios such as Velan also attend to table, so it also serves as a networking opportunity!
Located in the GSAS Lounge is our signature Game Cabinet, housing arcade-style games from students past and present! Occasionally we host tournaments using the library of games on the machine! If you'd like to make & upload a game to it yourself, check out our documentation in our discord and coordinate with our officers!
Both inside and outside GSAS classes, Itch.io is used to put our games on the 'net!.
Click the button below to get a random club member's itch page (opens in a new tab)!
