Hey everyone,

This week’s meeting will be tomorrow from 7 PM to 8:30 PM EST. We’ll be discussing horror games and their recent rise in popularity. We’ll also be talking about the methods that can be employed in games to create tension, fear, and heightened alertness for players in general!

As a quick reminder, shirt designs are also due tomorrow by 12PM EST! You can submit them using the link at the end to enter the contest. We’ll be voting on them during the meeting to decide which design will be the official 2020 GCC shirt, so be sure to get your design in. https://forms.gle/P6TvFJrTMxy4Ex2DA

Hello Everyone!

I hope you all enjoyed our talk with Greg last week! This week’s meeting is today, Wednesday, 10/21, 7 PM to 8:30 PM EST. We’ll be talking about the use of narratives in games. There’s a lot of content to cover, including types of narratives, character arcs, player choice, and etcetera, so we hope that this discussion will inspire you to flesh out some narratives in your own games!

Just a reminder – the shirt design contest is coming to a close! The due date is next week, 10/28, on the day of the following meeting. Please have your submission in before noon that day so that we have time to prepare your design for presentation. You can submit your design here! We will be voting on the winning design on the day’s meeting.

See you there!

If you missed Greg’s talk, you can check it out here.

Hello, everyone!

We are happy to announce that Greg Wark, the creator of Hounds of Valor, will be presenting at today’s meeting, Wednesday (10/14), from 7 PM to 8:30 PM EST! Greg is a solo game developer at Dog at Work Games who has been developing games in Unity for three years – you may remember him from GDEX last year. His current passion project, Hounds of Valor, is a single-player action game starring sword-wielding dogs battling monsters in a colorful world! In our meeting, he will be talking about his game as well as his own experiences as a solo developer. After the presentation, he’ll be open for questions, so come prepared to have a conversation!

We won’t be using our Discord server for this meeting – instead, we’ll be hosting today’s meeting on Zoom. Click here to join. Alternatively, use the meeting ID 981 7041 0610 with the password 123700 .

Curious about Hounds of Valor and Dog at Work Games? Check out Greg’s website and the free demo of the game here!

See you there!

Hello, everyone!

We hope you guys have had a good week of rest. Last week’s showcase went amazingly, and everyone’s games are all now live here on our website. This week’s meeting will be happening tomorrow, 10/7, from 7 PM to 8:30 PM EST on our Discord server. Our meeting tomorrow will be all about multiplayer games – we will be discussing types, genres, design strategies, and more! These core concepts we’ll talk about can also help you in a broader game development process, so be sure to come check it out. There’s a lot to cover!

Hope to see you there!

Hello, everyone!

Congratulations on making it through the Fall Game Jam – we hope you had fun and learned something new! It has been a tiring weekend for those that participated, and everyone deserves some rest. This week’s meeting will be held today at 7 PM – 8:30 PM EST. We will be showing off the products of your hard work from the game jam! These games will be available for everyone to try on our website after the meeting. We encourage those who are play-testing to let our developers know what you appreciated about the game – any constructive criticism is also welcome. Today is intended to be a relaxing meeting, so we can hang out and play games together after the showcase.

Hope to see you there!

Hello, everyone!

The Fall Game Jam (September 25-27) is almost upon us! To help you prep for it, we’re holding a meeting tomorrow, (9/23) from 7 to 8:30 PM EST. We are going introduce you to some resources you can use to help speed up your game making process. These resources will allow you to focus on the game mechanics themselves to produce the game you have in mind.

See you there!

Hello, everyone!

Thank you to all those who could make it last meeting! For those who couldn’t, a brief rundown of the important info from our most recent meeting will follow after the update for tomorrow’s meeting.

Our next meeting will be happening tomorrow, Wednesday, (9/16) 7 to 8:30 PM EST. We are going to cover game design and key ideas/techniques to think about while brainstorming. Additionally, we will also discuss some methods and resources you can use for planning and organizing your game.

The first two Unity tutorials are now up! Click the links below to check them out:

• Unity Tutorial (Introduction)
• Unity Tutorial (Input, Movement, Physics)

Hope to see you at our next meeting!

Hello, everyone!

Our next meeting will be happening today from 7 to 8:30 PM EST. We are going to cover some of the tools in game development (engines, art, music, etc.). We will also be giving suggestions and advice based off of that. Additionally, we will be discussing the Unity tutorials that will be posted in our Discord for anyone looking to get started on that engine.

See you there!

Hello everyone!

With another semester about to start, so is another year of Game Creation Club. We are extremely excited to see everyone soon, but before we do we have some important announcements for this year.

Like many other student orgs, this semester we will be virtual. Weekly meetings will be held in our Discord server starting September 2nd. This will be a learning process for everyone as we adapt our regular meetings to the virtual setting so we’d love to hear feedback from you all throughout this semester. We want to continue to foster the community environment we’ve had in previous years, despite everything being online.

If you have not joined the Discord server already, you can join using this link.
With the emphasis of everything being virtual, we are also revamping the Discord server! There will now be bots for you all to use so you can set your Discord tags based on your interests (Coder, Artist, Musician, etc). We will also be creating new “Specialist” roles that members will be able to apply to. These specialists will be the go-to people to ask when members have questions, similar in function to a study tutor. There will be a variety of specialists for different subjects such as Unity, Blender, and more. We’ll talk more in-depth about this role, and how members can apply during our meetings.

Our first meeting will be held September 2nd, but we’ll also be at the Virtual Involvement Fair that’ll be held August 23rd. Make sure you stay tuned to more announcements by joining our mailing list and Discord.

We look forward to seeing you all soon!

Hello everyone,

As many of you are likely aware, along with the discontinuation of in-person classes, the university has officially cancelled all in-person student organization activities through at least April 20th. As such, we will not have any more club meetings in person this semester.

We are working on ideas for remote activites moving forward, and we will still be holding officer elections as scheduled (just online). On that note, we will still be opening the campaigning channel in the Discord on Monday as planned, so if you’re interested in running for an officer position, please use that channel to say what position(s) you’d like to run for and why you would be a good candidate.

If you’d like to run for an officer position but aren’t currently in the Discord, you can join here.

Please stay safe and take care of yourselves. We’ll send out more updates as things change and we formalize plans going forward.