Time flies when you’re having fun! It feels as though UCSC’s Winter Quarter has barely begun, yet GDA’s Mock Studio is already through Sprints 1 & 2 of our development cycle. Happy New Year—and welcome back! Here’s a quick review of Dev Log 0 in case you missed it: In Fall quarter, GDA voted on which game out of 17 member-made game pitches we wanted to spend the rest of the year developing. All of Read more…
The Game Design & Art Collaboration (GDA) spends its Fall quarter in fierce suspense as a handful of members work tirelessly to answer a single burning question: What game will GDA make next? The winner of a vote held between our members’ game pitches near the end of November sparks the beginning of development for GDA’s Mock Studio. As our organization’s largest operation, Mock Studio annually offers UC Santa Cruz students the unique opportunity to Read more…
Dearest reader, I am thrilled to welcome you to the revamped GDA website! I’m Kim, GDA’s webmaster for the 2024-25 school year. I’m a senior studying computer science with a minor in film, and when I’m not fulfilling my webmaster duties, you can catch me going for a run, eating ice cream, or wish-listing egregiously-priced Lego sets. Over the next couple weeks, expect some other additions to the site, which will hopefully include a color Read more…