Game Creation Society is a student-run organization at Carnegie Mellon University, dedicated to the art and science of making games. Composed of individuals from all across the academic spectrum, GCS provides an environment for people of various disciplines to work together on projects as they would in a real development environment. Whatever your talents are, if you are interested in making games we can find a role for you!

If you want to get involved, come to a weekly meeting, join our mailing list, or contact an officer!

Recent News Posts

Pitch Fair

Submitted by jthreefoot on Fri, 02/01/2013 - 19:09

Hey guys, Pitch Fair happened! In case you missed it, here are the projects that were pitched and who pitched them:

Elemental Monsters - Daniel Belchamber
-an online multiplayer monster battling game where your attacks modify the terrain, too

ROB - Matt Becker
-a 3D platformer/adventure game

Dragon Drop - Evan Shimizu
-a game where you drag dragons onto gold-filled towns to steal their gold

Retrograde - Ivan Wang
-a platformer where you play backwards, starting with all your abilities and losing them as the game progresses

Punchdragon - Katie Nestor
-a 3D game where you play as a half-human/half-dragon stuck in a human city who must escape by running, climbing, and punching

GCS Website - Jane Threefoot
-we're rebuilding the GCS website

Welcome Back! (Officially!)

Submitted by jthreefoot on Sat, 01/26/2013 - 11:34

Welcome, GCS peeps, whether you're a new member or a returning one! Some announcements:

1) The first contest theme of the year is Prehistoric.
Game Modifier: Player controls one or more dinosaurs
Art Modifier: Cave painting
Music Modifier: Percussion only
This contest ends February 8th. Everyone should make a thing!

2) Mozilla is sponsoring Pitch Fair! They are also running an HTML5 game competition. If you've been looking for an excuse to make an HTML5 game, consider this the inescapable call of destiny and join in. It ends February 24th. More info here: https://gameon.mozilla.org/en-US/

3) The Global Game Jam is happening this weekend. Good luck to everyone participating! And be sure to check out the games that come out of it - some really awesome stuff gets made at these things.

That's all for now! Be excellent to one another, GCS.
-Jane, your friendly neighborhood SysAdmin

New Year!

Submitted by tvaughan on Tue, 01/15/2013 - 18:26

Hi, welcome to Spring Semester everybody! We have a new executive board.

President: Evan Shimizu
Public Relations: Alex Moser
Director of Development: Leon Zhang
System Administrator: Jane Threefoot
Treasurer: Kim Lister

Also, Pittsburgh Global Game Jam is on the weekend of the 25th! I hope you're registered, because it's probably too late at this point -_-

That said, keep your eyes peeled for the games we end up making.

Velkommen!
-Tim

Release!

Submitted by tvaughan on Tue, 12/04/2012 - 14:00

Schell Games is sponsoring Release this Friday. There will be pizza, and also prizes for our Gold winners. Invite your friends, invite your enemies, invite Greg!

10/19 Meeting

Submitted by tvaughan on Tue, 10/16/2012 - 19:11

This week we'll be finishing up the Dover Beach contest, and then having a collab session. Come if you want to get some work done!