About Us
We are a club based in The University of New South Wales focused on teaching people how to make games.
Throughout the year, we host workshops on game development and events straight from the industry.
We aim to bring together students interested in creating any aspect of video games,
whether they be programmers, artists, animators, writers, music producers, or graphic designers.
Activities
We hold events teaching you how to create video games, even if you have no prior experience!
This is a collaboration space in-person at UNSW Kensington, Sydney, that run regularly every week during the term.
Our events are mainly intended for UNSW student, staff, and alumni. However, external interested game developers aspiring or experienced are welcome to join too!
To find out when our next event is, please check out our Discord Server!
This is a collaboration space in-person at UNSW Kensington, Sydney, that run regularly every week during the term.
Our events are mainly intended for UNSW student, staff, and alumni. However, external interested game developers aspiring or experienced are welcome to join too!
To find out when our next event is, please check out our Discord Server!
Our tradition is to run a biannual game jam open to all UNSW Students. Put together your ideas, code and assets together for a chance
to win some fabulous prizes such as water bottles, IEMs, keyrings, and even cash! Even if you are unable to participate, join us at
the subsequent showcase events right after to play the submissions for yourself and have a great time with free food.
Game entries are only open to current students of UNSW.
You can find more information of the next or current Game Jam on our Discord Server!
Game entries are only open to current students of UNSW.
You can find more information of the next or current Game Jam on our Discord Server!
Do you want to show off your game at major expos such as PAX Aus and SXSW Sydney? We can help you with that!
Game Development Society has been exhibitors at both conventions where we can showcase your games and help kickstart your professional career. This is the greatest contribution we currently deliver that sets us apart above existing UNSW student clubs. And we don't pick on how good your game is either, nor will we tell you we can't help you because it would be "unfair to those who had to learn by themselves" (seriously another club said something along the lines of that).
Submissions are only open to UNSW Community members, which include current UNSW student, staff, and UNSW Alumni (graduated students).
Check our games from PAX Aus 2024 here!
To apply, please join the SXSW Subcommittee through our Discord Server!
Game Development Society has been exhibitors at both conventions where we can showcase your games and help kickstart your professional career. This is the greatest contribution we currently deliver that sets us apart above existing UNSW student clubs. And we don't pick on how good your game is either, nor will we tell you we can't help you because it would be "unfair to those who had to learn by themselves" (seriously another club said something along the lines of that).
Submissions are only open to UNSW Community members, which include current UNSW student, staff, and UNSW Alumni (graduated students).
Check our games from PAX Aus 2024 here!
To apply, please join the SXSW Subcommittee through our Discord Server!
Travel with us to Melbourne or Japan via our intercity and overseas trips to show off your game in a foreign place!
We will help get your game in conventions beyond our Sydney home for a chance to globally network with new developers and industry professionals.
UNSW Community members and connected individuals, which include current UNSW student, staff, UNSW Alumni (graduated students), and friends/family of those parties can join. Current full Arc Members may be eligible for a discount under selected trips.
To find out when our next trip is, join our Discord Server!
We will help get your game in conventions beyond our Sydney home for a chance to globally network with new developers and industry professionals.
UNSW Community members and connected individuals, which include current UNSW student, staff, UNSW Alumni (graduated students), and friends/family of those parties can join. Current full Arc Members may be eligible for a discount under selected trips.
To find out when our next trip is, join our Discord Server!
Our Community's Games
Here are some of the video games created by our students, staff, and alumni with passion! We're developers that handcraft our own work, not idea guy "managers" making others do the work for us. Click on the icons below to learn more about the games! You can also play games made for our previous game jams through the below buttons too.
Past Game Jam Games
2022 Term 1 UNSW GDS Game Jam Entries2022T1 - One Button 2022 Term 3 UNSW GDS Game Jam Entries2022T3 - Touch Grass
2023 Term 1 UNSW GDS Game Jam Entries2023T1 - Escape 2023 Term 3 UNSW GDS Game Jam Entries2023T3 - Play Your Way
2024 Term 1 UNSW GDS Game Jam Entries2024T1 - Paperwork 2024 Term 3 UNSW GDS Game Jam Entries2024T3 - Endless
Helmsgard
An in-development soon-to-be open-source retro-styled 2D adventure game where you must defeat the Slime King! This project was created in SDL 2 in C within Visual Studio and aims to serve as a low-level example on how to create a video game without a game engine. The level was made in the Tiled editor.
Latest Download
OLD Source Code
Stinky Rat Endless Runner Template
An open-source video game made in Unity 6 where you're a 2-legged rat running endlessly through a sewer pipe! Dodge obstacles or create your own in the Unity editor and build upon your very own game. MIT Licensed for the code and assets created by Bradley Lin.
Complete Unity 6000.0.25f1 project from the end of the 2024 Term 3 workshop.
Complete Unity ProjectOriginal incomplete Unity project provided before the workshop.
Original Unity Project
Discord