ABOUT

ABOUT


Annual Convention to Display and Play Student Games

Z3

Z3

300+

attendees

300+

attendees

300+

attendees

26

games in 2025's showcase

26

games showcased

What is Z3?

Z3 is THE student games convetion. Display your work, play student games, and meet amazing people.

When?

Monday, June 1st 12pm - 5pm

Where?

Student Student Pacific Ballroom

Who?

Everyone! Students, Non-UCI, friends, pros, etc.

What is Z3?

Z3 is THE student games convetion. Display your work, play student games, and meet amazing people.

When?

Monday, June 1st 12pm - 5pm

Where?

Student Student Pacific Ballroom

Who?

Everyone! Students, Non-UCI, friends, pros, etc.

What is Z3?

Z3 is THE student games convetion. Display your work, play student games, and meet amazing people.

When?

Monday, June 1st 12pm - 5pm

Where?

Student Student Pacific Ballroom

Who?

Everyone! Students, Non-UCI, friends, pros, etc.

Display Your Work

Bring your games to show off and be played! Any/every student is welcome to booth! (regardless of major, school, uni)

Display Your Work

Bring your games to show off and be played! Any/every student is welcome to booth! (regardless of major, school, uni)

Play Student Games

Play the games of your talented peers. Playtest, support growth, have a fun time

Play Student Games

Play the games of your talented peers. Playtest, support growth, have a fun time

Meet Amazing People

Connect with peers, professors/faculty, non-uci students, friends/family, industry pros, and other orgs/clubs. We all love games here.

Meet Amazing People

Connect with peers, professors/faculty, non-uci students, friends/family, industry pros, and other orgs/clubs. We all love games here.

VGDC

Video Game DEVELOPMENT Club

FAQs

How do I get involved?

You can get involved by joining our Discord server, general meetings, events, game jams, and anything that sounds of interest to you!

I've never made games before...

That's okay! We offer an assortment of workshops to learn new game development skills. To get more hands-on experience, we also offer introductory development projects.

I've made a lot of games, how can VGDC help me?

Our events are a perfect place where you can network with other seasoned developers, especially our pitch projects. We also offer industry speakers at certain special events, so look forward to those!

I wanna work on a game, but there's so many roles...

Workshops can be a great place to find your development niche! Our seven departments cover many topics that give you an insight into what your work will look like under each role.

VGDC

Video Game DEVELOPMENT Club

FAQs

How do I get involved?

You can get involved by joining our Discord server, general meetings, events, game jams, and anything that sounds of interest to you!

I've never made games before...

That's okay! We offer an assortment of workshops to learn new game development skills. To get more hands-on experience, we also offer introductory development projects.

I've made a lot of games, how can VGDC help me?

Our events are a perfect place where you can network with other seasoned developers, especially our pitch projects. We also offer industry speakers at certain special events, so look forward to those!

I wanna work on a game, but there's so many roles...

Workshops can be a great place to find your development niche! Our seven departments cover many topics that give you an insight into what your work will look like under each role.

VGDC

Video Game DEVELOPMENT Club

FAQs

How do I get involved?

You can get involved by joining our Discord server, general meetings, events, game jams, and anything that sounds of interest to you!

I've never made games before...

That's okay! We offer an assortment of workshops to learn new game development skills. To get more hands-on experience, we also offer introductory development projects.

I've made a lot of games, how can VGDC help me?

Our events are a perfect place where you can network with other seasoned developers, especially our pitch projects. We also offer industry speakers at certain special events, so look forward to those!

I wanna work on a game, but there's so many roles...

Workshops can be a great place to find your development niche! Our seven departments cover many topics that give you an insight into what your work will look like under each role.