The Global Game Jam is returning to the University of Tulsa for the sixth year in a row, bringing together creators from around the world for a weekend of fast-paced, collaborative game making. Open to students and the public alike, it’s your chance to build games, meet creative teammates, and turn ideas into playable experiences.
Ranked the top game design program in Oklahoma by Animation Career Review, TU’s CSG program stands out for its collaborative, studio-style approach to game development. Students across animation, music, programming, and design work together on a multi-semester capstone game, gaining real production experience long before graduation.
Step inside the making of Blank Slate, our Senior Production class’s capstone game. The students’ reflections reveal the messy, creative, and collaborative journey of game development like never before.
The Computer Simulation and Gaming program at TU partnered with Riverfield Country Day School to introduce middle schoolers to game design through the theme The Hero’s Journey. Riverfield students visited campus to attend a lecture, playtest TU senior projects, and will return to pitch their own games next month.
Students in the Game Design Concepts course showcased their creativity in the annual Card Game Design Challenge, playtesting original two-player games to explore how rules and goals shape play.
TU students put their creativity to the test at the Back-to-School Game Jam, designing innovative escape room games in just 48 hours. From collaboration to rapid prototyping, the event offered a hands-on experience that’s perfect practice for the upcoming Global Game Jam.
TU celebrated its 5th year as a host site for the Global Game Jam, where students and community members teamed up to create games in just 48 hours. This year’s theme, “Bubble!”, inspired a variety of innovative projects now featured on the GGJ website.