Game Design and Art Collaboration (GDA) was founded in 2015, by a small group of UC Santa Cruz students. Our mission statemen ... t is to promote the collaborative work of artists, musicians, programmers, and game designers, with an emphasis on networking and skill-sharing. GDA currently runs as a mock game studio, producing two games each academic year. The members of GDA work together completely out of personal interest to learn what it takes to bring a game from concept to production. We also organize the Global Game Jam in Santa Cruz, provide students with a scholarship trip to the Game Developer's Conference, and were part of the team to coordinate the first ever Student Game Developer's Alliance Summit in 2017. read more