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UPGRADE is Penn's game development club. Every year, we aim to produce two club-wide games, one every semester. The final, second semester game is published on Steam, with your name in the credits! Anyone can join our club, and we do not require applications.
Beyond making games, we also aim to provide students the resources, opportunities, and environment to foster their passion and creativity. To that end, we also host yearly game jams, organize training workshops, host speaker events, fun gaming collabs/trips, and more.
Whether you like programming, drawing, modeling, writing, composing, or anything else, we welcome anyone who's interested in any aspect of game dev. And while previous experience with any of these roles is expected, we will get you up to speed with any game dev-related stuff, and you'll hit the ground running on your very first game in a matter of days.
We meet Saturdays from 2 to 5 PM, in Levine 307. Additional checkup meetings/office hours will likely be held throughout the week.

Charles Wang

Co-President

Anthony Ge

Christina Qiu

Game Lead

Faye Zhang

Senior Advisor

Kevin Du

Viraj Doshi

Treasurer

Member

Aaron Liu

Aaron Meslin

Abhinav Srivastava

Abraham Ndlovu

Alan Hong

Alex Budko

Alexander Dreier

Alix Aguzin

Anand Majmudar

Andrew Wong

Anish Ganesh

Arjen Demir

Aryan Roy

Ashley Teoh

Astrid Raganas

Anonymous

Bailey Koo

Baron Ping-Yeh Hsieh

Brian Lu

Christopher Yu

Claire Oxner

Clara Nolan

Dangela Fonseca

Darian Parks

Dhruv Goyal

Dineth Meegoda

Dong Wook Lee

Dylan Li

Edwin Mui

Eric Moon

Faiyaz Hasan

Fei Yang

George Wang

Grace Tan

Hansheng Zhu

Harshil Jain

Jacqueline Li

Jason Xu

Joe Kojima

Jonathan Hong

Julia Fremberg

Justin Robertson

Keven Pereira-Querido

Kevin Ma

Advisor

Kimberly Liang

Kyle Zhang

Leonard Yan

Lisa Ayisi-Ahwireng

Logan Judge

Luna Chen

Madhav Sharma

Michael Wallison

Miranda Meng

Morgan Wang

Nick Zhou

Nihar Ballamudi

Nikhil Ruia

Nitish Kaza

Oliver Kleinman

Phillip Gao

Raymond Feng

Ryan Ong

Satya Maddirala

Sean Mcginn

Sheyan Lalmohammed

Sirui Zhu

Sophie Cai

Stan Chen

Steven Chang

Sunny Wang

Trini Feng

Vishva Gajaraj

Xin Ling Ng

Yanfu Ou

Yeongheon Lee

Yuchen Jin

Yuying Mei

Zihui Xie

UPGRADE

Penn's game dev club!

Just as a fan of gaming, working on projects in UPGRADE really builds appreciation for the work big-name developers put into their projects. And then on top of that, learning more about the industry has been eye-opening and just really cool.

UPGRADE is a really friendly environment where you can learn how to make games and even get some insight into the gaming industry at large. We use some of the same software and techniques as some of our favorite games so it's really great to share in that process.

My favorite part about UPGRADE is that I entered without knowing anything about computer science but along the way I've become a coder, writer and artist. There's always this moment of awe I have where I hit 'Run' and take pride of the great things my team has accomplished

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