UCSC Games & Playable Media / Serious Games MS @UCSCGame
The official Twitter account for UC Santa Cruz's Games and Playable Media and Serious Games MS Programs. gpm.soe.ucsc.edu Joined September 2013-
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Today we celebrate Black resilience, resistance, liberation, and joy. Reflect and rejoice! #Juneteenth2023
Congratulations Yitong Hu, GPM Class of 2020, for NYX Award in Game Design - Storyline for her linear narrative title, Black White Bear. For the full story, check out bit.ly/YitongHuBWB @Hu_Is_This @BaskinEng @ucsc_bsoe_alums #IndieGameDev
Congratulations to Dr. Erica Kleinman! Erica taught our Games User Research class and brought the subject to life like only she can. Can't wait to see what she takes on next. 🎮
Congratulations to Dr. Erica Kleinman! Erica taught our Games User Research class and brought the subject to life like only she can. Can't wait to see what she takes on next. 🎮
We were honored to have @MechBird stop by our April Indie Playtest night. Our last one of the Academic Year is Friday, May 26th. Looking forward to it! bit.ly/UCSCGPMIndie #altctrl, #indiedev
We were honored to have @MechBird stop by our April Indie Playtest night. Our last one of the Academic Year is Friday, May 26th. Looking forward to it! bit.ly/UCSCGPMIndie #altctrl, #indiedev
Our alumni event at #GDC2023 was a blast! Thanks to all that showed up and showed out. Can't wait to do it again next year. @BaskinEng @ucsc_bsoe_alums gpm.soe.ucsc.edu/2023/03/24/uc-…
We’re here! Stop by the Stone Stage in Yerba Buena Gardens to say hi to old friends and make some new ones. We have some snacks!
Looking forward to seeing all our alums, students, and supporters at our #gdc2023 Meetup tomorrow! @BaskinEng @ucsc_bsoe_alums 📅 Wednesday, March 22 ⌚ Noon-1:30pm 📍 Stone Stage in Yerba Buena Gardens
Never a dull moment with either Terry or Ayesha. Our program is lucky to have them!
We’re very proud of you, Cassidy. The best is yet to come 💪
We’re very proud of you, Cassidy. The best is yet to come 💪
Join us on the UC Santa Cruz campus for a discussion on Blackness in Gaming. RSVP using the QR code or this link to help us manage logistics. Hope to see you there! forms.gle/G35XLdkaeqcCaN…
Calling all UCSC alumni and students! Meetup at GDC 2023 @BaskinEng @ucsc_bsoe_alums #gdc2023 📅March 22 (Wednesday) ⏰Noon- 1:30pm 📍Near the Carousel in Yerba Buena Gardens
Join us for our next UCSC Silicon Valley Indie Playtest Night Jan. 27 5:30 - 8:30pm RSVP on Meetup to bring a game to test or just to hang out and eat free pizza. Hope to see you there! meetup.com/indie-game-dev… #Meetup via @Meetup
Interested in applying to UC Santa Cruz Games MS program? Want to learn more about the application process? Or program details? Sign up for our Virtual Info Session happening THIS WEDNESDAY Nov. 30 5-6pm PST. See you there! (Registration required.) msgames.eventbrite.com
The only thing more fun than creating for @tiltfive is playing it! Who are we partnering with next? Join our virtual Info Session on Nov. 30th to find out. Be on the dev team of our next industry game. @BaskinEng #gamedevelopment Register at msgames.eventbrite.com
The only thing more fun than creating for @tiltfive is playing it! Who are we partnering with next? Join our virtual Info Session on Nov. 30th to find out. Be on the dev team of our next industry game. @BaskinEng #gamedevelopment Register at msgames.eventbrite.com
Join our Virtual Info Session on Nov. 30th 5-6pm PST to learn more about our MS Games program and how to apply. Registration required! msgames.eventbrite.com @BaskinEng #gamedev
Applications for our Fall 2023 class are now open. If you have questions or want a campus tour, email us at [email protected]
Congratulations to Serious Games Vice Chair @eddiemelcer for winning the Meaningful Play 2022 People's Choice Award for Mad Mixologist! @UCSCCompMedia, @BaskinEng
It's Video Games Day here every day! We love them all, from puzzles to FPS, indies to AAA's. Break out your favorite today 🎮 #NationalVideoGamesDay @BaskinEng
Check out what our amazing faculty has been exploring with their PhD students!
Check out what our amazing faculty has been exploring with their PhD students!

🌸 Cassidy @casadillaa
675 Followers 843 Following game designer @ Toys For Bob | lover of Laserdiscs & video game consoles no one has ever heard of | 🗣 🇺🇸 🇯🇵 🇩🇪 🇲🇽 | Tweets は my ownです (my own!)
🇵🇸 dani 🍉 sc... @scareoset
458 Followers 1K Following she/they | 27 | queer gothic researcher | lecturer @ArtsGamesPlay | MFA & BA in game design @ UCSC | [email protected]
Baskin Engineering at... @BaskinEng
3K Followers 1K Following Elevating the world through bold and socially responsible innovation. #BaskinEngineering
Mitchell F Wolfe @TheWolfeFM
487 Followers 410 Following Game Designer at Respawn. Worked on Star Wars Jedi: Survivor. Host of Telling the Tale podcast. Tweets my own.
potatodog_art | Commi... @potatodog_art
189 Followers 438 Following I make art 🖌️ | Creator of @potatodogstudio 🥔🐕 | UCSC GDA club🎮 | PP creds: @flanosaur Instagram: @PotatoDog1 *Please don't steal, trace, or repost my art*
Joey Vergara @JVergaraNYC
224 Followers 557 Following Game Designer @phoenixlabs. Previously @ToysForBob @RecRoom
UC Santa Cruz @ucsc
38K Followers 1K Following The official Twitter account of UC Santa Cruz. [email protected] Go Slugs! ⚙ @BaskinEng 🎨 @UCSCArtsDiv ✋ @UCSCTransform 🔬 @UCSCscience
Andrew Gwinner@GDC co... @gingeritus
400 Followers 947 Following XR Software Engineer. prev: VW. Lead Programmer on @everybodys_sad and @Lift_LastDays. Opinions are my own. he/him
Jim Whitehead @TheJimWhitehead
1K Followers 965 Following Professor of Computational Media at University of California, Santa Cruz. Associate Dean for Undergraduate Affairs, Baskin School of Engineering.
Jake Weidner @jweidner1234
452 Followers 2K Following #gamedev jake of all trades. Admin & Industry Liasion @NYUGameCenter Production, Design, & Ops Formerly: Pixelberry, Pontoco, Funomena. Org @expgameworkshop
Ben Prunty @benprunty
17K Followers 2K Following Music maker for FTL, Into the Breach, Subnautica: Below Zero & others. I did not work on Subnautica 1 ✨Polyamorous. ADHD. Cat dad. He/Him.✨
Alexander Wolf @BaskinEng_Dean
581 Followers 88 Following Dean of the Baskin School of Engineering, University of California, Santa Cruz #BaskinEngineering #BaskinEngineers
alexis joystick 🏳�... @capn_joystick
595 Followers 8K Following designer @ REDACTED (but LFW) | prev: activity design intern @bungie | gender pirate | enjoyer of lego n oreos | any pronouns | free palestine
Chonkers HQ @ChonkersHQ
178 Followers 233 Following Remote indie game studio est. Oct 2020 🍌🐌 #gamedev #indiedev
DeepestBlue @nalohana
2 Followers 96 Following Every Day is a GIFT💝✨/Love💖Dogs🐶animals🐱🐰🐷🐯🦆/💗🚘/We all are just clusters of atoms, a part of this beautiful planet🌎Slava Ukraine! 💪🕊️✨
a08. @current00123
0 Followers 514 Following
UCSC GISTAR @UCSCGISTAR
3 Followers 101 Following UC Santa Cruz’s GISTAR M.A. trains students in GIS, AI, and spatial analysis, blending tech and research to solve real-world challenges. #Geospatial #UCSC
Matheus ...?! Jesus C... @mattzinho22
22 Followers 520 Following 🇺🇸🟡⚫ Vasco da Gama, AS Roma, PT-BR, EN, Software Engineer, VR & Game Developer
Pedro MoralesAlmazan @p3d40
4K Followers 1K Following 🇬🇹 Math professor at UC Santa Cruz. Libro de poesía: https://t.co/HW1oDN89CK Bot: @poemarkoviano https://t.co/WHdteSED7C
Fix Gaming Channel @fixGameing
1K Followers 3K Following Gaming News & Promotion | Ronny Fiksdahl: Founder, Editor-in-Chief @ Fix Gaming Channel | https://t.co/6ifuMzEoFX | [email protected]
Fisher Dietz @Mr_fishpie
9 Followers 30 Following
Clear Path Study @clearpath_study
7 Followers 121 Following Like to play games? Interested in learning strategies to manage stress and low mood? Join our research study!
Transcendental Concor... @roseta_mara
237 Followers 2K Following Transcendentalist storyteller and time traveler. Gathering together history nerds with fun & weird projects.
Karthik Raja @Kitrak_rev
63 Followers 1K Following Tech enthusiast | Passionate about AI, ML, and NLP | Quest to build Jarvis kind of machine🧠🤖| Luv u 3K |
Aise hi @aiseHiincognito
0 Followers 260 Following
404NotFound @PeggyZhu04
14 Followers 44 Following
Zephyr Laytart @ZLaytart15151
2 Followers 8 Following Zephyr Laytart - 22yr - UCSC Alumni '23 B.A. in Games and Playable Media - Character Artist, Game Designer, Producer
lulucia @Hiriluksatus
36 Followers 495 Following
Elodie R 🕹️👾 @Pedagogeek
12 Followers 82 Following Training / learning designer - Video games enthusiast
Tony Diaz @adiazdev
11 Followers 60 Following Open for Work 🎮 UCSC Art & Design, Games and Playable Media Alumni 🎮 I design things and wonder why they don't work the first time 🎮 he/him
americangameuni @americangamedev
3 Followers 15 Following
Noor Hammad @NoorHammad_N7
188 Followers 415 Following Student, Researcher, Developer || @cmuhcii @scsatcmu
Nork Sharkfin @Slngsht_DvnngRd
6 Followers 174 Following
Maxwell Foxman @MaxwellFoxman
912 Followers 916 Following Virtually spent all my time over the last few years studying VR, AR, gamification & play. Professor of Media/Game Studies at @UOSojc. Before that @Columbia
Potato @kidpotato11
3K Followers 864 Following
@mattiebrice.bsky.soc... @thotxcouture
8K Followers 459 Following Asst. Professor of Games for Transformational Racial Justice at @ucsc's Performance, Play, & Design Department and @UCSCgame. radical play & activism
luke7 @sauronluke
354 Followers 2K Following
“Little Bird” �... @Amirarsalawn
66 Followers 190 Following A video game designer who loves sneakers 🤪
kesha @veryberrysorbet
38 Followers 250 Following 🏳️🌈 25. she/her. more or less: media consumption diary
NG @NinaPG5
29 Followers 398 Following
Lewis Thompson 🎮 @BGLeodran
2K Followers 2K Following He/Him | 3D Artist for @playrust at @FcpnchStds | Ex-@RobertsSpaceInd | Ex-Ubisoft | Drinker of Coffee | Aviation Enthusiast |
therealandyahn @therealandyahn
79 Followers 1K Following Bringing Video Games and the Beautiful Game of Soccer Together at @MLS | Politically-Minded Bay Area Sports and Video Game Dad | Opinions Are My Own!
Josh Temple @templeofdeceit
167 Followers 1K Following (He/him) Gameplay Programmer/Technical Designer searching for work, UCSC 23, SF Giants fan, audiobook devourer
MetaToshi @metatoshidoodle
79 Followers 255 Following Artist / Game Dev doing whatever :) ◇ I make silly little OCs and fanart sometimes ◇ @UCSC 24' | AGPM ◇ Art Officer @GDA_Collab *:・゚✧*:・゚✧*:・゚✧*:・゚✧*:・゚✧
Tamara @malatami2015
1 Followers 35 Following
Fahad Ahmed @Shrestho77
18 Followers 546 Following A Teacher, an Innovator and a Human. I think, therefore I am.
DiGRA D-A-CH (INAKTIV... @DigraDach
227 Followers 461 Following ➡️Official account of DiGRA D-A-CH ➡️Offizieller Account der DiGRA D-A-CH ➡️edited by / betreut durch Rudolf T. Inderst (lU Internationale Hochschule)
Akshat @illuzion2424
70 Followers 142 Following Passionate. Game Engineer / Designer @SleeperBuildDev
aras 🎮👾 @Arasiyitanir
40 Followers 5K Following Hey you. You're finally awake. You were trying to escape to play video games, right? Walked right into that medium, same as me, and that backlog over there.
Steve G. -Goody! @Gud_ale
26 Followers 87 Following
Mridul Khanna @mridulkhanna_
9 Followers 87 Following
UC Santa Cruz Natural... @UCSC_NLP_MS
191 Followers 55 Following Activate your potential and accelerate your career with in-depth NLP skills and a network of top tech companies.
刘翔宇 @doudoujiang98
1 Followers 7 Following
ArmsAndEther @ArmsAndEther
98 Followers 1K Following
Nathan Altice @circuitlions
2K Followers 533 Following Games researcher and archivist. Synth destroyer. Makes old things new. Computational Media at UCSC. Wrote I AM ERROR. https://t.co/qjPlXR8Rct. https://t.co/cHP0TOA6EV
🌸 Cassidy @casadillaa
675 Followers 843 Following game designer @ Toys For Bob | lover of Laserdiscs & video game consoles no one has ever heard of | 🗣 🇺🇸 🇯🇵 🇩🇪 🇲🇽 | Tweets は my ownです (my own!)
Katie Chironis @kchironis
29K Followers 900 Following mom x2. principal designer @bungie. formerly @elsinoregame, @riotgames & @meta. married @max_grossman; she/her. https://t.co/Gkhkc0i5x8
Baskin Engineering at... @BaskinEng
3K Followers 1K Following Elevating the world through bold and socially responsible innovation. #BaskinEngineering
Mitchell F Wolfe @TheWolfeFM
487 Followers 410 Following Game Designer at Respawn. Worked on Star Wars Jedi: Survivor. Host of Telling the Tale podcast. Tweets my own.
Joey Vergara @JVergaraNYC
224 Followers 557 Following Game Designer @phoenixlabs. Previously @ToysForBob @RecRoom
UC Santa Cruz @ucsc
38K Followers 1K Following The official Twitter account of UC Santa Cruz. [email protected] Go Slugs! ⚙ @BaskinEng 🎨 @UCSCArtsDiv ✋ @UCSCTransform 🔬 @UCSCscience
Jim Whitehead @TheJimWhitehead
1K Followers 965 Following Professor of Computational Media at University of California, Santa Cruz. Associate Dean for Undergraduate Affairs, Baskin School of Engineering.
🌏🔎Leigh Alexand... @leighalexander
122K Followers 3K Following Story, game dev, procgen, bad futurism, spooky AI and reality television. Everything is narrative design. she/her
Ben Prunty @benprunty
17K Followers 2K Following Music maker for FTL, Into the Breach, Subnautica: Below Zero & others. I did not work on Subnautica 1 ✨Polyamorous. ADHD. Cat dad. He/Him.✨
Alexander Wolf @BaskinEng_Dean
581 Followers 88 Following Dean of the Baskin School of Engineering, University of California, Santa Cruz #BaskinEngineering #BaskinEngineers
Game Developer @gamedevdotcom
472K Followers 24 Following Serving the video game industry through breaking news, insight on game industry trends, expert advice & resources, and more.
Raph Koster @raphkoster
20K Followers 297 Following ULTIMA ONLINE, STAR WARS GALAXIES, @PlayableWorlds. THEORY OF FUN, POSTMORTEMS, SUNDAY POEMS. AFTER THE FLOOD. @[email protected]
Greg Kasavin @kasavin
41K Followers 573 Following Creative Director @SupergiantGames | Writer of Hades, Pyre, Transistor, & Bastion | Working on Hades II!
Mark Friend @markusfriend
2K Followers 907 Following Senior Accessibility Manager @PlayStation. President of ABLE@PlayStation employee network. @BAFTAGames member. Just a very ordinary weirdo (he/him)
Tony Barnes @Twitchfactor
1K Followers 599 Following Jerry Lawson Lifetime Achievement Award winner | 40 yr game veteran | designer | artist | musician | video editor | owner/founder RetroNinja game dev studio
POC in Play✊🏿✊... @pocinplay
13K Followers 2K Following Creating initiatives to promote the representation & inclusion of People of Colour in the video games industry. [email protected] #IamPOCinPlay #BHM
UC Santa Cruz Natural... @UCSC_NLP_MS
191 Followers 55 Following Activate your potential and accelerate your career with in-depth NLP skills and a network of top tech companies.
UCSB Gaucho Game Lab @GauchoGameLab
48 Followers 28 Following The UCSB Gaucho Game Lab is the premier video game development program at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), directed by Dr. Pradeep Sen.
Luyao zhao @Luyaozhao5
28 Followers 130 Following
Ellen Burns-Johnson, ... @EllenBJohnson
1K Followers 2K Following Game-based learning designer, LXD/ID, podcaster, Agile practitioner. Playing & learning daily, tweeting irregularly. She/her
Yulin Cai @yulin_cai
57 Followers 166 Following Grad student of Serious Games at UCSC. Creative Director of @StudioWootopia Wood Joints Cafe is available on iOS App Store and Google Play!
LemonTwist Games @LemonTwistGames
35 Followers 37 Following A UCSC student video game studio who just released Knot Me!, a sexy action adventure about kink and consent.
Jai Dodechani @DORG_Joe
41 Followers 72 Following Game Producer | Designer . ♥️ Board Games, Sports ⚽️
Tilt Five @tiltfive
11K Followers 3K Following Bring your games to holographic life! Strategize, battle, and play your favorite video games & board games in mind-blowing 3D on your tabletop. Order Today!
Game Devs of Color Ex... @GDoCExpo
10K Followers 430 Following #GDoCExpo is amplifying the creative power held by people of color in games. Dates: Sept 16-19 Art by @shannondrewthis
Krishna Thiruvengadam @king_krish66
128 Followers 335 Following As my master Obi Wan once said: Hello There! I work at @amazongames designing AI characters for @playnewworld | https://t.co/qepG3sMI9B
Jonathan Leland @chili_mane
93 Followers 420 Following game dev | drums || rhythmic play | interactive audio || Toys For Bob | Sun Araw || personal | views my own
Jessica Wei @AsciiHashTable
31 Followers 49 Following Game dev is fun. Game studies are cool. Sleep is a luxury. Plushies are my weakness. Also, how do I use Twitter?
BreakThrough by Shatt... @ShatterPointGS
12K Followers 58 Following Independent game studio currently developing our dream anime fighting game, #BreakThrough. (WIP) Break or Be Broken! Contact: [email protected]
UCLA Men’s Basketba... @UCLAMBB
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Path to Oshun @pathtooshun
32 Followers 9 Following Play as Sona, a young black woman going through a journey of self-reflection and discovery. 3D Action-Exploration made in Unreal, a @UCSCGame Capstone.
Camp Laughter @CampLaughter
40 Followers 14 Following We're Camp Laughter, a single player horror game about escaping a twisted summer camp taken over by 80's slasher style murderers! Made by @UCSCGame students :)
Nameless Hill @NamelessHill
10 Followers 11 Following We are Nameless Hill, a 2D single-player RTS game in which the player plays the role of a commander and leads soldiers to defend their homeland and the country.
Glowing Garden - UCSC... @ActiveDuckGG
20 Followers 18 Following Glowing Garden is a casual 2d Pixel art game about relaxing and vibing in the moment! A @ucscgame capstone project.
MBARI @MBARI_News
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YUME 🔮 @Yume_127
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Elin Carstensdottir @carstensdottir
135 Followers 130 Following Assistant Professor @UCSCCompMedia and @UCSCGame
Bruin Gaming @BruinGG
627 Followers 33 Following The eminent gaming club at UCLA | Official @Teamtespa chapter | Twinned with @uclaesports | https://t.co/sGtlYGfeJ0 | https://t.co/gBmcARNQUk
Alisia Martinez 🤠 @alisiamartinez_
1K Followers 883 Following Cofounder of Top Floor Studio Games. She/Her. Opinions are my own.
Game Designers Unite @progamedesigns
240 Followers 12 Following Cheers to all game designers, developers, and even you animators.
UCLA Esports @UCLAEsports
3K Followers 162 Following Official Twitter account of @UCLA's Esports program. Housing teams in LoL, OW2, RL, Smash Ult & Melee, VALORANT, & more. Powered by @ASUS_ROGNA
UCLA Game Lab @uclagames
2K Followers 996 Following We are an experimental research & development lab that fosters the development of computer games and game-related research at UCLA.
Game Dev Club @ SJSU @SJSUGameDev
260 Followers 96 Following A group of game makers and fans in San Jose. Open to all, including non-students!
Women In Gaming @WomenInGaming
8K Followers 805 Following Women from #TeamXbox who celebrate women within the interactive and entertainment tech industry. #G4E #WiG Questions or concerns? Please contact @xboxsupport
SV Leadership Group @SVLeadershipGrp
11K Followers 2K Following The Silicon Valley Leadership Group (SVLG) is California's most dynamic business association representing the innovation economy and its ecosystem.
Magy Seif El-Nasr @magiseif
396 Followers 193 Following Professor and Vice Chair of Serious Games, Computational Media, University of California at Santa Cruz
Jacques @JacquesVJr
30 Followers 47 Following Howzit! I'm Jacques, 24 (he/him/his) ⚙ Unity 🎮 Games 🎺 Trumpet 🧗♂️ Climbing
Wootopia Studio @StudioWootopia
34 Followers 36 Following Creators of Wood Joints Cafe. Wood Joints Cafe is a 3D mobile puzzle game based on mortise and tenon joints. It's out now on iOS App Store and Google Play.
Kinda Funny @KindaFunnyVids
178K Followers 473 Following Best friends talking video games and more on YouTube, Twitch, and Patreon. We're supported by the best community on the Internet! Epic Creator Code: KindaFunny
Justin Woodward @icjman
2K Followers 414 Following Founder of The MIX @indieexchange, @Interabangent, @BViGaming Organizer of @guerrillacollec. Advisor/Curator @playhumblegames Black Game Dev Fund. HipHop Lover
Rogelio E. Cardona-Ri... @recardona
1K Followers 1K Following 🇵🇷 Asst. Prof. of AI, CogSci, Interactive Narrative, Game Design, & VR @Utah_Games via @CSCNCSU, @ECEUPRM. ex-@DOECSGF. They/He. Tweets my own.
CADrc UCSC @CADrc_UCSC
87 Followers 142 Following Uplifting others higher than ourselves since 1991. Home to Rainbow Theater & the only African American Theatre Arts Troupe in the UC System 🎭🙌🏽
Zaz Linkous @ZazLinkous
326 Followers 809 Following @[email protected] Virtual Coffee Shop Proprietor and Game Development Educator. My opinions are just mine.
Hon.Hoang @honnnhoang
22K Followers 14K Following Photographer I Film Maker Instagram: https://t.co/6perL1wSeL Editor: @asiaphotoreview Tweeting about half baked ideas, made up conversations, and projects.
Yupeng Li @patrickliyp
53 Followers 175 Following Game designer. Level design. Football⚽️. UCSC GPM alumni.
Mason Remaley @masonremaley
1K Followers 1K Following Indie game dev, board member on the Zig Software Foundation. 🏳️🌈 Twitter sucks, follow my mailing list instead: https://t.co/PEmxrV5ems
Juan Morales-Rocha @DatJuanDesigner
1K Followers 1K Following Game UX Designer @PsyonixStudios • Prev: @Xbox @NoStaticGames • Latinx/Chicano 🇲🇽🇺🇸 (he/him)