Hey there! We're UPGRADE,
UPenn's game development club.

Group photo of club members taken during Demo Day 2024

Featured game

Catanks

Blast your way through feline fun with Catanks! Follow an immersive level-styled campaign with unique rodent enemies and homely yet hazardous environments, or battle nonstop against explosive combatants in riveting classic missions.

Catanks is a 3D game created by students from UPGRADE, UPenn’s game dev club, reimagining nostalgic tank combat with decisive third-person cat-piloted gameplay.

Our code and assets are open source on Github.

Special t(h)anks to these lovely people:

  • Shrishti Roy
  • Logan Judge
  • Faye Zhang
  • Viraj Doshi
  • Nebby
  • Avi Serebrenik
  • Eli Asimow
  • Kevin Ma
  • Edward Zhang
  • Di Lu
  • Adam Mally
  • Rachel Hwang
  • CG@Penn
  • CLB

Last event

UPGRADE × SIGGRAPH Game Night

Come to our game night, happening in collaboration with SIGGRAPH! Play board games and video games with SIGGRAPH and friends. Free snacks and drinks will be provided.

What do we do?

Beyond making games, we provide UPenn students the resources, opportunities, and environment to foster their passion and creativity.

Game jams (with prizes).

We organize and host game jam(s) every year. Food and vibes are always included for free. In the past, the winning team have received PAX East tickets and Steam games.

Workshops + tutorials.

Whether you're new to making games or if you're simply looking to refine your skills, we often host hands-on learning activities. This ranges from learning Git to debugging Unity.

Speaker events + collabs.

We sometimes invite back Penn alumni and key industry figures to come and talk about their experiences and career journey. We also do crossovers with other Penn clubs!

We've been active since 2016. So come join us...

...in real life!

We usually meet in Levine Hall.

New members join at the start of the semester. Follow our Instagram and check our events page so you don't miss updates.

...on our Discord!

Feel free to join our server any time for the latest events and announcements. It's a very chill place.

discord.gg/GAXDrMkfCB

No experience needed,
no applications necessary.

We welcome anyone who is interested in any aspect of game development. That includes artists, designers, programmers, writers, musicians, etc.