Interested in showing your game at the SGDA Summit student games showcase? Submit it here! Please read all of the following information to help you understand the submission process. We will accept submissions until June 13th, 2025 at 11:59pm PST.

You can join the Summit Discord here: https://go.sgda.io/sdc. Feel free to ask any questions and an officer will help you as soon as possible. If you're having any difficulties submitting or need to submit after the deadline for whatever reason, please contact Anooj Vadodkar (archangeldawn on Discord) or email the team at contact@sgda.io.

What Is the Summit?

The Summit is a 2 day online conference hosted by Student Game Developers' Alliance, and is a celebration of student talent. The Summit features panels with industry professionals, an art show, and a gallery of student games! The SGDA Summit Showcase is a way to celebrate student games and learn more about how students develop games worldwide

When is the event?

The Summit stream will be on June 21st-22nd. Regardless if your game makes it to stream or not, it will be up on display in our virtual showcase on our Itch page.

Things will be slightly different from previous remote SGDA Showcases. In previous years, only a handful of games were selected to be presented on stream. This year, all games that meet the guidelines will be presented in a special virtual showcase. From there, creators can enter their games into a pool from which we will select games to showcase on stream. This allows us to show off more of your games and lets you select whether or not you wish to enter to have your game discussed live on stream. 

All developers, regardless whether you want to show your game-on stream, can opt into the SGDA Summit 2025 mini-grant of minimum $100. This will be awarded to the team/individual with an exemplary showcase game. The recipient of the award is decided by the SGDA committee, and will be announced during the Summit.  We will potentially have more mini-grants based on our funding. 

If you're unable to submit your game through Itch, please submit it here: https://forms.gle/4yPT5nDNntGENgVN7

Content Guidelines:

• No racist, homophobic, transphobic, xenophobic, NSFW content
• Content must be submitted by its creator(s)
• No more than 2-3 games per creator, including club accounts with identical production teams. Please submit under individual accounts.
• No promotion of external events, businesses, etc. (School/club spirit is fine!)
• No unauthorized usage of likeness and image. Fan games are okay, but cannot contain copyrighted material
• If your game has AI art of any kind (2D, 3D), you must disclose it below. If we find that your game has AI art that hasn't been disclosed, we will have to remove your game from the showcase
• Please do not spam submit your game.

To submit your game to the showcase, please submit:

• Your Game
• Your Contact Information
• An Image representing your game
• Your game’s Title
• A short Description/Blurb about your game (3-4 sentences)
• A link to your game’s Download/Storepage website (if applicable)
• Your School/Club’s Name

If you do not answer these questions above, we cannot qualify you for the showcase.

To enter your game for a chance to be presented on the live stream, additionally submit these questions. You MUST answer these questions to be considered for the stream. If you do not want to be considered for the stream, please type N/A for the stream questions.

• “Why is this game important to you/your organization?”
• “What is a question you’re dying to answer about your game?”
• Adherence to the Twitch terms of service

Please note that SGDA is located in PST (Pacific Standard Time Zone) in the United States. If you are submitting for the stream and are in a different timezone, we will accommodate the best we can within typical stream hours (10am-6pm).

Submissions close on June 13th, 2025, but we will start reviewing in June and will send out results shortly after the deadline.  For more information, please review our FAQ.

FAQ

Does the build I submit have to be finished?

• Not at all! We don’t expect your game to be finished by the deadline, but we do expect it to be playable enough for us to judge whether or not it meets the content guidelines. Bugs or unfinished content won’t be held against your game for selection. We will request for selected games to send in any final builds by 6/18/25.   

How will games be selected to be on stream? 

• SGDA is making an effort not to judge games only by polish or amount of content. We will be factoring in the uniqueness, meaning, and impact of the games’ content and/or creators. We hope that in this way we can include smaller teams and less experienced developers.  

What happens if my game is selected to be part of the virtual showcase?

• Once we review submissions, we will coordinate with all applicants to finalize their game information and graphic(s) to be shown on the showcase webpage and on stream in-between events. 

What happens if my game is selected to be on stream?

• We will invite you onto the stream for an interview regarding your game. We will be in contact with you to request further information/graphics if necessary, review our livestream guidelines, and arrange a timeslot for your game’s segment. Time slots of each segment will be at least 30 minutes (length pending). We will also perform a tech check and request any updated builds before 6/18/24. If you are not available for a tech check, we will unfortunately cannot showcase your game. The tech check week is prior to the Summit (6/16-6/20) and usually happens after 6pm PST.

I participated in a previous Summit Student Showcase. Can I resubmit my game?

• Overall, yes. We do ask that in order to be considered for the stream, your game must have significant changes/improvements  (finishing your game, adding new aspects, etc.). Resubmits with changes like porting or bug fixes can be in the virtual showcase, but will be not be considered for the stream. 

I am unable to submit my game through itch.io, is there another way to submit it?

• Yes! Please submit your game through this form:https://forms.gle/4yPT5nDNntGENgVN7. All the guidelines still apply.