Matthew is a senior at George Mason studying game design. He has a passion for fashion, music, and obviously video games. He loves making games that inspire others and tells the stories of underrepresented people. He loves working with the talented people at GADIG and strives to make GADIG an inclusive and accepting place as possible.

Favorite Game: Bayonetta 3

Ocampo is a current senior at George Mason University majoring in Computer Game Design, minoring in Computer Science. She is also a Mason Honors Student and currently holds the title as the Lead Intern for the Honors College’s Communications Team. Maia has always been a lover of games, both in the entertainment sense as well as the technical. Through GADIG she has been able to invest in her passion, the members of the club fostering her growth and skills everyday.

Favorite Game: The Walking Dead

Zach is a Sophomore at GMU majoring in business. He has a love for Board games, tabletop roleplay/dungeons and dragons, the gym, baking, and reading. He also has a deep appreciation for storytelling, character creation, and unique, weird ideas. He hopes that in the future he can work for the business and/or creative design of the game industry.

Favorite Game: Cuphead | Paper Mario | Fantasy Life | Stardew Valley

John is a junior at George Mason University currently aiming for a degree in Computer Game Design. He has participated in the development of several games both in and out of the classroom. He joined GADIG to expand on his game development skills and has experience working in producing, design, writing, and 3D art. His goal once graduated is to make any kind of game that brings joy to the people who play them, as well as contributing to the growth of the game industry to open new opportunities for other aspiring developers.

Favorite Game: Fallout New Vegas | Hollow Knight | Rayman Legends | Grand Theft Auto V

Evan is a Creative Writing Fine Arts major involved in literature and digital media. Ever since he learned what an eSport what, he's been thoroughly invested in learning how games are played at their highest levels, but quickly realized he's a casual gamer at heart. An avid student of video game history and trivia, he took on a minor in professional and technical as a pathway for exploring diverse narratives and inclusive UX design in video games. Striving to be well read in design philosophy as well as critical competitive game theory, some of his personal inspirations as a developer include Robin Walker, Melissa DeTora, and Hideki Kamiya.

Favorite Game: Magic: the Gathering | Fallout 2 | Pokémon | The World Ends with You

Miles is a senior film major with a concentration in screenwriting and a minor in game design. His main focus is writing and telling stories through various mediums including novels, video games, television series and feature films. In addition to writing and game design, he also has an interest in music and audio design. Miles grew up playing various instruments and participating in musical ensembles, and has carried that love of music into a passion for sound design and audio implementation, as well as music composition.

Favorite Game: Baldur's Gate 3 | Little Nightmares 2 | Resident Evil 7

Daniel is a Computer Game Design major at George Mason University, increasing his knowledge and social network so he can work on various game projects. Daniel was born and raised in a family of musicians and aspires to compose music for films and games. He also advocates for the awareness of neurodivergent game designers and the need for greater communication and positive, collaborative work among individuals and teams. Daniel's dream is composing an original, award-winning score for a video game. He is currently conceptualizing his own indie studio, and a personal game project inspired by his love for modern and retro action role playing games.

Favorite Game: The Legend of Zelda | Magic: the Gathering | Destiny 2

Alex is a senior Computer Game Design Major at George Mason. He has experience designing, programming, and producing games. Alex has wanted to make games for as long as he can remember and has since created many games including 'Clean Corps,' which was created while studying abroad in South Korea. 'Clean Corps' went on to win Third Place at Mason Korea’s Progress@Play Competition which featured over 70 submissions. Alex’s dream is to be able to create the same kind of games that inspired him to pursue game development through a job at a game development company or independently.

Favorite Game: Mario Galaxy | Outer Wilds | Resident Evil 2-4

Joan is a senior transfer student at George Mason University. After taking a break from education to work in the game industry as a 3D modeler for a year, they returned to pursue a degree in Computer Game Design and finish a minor in Sociology. They have an interest in 3D art, with a focus on modeling and level creation. Inspired by the many colorful games that they played in their youth, Joan wishes to explore a vivid world through creating art, running TTRPG campaigns, and making games.

Favorite Game: Shadow of the Colossus | Halo: MCC | Divinity: Original Sin 2

Jonah “J” Kossoy is a senior year game design major and assistant art director at GADIG. He specializes in digital art and sketch art and loves designing characters for himself and his friends. He also loves playing the piano, dungeons and dragons, and Mario and Luigi Dream Team.

Favorite Game: Mario & Luigi: Dream Team

Favorite Game: Left 4 Dead 2 | Rainbow Six Siege | shapez

Douglas is a transfer Senior(?) majoring in 'Applied Computer Science with a Concetration in Computer Game Design' because it was the longest degree title they could find. They think video games are sort of neat so they decided to dedicate their entire future around making them. They have participated in over a dozen game jams, some of which involved the creation of decent(?) games! Their favorite kinds of games involve unique concepts, interesting/funny writing, and banger soundtracks. They have been known to have hobbies on occasion like TTRPGs, music, and game development, although sources on this are dubious. They hope to land a career at the nearby Dollar General. A job as a game developer at a small/medium sized game company as a engineer/designer/writer would be pretty cool too.

Favorite Game: Disco Elysium | Fallout: New Vegas | Undertale | Persona 3-5

Andrew is a 28- year-old Junior in Computer Game Design. He likes cooking, playing games, and spending time with his friends and family. In design, he values accessibility, simplicity, and narrative, and hopes to be a level designer in the industry one day.

Favorite Game: Firewatch | Journey | Kirby: Nightmare in Dreamland