Stout Game Expo (SGX)

The Stout Game Expo is western Wisconsin's largest game developer exhibition!
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Join Us for Fall SGX 2024

Wednesday, December 11, 2024 | 6:00 p.m.
Memorial Student Center, Great Hall

Discover and demo games, virtual reality, and interactive experiences created​ by students ranging from first year to senior from UW-Stout's two Game Design and Development programs. 

Check Out the Fall SGX 2024 Games

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First-Year Games

Creative games created by first-year students in the Game Design and Development 100 (GDD) course.
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Sophomore Games

Exciting games created by Game Design and Development 200 (GDD) students.
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Junior Games

Play experimental experiences created by Game Design and Development 325 students.
Game Party!
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Senior Capstone Games

Amazing games created by Game Design and Development 450-451 (GDD) students!
These are awesome!
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Indie & M.F.A. Design Games

Taking game development to new and exciting levels of engagement!
Virtual world thrill

Fall SGX 2024 Award Winners

GDD 100: Intro to Game Design

  • Most Innovative Mechanics: Feuding Farms
  • Most Original Theme: Skies of November
  • Best Visuals: Camp Woebehere
  • Audience Choice: Bakery Bumble!

GDD 200: Intro to Game Development

  • Best Gameplay: Sunchaser
  • Best Art: Town of Fog
  • Audience Choice: Electric Mouse

GDD 325: Exploratory Game Design

  • Best Gameplay: OOB: Object Observation Bureau
  • Best Art: AwwMageddon
  • Audience Choice: AwwMageddon

GDD/CS 450: Capstone Games

  • Best Process & Prototype: TUBULAR!!
  • Audience Most Anticipated: TUBULAR!!

Past SGX Award Winners

SGX Spring 2024 Award Winners
Sophomore Games (GDD 200)
  • Best Art & Visuals: Filthy Rich
  • Best Gameplay: Filthy Rich
  • Audience Choice: Project Vulcanite
Experimental Games (GDD 325)
  • Most Innovative Art & Visuals: Search for the Heart
  • Most Innovative Gameplay: Timebound
  • Audience Choice: Search for the Heart
Capstone Games (GDD/CS 451)
  • Best Art & Visuals: Land of Lights
  • Best Gameplay: Ripple & Frawg: The Seasonal Song
  • Audience Choice: Club Crash
SGX Fall 2023 Award Winners
First-Year Student Games (GDD 100)
  • Best Tabletop Game: Frying for the Dutchman
  • Audience Choice: Claws & Clues
Sophomore Games (GDD 200)
  • Best Art & Visuals: Abyssal
  • Best Gameplay: Bloodless
  • Audience Choice: Bloodless
Experimental Games (GDD 325)
  • Innovation Award: Mochi Masters
  • Audience Choice: Skyline Citygirl
Capstone Games (GDD/CS 450)
  • Best Process/Prototype: Ripple & Frawg: The Seasonal Song
  • Audience Most Anticipated: Boogie Beyond
SGX Spring 2023 Award Winners
First-Year Student Games (GDD 100)
  • Best Implementation: They're Gobblin' My Gold
  • Most Original Concept: Happy Little Dungeon Crawlers
  • Audience Choice: The House of Secrets
Sophomore Games (GDD 200)
  • Best Art & Visuals: Chiaroscuro
  • Best Gameplay: Divine D-Listers
  • Audience Choice: Pinky and Poe!
Junior Games (GDD 325)
  • Best Art & Visuals: Moth Mystery
  • Best Gameplay: Golfella
  • Audience Choice: Combo Arena
Senior Games (GDD 450)
  • Best Art & Visuals: Divining Rods
  • Best Gameplay: Grape Juice City
  • Audience Choice: Grape Juice City
SGX Fall 2022 Award Winners
FIRST-YEAR STUDENT GAMES (GDD 100)
  • Freshman Best Implementation: Overlord
  • Freshman Most Original Concept: Dark Offering
  • Freshman Audience Choice Award: Blackstone Manor
SOPHOMORE GAMES (GDD 200)
  • Sophomore Best Gameplay: Rise and Chime
  • Sophomore Best Art: Starlight Postal
  • Sophomore Audience Choice Award: Rise and Chime
JUNIOR GAMES (GDD 325)
  • Junior Best Gameplay: Stellar Decay
  • Junior Best Art: Sun Staff
  • Junior Audience Choice Award: Forged
SENIOR GAMES (GDD 450)
  • Senior Capstone Best Gameplay: Wobble Warriors
  • Senior Capstone Best Art: Wobble Warriors
  • Senior Capstone Audience Choice Award: Newt!