Da Vinci’s Duck Ship
DV Game Design Club
One duck. Endless possibilities among the stars. The club’s flagship game.
Yolo County Video Game Design Club
Make real games. Ship them. Play each other’s.
Hands-on game design for students from elementary through high school. Art, code, 3D, sound and story, built with the same tools the industry uses, and finished as a game people can actually play.
Play the arcade Join a program
No experience needed. Gaming PCs or Chromebooks, we work with what your school has.
Next Da Vinci session: dates coming soon. Private tutoring: open now.
The arcade
Every one of these was made by students, faculty or the club together. Most play right in the browser.
All 18 games
Da Vinci’s Zombies: Bike Parade Edition
Video Game Design Club
A special festival edition of the club’s Zombies game, made for the Zombie Bike Parade in Davis.
Chip
Ender Stueve and Miles Sandfer
A crunchy survival game: pilot a bag of chips through wave after wave of enemy snacks.
Coffee Time Adventures
Aaron Wedra
King Tea and Duchess are scheming. Join Little Miss Hot Shot to uncover their plot and save the 5 Worlds.
Pick your path
Students
Into drawing, coding, music, or just making the game you wish existed? This is your club. Join at Da Vinci or bring the club to your school.
Schools
We set up an after-school club around your schedule and your equipment, from gaming PCs to Chromebooks, for any grade from elementary to high school.
Families and homeschool
One-on-one sessions at home. We help set up a real game development workstation and build a plan around your student.
Da Vinci Video Game Design Club
The flagship club: an 18-week season in a lab of gaming PCs, ending with Gaming Day in May.
Spring 2026 ran January 19 to May 28, Mondays and Thursdays, 3:30 to 5:00 pm. Next session dates coming soon.
Industry tools, student-sized
- Unreal Engine
- GameMaker
- GDevelop
- Blender
- Aseprite
- Photoshop
- Illustrator
- Pro Tools
- Scratch
- Code.org
DV Studio
Graduated from the club and want to keep building? Alumni, students and outside creators make real games together, remotely.
Community partnerships
It takes the best talent in the world to change the game. We are looking for partners who connect young designers with the Yolo County community and give them real-world experience: studios, nonprofits, local businesses and events. The Zombie Bike Parade Festival edition of Lev’s Zombies started exactly that way.