Against all odds.
Founded by several computer science & games students from UC Santa Cruz, Studio Verdigris is an indie game studio whose beginnings are rooted in a game jam win. We are committed to creating games and sharing novel experiences despite our setbacks and busy schedules, and hope to immerse our community with the act of creating against all odds.
In this physics-based puzzle game, Ursa must manipulate gravity fields and master meticulous timing to guide a newborn on a tender journey through spacetime.Eltanin is the full realization of Polaris, a game that won the Uni Jam hosted by UC Irvine in July 2025. It is created in collaboration between a subset of Studio Verdigris composed of 5 devs: Aegis, Eric, Hunter, Jade, and Sai.Play the prototype here.
ROI. Rush on Impact. Return on Investment. Whatever you call it, Roi's got rage, and she's got health. Do with those what you will.Built for the Brackeys 2025.2 Game Jam, Aegis, Eric, Hunter, Jade, Kait, and Sai dove into Godot—a majority of the team, for the first time—to create ROI. The game was meant to be a practice run for juice and VFX, and hints at subtle thematic undertones of resistance against oppression.Play the game here.
you've only got so much healthy meat to go around in this economy!slingstar is a goofy cyberpunk game built for the International College Jam #6 hosted in Finland. Representing America, developers Aegis, Eric, and Sai returned alongside some new members of Verdigris—Jim, Julia, Sam, and Sophie—to create a satirical cozy game about managing your limited resources to stay in business.Play the game here.
All our games are created with various subsets of a greater collective. This is everyone who has worked on a Studio Verdigris game!
Projects: Eltanin, ROI, slingstar
Focuses: Technical Art, Game Design
Projects: Eltanin, ROI, slingstar
Focuses: Systems Engineering, Gameplay Programming
Projects: Eltanin, ROI
Focuses: Systems Engineering, Gameplay Programming
Projects: Eltanin
Focuses: Audio Engineering, Game Design
Projects: slingstar
Focuses: Technical Art, Gameplay Programming
Projects: slingstar
Focuses: Gameplay Programming, Game Design
Projects: ROI
Focuses: Gameplay Programming, Game Design
Projects: Eltanin, ROI, slingstar
Focuses: Production, Art Direction
Projects: slingstar
Focuses: Audio Engineering, Composing
Projects: slingstar
Focuses: Game Design, Gameplay Programming