Chillennium is the world’s largest student-run collegiate game jam, organized by students, for students. Hosted annually by the School of Performance, Visualization, & Fine Arts, Chillennium is founded, staffed, and organized by students of Texas A&M University.
This unique event brings participants from across the country to meet fellow game enthusiasts, develop their skills, and compete for prizes. Those who participate can compete alone or in teams of up to four and will have 48 hours to plan, design, and develop a video game from scratch based on a theme! During the jam, mentors from the gaming industry will be walking the floors to help participants turn their ideas into amazing games!
At the end of the 48 hours, the games will be played and judged by a panel of experts and winners will be awarded prizes. No previous knowledge about games is needed, just a passion for creation!
Our Chillennium 2025 Officers
Director
Julius Perez
Julius is a senior at Texas A&M majoring in Visualization in the animation track with a focus on project management. This is his second Chillennium serving as an officer and is humbled to be director of Chillennium 2025!
Assistant Director
Alexa Zentell
Alexa is a senior at Texas A&M majoring in Visualization with a focus in project management. She is excited to be Chillennium 25’s Assistant Director and can’t wait for all the amazing projects this year!
Industry Relations
Genna Marenco
Genna is a graduate student studying Visualization at Texas A&M with a focus in 3D Environment Modeling and Surfacing. This is her second year being the Industry Lead for Chillennium and is so excited to see what games the students come up with this year!
Industry Relations
Leah George
Leah is a current Visualization student at Texas A&M and is excited to help out with Chillennium this year!
TV
Maggie Lloyd
Maggie is a senior Visualization major at Texas A&M focused on Visdev and Lookdev. She is excited to serve as the TV officer this year, and can’t wait to capture this event’s energy on film!
Social Media & Web
Luke Killingsworth
Luke is a junior at Texas A&M studying Visualization with a minor in Graphic Design and Virtual Production. This is his first Chillennium as an officer, and he is super excited to share all of the fun moments that happen at this year’s game jam.
Event Management
Lynn Kim
Lynn is a Junior student majoring in Visualization at Texas A&M. This is her first year serving Chillennium as an officer and she is glad to be the Event Management Lead to help others!
Marketing
Barret Grandstaff
Barret is a second year graduate student working on a masters in public service and administration! This is her 3rd year volunteering for Chillennium and her 1st year as a lead!
Graphic Design
Alicia Martinez
Alicia is a junior majoring in Visualization and minoring in Graphic Design at Texas A&M. This is her first year being a Chillennium officer, and she is happy to help the game jam!
Faculty Advisor
Aaron Thibault
30 years of game development, production, and business, plus education program building and teaching. Now I’m developing a new videogame technical art and worldbuilding program, and collegiate eSports vertical, at Texas A&M with the School of Performance, Visualization, and Fine Arts.