Game Lab Competition

Students have 10 weeks to deliver a playable video game prototype that follows the theme, guidelines, and constraints given by a jury of Ubisoft professionals. Students are free to organize into multidisciplinary, interdepartmental, or interuniversity teams to cover all the tasks necessary to complete the project. Each team can count on the support of two mentors from Ubisoft studios in Montreal, Quebec City, Saguenay and Sherbrooke.

At the end of the Competition, the jury selects winners in various categories and awards $55,000 in scholarships.

PARTICIPATION

The Game Lab Competition is open to all undergraduate and graduate full-time students enrolled during the winter term at any university in Quebec or any campus in Quebec of a university outside of Quebec that participates in the Competition. Universities and students are required to follow the Competition’s regulations and deadlines received upon their registration.

Students must register with the professor designated by their university. If a student intends to join a team registered at another university, the designated professor will indicate the procedure to follow.

2026 EDITION

This edition ended on April 30, 2026.

Awards and scholarships

Best Prototype – $10,000
Sly n’ Ky : Jouet 2 en 1
Presented by: UQAT Montréal

Best Technical Challenge and Innovation – $5,000
Nine-Tails Protocol
Presented by: École de technologie supérieure
In collaboration with: École NAD-UQAC – Montréal, UQAT Montréal

Best Game Design – $5,000
Super Maiden Riot 
Presented by: UQAT Montréal

Best Art Direction and Production – $5,000
Gattai
Presented by: Champlain College of Vermont – Montréal

Best Creativity and Integration of the Theme – $5,000
À Mon Tour !
Presented by: Université du Québec à Chicoutimi
In collaboration with: École NAD-UQAC – Montréal

Best User Experience – $5,000
Pose Pose Execution
Presented by: Université McGill

Best quality of the “3C” (camera, characters, controls) – $5,000
Gattai
Presented by: Champlain College of Vermont – Montréal

Best Accessibility – $5,000
Panic on Comic-City!
Presented by: École de technologie supérieure
In collaboration with: École NAD-UQAC – Montréal

Jury’s Special Award – $5,000
Escape the Past
Presented by: Champlain College of Vermont – Montréal

Audience Award – $5,000
Pose Pose Execution
Presented by: Université McGill