The GamesLab at Paderborn University
German language requirement: At this moment, all GamesLab seminars are exclusively held in German. We recommend basic German skills. If you feel not so secure in German yet, you are still welcome to participate, but are responsible for yourself. For questions, most of the organizational team can communicate with you in English.
The GamesLab at Paderborn University is a place for video game development and gaming culture. The room is equipped with powerful PCs, software, graphics tablets, headphones, whiteboards and VR glasses. Various seminars are offered here, including the two-semester advanced seminar on video game development and game studies with professors Dr. Christian Fuchs and Sebastian Krois, which teaches you the basics of video game development. The seminars are attended by students of Media Studies, Computer Science, Art, Music and many more. The Media Studies department, the ZIM and a student organisation team supervise the GamesLab.
Internships: Our internship programme is currently only available to enrolled students. Therefore, we unfortunately do not offer internships in the GamesLab.
Contact us via our email: gameslab@uni-paderborn.de | Visit us in room N5.216 |
Instagram for insights @gameslab_upb
Areas of teaching in the GamesLab at UPB
The work in the GamesLab is organised as a module on the development of video games, which extends over two semesters and is attended by students from various disciplines such as Media Studies, Computer Science, Art, Music and many others. In the winter semester, students work in teams, so-called "departments".
The departments specialise in 2D Arts, 3D Arts, Audio, Coding and Game Design. In weekly workshops, you will learn all the basics of the department, the software used and teamwork. At the end, there is a game jam in which the departments come together and your skills are put to the test. This involves creating a small, functioning video game within a short space of time.
„There are rarely courses that enrich life in general as much as this one.”
See for yourself: Insights into the GamesLab
The GamesLab has a large collection of practical works - game prototypes that have been created from the GameJams and the semester projects of the course together with the students. Participating in teaching at the GamesLab allows you to work in interdisziplinär production teams through practical media project experience. In addition, soft skills in applied project management are practised and teaching offers the basics of game development as a foundation for the professional world.
In addition to video game development and research opportunities, the GamesLab also offers a quiet place to work, a collaborative atmosphere and access to a large number of consoles and video games!
"The Orga" and the history of the GamesLab
The GamesLab was founded in 2008 on the initiative of students. The inherited idea that developing art and culture together is relevant is what makes the GamesLab what it is today - a home for creative minds and a shared place to create and be.
It is only thanks to the commitment of several generations of organisers that GamesLab has managed to survive for 15 years and continue to exist. At this point we would like to introduce the core of GamesLab in more detail - the organisation.
