The seminar begins in the first week of the winter semester with a kick-off in which the course of the seminar is explained. Students should definitely be there because innovations and improvements are made to the seminar every semester. Shortly afterwards, you will choose a department (2D Arts, 3D Arts, Audio, Coding, Game Design) and meet with your department group in weekly workshops. The workshops are led by a group of students (the “orga”-team) who have a lot of previous experience in the departments and try to create a pleasant atmosphere for learning and exchange. In the workshops, weekly home exercises are provided that must be completed by all students for successful completion of the module. There are also individual workshops that span the departments to clarify the workflow between the departments.

Die Workshops werden von der „Orga“ geleitet, einer Gruppe aus Studierenden, die viel Vorerfahrung in den Departments vorweisen können und versuchen, eine angenehme Atmosphäre zum Lernen und zum Austausch zu erschaffen. Passend zu dem Workshop werden wöchentliche Hausübungen gestellt, die für die AQT bearbeitet werden müssen. Es kommt zusätzlich zu einzelnen Workshops, die die Departments übergreifen, um den Workflow zwischen den Departments zu verdeutlichen.

After all workshops have been completed, preparations for a final game jam begin: All participants submit a game suggestion. The best ones are then selected from these game suggestions and put up for election. Depending on the game, the students assign themselves to a team made up of all departments. The game jam then takes place, usually over a weekend and during which all teams meet on site in the GamesLab and work on their games together. In the last seminar of the semester, each team presents the game they have developed to all other participants.

The summer semester also starts with a kick-off meeting. It is assumed that the participants can demonstrate knowledge from the first semester in order to then successfully participate in one of several large projects in the summer semester. The groups are now larger and meet weekly to discuss development progress, workflow, and current problems. The development is simultaneously overseen by the organisation team. At the end of the semester, the students will have produced a game with more gameplay and features than in the first semester. The final result will also be presented to the other course participants at the last seminar date. Particularly good video games are published.