Wednesday, December 11, 2024
Game Industry Talk – Moritz Lehr (CD Projekt Red)
Game industry veteran with 10 years of design and leadership experience in indie and AAA (Witcher, CP77).
Welcome to the Animation and Game Department!
Educating animators and game developers of the future
Is it your dream to work in the animation or games industry? Come and study at our University!
„Animation & Game“ is not just a study programme, it is a way of living.
It was created in 2008 and is regarded taday as one of the largest and best in this field. The program takes up a key position in the animation and games industry, providing both the German and international games- and animation-industries with competent employees.
The course provides an interdisciplinary Bachelor of Arts program with a strong practical focus. The study program is held in English and allows students to qualify for a large variety of professions in the international animation and game industries.
Are you aiming to become a professional game developer, animator or technical artist and work in an international studio? Do you want to learn from professors who were and also still are part of the industry themselves and also from many outstanding personalities from major studios who support us as lecturers? Do you want to have great events and campus life in addition to studying? (learn more…)
Whether you want to be the best gameplay programmer, an award-winning character artist, or a designer who creates Triple-A titles, it all starts here! To make your dream come true, you choose one of two study tracks: Technology or Art & Design. Our alumni work all over the world for big names, such as Nintendo, Ubisoft or Disney.
So join the Animation and Game Department at Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences!
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Why study Animation & Game at h_da?
- Project-driven education and real-life projects
- Lecturers from the international industry
- Excellent equipment, Dev-Kits and a modern GameLab
- Small-scale classes and fully English-taught degree programme
- Generalistic course of study that covers the entire spectrum, but also allows for specialization
- Own project rooms for students
- Numerous VR Spaces of different sizes and equipment are available to the project groups.
- A professional team supports the learners during production using special feedback formats.
- We regularly exhibit student works to the public and the industry
- A LOT of events and non-curiculum activities such as board game nights, detective games, tournaments, game jams, industry veteran talks, parties, exhibitions and more…! Have a look at our Events page: Recurring events
Latest top events
Game Industry Talk
Blizzard
Our last Talk was with Fernando Forero from Blizzard Entertainment, talking about his UI Design in Diablo 4 and in Witcher 3.
Street Fighter 6 Tournament
Sponsored by Capcom!
64 players competed to win exclusive merchandise from Capcom during the release week of SF6
„Detective“ Board Game Night
An exciting and long evening full of interactive surprises, solving criminal cases, and learning game and narrative design while having fun
Strong industry network
Some of our industry partners from whom we have lecturers, a research collaboration or where our graduates work:
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