WE ARE 2025

WE ARE continues in 2025! We are looking forward to creative games and playful experimentation in many workshops in and around Salzburg.

WE ARE addresses everyone – especially those who do not already experience artistic support through family or school environments.

In spring, eight workshops on games and digital art already took place. In addition, we were present with a station at the KinderUNI in Hallein, where we experimented with sounds and noises for computer games. In July, our one-week WE ARE Game Camp took place, where children and young people developed their own game ideas together with professionals from the gaming and creative industries. Four games were created in the process.

The WE ARE workshops and the WE ARE Game Camp are free of charge.

WE ARE Workshops and Events Autumn 2025

WE ARE at LUDE CAT at FH Salzburg: Presentation of the games created at the WE ARE Game Camp, October 3, 2025, from 4:30 pm
WE ARE Workshop: girls* special with Sarah Fitterer
Your Choice! Your Story! (with Twine)
Life is full of decisions. Imagine being able to try out everything and play through different possibilities. In this workshop, you will create interactive photo or picture stories where each decision influences the outcome of the story. You will learn the logic of websites and build your very own story. You’ll also create the images yourself: you can take photos, draw, or paint.
October 2 & 3, 2025, 4:00–7:00 pm at JuKi Liefering, Laufenstraße 43, 5020 Salzburg
WE ARE Workshop with Sebastian Frisch
Coding Made Easy!
Programming is only for pros? No way! Join Sebastian and gold extra behind the scenes of coding and try out for yourself what’s possible!
October 9 & November 6, 12:30–2:30 pm at Jugendzentrum Iglu, Haydnstraße 4, 5020 Salzburg

WE ARE Workshop with Paula Langthaler
Sound and Music in Games
Sounds, noises, and music – the so-called soundscape – make digital games exciting and fun. Together with Paula and gold extra, discover how a game changes depending on music and sounds, and try out how to create them yourself.
October 16, 4:00–6:00 pm at Jugendzentrum Südpol, Leitmeritzstraße 6, 5020 Salzburg
WE ARE Workshop with Victoria Werner and Dominik Kerschbaumer
Your Drawing Comes Alive – Create Your Own Video Game
In this workshop with Victoria, Dominik, and gold extra, you can draw your own characters, objects, and puzzles, which will then be turned into a game. Experience the creative process of game development firsthand and watch your own ideas come alive. Through simple puzzles, you will learn about game mechanics and test your own self-made game.
October 18, 3:00–5:30 pm at Kinder- und Jugendzentrum Taxham, Kleßheimer Allee 87, 5020 Salzburg
WE ARE at Maker Faire Salzburg:
- Station with Victoria Werner and Dominik Kerschbaumer
  Your Drawing Comes Alive – Create Your Own Video Game: At the Maker Faire, a collaborative, digital mega-game will be created with your creative ideas.
- Presentation of the games created at the WE ARE Game Camp 2025.
November 8, 2025, 10:00 am–6:00 pm, Tribüne Lehen (Salzburg), free admission

WE ARE Workshop with Felix Ludwig
Playable Media Art
Mouse, keyboard, and controller are yesterday’s news. Have you ever controlled a game with your voice? Or thought about other cool and crazy possibilities? Find out at the WE ARE game workshop with Felix and gold extra.
November 14, 4:00–6:00 pm at Jugend- und Kulturzentrum Zone 11, Mauttorpromenade 11, 5400 Hallein

WE ARE Game Camp 2025

From July 7 to 11, 2025 our Game Camp took place, where children and young people developed, designed, and implemented four games together with professional game designers and media artists.

The following games were created:

Blobs'n'Space (Joakim & Paul; created with TouchDesigner)
Hellavator (Friedolin & Jonathan; created with Scratch)
Island of Hedgehogs (Alexandar, Jonas & Samuel; created with Unreal)
Quests of Gods (Benjamin, Christoph & Fabian; created with Unity)

The games are available for free download here: https://itch.io/b/3287/we-are-game-camp-2025

In addition, the games can be played on October 3 both at Lude Cat at FH Salzburg and at our studio at Wolf-Dietrich-Straße 21 in Salzburg.

Here’s a little insight:
 

WE ARE Workshops Spring 2025

WE ARE Workshop: Invent the Best Game in the World!
Do you love gaming and have always wanted to design your own game? Take on the role of a game designer and learn with Raffael and gold extra how to create the coolest game in the world.
April 12, 2025, 3:30–5:30 pm at KIZ Lehen (Children’s Center), Schumacherstraße 20, 5020 Salzburg
(free participation upon registration)
WE ARE Workshop: Playable Media Art
Mouse, keyboard, and controller are yesterday’s news. Have you ever controlled a game with your voice? Or thought about other cool and crazy possibilities? Find out at the WE ARE game workshop with Felix and gold extra.
April 18, 2025, 4:00–6:00 pm at BUNKER, Eugen-Müller-Straße 85, 5020 Salzburg
(free participation upon registration)
WE ARE Workshop: Gaming without Screens
Four buttons, an LED circle, and a potentiometer: that’s all you need for a thrilling game. Together with Sebastian and gold extra, invent a game that works entirely without screens and computers.
April 29, 2025, 1:00–3:00 pm at Jugendzentrum IGLU, Haydnstraße 4, 5020 Salzburg
WE ARE Workshop: Invent the Best Game in the World!
Do you love gaming and have always wanted to design your own game? Take on the role of a game designer and learn with Raffael and gold extra how to create the coolest game in the world.
May 8, 2025, 3:30–5:30 pm at KOMM (KOMMunikationszentrum Berger-Sandhofer-Siedlung), Kendlerstraße 35, 5020 Salzburg
(free participation upon registration)
WE ARE Workshop: Playable Media Art
Mouse, keyboard, and controller are yesterday’s news. Have you ever controlled a game with your voice? Or thought about other cool and crazy possibilities? Find out at the WE ARE game workshop with Felix and gold extra.
May 15, 2025, 4:00–6:00 pm at Juz Südpol, Leitmeritzstraße 6 / Geschäft 9, 5020 Salzburg
WE ARE Workshop: Colors, Shapes, Emotions – Expressing Feelings through Play
Why do some games feel particularly exciting, happy, or sad? Together with Marie-Christin, Hannah, and gold extra, discover how colors, shapes, and game mechanics can be used to trigger emotions and shape experiences.
May 15, 2025, 6:00–8:00 pm at Mädchentreff Stadtwerk Lehen in BWS Lehen
WE ARE Workshop: Colors, Shapes, Emotions – Expressing Feelings through Play
Why do some games feel particularly exciting, happy, or sad? Together with Marie-Christin, Hannah, and gold extra, discover how colors, shapes, and game mechanics can be used to trigger emotions and shape experiences.
May 16, 2025, 4:30–6:30 pm at Juki (Youth and Children’s House Liefering), Laufenstraße 43, 5020 Salzburg
May 31, 2025, 2:00–6:00 pm Idea Workshop at Franz-Josef-Straße 18, 5020 Salzburg
(free participation upon registration)
WE ARE Kinderuni-Special: How Do Sound and Music Make Digital Games More Exciting and Fun?
Beeps, crashes, and fanfares: sounds, noises, and music – the so-called soundscape – make digital games exciting and fun. We’ll experiment to our hearts’ content, capture sounds, and try them out directly in games. We’re curious to see how a game’s character changes with different sounds.
June 24, 2025 all day at KinderUNI Hallein in the park on Pernerinsel
(free and open participation in the afternoon 2:00–5:00 pm)