WE ARE 2026

WE ARE is ready for the next round! We have a lot planned for this year. In addition to workshops in Salzburgs' youth centers, there will also be another WE ARE Game Camp in 2026. We will be visiting the children at the Landeskrankenhaus (hospital), the SciEnnsPark in Altenmarkt and the Kinderstadt Mini-Salzburg (children's city).

Workshops

Our WE ARE workshops are free programs for children and young people between the ages of 8 and 15. No prior experience or special skills are required. Taking part is what matters! We’re excited to have you!

Building Puzzles in Virtual Reality, Girls Special
Workshop with Melanie ‘Melle’ Bartl and Fabian Linzbauer
for girls
12.06.2026, afternoon
Girls' Club at Juki Liefering (Youth and Children’s Center)
Laufenstraße 43, 5020 Salzburg
Put on a virtual reality headset and experience time-based puzzles where you can clone yourself! Together with Melle, Fabian and gold extra, you will build your own puzzle in the virtual reality game “We Are One” – you decide what the puzzle in the game will look like.
Playable Media Art
Workshop with Felix Ludwig
03.06.2026, 14:00–17:00
at SciEnnsPark, the first open STEM lab in Pongau
Ennspark 20, 5541 Altenmarkt im Pongau

Mouse, keyboard, and controller are a thing of the past. Have you ever controlled a game with your voice or a banana? Or thought about what other cool and crazy possibilities exist? Find out at the WE ARE game workshop with Felix and gold extra.
Your Choice! Your Story! (with Twine)
Workshop with Sarah Fitterer
for girls
29.05.2026
30.05.2026
at SciEnnsPark, the first open STEM lab in Pongau
Ennspark 20, 5541 Altenmarkt im Pongau

Life is full of decisions. Imagine being able to try everything out and explore different possibilities. In this workshop, you will create interactive photo or image-based stories where every decision influences the outcome. You’ll learn the logic behind websites and build your very own story. You will create the images yourself: you can take photos, draw, or paint.
WE ARE at the Gaming Festival LEVEL UP

23.05.2026, 10:00-19:00
24.05.2026, 10:00-18:00
at Messezentrum Salzburg
We will present the games developed by children and young people as part of WE ARE workshops and the WE ARE Game Camp.
Get your tickets here! (Admission is free for children under 10.) Look forward to award-winning games, creative gaming, and the awesome game designers and media artists Raffael Moser and Felix Ludwig!
Gaming Without a Screen & Reality Check
Workshop with Sebastian Frisch
22/05/2026 4:00–7:00 PM
23/05/2026 4:00–7:00 PM
at Juki Liefering (Youth and Children’s Center)
Laufenstraße 43, 5020 Salzburg

Four buttons, an LED ring, and a potentiometer: that’s all you need for an exciting game. Together with Sebastian and gold extra, invent a game that works entirely without a screen or computer.

Artificial intelligence can make images, videos, and voices look and sound deceptively real. In this workshop, you’ll learn how to recognize these tricks — and even create your own fakes. In the end, you’ll feed them into the computer game “Reality Check” and test how well others can spot your fakes.
Sound and Music in Games, Girls Special
Workshop with Paula Langthaler
for girls
23.04.2026, 9:00–12:00 Girl's Day
at SciEnnsPark, the first open STEM lab in Pongau
Ennspark 20, 5541 Altenmarkt im Pongau

Sounds, audio, 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 these sounds are created yourself.
Colors, Shapes, Emotions
Workshop with Hannah Fehkürer and Marie-Christin Aufinger
for the editorial team of the Plaudertasche – Salzburg’s children’s newspaper
07.04.2026, 16:00–18:00
at the Lehen City Library

Five games were created, which will be published in the new issue of Plaudertasche (in May!). Curious about the results? The games can be downloaded and played digitally here!
Exploring Artificial Intelligence and Games Creatively
Workshop with Kai Trausenegger
for children in the Landeskrankenhaus
31.03.2026, 12:30–14:30
01.04.2026, 14:00–16:00
Exploring Artificial Intelligence and Games Creatively is a two-day workshop for children and young people aged 8 to 15. The goal is to enable a playful, reflective, and creative approach to artificial intelligence and games. Starting from classic analog methods such as drawing and collage, participants create their own images on the theme “Games and Me.” These are then interpreted and described by other children and young people. Image and text are digitized and further developed into new visual results using AI-supported image generation, which are finally printed out and brought back into the analog world. The workshop combines creative practice with collaborative work and promotes social and empathetic skills. In accompanying discussions, participants explore age-appropriate questions about interpretation, changing perspectives, authorship, collaboration, and the opportunities and risks of AI. By switching between creative and interpretive roles, reflection is encouraged and a conscious approach to digital technologies is fostered.

Kinderstadt Mini-Salzburg

07.07.-24.07.2026 Kinderstadt Mini-Salzburg (children's city)

WE ARE Game Camp – Glitter Edition

27 July – 1 August 2026 WE ARE Game Camp

From July 27 to August 1, 2026, we will develop digital games together with children and teenagers. This year, glitter is our theme, and we warmly invite everyone aged 8 to 15 to join:

Children and teenagers can paint, draw, compose music, create graphic designs, take photographs, write creatively, tell stories, learn programming, explore game engines, and design worlds.

The WE ARE Game Camp takes place this year from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. (monday – sunday) at our gold extra studio, Paris-Lodron-Straße 11 (5020 Salzburg). The registration fee is €60.00, BUT FREE for families receiving minimum income support, Kulturpass, or Aktiv:Karte. We also provide plenty of (healthy) snacks, a delicious lunch, and enough (screen) breaks!

We have a child protection policy that all project participants must agree and sign.

We also maintain a very good supervision ratio and work with experienced educators, game developers, and artists.

Facts:

WE ARE Game Camp (Glitter Edition)
July 27 to August 1
daily 9 a.m.–3 p.m. (including meals: lunch and snacks)

gold extra studio
Paris-Lodron-Straße 11
5020 Salzburg

€60.00 participation fee
(free for minimum income support, Kulturpass, Aktiv:Karte holders)

Sign-ups are closed. We are fully booked.

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Our official Game Camp trailer (2025)
 

Game-Dev Meetups

Every first Wednesday of the month from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., we host Game Dev Meetups at our gold extra studio in cooperation with Raffael Moser. Would you like to present an idea and get some feedback? Are you interested in networking or have you developed a cool game? Come to the meetup at Paris-Lodron-Straße 11 in Salzburg!

The next dates:
February 4, 2026, March 4, 2026, April 1, 2026, May 6, 2026, June 3, 2026