Program Overview

Open Games Workshop

The Open Games Workshop is a lecture course that focuses on game development, game design, and augmented reality. The course is designed for Master's students in Media Informatics and Computer Science.

Lecturer and Credits

• Lecturer: Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang H鐬l
• Hours per week: 4
• ECTS credits: 6
• Module: P 5.0.2 or P 5.0.4: Group project on advanced topics in computer science I or II, P2, P3, or P6: In-depth topics for Master's students

News

• The course is only open to Master's students in Media Informatics and Computer Science.
• Bachelor's students can participate under special circumstances (see participant requirements).

Termine and Ort

• Workshops: 9am-1pm, Oettingenstr. 67 | L U114 Sibirien
  • 15-17 May: Module 1, Game Design and Game Development
  • 29-31 May: Module 2, Working with the Unreal Engine
  • 26-28 June: Module 3, Project Workshop
• Final presentations: 9am-1pm, Oettingenstr. 67 | L U114 Sibirien
  • 17 July: Project Workshop
  • 18 July: Final Project Submission
  • 19 July: Presentations of Workshop Results

Contents

The workshop operates like a "Bar-Camp" with multiple parallel sessions for students and partners from industry, research, and economy. The focus areas include game development, game design, augmented reality, simulation games, simulation, and industrial applications, as well as 3D real-time visualization with open-source software. The course consists of three modules that cover digital real-time technologies, 3D simulation, and game engines. All workshop results will be collected and presented at the end of the semester. The goal is to have a final presentation with a demonstration of a functioning game application by the end of the semester.

Requirements

• Participants should bring their own notebook with the required software (Blender and Unreal Engine) installed.
• Participants should watch video tutorials for the Unreal Engine before the course.

Students

The lecture course is suitable for:

• Master's students in Media Informatics
• Master's students in Computer Science The course is designed for Master's students and can only be credited towards a Master's degree. Bachelor's students can participate and collect ECTS credits for their future Master's studies, but they cannot use these credits towards their Bachelor's degree. The number of participants is limited to 24 students, with a waiting list for additional students. Bachelor's students can only participate if there are available spots not taken by Master's students.

Registration

Due to high demand, only applications are accepted starting from the winter semester 2016/2017. Students who have already applied in previous semesters do not need to reapply and will be automatically considered for participation based on their application order. The application deadline and process are as follows:

• Applications are open from Wednesday at 00:00 to Friday at 00:00.
• Application Deadline: Friday

References

A list of references is provided for further reading, including books and articles on game development, animation, and 3D visualization.