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Cologne Game Lab (TH Köln) | VFX Schools

Extended Deadline: Apply now for our Master’s Programs until April 19 Tiny Bookshop nominated for Best German Game First Steps, Bold Ideas: Collaborative Projects 2025/26 Scent for Films and Video Games Alumni Voices: Insights from the M.A. Game Development and Research Events Guest Lecture: Sebastian Heße (Critical Rabbit) Talk Title: A Love Story Between Game And Player In Six Acts When a game meets a suitable player, both enter into a relationship. It’s equal, exciting, fragile and requires sufficient effort, seriousness and the right feeling for the needs of the partner at all times. Heße will describe the relationship between game and player... 28.04.2026 17:30 @ Cologne Game Lab Guest Lecture: Reinhold Bertrand Details tba. 12.05.2026 17:30 @ Cologne Game Lab Show all events Study At CGL B.A. Digital Games M.A. Digital Games M.A. 3D Animation for Film & Games M.A. Game Development & Research Newsletter Hall of Fame Research Projects APPLICATION Office-Management Imprint Disclaimer Privacy Policy TH Köln University of Applied Sciences Cologne Game Lab Schanzenstr. 28 51063 Köln – Germany The Cologne Game Lab of the TH Köln – University of Applied Sciences is devoted to undergraduate education , graduate education , and research . At CGL we develop digital games, research interactive content, and train specialists for the games industry.