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Dec. 10, 2025

Culture Jam: Myths & Magic is behind us!

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Over the past two months, selected students belonging to the Game Lab research club have been working hard on their games.

Five teams competed in the Culture Jam: Myths & Magic project co-organized bythe Austrian Cultural Forum. Each team was tasked with interpreting a different element of Austrian folklore and presenting it in the form of a game.

It started with prototyping, the ideas were verified during Game Jam, and then, thanks to a huge amount of work and many cycles of feedback, refined games were created.

Each project is very unique, so we encourage you to play and see for yourself:

Student projects on itch.io

Finally, after lengthy deliberations by the jury, which included representatives from the gaming industry from companies such as Bloober Team and CD Projekt RED, "Schnabelperchten" was declared the winning game .

We would like to congratulate Team 4:

– Heorhii Pavlov

– Oleksandr Rozlutskyi

– Biana Rybchynska

– Yeva Svitelska

– Rafael Moroz

– Taisia Kazakevich

They showed great craftsmanship, but this is only the beginning of their journey. Now, the plan is to continue working on the game, providing mentoring and support, as their game will be showcased at the renowned industry event "Digital Dragons 2026."

To stay up to date with Game Lab's activities, we encourage you to join the club's Discord server and follow it on Instagram.

Discord Game Lab Circle
Instagram Game Lab Circle
A participant wearing round glasses and headphones plays on her laptop, focused on the game, while a crowd of observers gathers behind her.
Participants watch a laptop with the game running; the screen shows a colorful cartoon scene, with many people testing other projects in the background.
Participants play on laptops, while a crowd watches and comments behind them; in the foreground, a player wearing headphones focuses on the game.
Participants wearing headphones play intensely on their laptops, while behind them a crowd watches the game and takes photos during the game presentation.
A participant at a laptop tests the game, while a team member in a green Culture Jam T-shirt leans over, explaining and gesturing.
Participants wearing headphones are focused on playing games on their laptops; in the foreground, a person in a blue sweater is playing, and the instructor is leaning over to give advice.
Participants test games at a long table with laptops; in the foreground, a person with purple hair wearing headphones plays on a computer, while others talk and watch the game behind them.
A group of participants stands around a gaming station; a man in a shirt sits at a computer with headphones around his neck, looking at the person next to him, and next to him, another participant plays on a laptop.
A smiling participant wearing headphones plays on a computer, while a man standing next to her wearing a cap and glasses points something out to her on the screen.
A person wearing headphones plays the presented game on a computer; the monitor displays a cartoon scene with the dialogue "My husband deserved the prettiest! ROSES ROSES!!!".
A participant wearing headphones plays on a computer during a game presentation, surrounded by people watching him.
Three members of the band wearing green Culture Jam T-shirts are standing by a computer; one of them is smiling at the camera and making a peace sign.
A speaker in a gray suit presents a slide, holding a microphone and remote control, pointing toward the screen.
A group of participants sits in the room and listens attentively to the presentation, looking toward the stage.
The speaker, wearing a light-colored sweatshirt and cap, presents a fragment of the game displayed on the screen, facing the audience.
The participants of the event are sitting in the front row and applauding, looking intently toward the stage.
The speaker points to a slide showing a pixelated dragon wearing a chef's hat and a list of ideas for developing the game.
The presenter, wearing a green shirt, discusses the team's lineup while standing with a microphone next to a slide with a list of names.
The audience listens attentively to the presentation; the man in the foreground sits with his hand on his face, and behind him you can see the focused participants of the event.
The presenter discusses the "Untersberg" project, standing with a microphone next to a slide with a description of the legend and an illustration of the mountain.
The presenter holds a microphone and talks about the game while standing next to a slide with an illustration of three cartoon characters.
A woman in a white jacket speaks into a microphone on stage during a presentation.
A presenter in a suit speaks into a microphone against the backdrop of a slide titled Culture Jam: Myths & Magic.
The audience at the Culture Jam event sits in rows and applauds, smiling toward the stage.
A man wearing a Culture Jam cap and T-shirt speaks into a microphone, while another participant sits on a bench behind him.
A man wearing a green Culture Jam: Myths & Magic sweatshirt addresses the audience on stage at the Austrian Cultural Forum, holding a microphone.

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