OPEN CALL | Game professionals wanted for Serious Games Workshop 31/05/2025

One week. One workshop. One slam.

Do you develop games with attitude? Do you want to make a difference with story, mechanics and impact? Then the Serious Games Workshop 2025 is your playground.

During an intensive week of work, you will develop new game ideas with social relevance together with other creative minds - without commercial pressure, but with a real perspective.

Whether as a prototype, narrative or mechanics experiment - your contribution counts. We offer you space, support and a stage.

This is what it looked like in 2024 ↗YouTube.

What do I get and how can I join in?

This is what you get:

Catering is included - Certificate of participation and visibility via social media and press
Full creative freedom, because the rights to the game remain with you
Contacts with funding organisations and potential clients
Support in the further development of your idea
Professional feedback from experts in game design, culture and education
Public presentation at the Serious Games Slam in front of an audience and representatives of the European Capital of Culture Chemnitz 2025

We are looking for:

Game developers
Narrative designers and authors
Game artists, sound designers
Educators with game ideas
Creatives with concepts for new game worlds

Apply for the workshop now!

There are costs for participation.

Showtime for Serious Games

Serious Games Night 2025

Puzzles. Battles. Game fever.

Experience an interactive evening full of challenges, quests and spontaneous game ideas - live in front of an audience, with drinks, a DJ and plenty of good vibes. An evening to join in, watch and celebrate. No panel. Not a lecture. Just a game.

Serious Games Slam 2025

Your game. Your stage. Whether it's a board game, app or role-playing game - the main thing is that there's more behind it. Do you have a serious game? A concept with attitude? Then show us - at Slam 2025! How to submit your game:

Just send us a short email with:
Game description
picture
Information about the authors
How you present your game in 3 minutes (e.g. with PPT)

Important: The game should be shown live and be playable on site after the show. External submissions are also possible

To win: Fame and honour.

Submit Game for Games Slam

Games can also be sent directly to mba@chemnitz2025.de.

Your game. Your stage.

In 2023, a game took centre stage at the Serious Games Slam that gave us courage: ‘Sags dem Chef’ by Dominique & Rica - a pointed game about feedback culture in everyday office life.

See you there!

30.06.2025 - Application deadline for the workshop

18.09.2025 - Arrival, mini-workshops & Serious Games Night

19.09.2025 - Workshop Day 1: Team building & development

20.09.2025 - Workshop Day 2 + Serious Games Slam in the evening

OPEN CALL | Game professionals wanted for Serious Games Workshop 31/05/2025

What do I get and how can I join in?

Showtime for Serious Games

Your game. Your stage.

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