this site is a gateway to game design education. here you can access the official website of the interaction design and game design programs of the university of arts zurich, a game design blog from students and experts and the e-learning component gametheory.ch with lots of material from the game design classes and related research material from the "iad" game research lab at the university of arts zurich (zhdk.ch).

>> game design is the process of designing content and rules of a game. the term is used to describe both the game design embodied in an actual game as well as a documentation that describes such a design.

>> specific education in game design is still scarce in german speaking europe. new programs are offered by the mediadesign campusses in germany and the danubia university of krems in austria. graphics and modeling specialists find courses at the games academy in berlin, programmers may want to apply with selected computing departments of technical universities. a balanced education in concepting, graphics and techniques of game design is offered by the zurich university of arts (iad.zhdk.ch). and this is where we link you to:::