HAIX: The Time-Traveling RWTH Computer Science Game

In this retro-style platformer, you are a time-traveling computer science student. Visit six decades of Computer Science at RWTH Aachen University from the 1970s to the 2020s, and collect all the storage media from each period! The official release will also let you discover highlights and video clips about the department along the way.

Each decade's screen is designed after a famous video game from that period. Can you identify them all?

An early-access version of the game went live here for the Computer Science Day (Tag der Informatik) on June 18, 2026. The official release will go live shortly after the Founding Ceremony of the new Computer Science Faculty, which takes place on June 26, 2026.

Team

The game was developed by three computer science students at the Media Computing Group (Lehrstuhl Informatik 10):

Moral support was provided by: