Ljud & Bildskolan (“Audio and Visual School”), also called LBS, is a Swedish high school that was founded in 1993 in Varberg.

LBS is a Swedish privately run school mainly dedicated to media, game development and music production. LBS has schools in Borås, Halmstad, Helsingborg, Kristianstad, Kungsbacka, Lund, Jönköping, Trollhättan, Varberg, Stockholm, Göteborg, Linköping, Motala and Nyköping. Schools often have 80 people on staff and 300 students.

LBS is a sister company to Drottning Blankas gymnasium, Mikael Elias teoretiska gymnasium, Vittra Utbildning, Rytmus, IT-Gymnasiet, Framtidsgymnasiet, Didaktus and Handelsgymnasiet though some fall under Academedia.

Philosophy

LBS no longer gives the students a forecast of what their final grade will be. Their reasoning is that the students will take that grade and then not try to improve based on the feedback given from the teacher.

One problematic thing at the schools is that game ideas are considered something of worth. In the real world it’s essential to have a prototype. The “pitch” category plays in to this even more.