A MAZE. / Berlin 2026

A MAZE. / Berlin 2026

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09:30 CEST

A MAZE. Exhibition Betonhalle [Silent Green] A MAZE. Village Betonhalle [Silent Green]

10:00 CEST

Coffee & Croissants* Betonhalle Stage [Silent Green]Zuraida Buter Start your day with energy and joy!: Smoothie & Movement Session Workshop Room 1Nicole Fiedler (she/her) • Sophia Herzog (she/her) A MAZE. Bazaar - MeetToMatch MARS | Küche & Bar

10:30 CEST

Cubature: How to Make a Game from Wood Kuppelhalle [Silent Green]Dominik Cymer (he/him) • Oliwia Hajn (she/her) The Emotional Labour of Making Games Betonhalle Stage [Silent Green]Anja "Nanna" Venter Rausch (she/her) Thinking with your hands – How to speculate about the future of creative work with the help of LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® Workshop Room 2Sebastian Möring • Dominik Rinnhofer

11:00 CEST

Folk Games: Game Design by Passing Along Betonhalle Stage [Silent Green]Joe Bain (he/him) The artist is present: Making personal games Kuppelhalle [Silent Green]Mel Taylor (she/her) 125 Million Reasons to Build Games in Germany – An Introduction to the German Federal Games Funding Workshop Room 1Paul Mathia Open Screens: Al'ulA Betonhalle [Silent Green] Open Screens: Crownbreakers Betonhalle [Silent Green] Open Screens: Dukun Betonhalle [Silent Green] Open Screens: Jump the Track Betonhalle [Silent Green] Open Screens: Taarof: Be My Guest Betonhalle [Silent Green] Open Screens Betonhalle [Silent Green]

11:30 CEST

Invitation to be bored Betonhalle Stage [Silent Green]Sondi (she/her) The Empires Strike Back: Union busting and corporate backlash to worker organizing and why international collaboration of union efforts is key to fight back Kuppelhalle [Silent Green]Jack Hoxby (he/him) • Junipeer (he/they) • Janeke (she/her) • Violetajpg (she/them) • Isa Spitznagel (they/them)

12:00 CEST

Inside the Skate Story Project Betonhalle Stage [Silent Green]Sam Eng (he/him)

12:30 CEST

Betonhalle Stage - BREAK - (12:30 - 14:00) Betonhalle Stage [Silent Green] Kuppelhalle Stage - BREAK - (12:30 - 14:00) Kuppelhalle [Silent Green] Seeing the forest for the trees: How to think about workflows when designing tools Workshop Room 2Robin-Yann Storm

13:00 CEST

Womenize! x A MAZE. meetup The Garden [Silent Green] Dig, Bite, Bake, Decapitate ~ Turn Folklore into Play Workshop Room 1Trine Laier • Julia Mirny

14:00 CEST

GamesConnect AFRICA: Building the Continental Gaming Ecosystem Kuppelhalle [Silent Green]Meli Mansu (she/her) • Safurat Balogun (she/her) The Seventh Extinction: On the Disappearance of Independent Festival Space Betonhalle Stage [Silent Green]Maddalena (she/her) Open Screens: Edelweiss Knights Betonhalle [Silent Green] Open Screens: Gadget Gladiators Betonhalle [Silent Green] Open Screens: LUCKY PUNK Betonhalle [Silent Green] Open Screens: Qinu Betonhalle [Silent Green] Open Screens: The importance of bean Betonhalle [Silent Green]

14:20 CEST

A Story of Personal Iteration Kuppelhalle [Silent Green]Apau Gyedu Ebenezer (he/him) aka Mhiracle

14:30 CEST

Art Games Spaces / Festivals / Community (TBA) Betonhalle Stage [Silent Green]Farfama (he/they) • Joanna Lyu (she/her) • Marie Janin (she/her) • Sarah Bashir (she/her) • Cat Bluemke Deviant Game: Ctrl+hack+feminism A queer and feminist perspective on alternative controllers through the practice of hacking - Workshop Room 2Chloé Desmoineaux

14:50 CEST

With Love From Kenya: Connecting My Culture to Games Kuppelhalle [Silent Green]Joanna Oluoch (she/her)

15:00 CEST

Indie Games on the Platform: Building Audiences and Crowdfunding Creative Work Workshop Room 1Michael Liebe • Elina Roinioti Samples - An Interactive Music Installation Panke GalleryMy Name is Fuzzy

15:30 CEST

Expanding OTHERWORLDS Kuppelhalle [Silent Green]Sophia Bulgakova (she/her, they/them) Gray-scale: the past, present and future of Pigeon: A Love Story Betonhalle Stage [Silent Green]Alex Taylor (he/him) • Krish Raghav (he/they)

16:00 CEST

Betonhalle Stage - BREAK - (16:00 - 16:30) Betonhalle Stage [Silent Green] Kuppelhalle Stage - BREAK - (16:00 - 16:30) Kuppelhalle [Silent Green]

16:30 CEST

Plum Road Tea Dream - From theatermaking to game design Kuppelhalle [Silent Green]Samuel Baidoo (they/them) Game Poems Betonhalle [Silent Green]Adam Pype (he/him) • Jordan Magnuson (he/they) • Kaitlin "KB" Bonfiglio (she/her)

17:00 CEST

Counterfeit Games: Anti-Game Approaches to Playable Experiences Kuppelhalle [Silent Green]Jade Lin (she/her) aka strawberrycongee Experimental Commons: Let´s talk & create spaces for artistic exchange MARS | Küche & BarNicole Fiedler (she/her) • Sophia Herzog (she/her) Making games from scratch in Odin and understanding all the parts Workshop Room 2Karl Zylinski Let's Make a Game Manual for a Game that Doesn't Exist! Workshop Room 1Biagi (he/him) • Isabelle Smith (she/her) • Hatim Benhsain Open Screens: City in a Raindrop Betonhalle [Silent Green] Open Screens: Crimson Rain Betonhalle [Silent Green] Open Screens: Employee 925 Betonhalle [Silent Green] Open Screens: Sen z úst Betonhalle [Silent Green] Open Screens: The Invisible Casino Betonhalle [Silent Green]

17:30 CEST

TBA Kuppelhalle [Silent Green] STILL PLAYING (Mohamed Mesbah, France/Palestine) Betonhalle Stage [Silent Green]Rasheed Abueideh

18:00 CEST

Talk by Rasheed Abueideh (tbc) Betonhalle Stage [Silent Green]Rasheed Abueideh

18:45 CEST

The Line is the Game Kuppelhalle [Silent Green]Jana Romanova (she/her)

19:00 CEST

Flesh Network Performance Transmediale Studio [Silent Green]Peter Polack (he/they) Level Design Beyond the Screen Betonhalle [Silent Green]Dominik Cymer (he/him) • Oliwia Hajn (she/her) Sybil x A MAZE. : a third way to game-dev SybilAlex Declino (he/him) • Beth von Undall (she/her) Gamerausch x A MAZE. : Relooted - Live cinegaming session Filmrausch Palast Moabit/Game Rausch

19:30 CEST

Real Vampires Concert (world premiere) Betonhalle Stage [Silent Green]Bjørn Svin (he/him)

20:00 CEST

labRats Kuppelhalle [Silent Green]Nathan Leigh (he/him) • Nicole Orabona (they/she)

22:00 CEST

Super Open Sound System Panke CultureSos Sosowski