A MAZE. / Berlin 2026

What do you do when you don't see yourself, or the people around you represented in games? You make them anyway.

With Love From Kenya presents Joanna Oluoch's exploration of how to representing her culture through games in a still-developing games industry.

She draws from two of her projects: ARGO and Nyam3.
ARGO is an augmented reality game based on her childhood home in a forest, designed with accessibility in mind and built to run on low-end smartphones, prioritising a Kenyan audience first. Nyam3 was developed during the Playful Obscura residency under Games Connect Africa, and reimagines a traditional Kenyan children's game through Kinect motion capture, connected through the principle of using your body as a controller. Both games are love letters to her experiences expressed through play and interaction, founded in her practice as a game designer under Sike Studios.

She reflects on cross-cultural exchange, making games as accessible public art, and her learnings so far as an African game developer.

Please bring your questions and your competitive spirit.