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A MAZE. / Berlin 2026

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Ruben Naus

Utrecht, Netherlands

rubna.itch.io

About me

Game designer and former co-founder of Sokpop Collective (2016). He builds gentle, meditative worlds that treat games as impressionist art - with innovative design supporting feeling, presence, and exploration.

20:00 CEST

A MAZE. / Berlin 2026 Opening Ceremony The Garden [Silent Green]

22:00 CEST

A MAZE. / Berlin 2026 Opening Party Panke CulturebauSTELLE • NEOANGIN • Salon Bitter • El Huervo

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)

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)

11:30 CEST

Invitation to be bored Betonhalle Stage [Silent Green]Sondi (she/her)

12:00 CEST

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

14:20 CEST

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

15:00 CEST

Indie Games on the Platform: Building Audiences and Crowdfunding Creative Work Workshop Room 1Michael Liebe • Elina Roinioti

15:30 CEST

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

16:30 CEST

Plum Road Tea Dream - From theatermaking to game design Kuppelhalle [Silent Green]Samuel Baidoo (they/them)

10:30 CEST

Why Computer Games are Puppet Shows Kuppelhalle [Silent Green]Ben Swithen (she/they)

11:00 CEST

Aspirational Imperfections - why we care about making digital worlds you can touch Kuppelhalle [Silent Green]Antonio Kos Pinheiro de Andrade (he/him) • Biagi (he/him) • Lukáš Kunce (he/him) • Jack King-Spooner (he/him) • Isabelle Smith (she/her) • Onat Hekimoglu (tbc) • Ilena Pegan (they/them)

11:30 CEST

Experimental comics, hybrid languages and mutant realities Betonhalle Stage [Silent Green]Iván McGill (he/him)

12:00 CEST

Experiential Game Design Betonhalle Stage [Silent Green]Farfama (he/they)

12:30 CEST

10 things i wish i knew 10 years ago (New Time) Betonhalle Stage [Silent Green]Jenny Jiao Hsia (she/her) Playable for Everyone — Designing Accessible Games Through Collaborative Experimentation Workshop Room 2Alice Di Pinto

13:00 CEST

Self-Publishing and Marketing Your Indie Game: What Actually Works? Workshop Room 1Maria Aloupi • Thomas Reisenegger

14:30 CEST

When the internet is dead where do we go? Here ( •ᴗ•)⸝🥂⸜(•ᴗ• )! Betonhalle Stage [Silent Green]Joanna Lyu (she/her)

15:00 CEST

Hyper Talks Kuppelhalle [Silent Green]Leonie (she/her) • Marina Díez

16:00 CEST

Sybil Sybil Sybil Betonhalle Stage [Silent Green]Alex Declino (he/him) • Beth von Undall (she/her)

17:00 CEST

Handcrafting Your Game Workshop Room 1Chester • Emi • Antonio Kos Pinheiro de Andrade (he/him) • Biagi (he/him) • Isabelle Smith (she/her) • Ilena Pegan (they/them)

20:00 CEST

A MAZE. Award Show Kuppelhalle [Silent Green]GELBART • Antonin Fourneau (he/him) • Julián Cordero (he/him) • Tim Rogers (he/him) • Farfama (he/they) • Meghna Jayanth (she/her) • Sarah Bashir (she/her) • Anan Fries (they/them)

20:00 CEST

It’s Time to Make a Choice - A performance by Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley HAU Hebbel am Ufer (HAU2)

21:00 CEST

A MAZE. / Berlin - 15 year's anniversary - Positive Chaos Party Urban Spree / b-domeBLEACH • GEWALT • TIA • NelesOn • CLiT BAiT • Patric Catani • Anita Drink