Talk & Play is a free event, taking place every two months, that provides the opportunity to game enthusiasts, players and makers to meet and exchange knowledge in a friendly, relaxed and safe environment. 

Everybody’s welcome, regardless of their background and knowledge level: if you like games, we’ll make sure you have a good time! Important: this is NOT an event only aimed at developers.

Important: RSVP via meetup.com is mandatory to attend the talks, due to limited seating capacity. Registrations will open on Tuesday, March 22nd at 2pm CET (Berlin time). Please note that registration won’t be required to attend the event from 9pm for the game showcase part. 

HOW IT WORKS

The event is structured in two parts:

— TALK: A series of short game-related presentations

— PLAY: All participants are welcome to bring games they’ve made or are still working on so that the audience can play them – a perfect opportunity to discover and play new games, collect feedback and, who knows?, maybe find collaborators for future projects.

THE TALKS
Let’s continue with the new format introduced in February: 5 minutes for each presentation, and this time with no questions – if you want to ask a question to the speakers just go talk to them! ;)

Social fiction games by Christiane Hütter
How to play(test) complex future societies?
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Christiane Hütter/Frau Hue is berlin based artist and designs games worldwide with Invisible Playground or the Society for Cultural Optimism. She is breeding an egg.  futurewithplay.de // invisibleplayground.com // culturaloptimism.org // @aergernistin

A Super-quick How-not-to on Press Releases by Julian Dasgupta
A non-award-winning presentation containing all the tidbits you never wanted or needed to know about an seemingly outdated concept.
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Julian has been a professional smartypants pretty much since the beginning of time and also knows a thing or ten about PR, project management, and the Oxford comma. dippy-weasel.com // @spunior

Adventures in Game Localization by Marianna Sacra

Marianna will be talking about the challenges that come with translating a video game.
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Marianna is an English-into-German game localization veteran currently based in Berlin and soon-to-be Bostonian. 1uptranslations.com // @MariannaSacra

Team Commitment in a Wolf Pack by Viktor Pekar
5 years in software industry vs. 5 months in game development: The talk shows a comparison of learnings about commitment in teams.
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Viktor Pekar. Ex-Scientist. Lazy Programmer. Amateur Pilot. Currently Game Producer at Awesome Prototype. indiedb.com/games/hunt-game // @vikpek // @hunt_thegame

THE GAMES

Here’s the list of confirmed games that will be shown during the second part of the evening:

— 3030 Deathwar Redux by Bird In Sky & Crunchy Leaf Games
— 3Souls by Red Column
— Card Thief by Tinytouchtales
— Coregrounds by Mario Kaiser
— Death Trash by Stephan Hövelbrinks
— Dyo by Team Dyo
— Hasty Melons by Minitrope
— Make More! by Bad Crane
— Mixdown by Mixdown
— Of Carrots And Blood by Trite Games
— Ohrwurm – the musical trainer by Aidas Bendoraitis
— One Show Only by Tristan Dahl
— Orbit by NeonChameleon
— Path to the Sky by dekdev
— Replaced by Team Replaced
— SANDBOXDAYDREAM by Gero Doll
— ShortbowVR by Matthias Zarzecki
— Starfallen by What Games
— Temple of Cerberus by Pixeltastic
— The Solus Project by Teotl Studios

Game showcase registrations are now closed. If your game is not on the list above you’re still welcome to bring it, but we can’t guarantee there will be space to show it – please check with a member of the team from 9pm.

AGENDA

— 19:00 Doors: come early to get one of the best seats

— 19:30 Talks

— 21:00 Game showcase & networking: play games and chat with their creators, or just hang around and meet new people

— 23:00 The end aka “Gone Home”

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Our Safe Space Policy encourages the behaviour at Talk & Play. We request that everyone who is affiliated with and participates to the event honours it.

Check out the recap of the previous event if you want to get a better idea of what Talk & Play is like.

The event is free to attend.

FINAL NOTES

Do you have any questions? Would you like to give a talk in the future? Then get in touch!

Talk & Play is organised by BerlinGameScene.com with the promotional and technical support of the monthly Berlin Mini Game Jam and A MAZE.