Game discussion: Hellblade, Senua's sacrifice
2019-04-07 19:00 - 22:00 (Europe/Berlin) | Muted Horn, Flughafenstr. 49, Berlin, Berlin, 12053, Germany
This time we will gather to discuss our fourth game, Hellblade Senua’s sacrifice.
https://www.hellblade.com/
To all video game enthusiasts! Every session we choose a game, play it at home, and then get together to discuss aspects of it: what we liked, what we didn’t, game mechanics, design, narrative, gameplay, soundtrack…
Join our discord server: https://discord.gg/q84QXNu

Talk & Play #37
2019-05-21 19:00 - 23:00 | Game Science Center, Besselstrasse 14, Berlin, 10969, Germany
RSVP via Meetup is mandatory to attend the talks, due to limited seating capacity. Registration won’t be required to attend the event from 21:00 for the game showcase part.
Talk & Play is a free event, taking place every two months, that provides the opportunity to game enthusiasts, players and makers to meet 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! This is NOT an event only aimed at developers.
This edition of Talk & Play is sponsored by Codecks, a project management tool for game developers made in Berlin. Sign up now: https://www.codecks.io/
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HOW IT WORKS
The event is structured in two parts:
— TALK: Short game-related presentations + announcements from the community
— PLAY: All participants are welcome to exhibit games and projects they’ve made
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THE TALK
GrizzlyGames will be talking about the development of their new game, ISLANDERS.
After the talk, we’ll have some “pitching” sessions, during which a selection of game makers will briefly present their projects, that you’ll be able to play in the second part of the evening.
As usual, there will also be a section dedicated to short announcements from the community – get in touch to reserve a spot: http://berlingamescene.com/contact/
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THE SHOWCASE
These are the projects that will be exhibited during the second part of the evening:
— 1-1 by Big Breakfast Collective
— A MAZE. 2019: The Game by Laura Brosi
— A Scottish WarStory by Mindty Kollektiv
— Clash of Coins by Zwi Zausch, Brett Ayo, Luca Langenberg, David Witzgall, Ruben Brockhaus
— Codecks by Codecks.io
— Corepox by Tom Larkworthy
— Drag Night by Flo
— Dubio by AJ Kolenc & Richard Boeser
— ISLANDERS by GrizzlyGames
— Maze Machina by Tinytouchtales
— MOMENTUM by Marlene Käseberg & Zwi Zausch
— Morning Pages by Jan
— Pew Pew Battle Colosseum by Toastboat Games
— Skeeper by Gregory Kogos
— STATIC by Elijah Cauley and Amit Rai Sharma
— Sternkind by Dennis Kurzeja
— Suzerain by Torpor Games
— The Mean Value Theorem by Pabgre
— Whammychat by Kavi, Cholo, Oli and Drej
• • • • •
AGENDA
— 19:00 Doors
— 19:30 Talks
— 21:00 Game showcase & networking
— 23:00 The end
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ADDITIONAL INFO
Our Safe Space Policy (http://berlingamescene.com/safe-space-policy/) encourages the behaviour at Talk & Play. We request that everyone who is affiliated with and participates to the event honours it.
Are you attending the event for the first time, or are you coming on your own? The Talk & Play Ambassadors will be there to assist you from 21:00, and answers any questions you have. The Ambassadors for this edition are Ali Reder, Isabel Paehr and Leith Ben Abdessalem – we will introduce them on stage just before the start of the showcase part.
Our event is documented by Julian Dasgupta (https://www.flickr.com/photos/12601747@N00/albums). For those who don’t want to be appear in any pictures or videos, we’re going to distribute some stickers at the door to wear and signal this.
The event is free to attend, but donations are welcome. We usually pass around a donation box after the talks.
• • • • •
FINAL NOTES
Do you have any questions? Get in touch: http://berlingamescene.com/contact/

Game discussion: Year Walk
2019-07-21 19:00 - 22:00 | Muted Horn, Flughafenstr. 49, Berlin, Berlin, 12053, Germany
A book club with video games? Where do I sign up?
To all video game enthusiasts! Every session we choose a game, play it at home, and then get together to discuss aspects of it: what we liked, what we didn’t, game mechanics, design, narrative, gameplay, soundtrack…
Join our discord server: https://discord.gg/q84QXNu
This time we will gather to discuss our eighth game, Year Walk.
http://simogo.com/work/year-walk-pc/

Game discussion: Quadrilateral Cowboy
2019-08-04 19:00 - 22:00 | Muted Horn, Flughafenstr. 49, Berlin, Berlin, 12053, Germany
A book club with video games? Where do I sign up?
To all video game enthusiasts! Every session we choose a game, play it at home, and then get together to discuss aspects of it: what we liked, what we didn’t, game mechanics, design, narrative, gameplay, soundtrack…
Join our discord server: https://discord.gg/q84QXNu
This time we will gather to discuss our ninth game, Quadrilateral Cowboy, a cyberpunk heist adventure.
http://blendogames.com/qc/

Talk & Play #38
2019-09-17 19:00 - 23:00 | Game Science Center, Besselstrasse 14, Berlin, 10969, Germany
RSVP via Meetup is mandatory to attend the talks, due to limited seating capacity. Registration won’t be required to attend the event from 21:00 for the game showcase part.
Talk & Play is a free event, taking place every two months, that provides the opportunity to game enthusiasts, players and makers to meet 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! This is NOT an event only aimed at developers.
• • • • •
HOW IT WORKS
The event is structured in two parts:
— TALK: Short game-related presentations + announcements from the community
— PLAY: All participants are welcome to exhibit games and projects they’ve made
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THE TALKS
— Arnold Rauers: The wonderfully awful world of mobile game reviews
Join me on a quick journey through a hand curated collection of my favorite mobile game reviews for my games in the past 5 years. — “Made me reconsider my stance that mobile games are trash.” ★★★★★
http://www.tinytouchtales.com // @tinytouchtales
— Jessica Palmer: Observing Humanity thru the Lens of The Sims
Contemplating the game mechanics of the worlds most popular life simulation franchise, The Sims, and thinking about real life for a second.
https://aaasoftwa.re // @some_donkus
— Game Workers Unite: GWU Deutschland introduces itself
The GWU is an initiative for unionisation of the gaming industry. Our talk gives a quick overview of issues that affect German game devs and that can be mitigated by unions.
https://www.gameworkersunite.org // @GWU_Deutschland
After the talks, we’ll have some “pitching” sessions, during which a selection of game makers will briefly present their projects, that you’ll be able to play in the second part of the evening.
As usual, there will also be a section dedicated to short announcements from the community – get in touch to reserve a spot: http://berlingamescene.com/contact/
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THE SHOWCASE
These are the projects that will be exhibited during the second part of the evening:
— A Game about a Flame by Samir Riecke, Käthe Keller
— Codecks by Codecks.io
— Couch Monsters by Marie, Jacky, John, Dennis, Laurin
— Curious Expedition 2 by Maschinen-Mensch
— Der Die Das Rockets! by Speaxel
— Dogo Dash by Talita Rhein
— Duru by Twisted Ramble Games
— Hologram by Kraftum Games
— Hypnocult by increpare
— I Just Killed a Man Now I’m Horny by René Rother
— In Fate’s Hands by Paul Sztajer
— Insurmountable by Tristan
— Lethal League Blaze by Team Reptile
— Pew Pew Battle Colosseum by Toastboat Games
— Rogue’s Awakening by looting pixel
— Skeeper by Gregory Kogos
— Skybound by Creature Feep
— Soliris by Kantik
— Tentacular! by Firepunchd Games & Mr. Luca Games
— The Fermi Paradox by Anomaly Games
— Yeogi Jeogi by Namin Hansen, Lennart Küster, Lila Pimpao Niederle & Felix Szczesny
• • • • •
AGENDA
— 19:00 Doors
— 19:30 Talks
— 21:00 Game showcase & networking
— 23:00 The end
• • • • •
ADDITIONAL INFO
Our Safe Space Policy (http://berlingamescene.com/safe-space-policy/) encourages the behaviour at Talk & Play. We request that everyone who is affiliated with and participates to the event honours it.
Are you attending the event for the first time, or are you coming on your own? The Talk & Play Ambassadors will be there to assist you from 21:00, and answers any questions you have.
Our event is documented by Julian Dasgupta (https://www.flickr.com/photos/12601747@N00/albums). For those who don’t want to be appear in any pictures or videos, we’re going to distribute some stickers at the door to wear and signal this.
The event is free to attend, but donations are welcome. We usually pass around a donation box after the talks.
• • • • •
FINAL NOTES
Do you have any questions? Get in touch: http://berlingamescene.com/contact/

Gaymers: LGBT* Gaming Night
2019-10-24 19:00 - 23:00 | Wooga, Saarbrücker Straße 38, Berlin, 10405, Germany
Join us at Wooga headquarters! Meet other people from LGBT* gaming community and enjoy an evening of games, fun and networking.

Talk & Play #39
2019-11-05 19:00 - 23:00 | Game Science Center, Besselstrasse 14, Berlin, 10969, Germany
RSVP via Meetup is mandatory to attend the talks, due to limited seating capacity. Registration won’t be required to attend the event from 21:00 for the game showcase part.
Talk & Play is a free event, taking place every two months, that provides the opportunity to game enthusiasts, players and makers to meet 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! This is NOT an event only aimed at developers.
• • • • •
HOW IT WORKS
The event is structured in two parts:
— TALK: Short game-related presentations + announcements from the community
— PLAY: All participants are welcome to exhibit games and projects they’ve made
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THE TALKS
For this edition we’ll have 5 talks, 5 minutes each:
— Em Lazer-Walker: Running a live battle royale game with a team of 2?!
Flappy Royale is Flappy Bird reimagined as a 100-player battle royale. We’ll talk about how we designed a massively multiplayer online game requiring no server upkeep, and how the game is secretly an act of guerilla game history preservation.
https://lazerwalker.com // @lazerwalker
— Freja Alexandra Knudsen & Marek Plichta: Socks & Sandals
The day we dressed up as silly looking German tourist and went to fancy galleries in our hometown Berlin. A game about performing and embarrassing yourself in the real world.
https://www.instagram.com/freja_alexandra // https://artbymarek.com // @artbymarek
— Maren Brede: Surrounded by introverts — Tales of a role-playing (mis)fit
What I observed during two campaigns of DnD and learned about myself and games.
https://sites.google.com/view/marenbrede/home
— Marishka Zachariah: How Building Virtual Worlds Helped me Explore and Define my Mental Health and Queerness
In this talk, Marishka explores their design structure on how building virtual worlds based on their personal experiences helped address topics surrounding their queerness and anxiety. They will also discuss various ways they design within limitations, especially in regards to physical space, and prioritizing evoking the feeling of a space and situation, rather than simply mapping out the exact space itself.
@cladinrad
After the talks, we’ll have some “pitching” sessions, during which a selection of game makers will briefly present their projects, that you’ll be able to play in the second part of the evening.
As usual, there will also be a section dedicated to short announcements from the community – get in touch to reserve a spot: http://berlingamescene.com/contact/
• • • • •
THE SHOWCASE
These are the projects that will be exhibited during the second part of the evening:
— A Game about a Flame by Käthe Keller, Samir Riecke
— A Stubborn Tale by Philipp Mallmann
— Albert+Zoé by Appeau Studio
— Codecks
— Corepox by Tom Larkworthy
— Disconicon by Laura Dobson
— Dogo Dash by Talita Rhein
— EZRA by Landesverband Kinder- und Jugendfilm Berlin e.V.
— Fable Manners by Dunja Lazic
— Knise by Nebulate.me
— Lethal League Blaze by Team Reptile
— Little Toys Beat The Crap out Of Each Other Simulator 2019 by Yichen Li, Yan Liu
— Maze Machina by Tinytouchtales
— October Night Games
— School Wars!! by Annika Maar
— Sector F by G3D17 Students
— Skeeper by Gregory Kogos
— Sternkind by Dennis Kurzeja
— The Underground King by Alexandru Nechita
— Type Swap by Kristian Bergmann
• • • • •
AGENDA
— 19:00 Doors
— 19:30 Talks
— 21:00 Game showcase & networking
— 23:00 The end
• • • • •
ADDITIONAL INFO
Our Safe Space Policy (http://berlingamescene.com/safe-space-policy/) encourages the behaviour at Talk & Play. We request that everyone who is affiliated with and participates to the event honours it.
Are you attending the event for the first time, or are you coming on your own? The Talk & Play Ambassadors will be there to assist you from 21:00, and answers any questions you have. The Ambassadors for this edition are Allan Cudicio, Luca Scaramuzzino and Maria Wagner.
Our event is documented by Julian Dasgupta (https://www.flickr.com/photos/12601747@N00/albums). For those who don’t want to be appear in any pictures or videos, we’re going to distribute some stickers at the door to wear and signal this.
The event is free to attend, but donations are welcome. We usually pass around a donation box after the talks.
Get in touch if you have any questions: http://berlingamescene.com/contact/
• • • • •
FINAL NOTES
Do you have any questions? Get in touch: http://berlingamescene.com/contact/

Talk & Play #40
2020-01-14 19:00 - 23:00 | Game Science Center, Besselstrasse 14, Berlin, 10969, Germany
RSVP via Meetup is mandatory to attend the talks, due to limited seating capacity. Registration won’t be required to attend the event from 21:00 for the game showcase part.
Talk & Play is a free event, taking place every two months, that provides the opportunity to game enthusiasts, players and makers to meet 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! This is NOT an event only aimed at developers.
• • • • •
HOW IT WORKS
The event is structured in two parts:
— TALK: Short game-related presentations + announcements from the community
— PLAY: All participants are welcome to exhibit games and projects they’ve made
• • • • •
AGENDA
— 19:00 Doors
— 19:30 Talks, project pitches & community announcements
— 21:00 Project showcase & networking
— 23:00 The end
• • • • •
THE TALKS
— Nadezda Kuzmina: Fonts in video games
Games are a very special environment if we speak about typefaces. Whenever fonts are mentioned we usually think about web typography or print design. Seldom video games are part of this discussion, despite it offering many new facets and own special challenges. Nadya delved deep into this subject during her own pixel font project and will offer some of her experiences in her talk, outlining her development and design process.
http://nadyakuzmina.com
— S. Astrid Bin: Smashing bits
A talk about sex in videogames.
https://www.astridbin.com
As usual, there will also be a section dedicated to short announcements from the community – get in touch to reserve a spot: http://berlingamescene.com/contact/
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THE SHOWCASE
These are the projects that will be exhibited during the second part of the evening:
— Ampere by Mathieu Hentschel, Johannes Knop & Laura Brosi
— Arabian Knights by Julian Voß, Linus Balicki, Thomas Reich
— Atlantis 4020 by Johanna & Mario from Tiny Crocodile Studios
— Card Dungeon by Tinytouchtales
— Catanism: The Purrge by Tide Productions
— Codecks by Codecks GmbH
— Corepox by Tom Larkworthy
— Land of Drova by Just2D
— Lethal League Blaze by Team Reptile
— October Night Games by October Night Games
— Panic! by S. Astrid Bin
— Pixling World by Fredrik Norén
— Purify by NoHouse
— SHI•RO: Midori by Topicbird
— The Fermi Paradox by Anomaly Games
— TILE DROP by Khanh Tech
— Type Swap by Kristian Bergmann
— Waldo.io by Alex Williams, Mattia Traverso, Dennis Lorenz
— Xenko (Open Source C# Game Engine)
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ADDITIONAL INFO
Our Safe Space Policy (http://berlingamescene.com/safe-space-policy/) encourages the behaviour at Talk & Play. We request that everyone who is affiliated with and participates to the event honours it.
Our event is documented by Julian Dasgupta (https://www.flickr.com/photos/12601747@N00/albums). For those who don’t want to be appear in any pictures or videos, we’re going to distribute some stickers at the door to wear and signal this.
Are you attending the event for the first time, or are you coming on your own? The Talk & Play Ambassadors will be there to assist you from 21:00, and answers any questions you have.
The event is free to attend, but donations are welcome. We usually pass around a donation box after the talks.
Get in touch if you have any questions: http://berlingamescene.com/contact/

Berlin Werewolf Meetup Group
2020-01-16 18:30 - 21:00 | John & Tommy‘s, Charlottenstraße 2, Berlin, Berlin, 10969, Germany
Welcome to the Berlin Werewolf Meetup Group! We hold bi-monthly Meetups to play One Night Ultimate Werewolf, talk and have fun. We welcome both experienced and novice players.
Our Meetup takes place in John & Tommy’s Bar near Checkpoint Charlie, where we have a separate room for ourselves. The first two rounds of beers are on us!
We will start by introducing ourselves, talk and have a beer whilst we wait for everyone to arrive. In case novice players are with us, we will quickly introduce the basic rules. And then we play!
For more detailed information and the game rules, have a look at our Meetup group page: https://www.meetup.com/de-DE/Berlin-Werewolf-Meetup-Group/
See you soon :)

Gaymers: LGBT* Gaming Night 2020 Kick off
2020-01-23 19:00 - 23:00 | Wooga, Saarbrücker Straße 38, Berlin, 10405, Germany

Femisphere LVL 6
2020-01-26 14:00 - 19:00 | KulturKantine Berlin, Saarbrücker Str. 24, Berlin, Berlin, 10405, Germany
Welcome to Femisphere, an event where we highlight and celebrate diversity in the games industry!
Femisphere is a place to come together, share stories and experiences, and celebrate the works of female, transgender, non-binary and LGBTQ+ game developers.
The idea behind Femisphere is to create a friendly and inclusive space for female, non-binary, transgender and LGBTQ+ folks, and provide a safe space where you can give talks and show projects you wouldn’t feel comfortable presenting at other games events.
This is not an event where we lament over the current state of the industry, but where we come together to share, inspire and connect.
This is a free event! Nobody is excluded, everyone is welcome to attend and have a good time.
Femisphere is aimed at everyone who works in the games industry or intends to. This means this event is not only aimed at designers, artists and programmers, but also at community managers, project managers, students, interns and so on.
If you are a female, non-binary, transgender, LGTBQ+ developer and have a game, art work or a project that you want to show, please get in touch! Student projects are also very welcome! (If you are working in a group, you can of course present your project as well!)
And if you don’t think that you fit the developer description above, but have a game you believe would fit Femisphere, please get in contact with us!
● PROJECT SUBMISSION ●
You want to showcase you project at Femisphere? Simply fill out this form and we will get back to you as soon as possible:
https://goo.gl/forms/MbjIKfvWnf7ceoDJ3

Talk & Play #41 — CANCELLED
2020-03-24 19:00 - 23:00 | Game Science Center, Besselstrasse 14, Berlin, 10969, Germany
Talk & Play #41 has been cancelled!
If you’ve been following the news lately, this announcement won’t be a surprise: we’ve decided to cancel Talk & Play #41 (originally scheduled to take place on March 24th, 2020), due to the coronavirus. We believe this is the most sensible thing to do, based on the information currently available — it just doesn’t make sense to put anyone at risk. We plan to resume the event in May, assuming it will be safe to do it then. Make sure to join our Meetup group if you’d like to receive a notification once a new event is announced. Take care!

RSVP via Meetup is mandatory to attend the talks, due to limited seating capacity. Registration won’t be required to attend the event from 21:00 for the game showcase part.
Talk & Play is a free event, taking place every two months, that provides the opportunity to game enthusiasts, players and makers to meet 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! This is NOT an event only aimed at developers.
• • • • •
HOW IT WORKS
The event is structured in two parts:
— TALK: Short game-related presentations + announcements from the community
— PLAY: All participants are welcome to exhibit games and projects they’ve made
• • • • •
AGENDA
— 19:00 Doors
— 19:30 Talks, project pitches & community announcements
— 21:00 Project showcase & networking
— 23:00 The end
• • • • •
THE TALKS
Talks will be announced a couple of weeks before the event.
As usual, there will also be a section dedicated to short announcements from the community – get in touch to reserve a spot: http://berlingamescene.com/contact/
• • • • •
THE SHOWCASE
Would you like to exhibit your game (or game-related project, such as a tool, or book) during the second part of the event? Then fill this form: http://bit.ly/talkandplaygames — places are limited so the sooner you do it, the better.
All types of games (and game-related projects) are welcome, both digital and analog/physical, regardless of the current status (released, unreleased, prototype…) and the people behind it (company, students, hobbyists…).
Registrations will close a week before the event, or earlier if there are no more spots left. We can usually show around 20 projects, and we have a smaller separate room that works well for VR.
We can provide tables, chairs, power strips and internet connection — that means that all the rest (devices, chargers, controllers…) are up to you. If your project has sound, we recommend bringing a pair of headphones for the attendees to use, as the room gets quite noisy.
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ADDITIONAL INFO
Our Safe Space Policy (http://berlingamescene.com/safe-space-policy/) encourages the behaviour at Talk & Play. We request that everyone who is affiliated with and participates to the event honours it.
Our event is documented by Julian Dasgupta (https://www.flickr.com/photos/12601747@N00/albums). For those who don’t want to be appear in any pictures or videos, we’re going to distribute some stickers at the door to wear and signal this.
Are you attending the event for the first time, or are you coming on your own? The Talk & Play Ambassadors will be there to assist you from 21:00, and answers any questions you have.
The event is free to attend, but donations are welcome. We usually pass around a donation box after the talks.
Get in touch if you have any questions: http://berlingamescene.com/contact/

Game Creators Hangout Digital Edition
2021-03-04 19:00 - 22:00 | Online!
(English version below)
Es ist Zeit für einen Game Creators Hangout !
Der Game Creators Hangout ist ein Ort, an dem sich Spieleschaffende treffen, um über Spiele, das Leben und das Universum zu sinieren.
Bisher nur über Facebook organisiert, haben wir auch endlich den Weg auf meetup gefunden. Eingeladen ist jeder, der sich mit Spielen und Spieleentwicklung auseinandersetzt oder auseinandersetzen will.

It is time for a Game Creators Hangout !
The GCH is a Place, where Game Creators meet to discuss everything from their craft to the universe.
This time we are meeting online, on the BerlinGameScene Discord Server: https://discord.gg/28QXpqh2eb

Talk & Play #41
2023-06-06 18:30 - 21:30 | UE – University of Applied Sciences Europe, Dessauer Str. 3-5, Berlin, 10963, Germany
Talk & Play is a free event that provides the opportunity to game enthusiasts, players and makers to meet in a friendly, relaxed and safe environment. Everybody’s welcome, regardless of their background and knowledge level: if you’ve got any interest in games or would like to know more about games and the local scene, we’ll make sure you have a good time!
Find out more and sign up on our Meetup group page: meetup.com/berlingamescene/events/293694441/

Talk & Play #42
2023-09-13 18:30 - 22:30 | UE – University of Applied Sciences Europe, Dessauer Str. 3-5, Berlin, 10963, Germany
Talk & Play is a free event that provides the opportunity to game enthusiasts, players and makers to meet in a friendly, relaxed and safe environment. Everybody’s welcome, regardless of their background and knowledge level: if you’ve got any interest in games or would like to know more about games and the local scene, we’ll make sure you have a good time!
Find out more and sign up on our Meetup group page: meetup.com/berlingamescene/events/295774494/

Talk & Play #43
2023-11-22 18:30 - 22:30 | UE – University of Applied Sciences Europe, Dessauer Str. 3-5, Berlin, 10963, Germany
Talk & Play is a free event that provides the opportunity to game enthusiasts, players and makers to meet in a friendly, relaxed and safe environment. Everybody’s welcome, regardless of their background and knowledge level: if you’ve got any interest in games or would like to know more about games and the local scene, we’ll make sure you have a good time!
Find out more and sign up on our Meetup group page: meetup.com/berlingamescene/events/295774797/

Talk & Play #44
2024-03-06 18:00 - 22:00 | DE:HIVE, Slabystraße 12, Berlin, 12459, Germany
Talk & Play is a free event that provides the opportunity to game enthusiasts, players and makers to meet in a friendly, relaxed and safe environment. Everybody’s welcome, regardless of their background and knowledge level: if you’ve got any interest in games, we’ll make sure you have a good time! This is NOT an event only aimed at developers.
• • • • •
HOW IT WORKS
The event is made of 2 parts:

TALK: Game-related presentations + announcements from the community
PLAY: All participants are welcome to exhibit projects they’ve made

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AGENDA

18:00 Doors open, project showcase starts
19:30 to 20:30 Talks & community announcements
22:00 Event ends

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THE TALKS
Carolin Wendt: Managing a game community. How to get started & keep going
Carolin has recently published the book “Pocket Mentor to Game Community Management“. In this talk, she will go through some of the key takeaways, from the base pillars of community management, what to consider when creating a strategy, to making your spaces positive and inclusive to as many players as possible.
Carolin Wendt is a professional with more than nine years of games industry experience. She leads a team of international community managers at CD PROJEKT RED. In addition to a strong passion for games and learning about the most obscure things, she’s armed with a master’s degree in Political Science.
Happy Broccoli Games: How to make a commercial game – in 6 months – in 10 minutes
Making games is hard. Making games quickly is even harder. We will share our experiences creating & releasing Duck Detective in under a year!
Annika & Joni are co-conspirators at Happy Broccoli Games, a small indie studio based in Berlin. Working on whimsical narrative-focused games!
Leonie will be the host for this edition of Talk & Play.
There will be a section dedicated to short announcements from the community, get in touch to reserve a spot: info@berlingamescene.com — same goes if your company is hiring and you’d like to get a sponsored slot to announce your openings!
• • • • •
THE SHOWCASE
These are the projects that will be shown during the evening:

Cozy Marbles by Tim Reiter
Duck Detective: The Secret Salami by Happy Broccoli Games
Echoes of Mora by Selkies Interactive
Hello Stranger by Sunny Miller
HexaNite Card Game by PhantoPaw
Hungry to Bed by Bugs and Bunnies Studios
Intersection by Intersection
Marshmallow Mystery by GRIPS Theater / GRIPS Werke e.V.
Mops & Mobs: A Sweeping Dungeon Novel by RAT KING
MUKKE by APETENSE Interactive
Passing By – A Tailwind Journey by Studio Windsocke
Santa’s Secret – A Chrome Steele Mystery by Small Loan Studio
Tipping Pigs by Jascha Schmitz

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ADDITIONAL INFO
Are you attending the event for the first time, or are you coming on your own? The Talk & Play Ambassadors will be there to assist and answers any questions you have.
Our Safe Space Policy (http://berlingamescene.com/safe-space-policy/) encourages the behaviour at Talk & Play. We request that everyone who is affiliated with and participates to the event honours it.
Our event is documented by Julian Dasgupta (https://www.flickr.com/photos/12601747@N00/albums). For those who don’t want to be appear in any pictures, we’re going to distribute stickers at the door to wear and signal this.
Alcoholic drinks will not be sold or allowed to be consumed during the event.
The event is free to attend, but donations are welcome. We usually pass around a donation box after the talks.
DE:HIVE is an accessible venue. Feel free to contact us about your access requirements.
Get in touch if you have any questions: info@berlingamescene.com

Berlin Games Cooperatives Meetup — April 2024
2024-04-06 17:00 - 21:00 | Cultivation Space, Gottschedstraße 4 #Aufgang 4, Berlin, 13357, Germany
A get-together for everyone working in a worker cooperative in the games industry, or interested in doing so.

Godot User Group Berlin: Anniversary Party
2024-04-20 20:00 - 23:30 | xHain hack+makespace, Grünberger Straße 14, Berlin, 10243, Germany
Join us to celebrate our first year anniversary! 🎉🚀
We will hang out, chat and play some games!
Please bring any video games, consoles, board games or card games you would like to play! 🎮🎲
There will be a large projector and also a VR gaming rig.
As always, feel free to bring any food and drink to xHain. 🦜🍻
More info at meetup.com/godot-user-group-berlin/events/300347340

Talk & Play #45
2024-04-24 18:30 - 22:30 | UE – University of Applied Sciences Europe, Dessauer Str. 3-5, Berlin, 10963, Germany
Talk & Play is a free event that provides the opportunity to game enthusiasts, players and makers to meet in a friendly, relaxed and safe environment. Everybody’s welcome, regardless of their background and knowledge level: if you’ve got any interest in games, we’ll make sure you have a good time! This is NOT an event only aimed at developers.
Registrations will open exactly 2 weeks before the event, at 11am Berlin time. RSVP and find all other info on Meetup: https://www.meetup.com/berlingamescene/events/299812367/

Unreal Meetup Berlin 04/2024
2024-04-24 19:00 - 21:00 | The Drivery, Mariendorfer Damm 1, Berlin, 12109, Germany
It’s time again to share your experiences with Unreal!
On April 24th from 7 pm, we’ll have a few talks followed by an open stage where pros, students, and hobbyists are welcome to present their projects.
We have time for presentations from 7 to 9:30 pm. Afterwards, we have a separate space where we’ll have time to mingle and enjoy drinks.
As seating is limited, we can only guarantee a spot for those who register on Meetup.
More info at https://www.meetup.com/berlin-unreal-engine-meetup/events/300314860
