Scope Sessions #89 — AAA Collective / A MAZE.
2020-02-13 18:30 - 22:00 (Europe/Berlin) | SomoS, Kottbusser Damm 95, Berlin, Berlin, 10967, Germany
Scope Sessions – artist talks & media salon edition #89 at SomoS Gallery in Kreuzberg.
Thursday 13th February, 2020
Doors open at 18:30
Talks start at 19:00 *SHARP*
Donations welcome!
Where:
SomoS, Kottbusser Damm 95, 1.OG, 10967 Berlin
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AAA Collective
https://aaasoftwa.re
<< AAA Collective and their Utopias >>
AAA is an art collective that uses video-game engines, web technologies, performance and lectures as part of their creative practice. Since 2015, they have been curating aaartgames, a public community event at Spektrum Berlin with a focus on investigating how video-games, virtual worlds and experimental CGI intersect with art and culture.
Their recent work includes projects “Utopias: Navigating Without Coordinates”, a video game network of nine worlds; “Data Mutations”, a collection of data that can be transmuted and re-arranged with ease; “Dystropicana”, a digital multimedia archipelago, and many more.
AAA collective will talk about their activities, how and why they work together and will discuss their latest project Utopias: Navigating Without Coordinates.
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A MAZE
http://www.amaze-berlin.de
#arthousegames #playfulmedia #postivechaos #punksofthedigitalage #AMaze2020
Thorsten S. Wiedemann is a founder and artistic director of A MAZE. Under this international label he produces and curates festivals, exhibitions and workshops on the intersection of games, digital arts and playful media.
With “A MAZE. / Berlin” and “A MAZE. / Johannesburg (until 2017)” Thorsten created two annual festivals to present independent and alternative games culture and to connect Europe, Africa and the world. He also generates new controversial formats (e.g. A MAZE. Magazine, A MAZE. Pop-ups, A MAZE. Train Jam South Africa) and gives room for experimentation, collaboration and exchange. In addition, Thorsten established since 2012 the A MAZE. Awards, which goes to artistic and groundbreaking works in six categories.
His focus is on the interdisciplinary and diverse discourse about art-forms of the 21. century. He gains to fill the gaps between playful media, art and technology. Thorsten is also the first VR Naut and spent during his Disconnected performance 48hrs without break in virtual reality! He lives and works in Berlin.
A MAZE. / Berlin description:
A MAZE. / Berlin is an international festival focusing on the art and culture of games and playful media. A MAZE. / Berlin invites creatives from over 40 countries to experience inspiring talks and workshops, and to celebrate the art of video games making. The four nights of music, plus a life changing and mind blowing interactive exhibition of our medium of the 21st century, will fascinate the general public.
A MAZE. invites artists and creatives from diverse fields to share their vision and projects, exchange knowledge, play, connect, and collaborate. A MAZE. / Berlin represents and celebrates the new art movement, including arthouse games, artistic virtual reality, and a playful media culture beyond the mainstream that defines its own identity.

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.
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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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AGENDA
— 19:00 Doors
— 19:30 Talks, project pitches & community announcements
— 21:00 Project showcase & networking
— 23:00 The end
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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/
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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/

Half-Earth Socialism Game Launch
2022-05-07 19:30 | Trust, Kluckstr. 25, Berlin, 10785, Germany
Half-Earth Socialism is a planetary crisis planning game that allows anyone to try their hand as a global planner of a future society. Consider it a sandbox where you can play with a wide range of technologies and policies spanning different fields and ideologies. The game simulates the impact of your decisions by calculating emissions and using a real climate model (HECTOR) to work out the climate effects, while also simulating impacts to the food system and biodiversity, among others. This game, which is inspired by the book Half-Earth Socialism, is the fruit of the labour of many designers, researchers, and artists. The game design and development was led by Francis Tseng (Jain Family Institute) and Son La Pham (Trust). Concept, Writing and research for the game was made in collaboration with Lucy Chinen, Chiara Di Leone, Drew Pendegrass, Spencer Roberts, Troy Vettese & Arthur Röing Baer.
For this hybrid launch event, we will be joined by Francis Tseng, Son La Pham & Chiara Di Leone for a streamed talk by Francis followed by a playthrough and Q&A including Son La and Chiara.

A MAZE. / Berlin 2022
2022-05-13 - 2022-05-18 | Berlin, Berlin, Germany
A MAZE. / Berlin 2022 is ONLINE from May 13-17, 2022 . Enjoy the programme in the A MAZE. / SPACE, the A MAZE. Train Station, on Discord and in the live stream.
And drumroll:
A MAZE. is ONSITE again for ONE FULL DAY ! On May 17, 2022.
We invite you to a whole day of talks, workshops, games, screening, the award show – Let’s party!
After the day programme full of knowledge exchange, playing and inspiration (10am-5pm) the 11th A MAZE. Award Ceremony (8pm-9:30pm) sparks the evening that will be followed by a A MAZE. Party with Alt.Ctrl Games and Music! (10pm-3am)

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.
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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!
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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

Godot Engine Show & Tell
2024-03-22 19:00 - 22:00 | Individual Network Berlin e.V., Lehrter Str. 53, Berlin, 10557, Germany
We were invited by the Berlin Creators, which also host a Retro Gaming meetup twice a month, to have our meetup together with them.
It will happen at a new location: ⚠️ Berlin Creators / Individual Network Berlin, Lehrter Str. 53, 10557 Berlin-Moabit
We will give them a short talk about getting started with Godot in German in the main room. Afterwards we will have a Show & Tell sessions there, so they can see some variety of things you can do with Godot.
So it would be very awesome if you could bring something to show or tell about, even if you already showed it in a previous meet-up! 🚀
Afterwards we can use their separated meeting room, which also has a projector, to continue our meet-up or just mingle with the Berlin Creators / Retro Game Enthusiasts.
This event will be a cosy Show & Tell for Game Creators of all trades and those aspiring to become one. 🌱🌳
More info about this event at https://www.meetup.com/godot-user-group-berlin/events/299940166

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/

Radical Playgrounds Opening Weekend
2024-04-27 - 2024-04-29 | Gropius Bau, Niederkirchnerstraße 7, Berlin, 10963, Germany
Radical Playgrounds arrives at the Gropius Bau parking plot for eleven weeks like an itinerant or a temporary funfair.
It merges a sculpture park with a maze, adds a skywalk, a display on the history of playgrounds and activism, and ongoing performative workshops. A range of artworks will tackle the healing potential of collective play, creating a public space that addresses both adults and children, and shifts focus from competition to collaboration.The artistic positions include a Maya-inspired pyramid by Edgar Calel, a skate ramp developed by Florentina Holzinger, and Céline Condorelli’s large-scale playing field “Play for Today”, which looks at gender equality in sports. In a performance piece by Massimo Furlan, two performer re-enact the 1974 World Cup match between East and West Germany on the border strip where the Berlin Wall once stood.
For the opening, Radical Playgrounds invites you to experience walk-throughs, talks and performances with the artists present. Families are very welcome at Radical Playgrounds!
More info at berlinerfestspiele.de/en/programm/2024/radical-playgrounds/performances/eroeffnung

Core Talks: From Scratch To Scale
2024-05-07 18:00 - 22:00 | Atelier Rooftop, Prinzenstraße 84.2, Berlin, 10969, Germany
If you’re up for insightful game development talks, a chance to connect and share knowledge and enjoy an evening with fellow game industry professionals (over food and drinks, of course), this event is for you!
We are Metacore, one of Supercell’s portfolio companies, and we recently opened an office in Berlin. To toast the new chapter in our journey, we decided to bring our signature event, Core Talks, from Helsinki to Berlin – and yes, you are invited 🤩
Core Talks events are all about insightful industry talks, knowledge-sharing and casual networking in a relaxed setting. This time, we have a stellar speaker line-up covering two different panel talks: first one focuses on new game development, and the second one on live game operations.
Join us on May 7 at Atelier Rooftop in Kreuzberg! We open the doors at 6 PM.
Come for the talks, come for a beer and a bite; come alone or with an industry friend!
More info at metacore-games.confetti.events/core-talks-berlin

A MAZE. / Berlin 2024
2024-05-08 - 2024-05-12 | Silent Green, Gerichtstraße 35, Berlin, 13347, Germany
A MAZE. / Berlin is an international festival focusing on arthouse games and playful media.
A MAZE. / Berlin is back in 2024 for the 13th time, bringing together the worldwide community of arthouse game developers, artistic world builders, digital artists and playful media creators. From May 08-11th 2024 the international Games and Playful Media Festival will take place in Silent Green and Panke Club (Berlin Wedding) and includes a hybride component that connects the physical festival programme with the A MAZE. / SPACE.
A MAZE. / Berlin invites artists and creatives from diverse fields to share their vision and projects, exchange knowledge, play, connect, and collaborate. A MAZE. / Berlin represents and celebrates the new art movement, made up of arthouse games, artistic virtual reality, and a playful media culture beyond the mainstream.

Fachkonferenz: „Werte ins Spiel bringen“
2024-06-05 09:30 - 18:00 | Villa Elisabeth, Invalidenstraße 3, 10115, Germany
Am 5. Juni 2024 veranstalten wir die Fachkonferenz „Werte ins Spiel bringen“ in der Villa Elisabeth in Berlin. Die Konferenz findet im Rahmen des zweijährigen Modellprojekts „Games und Wertebildung“ statt und richtet sich an Vertreter*innen aus Zivilgesellschaft und Integrationsarbeit sowie Wissenschaft, Medien und Games-Entwicklung. Ziel der Konferenz ist es, die Ergebnisse und Erfahrungen aus dem Projekt einer breiten Fachöffentlichkeit vorzustellen und einen fruchtbaren Austausch zwischen verschiedenen Disziplinen und Akteur*innen anzuregen. Neben Keynotes und einer Panel-Diskussion stehen Austauschformate und Workshops im Mittelpunkt der Veranstaltung.
Find out more at stiftung-digitale-spielekultur.de/fachkonferenz-werte-ins-spiel-bringen/

Talk & Play #46
2024-06-05 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/299812394/

Talk & Play #47
2024-09-18 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/299812408/

Talk & Play #48
2024-11-13 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, 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/299812414/

Games Ground 2024
2024-11-14 - 2024-11-17 | Alte Münze, Molkenmarkt 2, Berlin, 10179, Germany
As a flagship event for Berlin, Games Ground will be a valuable gaming convention, covering all facets of gaming culture and industry both in terms of content and interdisciplinary approaches. Games Ground brings consumers and the industry together for a constructive exchange on an equal footing. In addition to important B2B content such as business insights, career opportunities, and education, the event focuses on the content and interests of the gaming community. The diverse range of formats on offer demonstrates the diversity of the industry and makes Games Ground the platform for all gaming enthusiasts.
Tickets will go on sale on May 1.
More info at gamesground.de
