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Game Creators Hangout Digital Edition
2021-03-04 19:00 - 22:00 (Europe/Berlin) | 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

February Mini Game Jam - Online Edition
2021-02-13 12:00 - 22:00 | Online!
Hey folks! Corona is here to stay for a while, but we don’t want to miss months of jamming, so… join us for our online edition! Don’t worry, you don’t need a webcam or a microphone – you can do it completely text-based if you’re feeling shy. Here’s the link to our Discord server: https://discord.gg/evM44ns
And now, like always: Time for some game prototyping! Type and draw away, make strange sounds and create fun out of thin air: Welcome to this month’s edition of the Berlin Mini Jam.
Berlin Mini Game Jam is a relaxed 8 hour prototyping jam: After we have chosen a theme together, we form teams or go solo to make game graphics, concepts and prototypes on computers, phones, cardboard or physical space. At the end, we present the results to each other.
Create whatever you want, just get any materials you need – wherever you are.
Anyone is welcome! Really! Artists, game designers, coders, hobbyists or professionals. Any gender, any background! We always have lots of new people, so don’t worry if you don’t know anybody yet: You’re quite welcome too. If you want to, you will find a team at the jam, so coming alone is no problem.
There is no participation fee.
Oh, and don’t forget to post a theme suggestion in the comments.
See you at the jam!
Schedule:
12:00 Assemble in the Discord chat, introduce yourself, get to know people
12:20 Vote on themes via http://vote.berlinminijam.de
12:40 Info & theme announcement
13:00 Jam starts
21:00 End presentations via Discord screen share
22:00 Socialize & play games
Please take a moment to check the code of conduct :
http://co-up.de/code-of-conduct.html

Global Game Jam Berlin 2021 (Online)
2021-01-29 - 2021-02-01 | Online!
Even in these times, the #GlobalGameJam is happening. Join our digital #ggjberlin21 location with virtual work and exhibition areas to create amazing games in 48h from January 29-31! No tickets, no limited rooms, full on digital – Register here: https://discord.gg/NBwbKCecwb

January Mini Game Jam - Online Edition
2021-01-23 12:00 - 22:00 | Online!

Game Creators Hangout
2020-12-03 20:00 - 23:00, 2020-11-05 20:00 - 23:00, 2020-10-01 20:00 - 23:00, 2020-09-03 20:00 - 23:00, 2020-08-06 20:00 - 23:00, 2020-07-02 20:00 - 23:00, 2020-06-04 20:00 - 23:00, 2020-05-07 20:00 - 23:00 and 5 more dates | Berlin, Berlin, Germany
(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.
Da das Meltdown Berlin leider geschlossen hat wechselt der Veranstaltungsort jeden Monat.
Der Hangout wird vom Gamestorm Berlin ( http://www.gamestormberlin.de ) und dem Mini Jam Berlin koorganisiert.
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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.
Up until now we only organized it via facebook, but we finally found our way onto meetup. Every Game Creator and all who are interested in Games are of course welcome to join us.
As the Meltdown has unfortunately closed, the venue changes every month for now.
The Hangout is a co-organization between the Gamestorm Berlin ( http://www.gamestormberlin.de ) and the Berlin Mini-Jam

gamesweekberlin PRO EXPERIENCE
2020-10-28 - 2020-10-31 | Online!
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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
• • • • •
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/

Peace Game Jam #2
2020-03-06 19:00 - 2020-03-07 22:00 | UE – University of Applied Sciences Europe, Dessauer Str. 3-5, Berlin, 10963, Germany
The peace game jam’s goal is to develop games with a focus on peace.
The jam will bring together everyone interested in peacebuilding, activism and making games. It will expand the ways that games can be used to create positive impact. Show the world that games are not only about killing each other! Make games that create new ways of interaction.
Friday the 6th of March is the Introduction Day. We will have short talks and a introduction to the jamming itself with useful tips and tricks you can use during the jam. Our doors will open around 7pm.
Saturday the 7th is the actual Jam Day, we will have a small kick-off and then you’re ready to jam! You will have the whole day from 10am till 8pm. After that we will collect all the great games you made. Each group can present, what they accomplished during the jam.
Join us by filling out this form:
http://bit.ly/PGJ2020
We’ll provide you with more detailed information in the following weeks.
We are going to have a safe space policy, which has 0 harassment toleration. We want to assure a great experience for everyone.
Read the full policy here: https://bit.ly/2NFuRTe
Our policy is highly inspired by the belingamescene.com policy :)
Hope to see you guys soon!
-Team Peace Jam

Scope Sessions #89 — AAA Collective / A MAZE.
2020-02-13 18:30 - 22:00 | 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.

Global Game Jam Berlin 2020 @ SAE
2020-01-31 - 2020-02-03 | SAE Institute Berlin, Cuvrystraße 4, Berlin, 10997, Germany
Global Game Jam is an international hands-on Game Festival which takes place in over 450 cities world wide on just one weekend. The participants will produce experimental computer games which will be uploaded to the main GGJ website at the end of the weekend. From there everyone can download and play the games.
Global Game Jam is a wonderful opportunity for participants to expand their horizons, challenge themselves, and meet new people. Right away you will start developing a playable game with strangers who share the same passion as you in just two days. At the end you are tired but happy.
Global Game Jam Berlin is open to everyone who wants to create digital games, board games or physical games in 48 hours.

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

Gaymers: LGBT* Gaming Night 2020 Kick off
2020-01-23 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.

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 :)

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/

Masterclass: 10 Years of the Berlin Video Games Industry
2019-12-19 19:00 - 21:00 | SAE Institute Berlin, Cuvrystraße 4, Berlin, 10997, Germany
Kevin Blank has entered the Berlin Games Industry and Community 10 years ago. Back then, everything was different and yet lots was the same.
In this talk, Kevin will talk about how the industry changed and what part he had in it, as well as share insights about the life of a Game Designer.

December Mini Game Jam 2019
2019-12-07 12:00 - 22:30 | co.up, Adalbertstraße 8, Berlin, 10999, Germany
Time for some game prototyping! Type and draw away, make strange sounds and create fun out of thin air: Welcome to this month’s edition of the Berlin Mini Jam!
Berlin Mini Game Jam is a relaxed 8 hour prototyping jam: After we have chosen a theme together, we form teams or go solo to make game graphics, concepts and prototypes on computers, phones, cardboard or physical space. At the end, we present the results to each other.
Create whatever you want, just bring any materials you need. There is no hardware or material provided on-site unless specifically mentioned.
Everyone is welcome! Really! Artists, game designers, coders, hobbyists or professionals. Any gender, any background! We always have lots of new people, so don’t worry if you don’t know anybody yet: You’re quite welcome too. If you want to, you will find a team at the jam, so coming alone is no problem.
There is no participation fee thanks to co.up event space . You can return their kindness by buying some of their 2€ drinks!
(And if you have been attending the Mini Jam for a while and you want to show your appreciation, consider giving some support to the Co Up event space, which has been our home across the years. Details at: co-up.de/support-us.html)
Oh, and don’t forget to post a theme suggestion in the comments. See you at the jam!
Schedule:
12:00 Doors open (3rd floor), write name tags, get to know people
12:20 Vote on themes via http://vote.berlinminijam.de/
12:40 Info speech & theme announcement
13:00 Jam Starts, 5th floor opens if needed
21:00 End presentations start (3rd floor)
22:00 Socialize & play games
How to get in: http://i.imgur.com/k0Of1sg.png
There are two big gates. At both you should be able to reach through the bars to open the door or gate. Just try it again. At both gates. If both are locked, call Tobias: 0173/2644639
Please take a moment to check the code of conduct:
http://co-up.de/code-of-conduct.html

5. Retrogames Börse Berlin
2019-12-01 10:00 - 15:00 | Wilkestraße 1, Wilkestraße 1, Berlin, 13507, Germany

November Mini Game Jam 2019
2019-11-09 12:00 - 22:30 | co.up, Adalbertstraße 8, Berlin, 10999, Germany
