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Game Creators Hangout
2019-05-02 20:00 - 23:00, 2019-04-04 20:00 - 23:00, 2019-03-07 20:00 - 23:00, 2019-02-07 20:00 - 23:00, 2019-01-03 20:00 - 23:00 (Europe/Berlin) | 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

RAINBOW ARCADE (Runs until May 13)
2019-05-01 - 2019-05-02, 2019-04-01 - 2019-04-02, 2019-03-01 - 2019-03-02, 2019-02-01 - 2019-02-02 | Schwules Museum, Lützowstraße 73, Berlin, 10785, Germany
For the first time worldwide, the queer history of video games will be explored in a major exhibition: RAINBOW ARCADE will open at Schwules Museum Berlin in December 2018 and features a wide variety of exhibits spanning over 30 years of media history, including playable titles, concept drawings, modifications written by fans themselves and documentations of online communities. The exhibition will be taking stock of contemporary pop cultural questions of representation, stereotypical and discriminatory narratives in entertainment media, and our cultural memory. For the first time, research by the LGBTQ Game Archive will be presented in a museum.
It is remarkable that while video games have become a natural part of our contemporary culture, almost every new release that doesn’t portray LGBTIQ* people and the realities of life in a negative way is quickly celebrated as groundbreaking or discredited as sudden ideological politicization. Yet there are a few examples of mainstream titles from the 1990s featuring relatively sensible coming-out storylines and same-sex marriage & flirting options. RAINBOW ARCADE asks not only how social discourses and developments have been reflected in video games and if there has been any major progress in regards of LGBTIQ* representation in entertainment media. In addition, the exhibition explores issues regarding our digital memory and the unique challenges posed by digital culture to archives and institutions and the archival absence of contemporary queer media history.
The exhibition is accompanied by an extensive supporting programme with international developers, artists and researchers. A crowdfunding campaign to fund the catalog can be found here.
RAINBOW ARCADE is curated by an internationally well networked team of curators, consisting of Sarah Rudolph (herzteile.org), Jan Schnorrenberg (Schwules Museum) and Dr. Adrienne Shaw(Temple University, LGBTQ Game Archive). For further press inquiries, the press department of Schwules Museum will be happy to connect you with the curators at any time.
The exhibition is funded by the Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Europe and under the patronage of Dr. Klaus Lederer, Senator for Culture and Europe of Berlin.
RAINBOW ARCADE is an exhibition project by Schwules Museum, Temple University and Computerspielemuseum (Video Game Museum, Berlin), who support the exhibition as scientific advisors and provide some of the exhibits, research and technical know-how. RAINBOW ARCADE is an official part of gamesweekberlin 2019 (8 – 14 April 2019). Additional partners are Booster Space, Jugend im Museum e.V. and Feminist Frequency.
Official media partners are SIEGESSÄULE, L.MAG, exberliner, BerlinGameScene.com and KALTBLUT Magazin.

TwitchCon Europe
2019-04-13 - 2019-04-15 | CityCube, Messedamm 26, Berlin, 14055, Germany
With an amazing TwitchCon 2018 behind us, we just knew we couldn’t wait an entire year to do it all over again.
So we’re not going to.
In 2019, make room for a second TwitchCon! On 13-14 April, join us in taking over the CityCube Berlin in Germany for the first-ever TwitchCon Europe. It’ll be the same celebration of creators, fans, and everything else we love about Twitch — but much, much closer to our European community.

Gamefest 2019
2019-04-12 - 2019-04-15 | KulturBrauerei, Schönhauser Allee 36, Berlin, 10435, Germany
Gamefest in Berlin is the B2C gaming event of gamesweekberlin. Covering more than 600sqm, it offers an incomparable experience for families and gamers in a relaxed, family-friendly environment. Visitors can play different games, enjoy an extensive stage program with local multiplayer tournaments, music acts and informative interviews and learn something in practical workshops.

From AAA to creative indie titles to VR and board games, everything is possible. Attendees are invited to explore real retro classics and make new friends and enemies in board games.

A real-life quest will guide you through the exhibition and reward you with amazing prizes.

The event is not a fair in the classical sense, but a celebration of what games have to offer.
*Please note that the event takes place in German.

German Esports Summit
2019-04-11 - 2019-04-12 | KulturBrauerei, Schönhauser Allee 36, Berlin, 10435, Germany
For the second time, the GERMAN ESPORTS SUMMIT will come to the heart of gamesweekberlin on April 11, 2019 in Berlin. The main conference of the German Esports Federation ESBD will push the debate about esports to the next level, taking “The Esports Movement” as the central topic of the event. The focus will be on esports as a digital sports movement that brings together millions of esports athletes competing all around the world. The declared aim of the event is to jointly develop this “esports movement” and to unfold its full potential, helping key stakeholders to develop esports on a societal scale.

The #GES19 will bring together pro teams, amateur sports and esports clubs, sports associations, politics and policy makers, as well as science and business in amazing presentations, panels and workshops. In the unique atmosphere of the historic Kulturbrauerei attendees will be presented an extensive program in two conference tracks. Hosted with English and German conference parts, the GES19 emphasizes on the international character of esports and becomes a central networking hotspot for the European movement.

A MAZE. / Berlin 2019 – 8th Games and Playful Media Festival
2019-04-10 - 2019-04-14 | SEZ, Landsberger Allee 77, Berlin, Berlin, 10249, Germany
A MAZE. / Berlin 2019 – 8th International Games and Playful Media Festival at SEZ Berlin .
The only festival in Berlin that’s focusing on the celebration of arts and authorship in games, playful media and other digital dimenions. #AMaze2019
It’s a festival for alternative and experimental games, virtual reality and other dimensions… in the interdisciplinary context we are talking about playful media and we’ll present all sorts of digital art forms and artists who are challenging technology to create unique interactive works.
Website and programme (in progress) : www.amaze-berlin.de
Basically you can discover the hottest alternative and independent games, virtual reality experiences, and playful media . ! Over 80 playful installations at SEZ, Landsberger Allee 77!
The dates are April 10 – 13, 2019. Open to everyone and everyday from 8pm on Wednesday to Friday and 12pm on Saturday. Exhibition, Party and Day tickets at the door only!

Womenize! Games and Tech
2019-04-10 - 2019-04-11 | KulturBrauerei, Schönhauser Allee 36, Berlin, 10435, Germany
Womenize! is an action program for females in Games and Tech, combining practical and theoretical program parts. The format is designed specifically for professionals and emerging talents in the fields of games, media and IT industry – including HR & culture managers, decision makers, institutions and multipliers.

Womenize! connects people, features success stories and highlights on the many activities offered to promote women in the workplace. The initiative was born as a premium event of the #gamesweekberlin 2015 and attracted more than 250 visitors from around the world. The next edition is taking place in Berlin during the gamesweekberlin 2019!

Games Week Berlin 2019
2019-04-08 - 2019-04-15 | Various Venues, Berlin, Germany
The gamesweekberlin running from April 8–14, 2019 is the leading cross-industry communication and networking platform for games business, development, and culture in Europe. Over seven days, the umbrella brand combines multiple events for industry representatives and game enthusiasts alike. In 2018 about 15.000 international and German game developers, publishers, investors, and influencers from public institutions and the media industry as well as gamers, families and fans came to Berlin.

The gamesweekberlin 2019 connects a variety of events, including the games business and development conference QUO VADIS, the independent video games festival A MAZE. / Berlin, the public playing event Gamefest, the action program for more gender diversity in games Womenize! Games and Tech, the VIP Matchmaking Dinner and the professional eSports conference GERMAN ESPORTS SUMMIT.

QUO VADIS 2019
2019-04-08 - 2019-04-10 | KulturBrauerei, Schönhauser Allee 36, Berlin, 10435, Germany
QUO VADIS, taking place April 8-9, 2019 is the core B2B event during two days of gamesweekberlin. It consists of keynotes, talks, roundtables and workshops focusing on individually tailored tracks for business developers, game developers, community developers and other industries interested in digital games. It’s one of Europe’s hot spots for gaming professionals: Decision makers, creative minds and leaders of the gaming industry come together and lay the foundation for future success.

In 2019, QUO VADIS will be a new and holistic experience: central, convenient and perfectly integrated into gamesweekberlin, one week full of gaming events connecting business, technology and culture. The reason for that: with the new host Booster Space, the organizers of gamesweekberlin themselves are responsible for the QUO VADIS for the first time.

Game discussion: Hellblade, Senua's sacrifice
2019-04-07 19:00 - 22:00 | 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

MLH Hackathon - Unity 3D Game Development with C#
2019-04-06 12:00 - 18:30 | mc-quadrat, Linienstraße 98, Berlin, Berlin, 10115, Germany
Hey there!
Join us in an afternoon of Unity 3D hacking and C# learning.
Whether you want to make your first steps in Unity 3D, create a Jump ‘n’ Run, Roguelike, mobile game, VR game, AR experience, find a team or just need a good environment to keep working on that side project – we got you covered.
This will be the first MLH hackathon in Berlin, so we are very much looking forward to it and excited about how many of you will join. (see further details on mlh.io – MLH stands for Major League Hacking and it’s backed by sponsors like Microsoft, Unity, Google and GitHub)
There’s limited capacity, so be sure to register in time.
Yes, we have Club Mate.
If you like the Berlin Mini Jam and Games Talk then this might just be the place for you. We don’t know the creators of those events personally, neither are we affiliated in any way. But they do some great stuff.
Looking forward to seeing all of you.
If you have any questions, please do reach out to: patrick.mlh.berlin@gmail.com
See you then!

Game discussion: What remains of Edith Finch
2019-03-24 19:00 - 22:00 | Muted Horn, Flughafenstr. 49, Berlin, Berlin, 12053, Germany
This time we will gather to discuss our third game, What remains of Edith Finch, a collection of strange tales about a family in Washington state.
http://edithfinch.com/
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

Typostammtisch: Nadezda Kuzmina
2019-03-21 19:00 | Sonnenstudio, Lausitzer Straße 10, Berlin, Berlin, 10999, Germany
For this year’s third Typostammtisch, we are happy to welcoming you at the wonderful location of the Sonnenstudio in Kreuzberg—in the hopes that this may inspire spring to arrive!
Nadezda Kuzmina will talk about the vast world of video games and, of course, especially about typography in this context. Wherever type is mentioned, we usually think of web or interface typography, or classic print design. Seldom are video games part of this discussion, despite it offering many new facets and own special challenges. Nadezda 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 as well as the special challenges in the world of typography in video games. Nadezda Kuzmina lives in Berlin and studies interface design at the FH Potsdam. She is employed as a designer and web developer at LucasFonts.
The talk will be in English.

Unity Co-learning session
2019-03-19 19:30 - 22:30 | co.up, Adalbertstraße 8, Berlin, 10999, Germany
Time for the next Unity Co-learning session!
These sessions are for anyone interested in learning Unity – professionals, hobbyists, students – literally anyone. The idea is to get together and make things in Unity. If you get stuck on something, you can ask for help from another participant. If you want to start a group project, you can find people to work with. If you just want a change of environment, you can do whatever it is you’d normally do at work or at home! Make sure to bring a laptop or whatever it is you need to work in Unity. Also bring in anything you’d like to showcase! There’s a projector you can use to do this.
We meet the 3rd Tuesday evening at 7.30pm every month. The location is Co.up near Kottbusser Tor. They have a code of conduct which you can read here: http://co-up.de/code-of-conduct.html
Participation is free, but it would be great if participants could support Co.up by buying their drinks for €2.
To find us, go to one of the two gates on the map. You can get into the gate closer to Kottbusser on the left of Adalberstrasse 5-6 by reaching through the gate bars and turning the handle if it’s shut. You then need to walk under the buildings ahead and turn left through a tunnel. Ring the buzzer which says Co.up 3rd floor, and we will be on the 3rd floor. You can also get in through the gate further up, but this one may be locked. Look here http://co-up.de/about.html#location for more detailed instructions on getting in. If you have any problems call me on 015205289147.

Unreal Engine Meetup: DIGITAL HUMANS in film and games
2019-03-18 19:00 - 21:00 | Mindspace Krausenstraße, Krausenstraße 9-10, Berlin, Berlin, 10117, Germany
This is a collaboration with the Filmtech Meetup Berlin. If you’re curious about them here’s a link: https://www.meetup.com/de-DE/FilmTechBerlin/
HERMIONE MITFORD (CEO) and DAVID BENNETT (founder) of Berlin Based Mimic Productions will explore the concept of DIGITAL HUMANS and their use in film, games, entertainment and the arts.
Mimic is a leading Berlin based 3D Animation and Motion Capture studio focusing on high-quality, photo-realistic digital doubles and 3D Characters.
Alongside Animation and Motion Capture, Mimic also provides services such as Scanning, Modelling, Texturing, Rigging, and many other 3D services to create an impressive and innovative 3D reality.
Some of Mimic’s past clients include global brands (Nike, Swatch and Cartier), world-renowned artists (Marina Abramovich and Jeff Koons) sports heroes (Roger Federer, Christiano Ronaldo and Neymar Junior), music legends (Kanye West), and several industry-leading games (Batman: Arkham Knight, NBA 2K and Hit Man), to name a few.
To find out more go to www.mimicproductions.com
Schedule:
19:00 doors open & networking
19:30 start of the talk
20:30 approximate end of the presentation
21:00 doors close
*****
Bios:
DAVID BENNETT (founder of Mimic Productions) has over 20 years of experience in the visual effects, performance capture, 3D gaming and virtual reality industries. He has played a major role in the development of facial animation, having managed the Facial Motion Capture team at Weta Digital. His credit’s include: Avatar, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, The Adventures of Tintin, Beowulf, Monster House and The Polar Express. He has also provided facial motion capture supervision for more than 50 actors, such as Angelina Jolie, Anthony Hopkins and John Malkovich.
HERMIONE MITFORD (CEO of Mimic Productions) is a trained performance artist and a prolific business woman, and has excelled in both the artistic and commercial industries, having won several prestigious awards in the fields of fashion, film and performance. Furthermore, during her 5 year (and counting) tenure at Mimic Productions, Flynn has accommodated clients and talent such as Cristiano Ronaldo, Roger Federer, Marina Abramovic, Jeff Koons and Kanye West, to name a few. Flynn is also the Founder/Art Director of her own namesake conceptual fashion brand, Hermione Flynn and the Founder/Art Director of 3D creative agency, Synthetic Studio.
*****
>> presented by
the Unreal Engine Meetup Berlin
www.meetup.com/Berlin-Unreal-Engine-Meetup
>> in collaboration with
FilmTech Office
www.filmtechoffice.com
>> hosted by
Mindspace Krausenstrasse
www.mindspace.me/berlin/krausenstrasse
>> supported by
Creative Europe Desk Berlin-Brandenburg
www.creative-europe-desk.de/media-team.php

Talk & Play #36
2019-03-12 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.
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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 TALKS
We’re going to do something different this time: instead of a single talk, we’ll have a series of short “pitches”, during which a selection of game makers will get the chance briefly present their projects, that will be exhibited during 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:
— Corepox by Tom Larkworthy
— Critical Redox by Creature Feep
— DuelVR by Booster Space
— Echoes of Etrya by Shio Productions
— Ernas Unheil by Trusty Potion
— Gush: Currently Pink by RoSveMaYo
— Hubert’s Hideout by Zwi Zausch, Maximilian Haas, Brett Spades
— MOMENTUM by Zwi Zausch, Marlene Käseberg
— Objectify Me by Kleo Kreitz
— Prude and Pervert by Louise Yau
— Séance by Tyu Orphinae
— Skeeper by Gregory Kogos
— Sternkind by Dennis Kurzeja
— Suzerain by Torpor Games
— Synthetik by Flow Fire Games
— The Fermi Paradox by Anomaly Games
— ViSP by Visper Games
— World Smith by Titus Oosting
• • • • •
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. 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/

Distant Worlds: music from Final Fantasy
2019-02-15 20:00 - 22:00 | Tempodrom, Möckernstraße 10, Berlin, 10963, Germany
Distant Worlds: music from FINAL FANTASY
15. Februar 2019
Tempodrom
Einlass: 19 Uhr / Beginn: 20 Uhr
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Der Presale startet am Freitag, 23.03. / 10 Uhr auf ADTicket.
Der offizielle VVK startet am Dienstag, 27.03. auf CTS Eventim und myticket.de.
Distant Worlds: music from FINAL FANTASY
14.02.19 Hamburg – Barclaycard Arena
15.02.19 Berlin – Tempodrom
16.02.19 Düsseldorf – Mitsubishi Electric Hall
Präsentiert von: Computec
Nach 30-jährigem FINAL FANTASY Jubiläum: Distant Worlds feiert 2019 erstmalig als Tour in Deutschland Premiere!
Distant Worlds: music from FINAL FANTASY
Die besten Soundtracks aus über 30 Jahren FINAL FANTASY interpretiert von Orchester & Chor.
Im Dezember 1987 wurde das erste FINAL FANTASY Spiel in Japan veröffentlicht, was danach passierte ist Videospiel-Geschichte. FINAL FANTASY gehört mittlerweile zu den mit am Abstand beliebtesten und erfolgreichsten Videospielreihen aller Zeiten, mit 17 Ablegern die sich weltweit über 120 Millionen Mal verkauft haben. Nach dem 30-jährigen Jubiläumsjahr 2017 bietet sich deutschen „FINAL FANTASY“ – Fans ein besonderes, orchestrales Abenteuer: „Distant Worlds: music from FINAL FANTASY“ präsentiert den epischen Soundtrack von Nobuo Uematsus vom 14. – 16. Februar 2019 in Düsseldorf, Berlin & erstmals in Hamburg.
Die atemberaubende Show, die vom Entwicklerstudio SQUARE ENIX mitkreiert wurde, ist eine einmalige Live Erfahrung welche die Essenz der Reihe auf der Bühne zum Leben erweckt. Die Show wartet mit einer aufwendigen visuellen Multimedia Produktion auf, welche gekonnt das Live-Geschehen mit ikonischen Video-Ausschnitten aus den Spielen verbindet. Die Zuschauer werden dies auf mehreren HD Großbildleinwänden mitverfolgen können.
Musikalisch inszeniert wird die Show von dem Dirigenten und Grammy Award®-Gewinner Arnie Roth zusammen mit der renommierten Bohemian Symphony Orchestra Prague. Mit einem insgesamt 63-köpfigem Orchester und 32-köpfigem Chor wird in den Hallen ein zutiefst orchestrale Atmosphäre geschaffen. Für Fans von Nobuo Uematsus mitreißender Musik, wird die Show ein Fest für die Sinne!
Neben Soundtrack Highlights der vergangenen Titel wie „Zanarkand“ (FINAL FANTASY X), „Apocalypsis Noctis“ (FINAL FANTASY XV) und „Prelude“ (FINAL FANTASY Serie), werden erstmalig auch mehrere Songs aus dem neusten Ableger FINAL FANTASY XV zu hören sein.
Eine Produktion der RBK Entertainment GmbH

White Nights Berlin 2019
2019-02-12 - 2019-02-14
The White Nights Conference is an international business conference for game industry with the content across mobile, PC, console, web, AR and VR.
Industry-leading companies like King, Obsidian, Supercell, Rovio, Bandai Namco, Big Fish, Wargaming, Playrix, Pixonic, Facebook, Google and many others have already attended.
The agenda includes two atmospheric networking parties: the welcome pre-party on the day preceding the event and an all night party after the first day. The unique thing about this conference is that it doesn’t start early in the morning which helps developers to have a more productive business day.
The White Nights Conference is organized by Nevosoft, a St. Petersburg based casual game developer and publisher.

GGJ Berlin 2019 Result Presentations
2019-01-27 17:00 - 21:30 | Native Instruments, Schlesische Str. 29/30, Berlin, 10997, Germany
Check out the Global Game Jam Berlin 2019 results from the Jam at the SAE Institute.
Sunday, 27th:
16:30 Doors open for guests
17:00 Presentation of results (BE ON TIME)
19:00 Post-Jam Pizza
22:30 Closing doors
Learn more about this event on http://ggj.gamestormberlin.de/
Thanks to our event partner Native Instruments!

Global Game Jam Berlin 2019
2019-01-25 - 2019-01-28 | 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.
The 2019 edition will take place at the SAE Institue Berlin on the weekend 25-27 of January.

Talk & Play #35
2019-01-22 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.
Talk & Play is kindly sponsored by Kickstarter, a global community built around creativity and creative projects. https://www.kickstarter.com
• • • • •
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
• • • • •
THE TALKS
— Jan Schnorrenberg will be talking about queer history of videogames in the context of RAINBOW ARCADE, the fantastic exhibition he co-curated which is running until May 13th at the Schwules Museum in Berlin. https://www.schwulesmuseum.de/ausstellung/rainbow-arcade-a-queer-history-of-video-games-1985-2018/?lang=en
— Thomas van den Berg (aka noio) will present “Garbage Country”, an experiment with persistent multiplayer mechanics he’s been working on for more than a year, sharing the challenges he faced along the way. Find out more at http://www.noio.nl/2019/01/garbage-country-logbook/
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After the talks, we’ll have some “teasers”, during which a selection of game makers will get the chance briefly present their projects.
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:
— Bewahrer von Daisho by Nils Sommer
— Codecks by Codecks.io
— Coffee Please by Michael Fuchs
— Corepox by Tom Larkworthy
— Cubular – Units are Resources by Johannes Knop
— Dim: A Light in the Dark by Team Dim
— Echoes of Etrya by Shio Productions
— Enjoy your Walk by Xanto
— Gestalt_OS by increpare
— Hack & Swipe by Tinytouchtales
— Insurmountable by Tristan
— Micro Mages by Morphcat Games
— Moral Run by Tiny Crocodile Studios
— Pinball Merger by it Matters Games
— Sentenced by Samuel Gordon
— Speed Bullet by René Rother
— Synthetik by Flow Fire Games
— The Fermi Paradox by Anomaly Games
• • • • •
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. 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/

RAINBOW ARCADE: Screening & Get Together: Gaming in Color
2019-01-17 19:00 - 22:00 | Schwules Museum, Lützowstraße 73, Berlin, 10785, Germany
Gaming in Color (2015) is a documentary about queer gaming. Parts of the film are shown in the exhibition RAINBOW ARCADE. On this night it will be shown in full length.
Gaming communities are often drawn very one-sidedly – the one-hour documentary “Gaming in Color” shows a different picture: the film accompanies and portrays lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans gamers and takes us along in gaymer culture and at events by and for queer people in the video game industry. “Gaming in Color” was successfully crowdfunded and asked George Skleres, Colleen Macklin, Matt Conn, Naomi Clark, Joe Stern and Jessica Vazquez, among others, about their activism, video game projects and the gaming experiences of LGBTIQ* players. Excerpts from Gaming in Color can be seen in the exhibition – on this evening the film will be shown in full length. There will be popcorn and the opportunity to chat with RAINBOW ARCADE curator Jan Schnorrenberg afterwards in a relaxed atmosphere.
The exhibition is funded by the Senatsverwaltung für Kultur und Europa and under the patronage of Dr. Klaus Lederer, Senator for Culture and Europe of Berlin.
RAINBOW ARCADE is an exhibition project by Schwules Museum, Temple Universityy and Computerspielemuseum (Video Game Museum, Berlin), who support the exhibition as scientific advisors and provide some of the exhibits, research and technical know-how. RAINBOW ARCADE is an official part of gamesweekberlin 2019 (8 – 14 April 2019). Additional partners are Booster Spaceace, Jugend im Museum e.V. and Feminist Frequency.
Official media partners are Siegessäule, L-MAG, Exberliner, Berlingamescene.com and KALTBLUT Magazine.

First creative Board Game Design Berlin meetup – let's get started!
2019-01-04 20:00 - 23:00 | Bennos Home, Werfstraße 18, Berlin, 10557, Germany
Hello fellow (wannabe) board game designer!
Let´s get together and prototype and try things out. We will diskuss ideas, scribble, roll dice, cut paper and glue stuff together to give our ideas form and function. I can provide a very little amount of material but you better bring all the stuff you need. Paper, Scissors, glue, meeples, dice and whatever you think we could need.
For a start I would meet you in my place. If we will be too many people we have to find another location.
Looking forward to see you!
Benno
