A MAZE. Village on A MAZE. / Berlin 2026 - 15th International Games and Playful Media - May 13-16th 2026

A permanent echo

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Uncover Sabotage, Conspiracy and Counter-Revolution in this cyberpunk detective mystery. Using a mind-probing interface, you explore and act within memories, collect facts, meet agents of change and enormous corporations. Build your case against a person torn between idealism and turmoil.

Bauhaus Gamesfabrik

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Bauhaus Gamesfabrik is an exciting interdisciplinary project bringing together the faculties of Art & Design and Media at the Bauhaus University Weimar. In this innovative initiative, students from diverse backgrounds collaborate in interdisciplinary groups to explore the dynamic world of game development. At the intersection of artistry and technology, Bauhaus Gamesfabrik serves as a playground for creativity and innovation.

Big Dig

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Big Dig is a short incremental narrative game about digging up artifacts to help Mayor Dog win the election! Recover artifacts, grow your museum, and upgrade your tools while building a highway spanning the entire Animal Republic!

Careering

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

CARRION Viscera

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

CARRION Viscera takes the reverse horror format established by its successful 2D predecessor to a higher dimension. Just like in the original, you assume the role of an amorphous alien being. This time, though, it’s not just merely about controlling it. Instead, you become its very mind, and see through its (many) eyes. It’s like a first-person… grabber.

Cicaefus (Biyao Li, 2026)

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Cicaefus is an experimental AI-project exploring the fragile equilibrium between humanity, nature, and artificial intelligence. Players will explore this world through the multiple perspectives of a cicada, gradually uncovering the truth about it. It is a quiet meditation on how we use technology to reconnect with – or perhaps redefine – the natural world we are slowly losing.

The game was developed as part of the project seminar “Fluffy Glamour Glow” taught by Prof. Thomas Hawranke during the winter semester of 2025/26.

Cubo (Tony Wetzke, 2024 - 2026)

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

CUBO is a narrative adventure-puzzle game set on a rotating cube world. Discover the other sides, unlock new areas, and bring the world back together.

The first prototype of CUBO was developed during the project seminar “Games for Future v2: Solarpunk” in the summer semester of 2024, led by Prof. Jonas Hansen.

Darker Still

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Do You even Forklift?

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Do You Even Forklift? is a 3D puzzle game that blends a nostalgic, Ghibli-inspired aesthetic with unpredictable, physics-driven gameplay. Forget boring warehouses—your playground is made of tight, picturesque streets, atmospheric docks, and even the stage of a traditional Japanese shadow theater. Put your skills to the test in clever puzzles with plenty of unexpected outcomes and use your forklift to solve problems… or create chaos!

Dome-King Cabbage

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

A short visual novel set in the world of a monster-collecting RPG. Grappling with their ability to perceive reality through an RPG lens, Mush navigates their way to a job interview for the enigmatic title of “Dome-King.”

F.o.u.r.t.h

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

GARBAGE COUNTRY

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

GARBAGE COUNTRY is a post-apocalyptic exploration sim from the creator of Cloud Gardens and Kingdom: New Lands. Drive across a handcrafted wasteland. Repel waves of enemy bots in tense tower-defense battles. Upgrade your car to travel further into the forgotten world buried under the dust.

Good Folk Cafe

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Forage for wild plants, craft bespoke dishes, and delight your otherworldly clientele in this cosy, atmospheric management game. Hone your craft as you collect special equipment and useful folklore by connecting with the locals or simply relax and seek out stillness in nature.

Hand in the Shadows

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

A resource-management strategy game.

Hibera, Requiem for the Forgotten

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Hibera, Requiem for the Forgotten is an SRPG about two bands of friends and warriors struggling to survive on opposing sides of a continent-spanning war. Embark on a lengthy campaign of strategic battles where every choice could be your last. Pixel graphics and classic aesthetics hearken back to a bygone era of games when larger-than-life myths were told on tiny screens.

Holstin

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

It’s late November 1992, and Poland is still in the early stages of its transformation following the fall of the Soviet Union. In the small, isolated town of Jeziorne-Kolonia, nestled in the eastern part of the country, a terrible calamity has struck, slowly consuming everyone and everything it touches. This is also the last known location of your close friend Bartek, before he stopped answering your calls. The mystery of his disappearance now compels you to follow in his footsteps, to uncover what brought him to this town in the first place. Holstin is a survival horror set in 90s Poland focused on investigation, combat and mystery …and there’s all this strange ooze everywhere.

Hydronaut

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

A diving game centered around fluid simulation, reactions, explosions, and chaotic emergent interactions between fluids and the environment.

Ignite em all

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Indiepocalypse

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Indiepocalypse is curated monthly anthology focusing on the more alternative and experimental games scene.

Lets get competitive!

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Physical party card game for your next hang out!

Looking for Fael

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

It all starts with a strange voice message left by Fael, your roommate. Little by little, the apartment you thought you knew multiplies into a multifaceted maze filled with mysterious puzzles.

In search of a sign of life from your roommate, you’ll have to learn to find your bearings in this enclosed space with its strange and lonely atmosphere. Advance room by room, decipher the clues left behind, and embark on the adventure that has transformed your apartment into a surreal maze.

Marmortal

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Meltdown

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Meltdown is a guided, linear walking experience through a series of symbolic, story-driven environments. The player follows a set path through fragmented spaces shaped by atmosphere, memory, and emotional tension.

The project communicates fragments of a story through environmental storytelling and visual cues. Themes such as loss, detachment, and identity are reflected in the shifting spaces and their mood.

The current version represents an early stage of the project, focusing on immersive environments as a way of exploring the story world.

MMVR Arcade2026

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The MMVR Arcade2026 was created as part of the Game Design fundamentals course in the winter semester 2025/26. It presents a series of small game prototypes centered on the theme “The Hike” — a playful exploration of walking, discovery, and being on the move.

The focus was on designing and developing compact prototypes (vertical slices) in which key aspects of game design, visual art, and interactive storytelling come together. Central to the project was the creation of a cohesive and distinctive player experience, shaped through the interplay of mechanics and systems, visual design and atmosphere, and technical implementation.

Monkey Brain

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

A physics-based “big numbers” roguelike - Make a monkey think really hard by bouncing thoughts off of its brain cells. Create game-breaking builds, combine thoughts and use powerful items to achieve wildly satisfying combos!

Mountkin

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Climbing meets Roguelike: In Mountkin, you climb and restore an ever-changing mountain. Use ancient abilities, upgrade your skills, and push for the summit. Discover lush, vivid biomes and overcome unique climbing challenges that test your limits every run.

Nuthouse (soljankas, 2025)

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

In video games, psychiatric hospitals are often portrayed as settings for horror or comedy. The reality is much more trivial. Nuthouse portrays an autobiographical perspective of a former patient in a closed psychiatric ward after a futile gesture of suicidality. How does a person get into such a situation? How do they get out of it? Nuthouse aims to break the stigma and provoke conversations: Let’s talk about what happened.

Oak Theater

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Oak Theater is where kids craft and share role-playing games with rich characters. Families play together on a virtual table-top that is as powerful as it is easy to use on iOS and PC. Built with Unreal Engine.

Oh Apollo!

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Fulfill your role as the priestess of Apollo’s oracle in Delphi and bring the temple back to glory in this cozy narrative management game!

Perpetual Motion

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Persecution

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Pibcremental

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

An idle-incremental town builder where you grow a tree civilisation of Pibbles (little guys) out of remnants of a post-human world. Gather multiple materials, build structures and play mini-games to push your production to its absolute limits!

Puppet Master

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

A 1 vs 1 asymmetrical local platforming game.

Rogue Voltage

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The engineering roguelike. Construct your combos by wiring circuits. Build crazy machines to zap the monsters and trigger satisfying chain reactions. Discover devastating synergies and create overpowered builds.

The Living Cell

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The Mountain

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The Untimely Death of Mildred the Caterpillar

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The Void

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Time Travel Shanty

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Time Travel Shanty is a piratey isometric action-adventure with a time-travel twist that combines metroidvania level design and hack & slash combat, scheduled for release on PC in 2027. The game offers a unique blend of time manipulation, dynamic combat, and intricate puzzles.

Stranded on a remote island full of ruins, his crew nowhere to be found, a pirate gains the ability to go back and forth in time. After finding the legendary time stone, he discovers a long-forgotten civilization that guarded an ancient secret. Explore maze-like ruins, hack and slash undead guardians and plunder lost treasure. But beware: Your actions in the past can affect the future!

Towers: Deckbuilder

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Demo for a deckbuilder

Tulip Season

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Tulip Season is a farming sim with an incremental flair. You are helping a rural girl to make her tulip field the most beautiful in the kingdom by timing your tulips to bloom together, unlocking and breeding new varieties, and upgrading your field.

Under Threat

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

WATERFUL

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

WATERFUL is a relaxing nature builder where you dig riverbeds to spread water throughout cozy, procedurally generated desert valleys. Paint different shapes to create a variety of plants and animal habitats. Overcome tiny challenges and watch the dry landscape transform into a lush oasis!

What the Shell

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

What the Shell is a simultaneous-turn strategy game where both players move at the same time. Place your turtles, capture your opponent’s in sandwich formations, and hatch eggs to gain the upper hand. When both players target the same square, a neutral egg blocks it — creating dynamic, unpredictable gameplay.