A MAZE. / Berlin 2025: Full Schedule

Welcome to the A MAZE . / Berlin 2025 program! Add sessions to your profile to get an easy overview of your own schedule!

Program is regularly updated with new sessions.

arrow_back View All Dates

TBA

Singing Rainbow

Thursday May 15, 2025 TBA

Kuppelhalle [Silent Green]

A collaborative multiplayer dome game created by A MAZE. and Katpatat Collective.

This work is inspired by crowd games. This audio-reactive playful art piece brings people together to sing along different notes. The more you sync with the sound pattern the more bright and dense you paint colors to the dome and move the clouds above away. The game has 7 levels as a rainbow has colors. The rainbow symbolizes ethnic and racial diversity, to express LGBTQ identity and pride, also it is a symbol for happiness, feelings of togetherness, hope, and good fortune.

This installation will run at the Kuppelhalle throughout the festival. Between sessions, A MAZE. visitors will be able to take the microphone and experiment with the artwork projected on the dome ceiling of the Kuppelhalle. Gather people around (or fly solo), lie down and hum, sing or do poetic readings and enjoy the mesmerising visions.

Thursday May 15, 2025 TBA
Kuppelhalle [Silent Green] Gerichtstraße 35, 13347 Berlin, Germany

Interactive

09:30 CEST

A MAZE. / Exhibition

Thursday May 15, 2025 09:30 - 23:00 CEST

Betonhalle [Silent Green]

The main exhibition features the nominees and the honorable mentions of the 14th International A MAZE. Award including some extra gems which we showcase out of competition.

Nominees and Honorable Mentions
Extra Gems: (tba)

Artistic and experimental games are often off the mainstream and allow for different experiences with forward-thinking and playful views, often not for entertainment only. Technology is used as playground for artistic expression and innovative interaction with audiences interested in critical reflection and meaningful interaction. Discover different experiences, local multiplayer games, interactive installations and many more of this versatile art-form.

For Festival Pass holders, One Night at A MAZE. Ticket holders, Public Play Day Ticket holders.

Thursday May 15, 2025 09:30 - 23:00 CEST
Betonhalle [Silent Green] Gerichtstraße 35, 13347 Berlin, Germany

Exhibition

09:30 CEST

Sokpop x A MAZE.

Thursday May 15, 2025 09:30 - 23:00 CEST

Transmediale Studio [Silent Green]

Ten years and over a hundred games: Time for a retrospective!

Sokpop is the collective of game designers Aran, Ruben, Tijmen, and Tom from the Netherlands. They started out together, making one game per month for their online subscribers. Financing Sokpop with this monthly support of loyal fans they chose not to worry about the competitive games market, but instead focus on making fun, inventive, and charmingly weird little worlds - games that surprise the players and sometimes leave them wondering.

Thursday May 15, 2025 09:30 - 23:00 CEST
Transmediale Studio [Silent Green] Gerichtstraße 35, 13347 Berlin, Germany

Exhibition

10:00 CEST

A MAZE. Bazaar: 6th International Arthouse Games Market

Thursday May 15, 2025 10:00 - 16:00 CEST

MARS | Küche & Bar

TICKETS

The A MAZE. Bazaar - 6. International Arthouse Games Market is a business module of A MAZE. Connect. It is the only and first market for arthouse games, independent games and playful media productions which gives authors and digital artists the opportunity to meet with publishers, funding institutions, art institutions and collaborators. Our goal is to bring culture and games industry closer together.

The marketplace will be open on Thursday 15th and Friday, 16th of May from 10:00-16:00 CEST at Silent Green, Mars Restaurant and Cubus.

We are the annual marketplace where game creators, digital artists, virtual worldbuilders can either connect to publishers and labels or funding institutions, festivals and curators, but also finding new opportunities in working on theater- or museums projects. Our major goal is to create a sustainable environment for playful media creators, and game studios to get their works properly produced, released and exhibited.

Thanks for the cooperation with MeetToMatch. Additional 'A MAZE. Bazaar - 6th International Arthouse Games Market Ticket' ticket for only 42€. (excl fee & service costs) LINK.

Thursday May 15, 2025 10:00 - 16:00 CEST
MARS | Küche & Bar Gerichtstraße 35, Seiteneingang, 13347 Berlin, Germany

Business and Networking, Meetings

10:30 CEST

The German Federal funding program for the games industry „Games-Förderung des Bundes“

Thursday May 15, 2025 10:30 - 11:30 CEST

Workshop Room 1

The games industry is a rapidly growing global sector. Germany is the largest market in Europe and the fifth largest market worldwide. In order to ensure the competitiveness of the German location, the funding instrument has created an incentive system for positive trends: with increasing total sales in the industry, the market share of German companies should also grow. The number of people employed in Germany should also increase. This will counteract Germany's wage price level, which is an obstacle to competition in international comparison. As part of the creative industry, games development has innovation potential. There are technical innovations as well as socio-cultural innovations. But new business models are also recognisable as economic innovations. Federal funding has created better framework conditions for development from Germany.

AUDIENCE:
Developers, Entrepreneurs, and especially Start-Ups
REQUIREMENTS:
No requirements
BRING:
Nothing

For this workshop online registration is not required to attend. The spots will be assigned on a first-come first-served basis, so make sure to be at the workshop location at least 10 minutes before the starting time.

Artists

Dr. Matteo Riatti

DLR e.V.

Matteo Riatti, born in 1989, Is working as head of department for the German federal funding-program for video game development within the DLR Projektträger. Matteo has a background in semiotics and media science and a PhD in Game Studies. He is an avid gamer and is still waiting... Read More →

Thursday May 15, 2025 10:30 - 11:30 CEST
Workshop Room 1 Gerichtstraße 35, 13347 Berlin, Germany

Workshop, Funding

Area Ateliers

11:00 CEST

Creative Crises - Resilience and Recovery

Thursday May 15, 2025 11:00 - 12:30 CEST

Workshop Room 2

Creative crises can strike any creative, but when your passion has to pay the bills, they can be devastating. This workshop offers a safe space to better understand, prepare for, and overcome your own creative crisis. Through shared experiences and guided discussion we'll develop strategies for recovery and resilience. Join us for an honest conversation about creative struggles and leave with your personal toolkit for creative tenacity.

AUDIENCE: Creatives who struggle with the way they do their work. Those suffering from the tension between creative passion and source of livelihood, from self-exploitation or self-doubt. Especially those that want to find ways to better manage these many divergent pressures.
REQUIREMENTS: No hard skills required. Willing to share about their own struggles, at most.
BRING: If desired, a pen and paper to take some notes. No computers or screens.

For this workshop online registration is not required to attend. The spots will be assigned on a first-come first-served basis, so make sure to be at the workshop location at least 10 minutes before the starting time.

Artists

Martin Nerurkar

Creative Director, Sharkbomb Studios

Martin managed to combine his passion for games with his architecture degree. Currently he lives a double life. By day as an independent game developer and by night as freelance game and UX designer. Under his label Sharkbomb Studios he builds games about community, vulnerability... Read More →

Thursday May 15, 2025 11:00 - 12:30 CEST
Workshop Room 2 Gerichtstraße 35, 13347 Berlin, Germany

Workshop

Area Ateliers

12:00 CEST

Beyond Loops: Crafting Dynamic Game Music using FMOD

Thursday May 15, 2025 12:00 - 13:30 CEST

Workshop Room 1

This workshop is designed for game developers of all experience levels who want to integrate interactive music into their projects. Using FMOD and prepared audio assets, participants will implement dynamic music that reacts to gameplay.

Participants will work with provided audio assets or their own music, implementing systems that range from simple transitions to complex adaptive scores. The session will cover concepts such as vertical layering, horizontal re-sequencing, and parameter-driven music changes.

No prior music or audio experience is required - this workshop is designed to be beginner-friendly for developers, while still offering valuable insights for those with more experience in game audio.

AUDIENCE:
Game developers, designers, and anyone interested in game music implementation, from beginners to experienced devs.
REQUIREMENTS:
No coding skills required. Basic familiarity with digital audio workstations (DAWs) or game engines is helpful, but not necessary.
BRING:
A headset & laptop installed with FMOD Version: 2.03.06 or newer
Download FMOD here after registration: https://www.fmod.com/download

For this workshop online registration is not required to attend. The spots will be assigned on a first-come first-served basis, so make sure to be at the workshop location at least 10 minutes before the starting time.

Artists

Stepan Sobanov

Stepan Sobanov is a composer and music producer for video games and film, specializing in dynamic and interactive scores. His work can be heard in the award-winning Nintendo Switch game Tilt Pack, the TV series Tatort Borowski, and various short films and commercials. He teaches media... Read More →

Thursday May 15, 2025 12:00 - 13:30 CEST
Workshop Room 1 Gerichtstraße 35, 13347 Berlin, Germany

Workshop, Sound

Subject Sound
Area Ateliers

12:00 CEST

Door Daan

Thursday May 15, 2025 12:00 - 14:00 CEST

Betonhalle [Silent Green]

Door Daan is a 2.5D fighting game inspired by Senegalese traditional wrestling — a cultural treasure of West Africa. The game invites players to step into the ring as powerful champions and battle in fast-paced matches that blend tradition with modernity. With its competitive gameplay, rich folklore, and Afro-futuristic art style, Door Daan delivers a uniquely African gaming experience.

Thursday May 15, 2025 12:00 - 14:00 CEST
Betonhalle [Silent Green] Gerichtstraße 35, 13347 Berlin, Germany

Open Screens

12:00 CEST

Ginger

Thursday May 15, 2025 12:00 - 14:00 CEST

Betonhalle [Silent Green]

Kevin wants to know what home is, so he writes a novella within a dictionary. Welcome to the unbeatable home.

Thursday May 15, 2025 12:00 - 14:00 CEST
Betonhalle [Silent Green] Gerichtstraße 35, 13347 Berlin, Germany

Open Screens

12:00 CEST

Open Screens

Thursday May 15, 2025 12:00 - 20:00 CEST

Betonhalle [Silent Green]

Open Screens are back!
Following the success of previous years, our goal remains the same: to provide a convenient platform for developers to showcase their creations to the press and their peers. These exhibits will be on display at the physical A MAZE. venue.

See for the full line up: https://2025.amaze-berlin.de/openscreens/
Individual Times exhibited projects Open Screens

Thursday May 15, 2025 12:00 - 20:00 CEST
Betonhalle [Silent Green] Gerichtstraße 35, 13347 Berlin, Germany

Exhibition

12:30 CEST

Betonhalle Stage - BREAK - (12:30 - 14:00)

Thursday May 15, 2025 12:30 - 14:00 CEST

Betonhalle Stage [Silent Green]

Thursday May 15, 2025 12:30 - 14:00 CEST
Betonhalle Stage [Silent Green] Gerichtstraße 35, 13347 Berlin, Germany

12:30 CEST

Kuppelhalle Stage - BREAK - (12:30 - 14:00)

Thursday May 15, 2025 12:30 - 14:00 CEST

Kuppelhalle [Silent Green]

Thursday May 15, 2025 12:30 - 14:00 CEST
Kuppelhalle [Silent Green] Gerichtstraße 35, 13347 Berlin, Germany

13:30 CEST

Too many gamedevs and only one game: a continue-the-Bitsy minijam

Thursday May 15, 2025 13:30 - 15:00 CEST

Workshop Room 2

A tiny gamejam with a chaotic premise: Bitsy, but we all take turns building on the same game. We will form tiny teams of developers, and each team will take a turn building on the same Bitsy game. One team will have a limited time to realize their vision, then the next team will take over to do the same. Ongoing results will be displayed on a projector so we can all scheme and plan until it's our turn. Join us as we incrementally and collectively build one game!

How will it look? Are too many gamedevs a good thing? Will it be chaotic or cohesive? Does it matter? We have 90 minutes. Lets join forces and make a Bitsy!

And if too many people join then some can take on the role of shouting instructions at the screen. Full filling the role of producer, which can sometimes be a useful role in gamedev.

AUDIENCE: Ideal for people interested in experiencing making a game in a silly yet time sensitive setting. Time pressure can bring people together, and so can Bitsy!
REQUIREMENTS: Knowledge of Bitsy.
BRING: One computer for everyone to work off will be provided. We share the same machine. This is a collective effort.

For this workshop online registration is not required to attend. The spots will be assigned on a first-come first-served basis, so make sure to be at the workshop location at least 10 minutes before the starting time.

Artists

alienmelon

Nathalie Lawhead is a solodev creating interactive art and video games. They are passionate about the electronic world, cyberspace, broken systems, the profound poetry of computer glitches, error art, desktop pets, weird freeware, and the beautiful existential horror of our digital... Read More →

Thursday May 15, 2025 13:30 - 15:00 CEST
Workshop Room 2 Gerichtstraße 35, 13347 Berlin, Germany

Workshop

Area Ateliers

14:00 CEST

Drawing from your identity to create unique games: a round trip through concept generation

Thursday May 15, 2025 14:00 - 15:30 CEST

Workshop Room 1

Our own identity is inevitably reflected into the games we make. Personal life and anecdotes, 'zeitgeist', culture, country and family of origin — all these diverse elements of identity are getting more visible as themes for story-driven games, either autobiographical or historically-set. But what if we try to apply the notion of our identity as gamemakers not only to the aesthetics/semantics of a game concept but to its very mechanics? Goal of the workshop is to collectively experiment such a different approach by taking a 'round trip' through concept generation: first, analysing conventional game genres and mechanics and finding narrative elements that connect them to our identity; then, elaborating and enriching different game mechanics by drawing from these narrative elements and from our own identity.

AUDIENCE: Game designers and writers, but everyone is welcome!

REQUIREMENTS: Average knowledge of conventional game genres and mechanics, no specific skills required

BRING: Pen & paper (notebook is optional)

For this workshop online registration is not required to attend. The spots will be assigned on a first-come first-served basis, so make sure to be at the workshop location at least 10 minutes before the starting time.

Artists

Claudia & Matteo

Game Designers, We Are Muesli

We Are Muesli is an independent and unconventional game development studio founded in 2013 and based in Milan, Italy. Known for their award winning art and narrative projects rooted in culture and history, the studio’s previous works include the multi award winning Visual Novels... Read More →

Thursday May 15, 2025 14:00 - 15:30 CEST
Workshop Room 1 Gerichtstraße 35, 13347 Berlin, Germany

Workshop

14:00 CEST

Edelweiss Knights

Thursday May 15, 2025 14:00 - 16:00 CEST

Betonhalle [Silent Green]

Edelweiss Knights is a roguelite tactics RPG, where a trio of Saints battles divine beings in a world suspended between faith, folklore and mysticism. Blending retro aesthetics with modern design reinterpretations, the game fuses 2D sprites and low-poly 3D environments to convey the idea of the characters moving across different spiritual dimensions, in a dream-like scenario originated from nostalgia but aiming to deal with uncommon themes for RPG games, such as the belief, or non-belief, in a God, nihilism and the role of organized religion.

Players guide Saints Edel, Aliza, and Violet across a series of bit-sized skirmishes, using positioning, synergy, and tactical foresight to defeat the mysterious Godlings and forge alliances with not-so-sacred Deities. A node-based overworld offers randomized encounters and environmental puzzles, while visual novel dialogues allow to explore the bond between the characters and change the tides of battle, as some choices have the potential to influence the character's survival parameters.

Edelweiss Knights is an experiment in taking the team's beloved narrative and visual tropes from anime and games of the yesteryear, and reshape them into a toolset for creating new meanings.

Thursday May 15, 2025 14:00 - 16:00 CEST
Betonhalle [Silent Green] Gerichtstraße 35, 13347 Berlin, Germany

Open Screens

14:00 CEST

El Salar

Thursday May 15, 2025 14:00 - 16:00 CEST

Betonhalle [Silent Green]

A young flamingo is left behind during migration season. In search of Illapa, the Ancient God who might teach him to fly, he embarks on a journey of self-discovery and spirituality, in this "single-player co-op" adventure game inspired by Bolivian folklore.

Thursday May 15, 2025 14:00 - 16:00 CEST
Betonhalle [Silent Green] Gerichtstraße 35, 13347 Berlin, Germany

Open Screens

14:00 CEST

Go Groundshel!

Thursday May 15, 2025 14:00 - 16:00 CEST

Betonhalle [Silent Green]

Go Groundshel! is a puzzle adventure game in which a groundhog girl endeavors to save her male partner from the villain. However, before locating him, she needs to solve a personal issue: finding a usable toilet!

Genre: Puzzle/Adventure/Story-rich/Female-protagonist

Thursday May 15, 2025 14:00 - 16:00 CEST
Betonhalle [Silent Green] Gerichtstraße 35, 13347 Berlin, Germany

Open Screens

14:00 CEST

Path of the Oxiflame

Thursday May 15, 2025 14:00 - 16:00 CEST

Betonhalle [Silent Green]

Path of the Oxiflame is a 3D sokoban-puzzle-adventure inspired by classic Team Ico games.

After a boy and his brother were hunted down by fearsome creatures during an attack on their village, he finds himself in rough shape in an unfamiliar forest. Strange monuments line the path etched with peculiar markings. On a clearing he discovers a brasier, burning bright with a green flame, that holds a great power...

Thursday May 15, 2025 14:00 - 16:00 CEST
Betonhalle [Silent Green] Gerichtstraße 35, 13347 Berlin, Germany

Open Screens

14:00 CEST

Queen Boat

Thursday May 15, 2025 14:00 - 16:00 CEST

Betonhalle [Silent Green]

The game is based on personal experiences and the famous Egyptian LGBT+ incident in 2001 called the Queen Boat Incident (https://www.ankhfrance.org/queen-boat) or Cairo 52 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cairo_52).

The game is inspired by an Egyptian novel called :In the Spider's Room" by Mohamed Abdel Nabi (https://aucpress.com/9781617978920/). The game use the same storytelling framework from the book to explain the events. Although these events never happened directly to the game author, they used the framework to explore also their experience as a queer person who was raised in Egypt. It explores topics that face most queer people such as stigma, fear, and loneliness that could push young queer people towards hating themselves and sometimes suiciding. The author aims that the game might help younger audience connect and understand that being queer is not a problem and they don't need to change. The game also tries to raise awareness about LGBT life in Egypt and showing that our work as an LGBT+ community is not finished yet. There is a lot of work to be done to make sure the world is a safe place for everyone.

Thursday May 15, 2025 14:00 - 16:00 CEST
Betonhalle [Silent Green] Gerichtstraße 35, 13347 Berlin, Germany

Open Screens

15:30 CEST

Cumbersome Coding: Using creative constraints to break from (ecologically questionable) design conventions

Thursday May 15, 2025 15:30 - 17:00 CEST

Workshop Room 2

Creative constraints can be a great tool if you want to get out of a design rut. In this workshop, we'll have a look at game design conventions that would benefit from fresh ideas -- especially those that, from an ecological perspective, may be a bit questionable. To come up with alternatives to such conventions, we'll be coding some prototypes using the p5 library for JavaScript -- and we'll intentionally make our lives harder by self-imposing coding constraints we'll have to work around!

AUDIENCE:
This workshop is for people with an interest in designing videogames with an ecological perspective in mind. It's for people curious about experimental coding and wacky prototyping methods, mainly as a tool to break away from established design conventions
REQUIREMENTS:
Participants need some coding experience. Being a pro is not a requirement, but you need to be comfortable enough with writing code in JavaScript/p5 that you can use it to create a quick prototype without too much help and code around self-imposed constraints. The workshop won't teach you to code!
BRING:
- Bring your own laptop :)
- You need a browser that can run p5 without issue
- Having a p5 account will make things slightly easier, but we can work around it if you don't have one

For this workshop online registration is not required to attend. The spots will be assigned on a first-come first-served basis, so make sure to be at the workshop location at least 10 minutes before the starting time.

Artists

Saskia Joanna Rauhut

Joanna is a creator of games, digital toys, and other playful media. She is interested in the many roles games can play in society. Lately, she has been researching how potentially harmful ideas can unintentionally find their ways into the games we design through patterns and mechanics... Read More →

Thursday May 15, 2025 15:30 - 17:00 CEST
Workshop Room 2 Gerichtstraße 35, 13347 Berlin, Germany

Workshop, coding

16:00 CEST

Betonhalle Stage - BREAK - (16:00 - 16:30)

Thursday May 15, 2025 16:00 - 16:30 CEST

Betonhalle Stage [Silent Green]

Thursday May 15, 2025 16:00 - 16:30 CEST
Betonhalle Stage [Silent Green] Gerichtstraße 35, 13347 Berlin, Germany

16:00 CEST

Kuppelhalle Stage - BREAK - (16:00 - 16:30)

Thursday May 15, 2025 16:00 - 16:30 CEST

Kuppelhalle [Silent Green]

Thursday May 15, 2025 16:00 - 16:30 CEST
Kuppelhalle [Silent Green] Gerichtstraße 35, 13347 Berlin, Germany

16:00 CEST

Crowded Controller

Thursday May 15, 2025 16:00 - 17:30 CEST

Workshop Room 1

The workshop consists of crafting game controllers meant to be used by a group of people. The session begins by creating our own actuators that later will be combined to create a basic game controller. To conclude, we will play a given game, all together using the controller we created.

AUDIENCE:
People interested in videogame hardware design
REQUIREMENTS:
Creativity (No technical knowledge needed)
BRING:
Your playful body (Nothing specific)

For this workshop online registration is not required to attend. The spots will be assigned on a first-come first-served basis, so make sure to be at the workshop location at least 10 minutes before the starting time.

Artists

Pablo San Gregorio

Shaman Garage

Shaman Garage is a narrative studio which aims to brew the essence of storytelling and explore new experimental ways of expression.The studio, founded in Enschede, the Netherlands, is formed by Iván McgIll, Pablo San Gregorio and Pako Portalo. Together, they combine their artistic... Read More →

Thursday May 15, 2025 16:00 - 17:30 CEST
Workshop Room 1 Gerichtstraße 35, 13347 Berlin, Germany

Workshop

16:00 CEST

Bear

Thursday May 15, 2025 16:00 - 18:00 CEST

Betonhalle [Silent Green]

"Bear" is an AR enhanced jigsaw puzzle, that tells the story of the pieces that don't fit.

Thursday May 15, 2025 16:00 - 18:00 CEST
Betonhalle [Silent Green] Gerichtstraße 35, 13347 Berlin, Germany

Open Screens

16:00 CEST

CARIMARA - Beneath the forlorn limbs

Thursday May 15, 2025 16:00 - 18:00 CEST

Betonhalle [Silent Green]

You are the Carimara, and your mission is to exorcise a ghost by answering their questions using your cards. A short and creepy fairytale, full of surprises and mysteries.

Thursday May 15, 2025 16:00 - 18:00 CEST
Betonhalle [Silent Green] Gerichtstraße 35, 13347 Berlin, Germany

Open Screens

16:00 CEST

InBetween

Thursday May 15, 2025 16:00 - 18:00 CEST

Betonhalle [Silent Green]

InBetween is a multiplayer game where players are challenged to join forces and solve various puzzles! However, here comes a catch... they need to do it all together while sharing one controller. Set in a cozy and playful environment game provides an exciting challenge for both players!

Thursday May 15, 2025 16:00 - 18:00 CEST
Betonhalle [Silent Green] Gerichtstraße 35, 13347 Berlin, Germany

Open Screens

16:00 CEST

Rubber Bird

Thursday May 15, 2025 16:00 - 18:00 CEST

Betonhalle [Silent Green]

Rub is not like other birds...he has long stretchy arms! Help him to find his place in the world by visiting weirds and colorful islands and meeting their inhabitants. A physics based platformer where you have to find the best use of your arms to overcome the challenges and help the other birds.

Thursday May 15, 2025 16:00 - 18:00 CEST
Betonhalle [Silent Green] Gerichtstraße 35, 13347 Berlin, Germany

Open Screens

16:00 CEST

Treeplanter

Thursday May 15, 2025 16:00 - 18:00 CEST

Betonhalle [Silent Green]

Welcome to Treeplanter, an interactive woodland that grows and changes with the seasons. Piece together a small grove of trees branch by branch. Watch as their roots blossom under the soil. As time goes by, an ecosystem of animals, plants and birds will move in, turning your creation into their home!

Treeplanter is created by digital artist Henry Driver, previously known for [Secrets of the Soil](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1610820/Secrets_Of_Soil/) (‘[A Spectacular Underground Cosmos](https://www.vice.com/en/article/discover-a-spectacular-underground-cosmos-in-secrets-of-soil/)’ – Vice). Each copy of the game sold helps Henry plant trees, wildflowers, meadows and community orchards through partnerships with schools, farms, communities and woodland charities. This means you’ll help restore real-life nature, too!! Last year, Henry planted 700 trees on Suffolk-based farms and schools. We're on track to plant 8000 trees and millions of wildflowers in 2025, and that’s without any sales!

Combining meditation and education, Treeplanter aims to teach players about the interconnected wonders of the natural world, both above ground and below.

Thursday May 15, 2025 16:00 - 18:00 CEST
Betonhalle [Silent Green] Gerichtstraße 35, 13347 Berlin, Germany

Open Screens

18:00 CEST

15 Things That Happened

Thursday May 15, 2025 18:00 - 20:00 CEST

Betonhalle [Silent Green]

15 Things that happened an experimental essay-game about a portion of my life just before and after leaving Athens where I lived for years, coming back to the United States, and going to different places, told in 15 small vignettes of my life

Thursday May 15, 2025 18:00 - 20:00 CEST
Betonhalle [Silent Green] Gerichtstraße 35, 13347 Berlin, Germany

Open Screens

18:00 CEST

Kevin (1997-2077)

Thursday May 15, 2025 18:00 - 20:00 CEST

Betonhalle [Silent Green]

Kevin wants to show what his life would be and why.他用没人懂的语言写了一本书。 A language-deciphering game.

Thursday May 15, 2025 18:00 - 20:00 CEST
Betonhalle [Silent Green] Gerichtstraße 35, 13347 Berlin, Germany

Open Screens

18:00 CEST

Knuckle Jet

Thursday May 15, 2025 18:00 - 20:00 CEST

Betonhalle [Silent Green]

What's this? An off-the-wall, riveting jetpunk nose-breaking ricochet action platformer, lovingly crafted by the oddballs behind the Teslagrad series?

Thursday May 15, 2025 18:00 - 20:00 CEST
Betonhalle [Silent Green] Gerichtstraße 35, 13347 Berlin, Germany

Open Screens

18:00 CEST

Looking Up I See Only A Ceiling

Thursday May 15, 2025 18:00 - 20:00 CEST

Betonhalle [Silent Green]

A short psychological adventure about a stressed girl who wants to explore her ceiling.

Thursday May 15, 2025 18:00 - 20:00 CEST
Betonhalle [Silent Green] Gerichtstraße 35, 13347 Berlin, Germany

Open Screens

18:00 CEST

ocean::ephemera

Thursday May 15, 2025 18:00 - 20:00 CEST

Betonhalle [Silent Green]

Explore the kaleidoscopic::contours of ocean::ephemera

Thursday May 15, 2025 18:00 - 20:00 CEST
Betonhalle [Silent Green] Gerichtstraße 35, 13347 Berlin, Germany

Open Screens

18:00 CEST

A MAZE. INVITES

Thursday May 15, 2025 18:00 - 21:00 CEST

MARS | Küche & Bar

The networking event A MAZE.INVITES is aimed exclusively at invited guests from the games industry, as well as cultural institutions and artists from Berlin and the surrounding area. The aim of the event is to offer an open discourse between (international) cultural practitioners who work on the crossover between digital culture and games and playful media – whether in developer studios, the independent arts, or established institutions such as museums and theaters.

Invite only Event!

Thursday May 15, 2025 18:00 - 21:00 CEST
MARS | Küche & Bar Gerichtstraße 35, Seiteneingang, 13347 Berlin, Germany

Networking Event

21:00 CEST

HOLY SHIT. A Multimedia Project to Save the World by Evy Schubert

Thursday May 15, 2025 21:00 - 21:45 CEST

Kuppelhalle [Silent Green]

HOLY SHIT is satire, poetry, and pop. Artwork, irritation, and social sculpture. We have a dream and the fountain of great content! We're giving you our videos to rewrite the current internet algorithm and its fueled polycrisis. So if you like it, post it. The Holy Temple will also be opening its doors offline again at A MAZE. / Berlin 2025: Immerse yourself completely, find synthetic dreams and speculative futures – hybrid, digital and offline at its best!

Team:
Text, Concept and Direction: Evy Schubert, Acting: Esther Agricola, Margarita Breitkreiz, Sabine Waibel, Almut Zilcher Video: Komposter, Web Design, Multimedia: Carl-John Hoffman, Live Music: Carl-John Hoffmann + N.N., Costume: Gloria Brillowska, Dramaturgy: Anja Quickert, Makeup: Rebekka Schwark, Johanna Hinsch, Production manager: Jasna Witkoski, Assistant: Su Jung

Thursday May 15, 2025 21:00 - 21:45 CEST
Kuppelhalle [Silent Green] Gerichtstraße 35, 13347 Berlin, Germany

Performance

22:00 CEST

Panke Exhibition

Thursday May 15, 2025 22:00 - Friday May 16, 2025 02:00 CEST

Panke Culture

A MAZE. presents a self curated exhibition by Distraction Collective from Paris at Panke Gallery. The exhibition will be open only during the opening hour of Panke. Wednesday - Saturday from 10pm - 2am.

Also we are showing a new games by Free Lives and an LED Installation by Robin Baumgarten.

Thursday May 15, 2025 22:00 - Friday May 16, 2025 02:00 CEST
Panke Culture Hof V, Gerichtstraße 23, 13347 Berlin, Germany

Exhibition

22:00 CEST

Super Open Sound System

Thursday May 15, 2025 22:00 - Friday May 16, 2025 02:00 CEST

Panke Culture

Some of you remember the Super Open Sound System? Back in the days at the Urban Spree Garden with the little Red Polish Firetruck by Sos. That was so amazing and build the community. This year we are going to bring that experience back and provide the Super Open Sound System a full night on the legendary club stage at Panke. Let’s party to the best and worst tunes the community has to offer. Amazing !

Registration for a dj set only onsite at the entrance!

Games:
Distraction Collective Exhibition
LED Games Installation by Robin Baumgarten
Sex with Friends by Free Lives

Thursday May 15, 2025 22:00 - Friday May 16, 2025 02:00 CEST
Panke Culture Hof V, Gerichtstraße 23, 13347 Berlin, Germany

Party