Themikina1d ago

This is my top discovery from #AMaze2026. I love how random it is, and someone spending a few years just to deliver a stupid pun is basically my spirit animal :D

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2666920/Building_Relationships/

Building Relationships on Steam

Experience life as a house in this silly adventure game! Play as a building as you roll, jump, and wave-dash across a cozy island. Meet eligible structures, romance them, and experience a bizarre, yet oddly familiar story.. or go fishing instead (though we replaced fish with cars to make more sense)

Manu1d ago
A MAZE 2026 is over. The love and the kindness of this community will be my fuel until next edition 🦩 #AMaze2026 #Amaze #amazeFest
Nina Kiel2d ago

A big heartfelt thank you to everyone who came by yesterday to play the prototype. We were overwhelmed by the positive feedback and the many ideas you had to improve future iterations.

I can't wait to continue working on this game!

#GameDevelopment #AMAZE2026 #SexWork

Show threadclairikine3d ago
“I came here to lose in style and this is really embarrassing for me” #amaze2026 #AMaze #AMazefest
Show threadLaraK3d ago
And finally, the Most Amazing Award goes to
Trans Theft Horso by Ben Swithen
https://2026.amaze-berlin.de/nominees/trans-theft-horso/
#AMaze #amaze2026
Trans Theft Horso : A MAZE. / Berlin 2026 - 15th International Games and Playful Media - May 13-16th 2026

An absurd western fantasy adventure game in full colour! Non-binary protagonist Adric Belfonté is compelled to go West, with a criminal-minded skunk as a hat. A fun, colourful nightmare through the wild and bewaffling West. Defy the admirals, pet the animals, and restore gender gladness to the world.

Show threadLaraK3d ago

The Audience Award goes to Kitiklop by Flex & Dorian
https://2026.amaze-berlin.de/mentions/kitiklop/

#AMaze #amaze2026

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

kitiklop is a game where you’re a horse and you meet other horses online until the end of times 🐎🐎🐎🐎🐎🐎🐎🐎🍎🌴🌠⛰️🌧️

Show threadLaraK3d ago
The newly established XR Histories Award goes to Flesh Network by Sickness International
https://2026.amaze-berlin.de/xr-history/flesh-network/
#AMaze #amaze2026
Flesh Network | A MAZE. / Berlin 2026 - 15th International Games and Playful Media - May 13-16th 2026

A MAZE. / Berlin is back in 2026 for the 15th time, bringing together the worldwide community of arthouse game developers, artistic world builders, digital artists and playful media creators. From May 13-16th 2026 the international Games and Playful Media Festival will take place in Berlin, and includes hybride components that connects the physical festival programme with the virtual world.

Show threadLaraK3d ago
The Wings Award goes to NAME OF THE WILL by Zeitgeist Studio
https://2026.amaze-berlin.de/wings/name-will/
#AMaze #amaze2026
NAME OF THE WILL : A MAZE. / Berlin 2026 - 15th International Games and Playful Media - May 13-16th 2026

NAME OF THE WILL is a daylight horror set in an Asian euphoric cult. Live as 3279, attend re-education classes, survive watchful neighbors, and unravel the mystery. Every thought is tallied with only seven strikes. Conform for happiness, or face your guilt to escape.

Show threadLaraK3d ago
The Explorer Award goes to InSync by DaChu Interactive
https://2026.amaze-berlin.de/nominees/insync/
#AMaze #amaze2026
InSync : A MAZE. / Berlin 2026 - 15th International Games and Playful Media - May 13-16th 2026

InSync is an XR installation that pairs a VR journey with a large animatronic creature to explore touch, trust, and how we return to our bodily senses. Participants enter a virtual cave and meet Omu, a mythical being at its center; by aligning their touch inputs with Omu’s heartbeat, they gradually restore peace to the virtual world. In the physical space, Omu is a furred animatronic creature with heartbeat, breath, and movement synchronized with its VR form. Sensors beneath its skin read participants’ touch inputs and adjust the state of both the virtual and physical Omu in real time. Touch that syncs with Omu’s breathing and heartbeat soothes the creature and softens the environment. When participants learn to follow Omu and find this timing and rhythm, Omu’s soft wings unfold into an enveloping embrace to show they have bonded. Participants’ actions leave tangible traces in both virtual and physical space, turning XR into a shared, responsive body rather than a one-way spectacle.In an era shaped by remote interaction, many forms of connection unfold without bodily presence. InSync enters that condition to ask what extended reality can offer beyond visual representation. The shadowy cavern becomes a virtual space cut off from everyday reality, where learning to breathe and move in sync with Omu turns into a quiet ritual of accepting uncertainty and rebuilding connection; to this fictional presence, and through it, to oneself.

Show threadclairikine3d ago
I got a hat #amaze2026