We did it!!! Scriptorium just won its very first award! 🥹✨ *Most Creative Game* at @play-festival.bsky.social in Hamburg! Huge thanks to everyone who believed in our cozy medieval sandbox ❤️📜

Truer than You is part of @play-festival.bsky.social together with ~40 other games - as well as talks, workshops and other experiences❣️ PLAY is a unique festival combining media art, discourse, and education with digital game culture 💕 www.playfestival.de/en #gamesareart #indiegames #queergames

Giving a little speed talk about the audio in Closer the Distance for the @indietreff.bsky.social at @play-festival.bsky.social tonight! 🗣️ If you're in Hamburg and want to hear recordings of icelandic songbirds or Geralt of Rivia snoring - feel free to come by 😁

Hey hey hey ✨ You can find us this weekend at @play-festival.bsky.social (Hamburg) and #Vibez (Barcelona) See you on there and enjoy the last demo of Roombattle 🎈

My first day at this year‘s @play-festival.bsky.social: So far I have: 1. Played with kinetic sand 2. Diagnosed a patient with acute hipster beard in „Doctor Simulator“ 3. Cleaned up the oil spill in @lente.me‘s charming game 4. Built a tiny little sewer diorama in Olof‘s workshop #PLAYliebe

So cool, thanks!!

🎮 Roombattle: Final Events 2025 are here! 🌍 And we’re taking the fun across continents with our first showcase in Africa! ✈️ 🧩 @play-festival.bsky.social 🎶 #VIBEZ 📖 #PremisLudi 🎮 #SAGA 🦄 @playtopia.bsky.social 👀 Where are we seeing you? #indiegames #gamedev

🌐 Play in Digital Space @ PLAY25 🎮 Join us onsite in Hamburg or online via Discord, Twitch & the PLAYValley – our virtual world on Topia with streams, tours & artist meetups. No download needed, just log in & explore! 💫🩷

🎤 Speakers’ Corner @ PLAY25 🎮 Nov 15 @ urbaneo & Twitch! Talks on open learning, game rules, eco-worlds and more — with Simon Renner, Stefan Pietrusky, Jonas Pfeiffer & Saskia Joanna Rauhut. Join the conversation! 💡🩷 Infos: www.playfestival.de/en/program/s...

🎤 Young PLAY Talk: Critique of Capitalism in Games 💸🎮 Nov 14, 17–18h @ New Work Stage. With Eric Jannot & Christina Kutscher, hosted by Johannes from the Young PLAY team. How can games reflect or challenge capitalism? Let’s talk! All Infos here: www.playfestival.de/en/program/b...

🏆 Performative PLAY Award Show @ PLAY25 🎮 Join us on Nov 15, 19:00 at New Work for the grand finale! The jury announces the Most Creative Game Award & visitors’ Audience Award from the PLAY25 exhibition. 💜 Let’s celebrate creativity & play! ✨

💬 Speeddating @ PLAY25 🎮 Am 14.11., 15–16:30 Uhr bei New Work diskutieren Jugendliche ab 15 mit Politiker*innen & Expert*innen u.a. über Take Care, Medienbildung & Games in der Bildung. Alle Infos: www.playfestival.de/de/programm/... 📧 [email protected]

At the Creative Gaming Studio, everyone is invited to explore, experiment, and play, discovering how digital games can become creative tools for expression, learning, and connection. 🎮💫 More Information: www.playfestival.de/en

YoungPLAY at PLAY25 🎮 The youth team (ages 14–21) curating their own exhibition, designs spaces & explores how care & creativity meet in games. Discover their picks here: www.playfestival.de/de/ausstellung

🎓 Fortbildungen bei PLAY25! 💡 Für Lehrkräfte, Pädagog*innen, Game Designer*innen, Interessierte! 🕹️ Barrierefreies Gaming – 14.11., 16–18 Uhr 🎮 Creative Gaming Grundlagen – 15.11., 11–13 Uhr Die Fortbildungen sind kostenfrei, Anmeldung über die Webseite.

Take Care?! – Verantwortung und Sorgearbeit im Spiel 🎮 Talk am 15.11., 17–18 Uhr @ New Work & im Livestream. U.a. mit OddNina & Nora Beyer über Care, Games & Verantwortung in Entwicklung, Streaming & Forschung.

⚓️ Focus Hamburg @ PLAY25 🎮 Discover creative game projects from Hamburg’s vibrant scene – from HAW’s student showcases & Kuti-Arcades to Macromedia, S4G & the mystical underground Arcave. 🍄✨ All Infos here: www.playfestival.de/de/ausstellung

🎲 WORKSHOPS AT PLAY! Games can do more than entertain – they can inspire change and connection. 💡 Join us on Sat, Nov 15 for two workshops (in German): 14:00 Serious Play for Serious Challenges 16:00 Serious Topics, Light-Hearted Games Register here: www.playfestival.de/de/besuch?fb...

🏆 MOST CREATIVE GAME AWARD The award honors the most creative and inspiring game of PLAY25. The jury selects the winner. See all nominees and details here: www.playfestival.de/en/awards

EXHIBITION: Core Exhibit – TAKE CARE 💛🎮 Discover games exploring care — from empathy in gameplay to responsibility for our planet. 🌍✨ Part of PLAY – Creative Gaming Festival 2025! See the whole exhibition here: www.playfestival.de/en/exhibition

🎮 Hamburg Indie Treff – Nov 14! ✨ Meet Hamburg’s indie scene & enjoy an inspiring stage program! 💡🎤 🕒 18:30 Opening | 19:00 Talks | 20:00 Networking Hosted by Indie Treff e.V., a non-profit supporting indie devs through talks, exchange & community. 💬🤝

We loved the show and you so much! Super creative and extremely engaging. Especially the game, where sonic got faster for every ring collected. 🤩 Impossible!

⏰ Last Call! ⏰ You can submit your contributions for our Speakers’ Corner 🗣️ and our Booth of Things until September 26! 🎤 Speakers’ Corner – Our open stage for everyone who wants to join the conversation about games. 📰 Booth of Things – Our kiosk for your creative ideas and projects.

Die Anmeldung für das Schulprogramm ist geöffnet! 📢✨ Das PLAY Festival lädt Schulklassen ein, in digitale Welten einzutauchen. 👩‍🏫🎮 📌 Alle Infos und das Buchungstool findet ihr auf unserer Website – Link in BIO! 🌟 Erlebt das gesamte PLAY Festival vom 12.–15. November im Urbaneo! 🌟

🎮 Meet the Award Nominees! 🏆 1️⃣ LE FOL by MIRIS Arcana 🔮 2️⃣ Scriptorium: Master of Manuscripts by Yaza Games 📜 3️⃣ Toy Tactics by Kraken Empire 🎲⚔️ 4️⃣ Bladesong by SUN AND SERPENT creations ⚔️ 5️⃣ Let Bions Be Bygones by Bohemian Pulp 🕵️‍♂️ Experience these and more games at PLAY Festival – November 12–15!

Members of the YoungPLAY team from Hamburg and NRW visited this year's Gamescom in Cologne. 🔥 They were inspired, talked to developers at the Indiearenabooth, and presented their work for the PLAY - Creative Gaming Festival (Nov. 12-15 in Hamburg) on stage at Jugendforum NRW. 🕹️

The talk by our youth team will be streamed in a few minutes here: www.youtube.com/live/azXA9KV...

Meet the YoungPLAY team on Thursday and Friday @gamescomglobal.bsky.social! 🔥 They will look out for inspirations, fantastic artists and can tell you all about their work on the upcoming PLAY festival (Nov 12-15). 🕹️ Join our interactive talk at the stage of the Jugendforum NRW - H10.1, 2:30pm

🆕 Another #PLAY25 venue! The event space at NewWork/Xing next to the @urbaneo_hamburg. Here you will find the 🪩main stage, ⚒ workshops, the 👾 Game Jam, and 🧑🏻‍🤝‍🧑🏿community formats such as the #IndieTreffHamburg during the festival. 📅November 12-15 🌐Playfestival.de 🚩New Work / Xing

Fi and Mat started planning this year's PLAY - Creative Festival exhibition. The games will be published in the coming weeks, so stay tuned! 🕹️ 📅November 12-15 🌐Playfestival.de 🚩Urbaneo

The YoungPLAY team is working hard on the 🖼exhibition at PLAY25. 👾Viewing games, 🧪testing them, 👩🏼‍⚖evaluate and check their suitability for exhibition. All selected will be seen from November 12-15, 2025 at PLAY25 - Creative Gaming Festival @Urbaneo 📅November 12-15 🌐Playfestival.de 🚩Urbaneo

✅ Today we take you with us to the YoungPLAY team's visit to Urbaneo at the weekend. The young people thought 🧐 about where their exhibition 🖥 could be presented and developed ideas for the Urbaneo. 📅November 12-15 🌐Playfestival.de 🚩Urbaneo

This is it, one of the venues of the PLAY - Creative Gaming Festival 2025 (12.-15. Nov). For the 18th edition, we are at a 🆕, exciting and inspiring location: the URBANEO - Young Architecture Center. 🏙 In addition to Urbaneo, there are other locations, which we will introduce to you soon! 🕰

Save the date! The PLAY Festival opens its doors for the 18th time from November 12 to 15, 2025 and invites all fans of gaming culture and interactive arts to discover the creative potential of digital games - online and hybrid on site in Hamburg. Guess where and write it in the comments!

PLAY is happening Nov 12-15 online and on site at Hamburg! 🎉 Propose your game or your playful media work now (including alt.ctrl, interactive theatre and performances) for the awards, the core exhibition «Take Care» or «Focus Hamburg» if you are local. 👉 www.playfestival.de/en/play25-op...

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