A MAZE.

The winner of the Most Amazing Award is: Ben Swithen with “Trans Theft Horso” 🦩🏆🌴 This game reminds us that, as right wing policies are on the rise, it is a radically political act to create queer joy. Long live gender gladness! 🌈 #playfulmedia #mbbfunded #amaze2026

Selected by all participants as the winner of the Audience Award out of all exhibited works! Congratulations to "Kitiklop" by Flex & Dorian (France)

Congrats to the Winner of the XR-History Award🏆🌴: “Flesh Network” by the artist collective Sickness International. 🦩 "Flesh Network" is a physically experienced commentary, which invites us to not only understand the digital presence but to feel it. #amaze2026 #playfulmedia

Congrats to the A MAZE. 2026 WINGS Award: Name of the Will, by Zeitgeist Studio. This year's winner is so well written, that even from playing the demo, you begin questioning everything. WINGS is honored to recognize this team with this well-deserved award. #amaze2026

Congratiolations to the winner of the Explorer Award:  DaChu Interactive with “InSync” The Explorer Award it is for something harder to achieve and harder to name and this project asks you to be lost for a moment and to find your way back through contact alone. #amaze2026

Winner of the Long Feature Award 🏆:  MainSequenceStar with “Season 31” 🌴🦩 Your role is clear, make number go up. whatever the cost. Make number go up. But as you manage the twists and turns of the tracks, they suddenly untangle in front of you. #amaze2026 #mbbfunded

This year’s winner of the Human Human Machine Award is🌴🏆:  Sophia Bulgakova&the team behind “OTHERWORLDS”. 🦩🌴 What makes this work unforgettable is how it takes something so ancient and leaves it not diminished, but amplified.  #playfulmedia #mbbfunded #amaze2026

Congrats to the winner of the Digital Moment Award 🌴🦩:  Hanwen Xu & Hatim Benhsain with coalescent || tidal rapture 🏆 This game goes beyond normative depictions of intimacy and doesn't shy away from being meaningfully sensuous, mysterious, complex, and primal.  #amaze 2026

The biggest thank you to our hardware sponsor Tulpar Gaming Notebook! 🍉🦩 Tulpar provides us with all the screens, peripherals and laptops that make our exhibition possible! 🌴 The Laptops are powerful, resourceful and sustainable!  #amaze2026 #playfulmedia #tulparnotebok

We want to tke this moment to thank all the sponsors, partners and friends, who made the Anniversary edition of A MAZE. / Berlin. possible! 🦩🦩🦩 Thank you for your support without you this festival wouldn't be possible! 🌴🍉 #mbbfunded #amaze2026

It's time to shoutout our sponsors again! 🦩🌴 Without the support of @medienboard this festival wouldn't be possible! Thank you for all the support you've given us! 🍉 #amaze2026 #mbbfunded

A huge thank you to the creators of Gang Bests, from Sheffield: Boneloaf 🍖 Thank you for your support of this years festival edition of A MAZE.  🦩🌴🍉 #amaze2026 #playfulmedia #mbbfunded  @boneloaf @gangbeasts

Today's finally the day! 🦩✨ A MAZE. / Berlin will open its doors for the 15th time today! 🍉 Don't miss the opening night and join us for an amazing festival! 🦩🏝️ #amaze2026 #mbbfunded #playfulmedia

@karl_zylinski @hatimb00 An approach to level design that goes beyond the computer screen. Using modular 6×6 elements, participants build structures, test layouts, and explore non-standard ways of thinking about level design.  Workshop hosted by:  Dominik Cymer&Olivia Hajn

@karl_zylinski We will go over a brief history and culture of game manuals, imagine a videogame that doesn’t exist, and collectively craft a speculative instruction manual for it.  Workshop hosted by: Biagi, Isabelle Smith&Hatim Benhsain @hatimb00

Before we officially open the festival later, meet your workshop hosts for Thursday! Find more information about the different workshops in our program here: 2026.amaze-berlin.de/schedule/ #amaze2026 #playfulmedia #amazeberlin