A MAZE. / Berlin 2017__April 26 - 29, 2017

6th International Independent Videogames and Playful Media Festival

Award Categories

Most Amazing Game Award (3000€)

The Grand Prize of the A MAZE. Awards goes to the most relevant, forward-thinking interactive and playful content. We premiere the best work overall - in terms of art, innovation, music, story and interaction. The prize is dedicated to the masterpiece of the award selection that shows us a path we never walked before.

  • Winner 2016
    Cosmic Top Secret by Trine Laier, Mads Lyngvig Jespersen, Lise Saxtrup, Bjørn Svin (DK)
  • Winner 2015
    Curtain by Llaura McGee (IE)
  • Winner 2014
    Perfect Woman by Lea Schönfelder (DE) and Peter Lu (US)
  • Winner 2013
    Spaceteam by Henry Smith (CA)
  • Winner 2012
    Proteus by Ed Key (UK) and David Kanaga (US)

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Human Human Machine Award (1000€)

This award goes to the best game that can be played by two or more people in the same room (local multiplayer), and includes some digital element – fully analog games won’t be accepted.

  • Winner 2016
    Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes by Steel Crate Games, Inc. (CA)
  • Winner 2015
    Crawl by Powerhoof (AU)
  • Winner 2014
    Nidhogg by Messhof (US)

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Long Feature Award (1000€) NEW

This is the award for complex games and developing virtual reality worlds. Those are the ones, who challenge your life by offering immersive storytelling and much more than 2hrs gameplay.

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Digital Moment Award (1000€) NEW

Poems, statements, experiments, short experiences – expressions of socio-critical messages, personal or comedic life situations and feelings through an interactive medium. Maybe a sensual mechanic, a toy that gives the player a surprising twist in their experience.

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Collider Award (1000€) NEW

Mash everything! Foster interdisciplinary productions! This is the award for all forms of experiences created in collaboration with science, makers, engineers, researchers, theater and writers. It also includes alternative controllers, interactive installations and creative coding experiments, robotics and tech performances.

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Audience Award

The winner will be voted out of the 25 nominees by the public during the course of the festival. Every visitor gets 3 pink dots to vote for their favourite game at A MAZE. / Berlin.

  • Winner 2016
    Genital Jousting: A MAZE. Grand Prize Winning Game by Team Swaffelen (NO/ZA)
  • Winner 2015
    Line Wobbler by Robin Baumgarten (DE)
  • Winner 2014
    Choosatron by Jerry Belich (US)

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DISCONTINUED AWARDS:

WTF?! Award (1000€)

The award for games that transport no compromises, reckless art, subversive fun and provoking progression. A MAZE./ is looking for the best glitch, punk, alt.ctrl and art games.

Winner 2016
Lieve Oma by Florian Veltman (FR)
Winner 2015
Line Wobbler by Robin Baumgarten (DE)
Winner 2014
Fjords by Kyle Reimersgartin (US)

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Other Dimensions Award (1000€)

Quite a number of independent game developers and digital artists are discovering this adventurous technology as a new way of expression. A MAZE. features that passionated evolution and is looking for the total embodiment in the beauty of an other dimension.

Winner 2016
Diorama No.3 - The Marchland by The Shoebox Diorama (NL)
Winner 2015
Pixel Ripped by Ana Ribeiro (BR)
Winner 2014
Choosatron by Jerry Belich (US)