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Prix Italia Nomination for Pixelcloud’s GreenGuardiansVR

Great excitement for our HEROES at Pixelcloud: their VR game GreenGuardiansVR has been nominated in the “Digital Innovation” category of the prestigious Prix Italia. The award honors outstanding productions in the fields of radio, podcast, TV, and digital media, and is organized by the Italian broadcaster RAI.

SWR / Pixelcloud – GreenGuardiansVR

GreenGuardiansVR was produced by Südwestrundfunk (SWR) and Pixelcloud for ARD. The creative team included Christoph Rasulis (Director), Tim Philipp (Project Manager), Rolf Rothgerber (Developer), and Jonas Kirchner (Producer).

About the game:
Young people under 25 often see the climate crisis as abstract, overwhelming — or both. We want to change that! We reimagine climate journalism through GreenGuardiansVR: a satirical co-op VR game combining action, teamwork, and humor. Instead of feeling helpless, players fight the root causes of global warming with up to four players in a gripping story that playfully teaches facts and media literacy.

A mega-corporation turns you into a robot, forcing you into a seemingly rosy future — while unstoppable climate change looms. Rebels hack the system to warn you: only together can you break the propaganda machine, take on the corporation, and save the planet.

The award show will be presented during the Prix Italia Festival (October 20 to 24, 2025) in Naples. We’re keeping our fingers crossed!

About the Prix Italia: https://www.rai.it/prixitalia/
All Nominations in the Digital Category | All Nominations

Heroes as heroes can be – kaleidoscube and their Game “Recur“ at SWR Kultur

RECUR (2026)

The team behind the Stuttgart-based indie game studio and AMCRS CREATOR kaleidoscube is currently working on their new title “Recur” – the focus of a recent feature on SWR Kultur. Tune in to learn more about the game and its development directly from the team!

Sunday, July 6, 2025 17:30 CET, SWR Kultur, SWR

Online feature:
https://www.swr.de/swrkultur/leben-und-gesellschaft/kaleidoscube-stuttgarter-game-studio-videospiele-kunstwerke-100.html
https://www.swr.de/swrkultur/leben-und-gesellschaft/mehr-als-gute-unterhaltung-stuttgarter-game-studio-kaleidoscube-macht-aus-videospielen-kunst-100.html

GDD Indie Award 2025 Nomination for Studio Seufz

Screenshots: Studio Seufz

The game “Lucky Tower Ultimate” by Studio Seufz has been nominated for a GDD Indie Award 2025 – in not just one, but two categories: Best Game and Best Game Mechanics (game design).

Lucky Tower Ultimate is a comedic, roguelike adventure game following the trials and tribulations of a narcissistic knight… as he repeatedly tries to escape the dangerous tower he’s been trapped in. The levels and layout of the tower are procedurally generated, so no two runs of Lucky Tower Ultimate will ever be the same. There are many different traps, weapons, monsters, and rooms to experience.

Lucky Tower Ultimate is the third game in the Lucky Tower series and available on Steam. The publisher of the game is AMC Games, and it was supported, among others, by MFG Baden-Württemberg.

The GDD Indie Awards, with a total prize money of €10,000, will be presented on July 9, 2025, during the GermanDevDays (GDD) game developer conference, taking place on July 9 and 10, 2025 in Frankfurt. Fingers crossed!

More about the game: Lucky Tower Ultimate Webseite | Studio Seufz | AMC Games

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Nomination source: GamesMarkt

GAMESTATE Festival BW 2025

Photo: MFG

The GAMESTATE Festival BW on July 11, 2025 brings together professional developers, students, and career changers from Baden-Württemberg to strengthen statewide exchange within the games industry and explore future development opportunities. A diverse program of talks and roundtables, concluding with a party, offers numerous opportunities for in-depth exchange and networking.

The event is free of charge. Registration is required by July 4.

You can find the full program at www.gamestate-bw.de

Event details: July 11, 2025, 13:00-23:00 CET | Kulturwerk, Ostendstraße 106A, 70188 Stuttgart

The GAMESTATE Festival 2025 is organized by MFG Baden-Württemberg, game Baden-Württemberg, CyberForum and K³ Kultur- und Kreativwirtschaftsbüro der Stadt Karlsruhe, and is funded by the Ministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst.

Source: MFG Baden-Württemberg

Mucks! Games are on board!

We are delighted to welcome the indie game studio Mucks! Games as new CREATORS in our network!

Mucks! Games

Mucks! Games is based in Ludwigsburg and was founded in 2023 by three graduates of Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg‘s Animationsinstitut – Clara Deitmar, Julius Dorsel and Luzie Kehle. Their logo, a screaming mouse, symbolizes that even the smallest voices have meaningful stories to tell: “We create atmospheric and visually unique 2D story games with powerful messages. Our games blend poetic narratives with immersive worlds and interactive formats – games and story experiences for both indie enthusiasts and casual players.”

In April 2024, their interactive bedtime story THE BEAR – A STORY FROM THE WORLD OF GRA won the German Computer Game Award (DCP) in the category “Best Graphic Design”. THE BEAR is part of the WORLD OF GRA story universe which also includes the visuals and trailers for Stuttgart Animated Week 2024 (consisting of: FMX – Film and Media Exchange, Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film and Animation Production Days), created by the team while still students at the Animationsinstitut.

Find out more about Mucks! Games.

The Bear, Mucks! Games

GAMESTATE Festival BW 2023

GAMESTATE Festival BW 2022

The GAMESTATE Festival BW on July 14 brings together professional developers, students and career changers from Baden-Württemberg to strengthen the local exchange within the games industry and to highlight future development opportunities.

A broad spectrum of talks, roundtables, a panel discussion as well as a party at the end offer many opportunities for intensive exchange and networking.

By the way: Our HEROES will also be there – Dominik Schön (Managing Director Kaleidoscube) will talk from 16:30 to 17:00 about “Navigating the Publisher Maze: Was wir bei der Publisher-Suche gelernt haben“.

See the full program here www.gamestate-bw.de

When: July 14, 2023, 14:00 to 23:00 CET

Where: Kulturwerk, Ostendstraße 106A, 70188 Stuttgart, Germany

Organizer: MFG Baden-Württemberg, game Baden-Württemberg

The event is free of charge, please register by July 7, 2023 here (button on the top right).