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The Rabbit 2025 - Indie Games Residency
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🐰🎮 The games developers’ residency 🎮🐰 develop indie games right in Brandenburg’s hoppinest (just 1 hour from Berlin)

http://coconat-space.com/the-rabbit

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Throwback to the Rabbit Pitch Competition at @gamesground.bsky.social. What an amazing night powered by @medienboard.bsky.social! 🎤🐰 Congrats to Yasmine Lee and Heden Smugglers!
November 24, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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Rabbits will present their projects to an expert jury on the @gamesground.bsky.social:

@ramiismail.com Rami Ismail, Lauren Hunter and Jan Halwe! Don't miss out!

#indiegames #gamedev
November 12, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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That is how the first Rabbits' week went :) Do not miss the chance to meet them during the @gamesground.bsky.social pitch competition!

🗓️ November 14th
⏰ From 18:30 to 20:00
📍 PORTAL STAGE

#indiedev #gamedev #indiegames
November 12, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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On Tuesday we had our first Playtesting! #indiedev #gamedev #indiegames
November 7, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Meet the Rabbits! #indiedev #gamedev
November 5, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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The Rabbit Indie Games Residency started yesterday at Coconat! 🌿🎮 Next week, check out the RABBIT Pitching Event at @gamesground.bsky.social:

🗓️ Nov 14, 18:30–20:00
📍 PORTAL STAGE

📸 Tilman Vogler

#gamedev #indiedev
November 4, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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🦖 last but not least - meet Remulla Games @remullagames.bsky.social! This Valencia-based studio is bringing KACHIN! to The Rabbit 🐇 Play as Din Dino, a former mafia hitman turned T-shirt shop owner 👕. #gamedev #indiedev
October 20, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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At @bcngamefest.bsky.social, Ruth Lemmen from our team discussed how game incubators can support innovation and help developers move their projects forward. Earlier that day, Ruth also met with @remullagames.bsky.social, part of The Rabbit 2025 cohort! #indiedev #gamedev
October 15, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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Meet @sharkbombs.bsky.social, the solo label of Martin Nerurkar! 🐇 Crownbreakers is a fast-paced single-player card tactics game where magic meets modern life. Every run is different, blending strategy, movement & story-driven choices 🎮

More: sharkbombs.com #gamedev #indiedev
October 7, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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We’re excited to have Neonature, the VR arthouse studio from Brandenburg! 🐇 Entangled Forest: the Rings of Time is a narrative-driven puzzle adventure where players travel through time - from ancient forests to a speculative future city.🌳🌏 More: www.neonature.earth #gamedev #indiedev
September 25, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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✨ Meet @sentimentgames.com! Their first full project Deck of Memories lets you play Joon, the last lighthouse keeper, diving into fragmented memories 🃏. Cards are choices, encounters become emotions, and each playthrough reveals new stories. For fans of Inscryption or Slay the Spire #gamedev
September 18, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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Today, we want to introduce Heden Smugglers, a talented team originally from Ukraine, now based between Kyiv and Berlin. 🐇 This November, they’ll be joining us at for a month to work on their game 𝘏𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦! @hedenite.bsky.social

#gamedev #indiedev
September 11, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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Introducing @yukimisoft.moe — solo dev Yasmine Lee (NYC) joins The Rabbit 2025 to work on her debut game: It’s Always Your Fault — a PC-98 style visual novel about a crumbling marriage, shifting memories, and psychological loops. Steam & itch launch planned for 2026.

#indiedev #gamedev
September 5, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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Irene is an indie game developer (working on Cat Cafe Manager 2) and games marketing specialist based in Berlin, orginally from Barcelona. She's responsible for the PR strategy of The Rabbit #gamedev #indiedev
August 28, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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Katja runs social media and communications for The Rabbit.
That means everything from application announcements to jury intros and reels. Marketing strategist by day — and a lifelong fan of indie horror games #gamedev #indiedev
August 25, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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We announced this year’s teams today!

@yukimisoft.moe (USA)
@hedenite.bsky.social (Berlin/UA)
@sentimentgames.com (Berlin)
@remullagames.bsky.social (Spain)
Sharkbomb Studios (Germany)
Neonature (Brandenburg)

Ph: @medienboard.bsky.social

#gamedev
August 20, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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Javier is a marketing specialist, event and project manager specialized in international cultural projects. For The Rabbit, he manages logistics, program coordination, and community care— ensuring every detail of the residency runs smoothly. #gamedev #indiedev
August 18, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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Matthias is a board game (and video game) lover and aspiring experience designer with a background in web development. For the Rabbit, he’s responsible for managing the application and selection process. #gamdev #indiedev
August 8, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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The next one team member of The Rabbit is Ruth! She is a systemic coach, mediator, program and project manager with strong ties with the Indie Game Dev scene. She is curating the overall program for The Rabbit. #gamedev #indiedev
July 29, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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Time to meet the team behind The Rabbit 🐇 Let’s start with one of the co-initiators: Julianne Becker. Julianne is Co-founder and Managing Director of Coconat, a workation, coworking, and coliving space in the countryside, with a special focus fair and sustainable regional development. #gamedev
July 24, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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We received tons of amazing applications from 47 countries worldwide. Now the jury will spend the next month reviewing them to select the next group of Rabbits for November. Thanks to everyone who applied — we can’t wait to see what’s next! #gamedev #indiedev
July 11, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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June 30, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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🧑🏽‍⚖️ Meet Rabbit juror #4: @kiddesimo.bsky.social (Des Gayle)
A creative leader who brings stories to life — across games, screens and now also short films. Des is currently working on TALTFE, a deeply personal animated project:
🎥 kickstarter.com/projects/alteredgene/taltfe 🐇
#gamedev #indiedev
June 18, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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And now... meet our next juror: Marina Díez (she/they) – award-winning game designer, director, biz expert, filmmaker, Forbes Under 30. Now Game Director at @bildundtonfabrik.bsky.social (The Berlin Apartment), previously Lead Designer for Dordogne.
Also: emotional game design consultant. #indiedev
June 16, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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Jury spotlight no. 2 — and only 2 days left to apply! Meet Tobe Max Ezeogu — game designer, artist, founder of @jujugames.bsky.social & co-founder of Comic Republic. He was part of The Rabbit last year — and his team won the pitch at Games Ground Berlin. Now he’s back as a juror. #gamedev #indiedev
June 13, 2025 at 9:00 AM