The Rabbit 2025 - Indie Games Residency

Our Rabbits did THAT 🐇🏆✨3 Rabbit alumni teams took awards across DEP 2025 and the GWB Game Awards 2025, and we’re so proud 💚

🏆 Duck Detective @happybroccoligames.bsky.social
🥈 Bloodletter @aldamamigames.bsky.social
🥇 Deck of Memories @sentimentgames.com
🏆 Deck of Memories

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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!

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!

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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

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Hi! We´re Remulla and we are participating in The Rabbit, an indie game creative residency in Brandenburg with our game 🦖KACHIN!🦖

A cozy narrative driven simulation game about running your own T-shirt shop while escaping from your past as a mobster

@therabbitgames.bsky.social

On Tuesday we had our first Playtesting! #indiedev #gamedev #indiegames

Meet the Rabbits! #indiedev #gamedev

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

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We’ve kicked off our one-month creative residency for game development at The Rabbit in Brandenburg! 🤍🐰
@therabbitgames.bsky.social

Thanks to this opportunity, we’ll be heading to Games Ground Berlin next week to pitch and connect with game developers from all around the world! 💫🦖

seven days till Rabbit! ✨
come see what the 🐇 teams are making, sip coffee by the fire, and cowork in the woods.
stay with us in November 2025 — 20% off with RABBIT2025.
👉 coconat-space.com #gamedev #indiedev

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Congratulations to our Rabbit 2024 alumni! Check the BLOODLETTER demo from ALDAMAMI GAMES @aldamamigames.bsky.social on Steam! This is the project they were working on at Coconat #gamedev #indiedev

Nominierte & Gewinner - Deutscher Entwicklerpreis Die Nominierten des Deutschen Entwicklerpreises Der Deutsche Entwicklerpreis ist die älteste Auszeichnung für die Entwicklung herausragender Spiele aus deutschsprachigen Ländern und wird seit 2004 ve...

quack quack! 🦆 our Rabbit alumni Happy Broccoli Games just scored another nomination for Duck Detective! 🎉
huge congrats to the team — more than well deserved 💚

👉 deutscherentwicklerpreis.de/nominierte-g...

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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

Want to see what the 🐇 Rabbits are working on this November?

Come stay at Coconat — the home of The Rabbit Indie Games Residency! Book any stay in November 2025 and get 20% off with the code RABBIT2025.

🔗 coconat-space.com

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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

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

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

✨ 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

Talk & Play #52, Wed, Sep 17, 2025, 6:30 PM | Meetup **RSVP via Meetup is mandatory to attend the event, due to limited capacity. Additionally, all attendees will be required to wear an FFP2 mask.** Talk & Play is a free eve

Folks in Berlin: come to Talk & Play tomorrow (Sep 17, 18:30) to try out Hedenite's latest build and chat with our very own Les Vynogradov! ;)

Thanks @berlingamescene.bsky.social and @lorenzopilia.bsky.social for this wonderful opportunity!
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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

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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.

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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

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Save 20% on Discounty on Steam Manage your own discount supermarket! Get caught up in small-town drama, organize and plan your shop's layout, and strike lucrative trade deals as you expand your secretive aunt's business empire. Sel...

🎉 Our Rabbit alumni Crinklecut Games just launched their game Discounty on Steam!
🔗 store.steampowered.com/app/2274620/...
Proud moment for the Rabbit fam 🐇

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Ritual of Raven on Steam Ritual of Raven is a story-based farming sim - but you don’t do the farming yourself! Enchant Arcana Constructs to grow a magical herb garden, befriend a cute bunch of weirdos and use your witchy skil...

Some exciting news! The Rabbit alumni @spellgardengames.com just launched the game Ritual of Raven!

store.steampowered.com/app/2066520/...

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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

Out of 95 applications from 47 countries — 244 people in total — we’ve selected 𝐬𝐢𝐱 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫. 50% of the selected candidates are from the region Berlin / Brandenburg and 60% are from under-represented genders in games! #gamedev

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

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Join the Rabbit team at the Pink Breakfast at the A MAZE. Booth (Indie Area) 🐇

📍 12:00 | August 20 | gamescom
That’s where we’ll announce the winners of The Rabbit 2025!

Register here → sweapevent.com/b?p=gamescom...

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