Maschinen-Mensch

Factsheet

Developer:
Maschinen-Mensch
Based in Berlin, Germany

Founding date:
April, 2014

Website:
maschinen-mensch.com

Press / Business contact:
community@maschinen-mensch.com

Social:
Twitter
Facebook

Releases:
Codecks
Curious Case
Curious Expedition
Curious Expedition 2
Rivals

Address:
Singerstr. 109
10179 Berlin
Germany

Phone:
+49 1575 170 89 88

Description

Maschinen-Mensch is a Berlin-based independent game studio founded by two AAA developers who left the mainstream industry to experiment with new forms of generative storytelling and create innovative games.

History

Early history

Maschinen-Mensch was founded in April 2014 by Riad Djemili and Johannes Kristmann, combining 15 years of experience in professional AAA game productions. Among other projects, they worked on the multi-award winning game “Spec Ops: The Line” by YAGER Development.

Curious Expedition

Maschinen-Mensch's debut title Curious Expedition was first released in May 2015 on Steam Early Access. After 30 feature updates (each documented with a video on their YouTube channel), the game reached version 1.0 in September 2016. In March 2017, the "Arctic Expanse" free DLC was released. The game, which to date has sold more than 250,000 copies was released on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in March 2020, in partnership with Thunderful.

Curious Expedition 2

In February 2019, a sequel was announced, featuring a brand new art style, improved gameplay and vastly expanded content, aiming to provide hours of unique adventures to existing and new fans alike. A closed alpha programme was launched in November 2019 on the Maschinen-Mensch Discord server. The game launched on Steam Early Access on June 17, 2020. The 1.0 release is scheduled for January 28 2021 on PC (Steam), with Nintendo Switch, Xbox and PlayStation versions to follow later in the year.

Curious Case

Maschinen-Mensch is also working on Curious Case, a game about generative crime stories in the Roaring Twenties of Berlin.

Projects

Videos

Curious Expedition 2 Launch Trailer YouTube

Curious Expedition Console Release Behind the Scenes Mini Documentary YouTube

"Expedition Essentials" talk at A MAZE. Berlin 2015 YouTube

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