The Rabbit 2026 Indie Games Residency - Call closed

🐰 Meet another team! Superpose Press is working on Hot Pink Detective - a dark comedy murder mystery on a gay cruise. Someone killed influencer Ivoree Blush. You’re Detective Otto. The suspects are everywhere and absolutely unhinged. Solve it before Bermuda. superposepress.com

🐰 Meet another team joining The Rabbit 2026! Maddison Baek, solo dev behind Hellfire Railway Interactive, is working on Mutasmagoria 🔮 Narrative puzzle adventure. You’re a vet at an alien zoo. Time is ticking. 🎥 youtube.com/watch?v=1LxFJbydxPc #indiedev #gamedev

🐰 Time to meet the teams! Lenja Kaufmann, solo dev behind Findling Games and WATERFUL 💧 Carve river channels, guide water through tiny desert valleys, grow plants, attract animals — and turn a dry landscape into a thriving oasis. store.steampowered.com/app/4414110/WATERFUL #indiedev #gamedev

🐰 We just announced the Rabbit 2026 cohort live at Gamescom! 151 applications · 50+ countries · 7 teams · 15 devs 60% from under-represented genders · second team from Latin America Oct 26 – Nov 20 · Brandenburg 💚 Full list → www.linkedin.com/company/the-... #indiedev #gamedev

🐰 One more juror for The Rabbit 2026 — this one comes from within our own fluffle. Les Vynogradov, co-founder of Heden Smugglers (Hedenite), was part of the Rabbit 2025 cohort. Now he’s joining the jury. 💚 @hedenite.bsky.social #indiedev #gamedev

🐰 Meet another member of the jury for The Rabbit 2026. Arjuna “AJ” Sath - Co-Founder of Games Ground Berlin, Head of Developer Relations (DACH) at Xsolla, Co-Founder of Beat Em Hub, and Vice Chair of IGDA Berlin. 💚 gamesground.de #indiedev #gamedev

🐰 Meet another member of the jury for The Rabbit 2026. Martine Spaans - founder of Tamalaki publishing, co-founder of Fourth Moon Games, and active voice in the European games industry through DGA and EGDF. 💚 linkedin.com/company/fourthmoon-games #indiedev #gamedev

🐰 Meet another member of the jury for The Rabbit 2026. Laura González Fernández — founder of IndieDevDay & Saga Barcelona Game Fest, director of PowerUp+ and founder of WiDevHub 💚 linktr.ee/laurashiva #indiedev #gamedev

🐰 Introducing the first juror for The Rabbit 2026. Rebecca Lautner, CBO at @landfall.se 🎮 - the studio behind TABS, ROUNDS, Content Warning, and PEAK - will be helping us select this year’s cohort. 💚 landfall.se/games #indiedev #gamedev

🐰 Applications for The Rabbit 2026 are closed. 154 applications. 50+ countries. +62% vs last year. Thank you to everyone who applied 💚 Jury announcement coming soon. #indiedev #gamedev

The deadline for application is June 7th!! #indiedev #gamedev

🐰 Applications for The Rabbit 2026 close June 7. Last chance - if you've been thinking about it, now is the time. Martin Nerurkar (Sharkbomb Studios - Crownbreakers) on what The Rabbit gave him as a solo dev 💚 coconat-space.com/the-rabbit #indiedev #gamedev

🐰 Johannes Fuchs from Neonature (Wandelwald: The Rings of Time) on finding community at The Rabbit 2025. 💚 One week left — applications close June 7 → coconat-space.com/the-rabbit/ #indiedev #gamedev

🐰 One week left to apply to The Rabbit 2026. 15 devs · 4 weeks in Brandenburg · fully funded Stay, meals, €500 stipend, travel, coaching + pitch at Games Ground Berlin. Applications close June 7 → coconat-space.com/the-rabbit #indiedev #gamedev

🐰 Yasmine Lee (@yukimisoft.moe) joined The Rabbit 2025 as a solo dev, worked on It's Always Your Fault, and won the Audience Prize at @gamesground.bsky.social . This is what she had to say 💚 Solo devs welcome. Applications close June 7 → coconat-space.com/the-rabbit #indiedev #gamedev

🐰 Another voice from our Rabbit 2025 alumni. Jaime Martínez Fernández from Remulla Games (KACHIN!) on what their time at The Rabbit felt like 💚 Applications open until June 7 → coconat-space.com/the-rabbit/ #indiedev #gamedev

🐰 Last November at @gamesground.bsky.social - six Rabbit 2025 teams pitched to a jury including @ramiismail.com Audience Prize: Yasmine Lee (Yukimi Soft) 🏆 Jury Prize: Heden Smugglers 🏆 The Rabbit 2026 will have its own pitch night. Apply by June 7 → coconat-space.com/the-rabbit #indiedev #gamedev

🐰 Les is one of the devs behind Heden Smugglers and @hedenite.bsky.social - Rabbit 2025 alumni and winners of the Games Ground Berlin pitch. Here’s what Les said about The Rabbit. Applications for Rabbit 2026 are open until June 7. 👉 Apply now: coconat-space.com/the-rabbit/ #indiedev #gamedev

🐰 Last Friday at A MAZE. - carrots, veggies, dips, game dev conversations, and a lot of questions about The Rabbit 2026. Alumni, friends, curious devs. Just the kind of picnic we like 💚 Applications open until June 7 → coconat-space.com/the-rabbit #indiedev #gamedev #amazefestival

🐰 Applications for The Rabbit 2026 are open! We announced it at Spotlight Games Berlin & showed the 2025 documentary while we were at it 💚 Thank you @medienboard.bsky.social for believing in this little rabbit hole from day one. Apply by June 7 → coconat-space.com/the-rabbit/ #indiedev #gamedev

🐰 "Silly, fun, inviting, and very rabbity." 15 indie devs. 4 weeks in Brandenburg. Late-night karaoke, forest walks, and a lot of game dev talk. This is what The Rabbit 2025 felt like 💚 And now… we open again. Apply by June 7 → coconat-space.com/the-rabbit/ #indiedev #gamedev

The Rabbit Residency 2026 СALL 🌿 Brandenburg, Oct 26–Nov 20. 🐇 15 indie devs. 4 weeks in nature. Fully funded. 🏡 Stay & meals 💸 €500 stipend ✈️ Travel support 🎮 Coaching + pitch at Games Ground Berlin Teams up to 4. Apply Jun 7 → coconat-space.com/the-rabbit/ 📸 Tilman Vogler #indiedev #gamedev

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 #gamedev #indiedev

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! #indiegames #gamedev

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

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 #gamedev #indiedev

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

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

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... #gamedev #indiedev #indiegames

🦖 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 #gamedev #indiedev #indiegames

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

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! www.meetup.com/berlingamesc...

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

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

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

Some exciting news! The Rabbit alumni @spellgardengames.com just launched the game Ritual of Raven! store.steampowered.com/app/2066520/... #gamedev #indiedev

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 #gamedev