Utopia on highrise ruins
Vol. I · 2026 A studio dossier — living storyworlds
a studio for living storyworlds

A playground for virtual spaces.

Where the characters don't role-play, but they decide.

arte · KIKA · Atlas V · Fraunhofer · Goethe-Institut · Kulturstiftung des Bundes · Hessischer Rundfunk

Selected work.

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Sky Commons
In development 2026 AI story system

sky commons — low water

A real-time, AI-driven story system about power, truth and community — and who gets to decide when a crisis hits.

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re:boot
In development 2024 — present Build simulation

re:boot — utopia tower endgame

A “Waterworld meets Burning Man meets SimCity” building simulation about the society we choose to build.

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Turandot
Completed 2024 AI installation

turandot — Puccini’s stage

An interactive AI installation for Bertelsmann — Puccini’s Turandot, reawakened through generative AI. Seen by 82,000 visitors in three cities.

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Cabinets of Wonder
Completed 2021 Documentary · VR · education

cabinets of wonder

A transmedia documentary made with, for and by children — a journey into their inner worlds.

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A Ride in 2049
Completed 2019 — 2020 VR · TV documentary

a ride in 2049

An interactive time-travel into the future of mobility — a VR experience and a TV documentary for arte / Terra X.

more to follow

How we work

three principles
i.

Stories before specs.

Every project starts as a narrative bible — characters, conflict, world rules. The tech stack follows the story, never the other way around.

ii.

Agents with a position.

Our AI characters don't perform neutrality. Each has memory, attitude and stakes — so a conversation actually goes somewhere.

iii.

Real-time systems.

No dialogue trees. Language, environment, conflict and choice keep reacting to one another — until the world looks different.

expanding focus

Partners & supporters

Die Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien Bundesministerium für Digitales und Verkehr Auswärtiges Amt Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung Sächsische Landesanstalt für privaten Rundfunk und neue Medien Kulturstiftung des Freistaates Sachsen Medien- und Filmgesellschaft Baden-Württemberg Thüringer Staatskanzlei Kulturstiftung des Bundes Deutscher Filmförderfonds Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie EFRE — European Regional Development Fund arte Hessischer Rundfunk KiKA — KinderKanal von ARD und ZDF Goethe-Institut Wunderbar Together — Germany and the U.S. Fraunhofer IAO Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg DE:HIVE — HTW Berlin Vision Kino — Netzwerk für Film und Medienkompetenz Theater Rampe Stuttgart Neufilm blendFX 3DIO LECOS Crowdfunding Campus Lumalenscape Neue Celluloid Fabrik Kunstkraftwerk Leipzig Landesbühne Sachsen Platypus Theater Dick & Dick Thadeus Roth WoodDo