Gamebook Studio

10/09/2025

It was exciting to join this year's Berlin IFA showing how can power both entertainment and training.

🎮 Visitors played Flüsterwald PIC Hub, created with our partner Ueberreuter Verlag GmbH — turning bestselling children’s books into interactive story games that spark imagination and participation.

🛡️ We offered a first look at CyberALARM (cyberalarm.training) — our new interactive training series supporting cybersecurity awareness and compliance in a hands-on, game-inspired format.

🌐 💻 Two worlds — one tool: With the PIC Platform supported by the European Commission, we and our partners are building scalable formats that activate audiences and deliver real-time insights.

Big thanks to Ground Berlin for creating space for games and innovation at IFA!

💬 Curious how your IP or training initiative could benefit from interactive formats? Let’s talk.

08/09/2025

📚 ✨ Books meet Games – and kids become interactive storytellers themselves!

As part of our PIC project, we had the pleasure of welcoming some very special guests to Gamebook Studio: Students from grades 1–3 at Scandinavian Dsg-Schule Berlin and the Ueberreuter Verlag GmbH with their fantasy series Flüsterwald (Whispering Forest).

Together, we brought the world of Flüsterwald to life on many levels:
📕 A read-aloud session from Flüsterwald – The Adventure Begins
🎮 Playing the interactive Flüsterwald Story Game
🎨 Drawing their own characters
💬 And most importantly: direct feedback from the kids to the publisher and our development team!

The Flüsterwald PIC App was developed by Ueberreuter Verlag using our PIC platform (pic-platform.com/) with the kind support of Stiftung Lesen and Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg – showing how interactive reading and digital storytelling can be seamlessly combined.

💡 A real highlight: The children even created their own story decisions – experiencing firsthand what it’s like to shape a narrative themselves.

A big thank-you to the amazing team at Ueberreuter Verlag especially Sophie Franke (Project Management) and Emily Huggins (Head of Children’s and YA Publishing), for the inspiring collaboration!

📸 Workshop photos below
👉 Try out the app here: https://www.ueberreuter.de/ueber-den-verlag/service/extras-downloads/flusterwald-app/

23/07/2025

Thank you to MedienNetzwerk Bayern for the invitation to present the at Media meets Games — a fantastic initiative connecting the games industry with the wider creative sector.

We were part of the Best Cases session alongside Ravensburger , Süddeutsche Zeitung , and EarReality , sharing how interactive, game-inspired formats can help IPs from publishing, film, music, journalism, television, and more grow across platforms and engage new audiences.

An inspiring day full of cross-industry insights — thoughtfully moderated by Petea Fröhlich — and wrapped up with a collaborative mini game jam 🎮.

Thanks to everyone who joined the conversation!
🔗 Full recap: https://mediennetzwerk-bayern.de/liveblog-media-meets-games/
🔍 Learn more about the PIC Platform: pic-platform.com

Wie können Medien und Games voneinander lernen? Wir berichten live von MEDIA meets GAMES am 22.07. – mit Eindrücken, Zitaten und Highlights.

23/05/2025

What if your story could live beyond the screen, the page, or the stage?
This week at Marché du Film - Festival de Cannes, we had the privilege of presenting the Gamebook PIC Platform—on invitation from the Creative Europe MEDIA program.

At the “Meet and Talk with Innovation Tools” event, we shared how our no-code platform empowers IP owners—from film, publishing, games, and beyond—to expand their value chains with interactive, serial content across platforms and markets.

🎬 Whether tied to a feature film, a book release, or an existing franchise, the PIC Platform helps turn stories into scalable digital experiences that drive engagement and unlock new revenue channels.

Thanks to all the creative minds we met in Cannes—let’s continue building the future of cross-media storytelling together.

👉 If you're exploring new ways to extend your IP, let’s connect.

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credits for image 4 & 6: media-stands.eu

12/12/2024

Thanks for the great feature of our "Flüsterwald: Story Game App" ✨, radionews.de!

Author Andreas Suchanek introduces the game, its leading characters and how we engage new and existing fans in a playful way of reading with interactive books.

This special gamebook hub is published by Ueberreuter Verlag GmbH, illustrated by Timo Grubing and supported by Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg and Stiftung Lesen.




Listen to the feature: https://www.radionews.de/audiobeitrag/spieletipp-fluesterwald-story-game-app/

Download Links
iOS: https://apps.apple.com/de/app/fl%C3%BCsterwald-das-story-game/id6498945422?platform=iphone
GooglePlay: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ueberreuter.games&hl=gsw&pli=1

Guten Morgen am Donnerstag!

Lukas ist gerade mit seiner Familie nach Winterstein gezogen, liest viel und hat noch keine Freunde – bis er die magischen Wesen im Wald nebenan entdeckt...

Zur Themenwelt der erfolgreichen Kinderbuchreihe „Flüsterwald“ von Andreas Suchanek gibt es jetzt auch eine interaktive Story Game App, um die Lesefähigkeit spielend zu verbessern. Mit der neuen App können wir selbst Teil der Geschichte werden.

Alle ausführlichen Infos dazu auf radionews.de.

18/10/2024

We won ✨ ! We’re super happy to have been chosen "Content Startup of the Year 2024" by this year’s CONTENTshift by Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels 🚀

A big thank you to the jury for their trust in the Gamebook Platform, the business model and its scaling potential for the global book industry!

The decision must have been incredibly hard to make with so many stellar finalists. Thank you for the joint journey and growing together in the programme:
✍ AI supported global self-publishing booknet || Sergiy Grushko ua
🙆‍♂️ Sign Language assisted reading for hearing impaired by equalizent Schulungs- und Beratungs GmbH || Monika Haider & Georg Tschare
📰 kompreno platform to support unbiased journalism with leading global newspapers || Jochen Adler
💫 AI based qualitative research platform QInsights || Dr. Susanne Friese

And last but not least: a key pillar of the programme has been the mentorship and book industry insights of Okke Schlüter (Stuttgart Media University) and Harald Henzler (International University SDI München), thank you for this!

https://www.boersenverein.de/ueber-uns/aktuelles/detailseite/contentshift-accelerator-gamebook-studio-ist-content-start-up-des-jahres-2024

16/10/2024

Today is Release Day for our next game 🚀 ! Just in time for Frankfurter Buchmesse our partner Ueberreuter Verlag GmbH and us launch the next Gamebook Hub with the magical "Flüsterwald: Story Game App" ✨.

The app is based on the success book series by Andreas Suchanek and Timo Grubing and offers interactive new storylines and background information on a regular basis for existing and new fans of the Flüsterwald universe.

A big thank you also to Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg and Stiftung Lesen for their support.

Download Links
iOS: https://apps.apple.com/de/app/fl%C3%BCsterwald-das-story-game/id6498945422?
GooglePlay: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ueberreuter.games&hl=de

21/06/2024

It’s official: we are finalists in this year’s CONTENTshift accelerator 🚀.

The jury’s conclusion: "The five finalists offer innovative approaches to forward-looking topics in the book industry such as accessibility, qualitative data analysis, translations, and self-publishing. As a jury, we were particularly impressed by the diversity of ideas and creativity, for example in using artificial intelligence to maximize the benefits for the industry."

We are looking forward to the program and the final events at Frankfurter Buchmesse, organized by Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels

A big thank you to the jury and the coordinators Stefanie Perk and David Brauer. And congratulations to the other finalists: Qeludra B.V. | equalizent Schulungs- und Beratungs GmbH | Booknet | kompreno

Dreimonatiges Coaching- und Mentoring-Programm für ausgewählte Start-ups / Initiative der Börsenvereinsgruppe zum landes- und branchenübergreifenden Austausch / Content-Start-up des Jahres erhält 10.000 Euro Förderprämie

06/06/2024

We are very happy to be nominated for the CONTENTshift Accelerator 2024!

Applications for this year's ContentShift Accelerator program included companies from European countries, South Africa, and Rwanda…