tea makes games


Tea Bähr is a game designer and media artist from Germany in their early 20s. They are known for experimental artistic levels. All of their games are free.

Hey there, I'm Tea.


When I first got my hands on a PC, I quickly got obsessed with creating digital spaces for others to experience.

At first I made expansions to existing games (like Portal 2 maps) that soon became tiny speculative full-immersion mods without relating to the original. My workflow is rapid prototyping, throwing ideas at a wall until something sticks.

I love breaking the boundaries of what you can call a game. My games have been described as calm, contemplative and always with a point to them. Most of my many projects are for short game jams or university. I study Intermedia Design and also experiment with other media like film and graphic design.

Wanna work together?

I work with


Source Engine Blender Unreal Engine Unity GIMP HTML, CSS, JS TouchDesigner Python Php Premiere Indesign Photoshop Illustrator After Effects

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Quotes


In a brilliant move, mapper and indie dev Tea has gone and turned that into a chill artscape. Shards of colour paint themselves upon the void, rooms collapse inwards upon themselves. Broken, haunting, brilliant stuff.

RockPaperShotgun, Natalie Clayton

What a wunderful, short, reflective experience.

Moshe Linke, game artist

a surreal puzzle game- experimental, mysterious, and beautiful!

Michelle aka NovaHeart

definitely worth your time

Twinfinite

Exhibitions


(in)stabilitea exhibit at Play!con
(in)stabilitea exhibit at Gamescom

Achievements


3rd place out of 28 entries in Map Labs AT4 TUNE with Empteaness
2nd best score of 19 entries in Map Labs 9 Back on Track with (in)stabilitea
2nd place out of 13 entries in Map Labs TT5 Blockout with twisted_gravitea_