tea makes games


Theia “Tea” Bähr is a game designer and media artist from Germany in her early 20s. She is known for experimental artistic levels. Most of her 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


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 architect

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

Michelle aka NovaHeart

definitely worth your time

Twinfinite

Exhibitions


The Elision Effect exhibit at Play!con
The Elision Effect exhibit at Gamescom
(in)stabilitea exhibit at Play!con
(in)stabilitea exhibit at Gamescom

Features


The Elision Effect released in the Indiepocalypse (itch.io)
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_