More initiatives of the Hamburg Kreativ Gesellschaft
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More initiatives of the Hamburg Kreativ Gesellschaft

Ungradable: Twisted Card Grading

By Chasmic Drop Studio

Funded with 48,000 €

Games Lift 2025

Prototype Funding 2026 / 1

Use tools to inspect cards to find anomalies in this horror simulation game.

In Ungradable: Twisted Card Grading you’re forced into a job at a shady card grading company. Sit at your desk and inspect various cards for authenticity and quality. But some cards aren’t like the others. Soon, you’ll be searching for sinister and dangerous anomalies — and hoping to make it to the end of your shift.

Inspect, Grade, Contain

Society in Ungradable depends on collectible trading cards – they serve as currency, weapons and curses. As a card grader, you’re constantly confronted with the ominous threats that dwell within the cards. In this dark atmospheric setting, you must look very closely – even when you’d rather not.

A card lies on your desk. Your main task is to examine cards using various tools. A centering tool allows you to check the alignment of the print. Scratches on the foil become visible under an adjustable lamp. Maybe you suspect a forgery and prefer to take a closer look with a magnifying glass. But some cards require a more specialized approach before they reveal their true form.

You notice an anomaly. Maybe it’s just a missing detail. A scratched-in threat reveals itself. Faces begin to melt. Or did the card just whisper something?

Don’t lose your nerve. Document your findings with a grading form, contain the card in a hardened sleeve and seal away the threat. Was everything done correctly? Then the card can be safely sent and you earn your payout. But if you make a mistake, the seal breaks and you pay the price with your sanity – or even your life.

The Team

The Hamburg-based Chasmic Drop Studio was founded with the vision of creating small, sustainable and meaningful horror experiences, with Ungradable as their debut game.

The core team consists of two long-time friends. Through Ungradable, Leif Gutowski (Game Direction, Programming) combines his nostalgia for trading cards with his enthusiasm for the weird and unsettling. Nadine Oestreich (Art Direction, Project Management) uses her refined art style driven by a passion for horror to bring their creative vision to life. With their complementary skill set, they pursue their goal of making a living creating unique experiences for people who share their love for horror.

Gaps in their expertise are closed by the motivated collaborators Alexander Nham (Sound Design / Music) and Christoph Volkmer (Business Advisory).

The team strongly values collaboration and fosters their strong local network at regular game industry events. With the co-working space at Indieschmiede as their home base, they are eager to strengthen Hamburg’s games industry – boosting its presence on the map.

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Ungradable: Twisted Card Grading

by Chasmic Drop StudioFunded with 48,000 €

Use tools to inspect cards to find anomalies in this horror simulation game.

In Ungradable: Twisted Card Grading you’re forced into a job at a shady card grading company. Sit at your desk and inspect various cards for authenticity and quality. But some cards aren’t like the others. Soon, you’ll be searching for sinister and dangerous anomalies — and hoping to make it to the end of your shift.

Games LiftPrototype Funding

The Wrong Horse

by Bird Outside StudioFunded with 40,000 €

“The Wrong Horse” is a colorful murder mystery adventure, that takes place at a horse racing track. As a journalist, it's your job to uncover the secrets surrounding the death of a jockey and identify the culprit!

Prototype Funding

Welken

by Studio GutheilFunded with 60,000 €

"Silent Hill meets John Carpenter in the heart of Germany."
Once a year, a small German village opens its doors to the dead. This year, they accepted the invitation. 'Welken' is an unsettling survival horror game in a nostalgic PSX retro style, dragging you deep into an eerie German folk horror setting of the early 90s. Hunted by a relentless, systemic AI, you must survive in the melancholic, uncanny familiarity of the German countryside, walking among everyday farmsteads, fields, and woods. Thanks to dynamic item and NPC randomization, no two playthroughs are ever the same, making every escape attempt a uniquely unpredictable nightmare.

Prototype Funding

Manor Cartographer

by Pipapo GamesFunded with 80,000 €

Map your escape

Many games have maps, but in Manor Cartographer you not only make it yourself, you also walk on it.

In this cozy horror puzzle adventure you are a cartographer trapped in a haunted manor. Your only way out is to explore the manor, make a map of it and use it to navigate through the dark. But beware, the manor comes alive in the dark; monsters and haunted doors awake from their timeless slumber. But it does not seem like they are there of their own free will. Someone or rather something is holding them in the manor and if you don’t find your way out, you may suffer the same fate.

Prototype Funding

Odem

by Odd ZeroesFunded with 80,000 €

Odem – the breath of life that awakens inanimate matter. In this action card game, it is the resource that brings the pieces of an occult gameboard to life in order to defeat sinister shadows in tactical real-time battles.

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Fading Skies

by Distant Blue

Fading Skies aims to deliver a fresh take on the charm of the PS2 and GameCube era by blending classic 3D platforming with modern action-RPG elements. As Ryn, a young woman accompanied by a cat-sized dragon, you travel through a mysterious broken world full of magic, on a quest to stop the planet's collapse and confront the shadows of a forgotten past.

Games Lift

Limbo City AfterLIVE (formerly: Phasmopass)

by Curio Compass

Phasmopass is a Turn-Based Strategy Roguelite where you lead a team of humans in a never-ending volleyball reality show against ghostly foes! Win a series of tournaments by gathering powerful items, pairing up with other ghosts to gain Supernatural abilities, and beat the tournament champions to escape the dystopian city of Limbo!

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Project: Slimepot (working title)

by Calluna Games

Project: Slimepot (working title) is an action-adventure game where players explore a dungeon full of monsters, turn them into dishes, and serve them to guests in their tavern.

It combines thrilling dungeon crawling with creative cooking and relaxing tavern management.

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The Wrong Horse

by Bird Outside StudioFunded with 40,000 €

“The Wrong Horse” is a colorful murder mystery adventure, that takes place at a horse racing track. As a journalist, it's your job to uncover the secrets surrounding the death of a jockey and identify the culprit!

Games LiftPrototype Funding

Ungradable: Twisted Card Grading

by Chasmic Drop StudioFunded with 48,000 €

Use tools to inspect cards to find anomalies in this horror simulation game.

In Ungradable: Twisted Card Grading you’re forced into a job at a shady card grading company. Sit at your desk and inspect various cards for authenticity and quality. But some cards aren’t like the others. Soon, you’ll be searching for sinister and dangerous anomalies — and hoping to make it to the end of your shift.

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