Venice After Dark | Press Kit

Sebastian Grünwald has been active in the games industry since 2006. His portfolio spans traditional games for game studios to special-interest productions in the B2B sector, as well as serious games and mixed-reality experiences. Since 2013, he has typically taken on the roles of Creative Director, Project Lead, and Game Designer in his game projects. In 2017, after more than ten years of experience in publishing, development, producing, financing, and game design, he became self-employed. Sebastian Grünwald holds a Master’s degree in Media and Communication Studies, with a focus on media education. His work has received numerous awards, including the German Developer Award for “Best Story 2015” and the German Computer Game Award for “Best Serious Game” in 2025. In addition, he founded a registered association in 2012 to promote narrative computer games, which currently has around 130 members. He serves as its chairman and hosts the podcast “Podcoaster,” which features monthly portraits of personalities from the attractions industry. In his free time, he organizes trips to various immersive experiences and serves on the voting jury for the escape room award TERPECA. He is also an avid hiker in the high Alps.

We are a well-coordinated team of creative experts specializing in animation and motion graphic design, based in southern Germany. We produce animated films for gigantic trade fair screens, the smallest smartwatch displays, and every other screen in the world (digital signage). We create social media clips, animate corporate design elements, and produce entertaining explainer videos. In the gaming sector, we are also responsible for visual concepts, moodboards, storyboards, in-game cutscenes, animations, character design, and user interface design. Since our founding in 2014, our services and products have found applications in a wide variety of fields. Whether for TV broadcasters or cinemas, educational institutions or scientific congresses, the advertising industry or small businesses — we offer solutions for all sectors. Until now, our work in the gaming field has focused on in-game cutscenes and trailers. However, the diverse possibilities of the industry, combined with our expertise and years of experience in graphics and animation, have shown us that we are capable of more than just cutscenes and trailers — we can develop games with high visual standards and quality animation. One of our three managing directors, Mr. Grunow, brings the necessary experience in asset creation for games and is therefore ideally suited to lead the art department. Although we are new to game development, we are highly motivated. Are our ambitions high? Absolutely! But at our core, our passion and core competence remain animation and motion graphic design.