The winners of most categories of the DCP 2024 will be determined in a two-stage system. First, twelve expert juries deliberate on the nominations in all categories before the main jury selects the winners from these nominations. In the categories ‘Best German Game’, ‘Best International Game’ and ‘Special Jury Prize’, the main jury determines the winners from the totality of all submitted games / special prize candidates. However, the expert juries may make recommendations for these categories. Two members of each expert jury are also part of the main jury at the same time, which consists of up to forty people. The main jury decides on the final award.
Jury Chair
Prof. Mareike Ottrand
HAW Hamburg
Main Jury
Expert Jury
Philip Bartel
Senate Office Berlin
Michaela Bartelt
Electronic Arts
Daniel Blum
Writing Bull
Jan Bojaryn
ryn.de, freelance journalist
Mona Brandt
Paintbucket Games
Samira El Ouassil
a.o. DER SPIEGEL
Prof. Dr. Sonia Fizek
TH Köln, Cologne Game Lab
Fabian Gramling
German Bundestag
Dr. Michaela Haberlander
Dr. Julia Hiltscher
Dr. Hiltscher Consulting (Human Element)
Laura Kaltenmaier
GameBoot
Anna Kassautzki
German Bundestag
Prof. Dr. Doron Kiesel
Central Council of Jews in Germany
Thorsten Kodalle
Command and Staff College of the German Armed Forces
Nadine König
INSTINCT3
Linda Kruse
the Good Evil
Lena Laaser
GAME:IN
Matthias Linda
Solo developer "Chained Echoes"
Malandela Mabaso
Goodgame Studios
Martin Müller
Wooga
Prof. Mareike Ottrand
HAW Hamburg
Jennifer Pankratz
Gamedesign, Story, PR
Iris Plöger
Federation of German Industries e.V.
Mick Prinz
Amadeu Antonio Foundation
Jana Reinhardt
RAT KING
Abir Roy
Amazon
Hendrik Rump
Quantumfrog
Anne Sauer
Playing History
Stephan Schölzel
Media educator
Almut Schwacke
Prof. Dr. Eik-Henning Tappe
FH Münster / GMK
Jenny Tesch
Totally Not Aliens
Finja Walsdorff
Universität Siegen
Marius Winter
Wunderfax
Joannis Xenakis
FFF Bayern
Dorian Auer
Ubisoft Blue Byte
Michaela Bartelt
Electronic Arts
Marlene Beilharz
Performer
Jan Bojaryn
ryn.de, freelance journalist
Mona Brandt
Paintbucket Games
Daniel Dumont
Gaming Minds Studios
Madeleine Egger
Booster Space Events & Consulting
Thorsten Feldmann
Thera Bytes
Prof. Dr. Sonia Fizek
TH Köln, Cologne Game Lab
Fritz Fölster
Unterhaltungssoftware Selbstkontrolle (USK)
Andreas Garbe
H1 - Television from Hannover
Tobias Graff
Mooneye Studios
Anke Günther
Beardshaker Games
Dr. Michaela Haberlander
Joachim Hesse
Dark Origin
Dr. Julia Hiltscher
Dr. Hiltscher Consulting (Human Element)
Kristin Janulik
Cubidoo Entertainment
Laura Kaltenmaier
GameBoot
Jan Klose
Deck13
Matthias Kolb
Bandai Namco Entertainment Germany
Nadine König
INSTINCT3
Karolin Kraut
Storyyeller / Playing History
Matthias Kreienbrink
t3n, freelance journalist
Linda Kruse
the Good Evil
Lena Laaser
GAME:IN
Benjamin Lochmann
Pixel Maniacs
Malandela Mabaso
Goodgame Studios
Martin Müller
Wooga
Beck Niederländer
Jumpy Bit
Prof. Mareike Ottrand
HAW Hamburg
Jennifer Pankratz
Gamedesign, Story, PR
Mick Prinz
Amadeu Antonio Foundation
Kathrin Radtke
Spellgarden Games
Jana Reinhardt
RAT KING
Marcus Richter
richter.fm
Zoran Roso
Tencent Games
Abir Roy
Amazon
Hendrik Rump
Quantumfrog
Anne Sauer
Playing History
Stephan Schölzel
Media educator
Almut Schwacke
Boris Stefan
GIANTS Software
Prof. Dr. Eik-Henning Tappe
FH Münster / GMK
Jenny Tesch
Totally Not Aliens
Finja Walsdorff
Universität Siegen
Thorsten Wiedemann
A MAZE.
Marius Winter
Wunderfax
Markus Zierhofer
AudioCreatures