Riad Djemili is the co-founder of Berlin indie game company Maschinen-Mensch. Their debut title The Curious Expedition, a game about fictitious expeditions set in the 19th century, was released in 2015 on Steam Early Access and won the German Developer award for “Best Indie Game 2015”.

Riad started working in the game industry in 2005 and worked for seven years at Berlin game company YAGER, where he among other titles worked on the critically acclaimed game Spec Ops: The Line.