About us

We are a team of game developers who have learned to create products that bring joy to people. Since 2011, we have been doing this as The Hobrechts – a Game Thinking agency – and were awarded with the title "Cultural and Creative Pioneers of Germany" by the federal government.

Unfortunately, game design today often no longer focuses on creating extraordinary experiences that can be safely experienced to learn. Instead, it often aims to manipulate players to maximize usage time and revenue per active user. One could even say that we have become professional drug producers in the 21st century, as the recent inclusion of gaming disorder in the list of addiction diseases internationally confirms. We would be lying if we said we like this trend. That’s why there needs to be a counterbalance.

With Circumradius, we want to apply our knowledge and experience meaningfully as developers of e-mental-health solutions. How can digital solutions help in treating addiction disorders? And how can they be designed to be user-friendly, accessible, and motivating? These are the questions we want to help answer. Always in collaboration with specialists as guided self-help. Always on an equal footing. Always for the patient.

Openness, transparency, trust, and respect for one another and others are our core principles. And lots of joy, because not everything has to be hard work. We firmly believe that even serious topics can be approached with a wink.

For us, life is about the fear-free transition of ongoing uncertainty into certainty. And we know that it’s always better in a community. That’s why we closed our circle in 2011. Now, we’re closing circles for others as well.

The Award

At the premiere of the Digital Health Award by Novartis Pharma and Sandoz Germany/Hexal in March 2018 in Berlin, we were thrilled to receive the third place award, worth €10,000. From over 80 applications, the high-profile jury had previously selected six shortlisted projects. We were honored to accept the trophy from the hosts, Dr. Sidonie Golombowski-Daffner, Managing Director of Novartis Deutschland GmbH and Novartis Pharma GmbH, and Dr. Stephan Eder, Managing Director of Novartis Deutschland GmbH and Speaker of the Board of Hexal AG.

The Team

  • Christoph Brosius, Managing Partner. A trained advertising salesman, Christoph was an assistant director and production manager before becoming a producer and lecturer. He has received the Young Leonardo Award for Corporate Learning and enjoys riding motorcycles.
  • Gregor Woitczyk, Technical Director and Co-Founder. Former industrial electronics technician at VW, now an experienced backend magician and game developer. He won the German Developer Award for the children's book "Die Wimmelburg." Please do not disturb while football is on.
  • Severin Brettmeister, User Experience Designer and Co-Founder. Not a motorcyclist, but also an advertising salesman. Game designer with a focus on interface and interaction design. One of his projects won the International Digital Emmy® Award. Professional procrastinator.
  • Stephan H. Müller, Data Protection Manager and data protection officer in compliance with BvD e.V. association standards. More at http://www.privacy11.de/.