Anyone able to point me toward any long-form discussions on story in 2D platformers?
I'm especially interested in elements of plot, pacing, character, and methods of communicating the narrative to the player!
Bonus points if the discussion never uses the word "subversive"
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The Queerness and Games Conference is happening this weekend, Sep 26-28! Friday is entirely remote (on Discord) and tickets are Pay-What-You-Want! Almost everything on Saturday and Sunday will be livestreamed!
Devs, speedrunners, critics, and scholars will be giving talks and two liveplay games on Friday are still looking for players!
If you're interested you can learn more, register, and join the Discord!
#QGCon #QGCon2025 #GamesEvents #GamesScholar #GamesCriticism #QueerGames #TransGames #IndieDev
Are you a rad queer person interested in weird games who wants to help run #QGCon2025?
Then apply to volunteer by August 20!
Applications are due by August 20th; we'll get back to you by August 25th. If you have questions feel free to ask!
Thrilled to announce #QGCon2025 is officially Calling for Presentations and Games!!
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QGCon Call for Games & Presentations
If you're doing rad work at the intersection of queerness and games, you should be there!
Submissions are open now and will close on April 13th, 2025.
Reposts appreciated!
#QueerGameDev #QueerScholar #QueerGameDev #QueerGames #TransGames #GamesEvents #GamesCriticism #IndieDev #BedroomDev #GamesScholar
🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 QGCon 2025 🎲🎮
September 26-28, 2025, in Montréal, Québec!
The Queerness & Games Conference is returning in-person with hybrid elements (streamed talks, online community events, and more).
We're hosting panels, workshops, and games that explore queer issues, themes, and sensibilities.
If you are a gamemaker, researcher, activist, or player at the intersection of queerness and games, we want you there!
QGCon is a COVID-cautious event.
The conference will require attendees to wear respirator masks (with N-95, KN-95, their equivalent or better) and will be held in a place with a modern MERV 8 (pre-filtration) and MERV 13 (filtration) air purification system.
We'll be circulating our Call For Proposals soon!
Join our mailing list and our Discord server to be the first to hear about it!
Read the full announcement here.
#QGCon #QueerGame #TransGame #IndieDev #GameDev #GamesCriticism #GamesEvent #Cons #LGBT #LGBTQIA2S
A sad scenario where the big outlets are doing the more progressive work but all the little outlets are having to beg for the scraps of capitalism and write reviews for the TERF game, urgh
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