It's becoming a tradition that we hand out two bronze medals because the judges just couldn't separate the two games.

Congratulations to the winners of the first 2022 Queer Games Festival Bronze Award! Angel! wedgiebee.itch.io/angel crusty seán Cathy!? Trang #qgf2022

Congratulations to the winners of the other 2022 Queer Games Festival Bronze Award! Buy Hyacinths cow-children.itch.io/buy-hyacinths @CowChildrenpod #qgf2022

Congratulations to the winners of the 2022 Queer Games Festival Silver Award! Taipei Metro Quest hellodri.itch.io/taipei-metro-q… _ #qgf2022

Congratulations to the winners of the $500USD 2022 Queer Games Festival Emerging Developer thingy Autumn Wish violetfairy.itch.io/autumn-wish Violet Fairy 🏳️‍⚧️ #qgf2022

At its discretion, the jury can give a special mention for a game "that is fearless about the freedom, limitless and undefinable strangeness of queer". This year is one of those years.

Congratulations to the winner of the 2022 Queer Games Festival Jury Award "for a game that is fearless about the freedom, limitless and undefinable strangeness of queer". He Fucked The Girl Out of Me taylormccue.itch.io/trauma Taylor McCue #qgf2022

Before we get to the last award, we want to thank the volunteers from Melbourne and around the world who help out with the festival. You make it happen.

And finally...

Congratulations to the winners of the 2022 Queer Games Festival Gold Award for "overall excellence in game design" talking to my dad hatimb00.itch.io/talking-to-my-… hatim b #qgf2022

Anyone know of a like-minded Mastodon instance that would have us?

Introducing the Trans Witches are Witches bundle🧙‍♀️ - 69 magical works from LGBTQ+ creators - $60, or the price of one AAA wizard game - proceeds split evenly between participants - no TERFs allowed Reject Hogwarts Legacy's bigotry and support indie devs: kritiqal.com/magic

The queer games bundle is once again ready for signups. itch.io/jam/qgb23 The bundle is open to any queer creator or team who have a project on itch! We hope to see you there! Please retweet!

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Games Bundle 2023 is live now! 🏳️‍🌈 Over 450 games, tabletop games, books, zines, albums, and art, from nearly 300 queer creators -- all for just $60, the price of one AAA game. bit.ly/queergames2023 #queergamesbundle

✨🌈We're doing it underground this year. No socials. Hope that's ok. 💅 🎩 #migw23