| Melbourne Queer Games Festival | |
| Location: | Melbourne, Australia |
| Years Active: | 6 |
| Founded: | 2018 |
| Genre: | LGBTIQ+ Game Festival |
The Melbourne Queer Games Festival is an annual LGBT game festival held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.[1] It was founded in 2018 and is held in October as a part of the Melbourne International Games Week. It showcases video and tabletop games from around the world that feature LGBT gameplay elements[2] [3]
The festival is volunteer led and in addition to appealing to the queer gaming community and raise the profile of queer games,[4] they're working toward reclaiming the phrase "gay games".[5] [6]
The festival publishes a showcase of games submitted, a livestream of games being played, and a series of juried awards and launched with fifty games in its inaugural year.[7] In 2018 it ran a "Bring It Back" event highlighting an older game, Lesbian Spider-Queens of Mars.
The Festival recognizes several categories of awards: technical, jury, bronze, silver and gold.[8] [9]
| +Awards and nominations at the Melbourne Queer Games Festival | Year | Work | Author | Award |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023[10] | Please Be Happy | Arimia | Gold Medal | |
| Funny Walk – You're So Tense! | Vi | Silver Medal | ||
| two men go on a date and don't fall in love | littlerat | Bronze Medal | ||
| It Started With Hairs | SuperBiasedGary | Bronze Medal | ||
| Sporal | Mimosa Echard | Technical Achievement Award | ||
| 2022[11] | talking to my dad | Hatim Benhsain | Gold Medal | |
| TAIPEI METRO QUEST | Dri Chiu Tattersfield | Silver Medal | ||
| Angel! | Cathy Trang and Sean Wejebe | Bronze Medal | ||
| Buy Hyacinths | Benjamilian Swithen, Cow Children Games | Bronze Medal | ||
| He Fucked The Girl Out of Me | Taylor McCue | Jury Award | ||
| Queer and Chill | Ignacio Bustos | Technical Achievement Award | ||
| Autumn Wish | Violet Fairy | Emerging Developer Award | ||
| 2021[12] | Winter | Freya Campbell and Elliot Herriman | Gold Award | |
| Cover Me In Leaves | Elliot Herriman | Silver Medal | ||
| What's your gender? | radow | Bronze Medal | ||
| Minotaur Hotel | MinoAnon | Bronze Medal | ||
| Tong Jyun | kc | Technical Achievement Award | ||
| Parcels and Pollen | Littlerat | Emerging Developer Award | ||
| 2020[13] | If Found... | Llaura McGree | Gold Medal | |
| spring leaves no flowers | kc | Silver Medal | ||
| Queering Spacetime | Toto Lin | Bronze Medal | ||
| Monster Sweethearts | Sam | Bronze Medal | ||
| Queer Olympix Day 1 - Comsmic Room | Lezborado | Jury Award | ||
| 2019[14] | Arcade Spirits | Stefan Gagne | Gold Medal | |
| Grunge | Chloe Spencer | Silver Medal | ||
| Play Possum | Niamh Noble | Bronze Medal | ||
| Pact | Tim Snowdon | Technical Achievement Award | ||
| 2018[15] | Strange Flesh | Greatest Bear | Gold Award | |
| Saving You From Yourself | Taylor McCue | Silver Award | ||
| Love on the Peacock Express | trainmilfsgame | Bronze Award | ||
| Genderwrecked | Ryan Rose Aceae, Heather Robinson, Medley Baxter | Jury Award | ||
| All Walls Must Fall | inbetweengames | Technical Achievement AwardExternal links |