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Straight!? is included in the 2024 Queer Games Festival Showcase
🕑 Added 2024-09-25 19:26:07 +0000 UTCHey all,
So I don't do this very often but I wanted to share some exciting news.
I woke up today to find that Straight!? has been included in the 2024 Queer Games Festival in Melbourne. This is an annual festival that features mostly indie projects with queer themes or developed by queer creators. This is a great place to discover new creators and projects and it's both humbling and exciting to even appear within a showcase for an awards ceremony.
This year there are 70 featured projects by developers that you can find in the link above. Ultimately, the judges will whittle this list down to a handful of finalists with ultimately one featured winner this year. The fact that queer games are getting an ever-increasingly bright spotlight is a win for all of us to be seen, heard, and validated within the scope of a polarized world.
We did this together. You. All of us.
I already posted this link on social media and some of you have reached out to ask if you can support Straight!? within the festival. Unfortunately, there's no way to "vote" on your favorite project. The grading is all done internally.
However, what you can do is to take a moment to check out the link above and scroll through to take a look at the other featured projects for 2024. Being an indie developer is hard-- getting exposure is hard-- so this is a great way to support our cause, find new stories and projects, and throw your energy behind other developers that are tirelessly pecking away at their keyboards by the moonlight.
Thank you to all of you that have supported this project in any way. I'm not talking about just monetary, either. All of you. Even downloading this story helps. Reading it helps. Rating it on websites and sharing it with your friends helps. All of you, your support, your energy, letters, and comments continue to make this one of the most incredible periods of my life.
Again and always, thank you for walking with me.
-Aaryn π€
Comments
Sebastian
Given they abandoned the whole concept, not surprising. It may have been part of their decision to return: cut down on all the work that had stopped it being fun.
Aaryn
thank you!!
Aaryn
thank you so much (somehow i overlooked this comment. my bad
Aaryn
i do believe you can attend in person because i know there were options to play some of the games at the festival but yeah... they dont put much on their website and i think they abandoned a lot of their other social media pages
Zanier
congrats ! π
lex0
Congrats ! You deserve it :)
Sebastian
I've been trying to find out if it's possible to attend the awards live, but the MQGF website is not helpful, and the Melbourne International Games Festival website is barely any better (folks, it's not 2022 any more, update your FAQ!). Shortlist first, anyway, and we'll see what happens next.
Aaryn
oooooh, this is pretty much in your backyard. lol. appreciate the luv :)
Aaryn
thank you so much for being part of this
Cookie68
Congratulations Aaryn well done all the best, From here in Melbourne, Australia
Steve Korup
Congratulations Aaryn, it's well deserved. I told you that you had a Great talent, and this is the proof. I'm excited for you and the exposure "Straight" will get, think about how many people will get to experience what we all have, You're one of the Great young developers in our community. Once Again Congratulations Aaryn!!! π₯π₯π€β€οΈ
Aaryn
thank you my brotha. i appreciate this. there's a lot of nonsense in the world so if it is good karma then let's share it as a community. there's a lot of people out there that could use a little positivity in their lives :)
Aaryn
thank you so much <3
Dave
THAT IS AWESOME!β¦. Aaryn this is so completely well deserved!β¦ This is a result of you unwavering dedication to the Awesome Project & you humbleness through it allβ¦Karma is Real & this is just a lil bit of your Great Kama coming back to visit you!β¦.Congrats my Brother!
Alejandro Meza
WELL DESERVED.!!!!!! ππΌππΌππΌ
Aaryn
thank you. thank you. very much sincerely appreciated
Aaryn
aw. well thank you. hell... we made the list so we already won in my book. thank you so much for the support with this thing
Aaryn
thank you sir and thank you for all you do for this thing and me <3
Mari the Star Chaser
This is awesome! Congrats Aaryn! β€οΈ
BeMyHiro
Congratulations! Fingers crossed that you win! Easily the best VN I've ever played so absolutely amazing news
JordynStr8
Well deserved, congrats Aaryn π
