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great here at Summer Game Fest.
I am one of your co-hosts, Malady Confetti.
And hello, my name is Jax from season 15
of RuPaul's Drag Race.
Yes, now a little bit about me.
I love natural girls, indie games,
and I love my cozy hoppies.
And I am your competitive cheerleading diva,
which means I get just as competitive in my gaming.
So bring on the games.
Today we're celebrating queer creativity, queer developers,
and the incredible games helping push this industry forward.
This showcase is presented in partnership
with the Gaming Foundation,
an organization dedicated to uplifting LGBTQIA plus people
all across gaming through mentorship,
community programs, advocacy,
and support of queer creators.
Their work helps create more opportunities and visibility
for queer developers, players, streamers, esports talent,
and gaming communities around the world.
And honestly, today is the perfect example
of that mission in action.
We've got an amazing lineup ahead
featuring indie games, stylish action games,
cozy adventures, horror mysteries, witches,
detectives, drama, and so much more
from queer creators and inclusive studios.
And while we celebrate Pride Today,
this showcase is also about recognizing
that queer stories and queer talent
belong in gaming all year round.
But before we fully jump into the showcase,
we wanna take a moment to spotlight
the incredible organization helping make all of this possible.
Let's take a closer look at the Gaming Foundation
and the work they do to support queer people across gaming.
Hi, I'm Hubert de Williams, Dan Bola,
and I am part of the Gaming Foundation.
I'm part of the organizing team
for marketing and communications, action committee,
and helping bring the gaming pride parade to life.
So thank you all for joining.
I've been in the industry myself for about 10 years.
So being connected to the summer of gaming,
Summer Game Fest is very special and important to me.
What is the Gaming Foundation?
So the Gaming Foundation's mission
is to uplift and create opportunities,
not only for queer gamers, but also for LGBTQIA professionals
and communities around the world.
And we do this through support, visibility,
and really pushing for representation.
How can people help?
Actually, for those of you watching,
you are already helping.
So if you want to help some more,
please share this showcase.
It's on demand, do it on YouTube or socials,
being of socials, follow Gaming Foundation across Instagram, Blue Sky, LinkedIn, your favorite social
platform at GamingFDN, and that's G-A-Y-M-I-N-G-F-G-N. You can also visit our website at GamingFoundation.org.
That website will really tell you how you can get involved, donate, and help our initiatives.
So what's next for the Gaming Foundation? Next, we have a couple of new programs and events like
the gaming awards on Monday after a summer game fest weekend, then you can watch that exclusively
on World of Wonders Wild Percent Plus around the globe on Monday June 8th at 7pm. So tune in,
and that really celebrates clear voices in gaming. We also have a Pride event, it's the Rainbow
Race Pokemon fundraiser, and that's really has creators and competitive players supporting
LGBTQ plus gamers. And this is just the beginning of something much bigger, so we can't wait to
share more and have more, more art communities around the world.
All right, let's kick things off with a game to ask one very important question.
What if instead of fighting monsters in a dungeon, you flirt with them instead?
Riz dungeons, Skeleton Key to My Heart is a chaotic, hilarious dungeon crawler from queer-owned
indie studio, Snoozie Cazoo, where your greatest weapon is an sword.
Hit your pickup lines. You play as Tappy, a hopelessly weak adventurer trying to win back
her dangerously hot dragon ex by charming monster girls building relationships and somehow
surviving the chaos along the way.
With relationship driven combat, dynamic party interactions, sleepovers at the end and a
whole lot of personality, this game feels equal parts dungeon crawler, dating sim and
a complete disaster.
Let's take a look at Rizz Dungeon Skeleton Key to my Heart.
Alright, standard RPG, gather your party, traverse the dungeon...
What?
Obviously.
In Rizz Dungeon, your weak is sh**.
So flirt with monster girls and let them do the fighting.
Just try not to make them jealous.
Everything you need to know about your girlfriends is on the Worldwide Spider Web.
Wormwood really grinds their gears, or makes them devote their life to you.
Grow closer to them at the inn. Talk about your special interests, trauma dump, and then sleep
in separate beds. Fit up with it, you could always, wait, no don't, wait!
Deld deeper into the dungeon to encounter new faces. More to kiss, more to recruit.
So flirt your way through the dungeon, manage everyone's feelings,
Confront your ex, normal RPG stuff.
Riz Dungeon, skeleton key to my heart.
Launching September 17th, 2026.
Hi, I'm Pearl, this is Yukon, I'm with Riz Dungeon and we're presenting Riz Dungeon,
Skeleton Key to my Heart.
We're Riz Dungeon, we are previously known for the turnip boy commits tax evasion
We make very, very weird comedic games with a lot of parody. Just dump straight in.
We're also very openly queer studio. I'm a trans fan as the owner.
And so we have a lot of queer employees and yeah, we're just trying to make the world a better place.
It's a very uncertain world right now and I feel like just being joyful and sometimes an act of rebellion and life.
Like, I just want people to feel joy, queer joy, any kind of joy, and to feel seen, and
have the courage to be themselves, and...
I think we really want our players to know that like-minded people are out there, you
know?
We're here, we're not hiding away, you know?
We want to have fun, we want to be goofy, and we want to share, you know, the...
weird joy that we have. That's not going away. I think that's very very important.
Riz Dungeon is a very very messy relationship simulator slash dungeon
crawler where you encounter monsters either survive a fight using your already
recruited monster allies or Riz them up and have them join you on your adventures
and your whole goal is to get your stuff back from the evil demon dragon
wishlist now wishlist in the game helps a ton. We're launching on September 17.
We'll watch out for that.
We have a demo out right now.
Yeah, so you can play it right now.
You can go to suzikazoo.com to join our newsletter right now.
Next up is she, making its world debut today during Summer Game Fest.
She is a retro survival horror experience inspired by the classics like Akira and Metal Gear Solid.
This game blends psychological horror with themes around identity, womanhood,
and survival inside an oppressive underground military facility.
You play as a Loot Black, a woman navigating a deeply atmospheric world with tension, existential
dread and some seriously incredible visual design.
Check out she.
The villain sounds like some way thought with a weapon.
But I was right, he is a god.
And then she woke up.
So I'm Lindsay Rollins.
She here.
I'm working on She, a seraphim helix experiment.
And I part one third of the Rocket Drift games.
And we're just a co-op, small indie studio, developing games in Toronto.
Roe V. Wade being overturned was a big evictus for us to be a bit more politically engaged
in the things we wanted to work on, as well as mentoring kind of a new era in my own kind
of development with my own gender and kind of reckoning with a lot of things that are
happening to people that like me, that are being marginalized right now by these really
fascist kind of systems, oppressive systems in place.
And I don't know, like when I see news updates
about all these laws being overturned
and people's rights being taken away,
it makes me extremely angry.
And I'm thinking, how do I use that in a productive way?
And making games is the best way I can think of, really.
So to fight that kind of fascist messaging
and inspire other people to think differently
about those systems as well.
Without getting too much away,
the plan is to have the player kind of wake up
with absolutely no information,
other than whatever they're getting
through the radio conversations.
Very similar to MGS2 in that when Raiden is brought
into this mission, a lot of things like that he thinks
he understands about the mission,
just kind of like get thrown out the window,
especially at the midway point.
So we wanted to build that sense of like,
what is really going on?
Who do I believe?
Like are these people that I'm talking to on the radio,
do they have my best interests at heart?
Or are they self-interested?
Or like what are their motivations?
The monsters that you encounter,
we start to learn more about like
how they came to be disinfected from this lab leak,
what is actually the substance
that has been used in these experiments,
where was it derived from?
And eventually you start to learn more about
like the, a kind of like, what's the word,
like Lovecraftian kind of force that's behind all of it.
And we do that through like drip feeding the information
as they play through, through the radio dialogue,
but also the documents that you'll find throughout the lab,
the monster designs we want to be specific towards,
the themes of like what, like,
and we want the monster designs to reflect kind of
the elements of femininity in terms of like physicality
that frighten people or might like seem,
Um, I guess like lurid in like everyday polite society, but this is kind of the reality of having this kind of a body, you know
Definitely wish list on steam
And we have a patreon where you can get exclusive behind the scenes footage and dev blogs from us
As well as early play test builds when they become available all for low low price
We've already seen such an incredible range of queer storytelling today, and we're honestly just getting started
From cozy indias and stylish action games to horror, comedy, and heartfelt narratives,
this showcase really highlights how diverse and creative queer gaming has become.
But before we jump back into more games, we want to take a moment to thank the partners
and sponsors helping make today possible.
Events like this genuinely do not happen without organizations and companies willing
to invest in queer creators, developers, and communities.
Their support helps create more opportunities for queer voices to be seen, celebrated, and
discovered by players around the world.
So a huge thank you to all of our sponsors for supporting the inaugural Gaming Pride
Parade and helping uplift queer gaming.
And now a word from them.
You cannot have a queer gaming celebration without a little camp, and honestly, nobody
does camp quite like Kitty Powers.
Kitty Power's matchmaker makeover is the fabulous remastered return of the viral dating
sim classic where players run their own matchmaking agency under the expert supervision of legendary
drag queen, Diva Kitty Powers.
This updated version brings brand new artwork, expanded customization, chaotic dating minigames,
and even more inclusive options for players to create exactly who they want to be.
You can match straight, gay, bi-pan, and non-binary characters, navigate awkward first dates,
survive disastrous restaurant choices
and somehow try to keep romance alive through complete chaos.
And the whole thing is packed with kitty's signature humor,
ridiculous situation,
and the exact kind of drag queen touch
you want guiding your love life.
This game feels like being personally yelled at
by your favorite drag queen
while trying to stop two strangers
from breaking up over soup.
And honestly, that's a beautiful thing.
Let's take a look at Kitty Powers' matchmaker maker.
You! Yes, you! Are you fluent in the language of love? Could you take other people's love
lives into your hand? Well now you can prove your caring prowess! In my newly remastered
dating simulator, Kitty Powers matchmaker makeover! Hello kittens, I'm Kitty Powers, matchmaker
extraordinaire! In the last decade, the road to true love has grown even longer and harder!
Oh, I say, which is why every master nagger-loving dating simulator
How exciting!
Run your own dating agency, and become a matchmaking maestro
My little black book is bulging with new symptoms, and need your help
Oh, bless, lavish them with a deluxe treatment in the salon
Ooh!
The members of Gorgeously Refurbished date their news
Of her courtship catastrophes, inhuman and brute dating dilemmas
Decide whether to go in hot, or hold back and make the spirits outrageous.
Will they reach the limousine of loveliness, or the land for your loveliness?
I've got some special dating tools and help up your arsenal.
Press me, and I might give you one.
It's stuffed with enough improvements to make your eyes water.
Or what, can I just sit down?
Kitty Power's matchmaker makeover.
Coming soon.
You lucky things!
Hello kittens, I'm Kitty Powers, matchmaker extraordinaire, well actually I'm a game developer.
Now we've made Kitty Powers matchmaker makeover, which was the 10 year anniversary remaster of the original game.
It's like a dating simulator, but for everyone...
Now Kitty Powers, what's your number one tip for dating?
Just the tip.
Okay, that's it, that's the tip.
I have many tips. I'm the matchmaking maestro, you know. I can break it down in every subject area, but that was, you know, I think that's as good as our penultra's any.
If you're a matchmaker, it's a dating simulator, but it's not like any dating simulator you've seen before, because most dating simulators are not simulators, they're just sort of choose your own adventure books.
Our game is actually a simulator where we randomly procedurally generate characters of all different persuasions
and you have to match them and then send them on dates to see if you can get to get into a ship and then you get paid.
We've got a new update in the work, so online gaming so you can play with your friends.
There will be the high school tables from the original game.
We're also bringing back avatar dates, send your friends on dates, which you couldn't do in the original game.
And all sorts of wonderfulness.
There's also going to be some amazing collecting kitty pins,
team kitten themed badges for all my kittens.
Something more fun for people that have completed the game but love the game
and want to spend more time in here, but don't want that grind.
Well they want something to grind, so that he has some kitty pins he can grind for.
If you go to matignotion.com, there's a page there with all of our social media links,
which you can choose from to your heart's content or come and join the Discord. I hang out
on there every day. So a little fun fact about me, I love card games. And next up is a game that
takes one of the most classic card games ever made and completely reimagined as a celebration
of indie art and creativity. Art of Solitaire transformed Solitaire into an incredibly cozy
and stylish experience where every deck is designed by real-world indie artists from around the globe.
You are not just building cards here, you're building an interactive art collection filled
with everything from fantasy worlds and cute animals to surreal illustrations and queer folklore
inspired designs. This game features classic modes like Klondike, Spider, and Pyramid Solitaire
all wrapped up in gorgeous visuals, relaxing ASMR sounds, and their signature flick mechanic that
that literally lets you fling cards across the screen.
And one of the coolest parts about this game
is that it uplifts artists directly
with new creator collaborations
and featured decks releasing all year round.
For Pride, the game is spotlighting work
from queer illustrator, Camilla Crowell,
through a Slavic queer folklore deck celebrating LGBTQIA
plus identity through mythology and culture.
Let's hear more from the team behind Art of Solitaire.
I
I'm Ian, I founded the company in 2019.
I am Santiago and I work as a creative producer at Solitaire.
I'm Camila, I'm a Polish, a queer artist, illustrator and comic artist I suppose.
Solitaire is the most played game ever.
We wanted to bring solitaire and you know how the genius of it and how relaxing it is, how zen it is and
how brain tingling it is to a new generation of players. So it's a game that we crafted to make
it feel very beautiful and tactile, which is very important you know. You can feel dragging the
cards and making it very satisfying. There's something that I really love when I was working on
the deck that the way you designed the whole game and the whole digital space it just creates this
lovely peaceful canvas and then as you say it's like oh I can add like any kind of like crazy
personality onto that lovely canvas and the the function that I really loved which was designing
little stickers and emojis to go and then stickers that can be put on the table top I thought that
was such a fun idea and that way you can yeah sort of be a mix and match yeah I thought yeah that
that was great and makes it just all more. I think if you can make something more personal,
you become more passionate about it, so that's really good.
Yeah, exactly. We really want people to make it their own. You know, feel like some sense
of ownership on a thing, you know, exactly as Camilla's saying.
I love that Camilla has just dropped a feature that we haven't released yet in the game.
Oh, I didn't know!
I didn't know.
No, it's all good for the last several months we've been getting the artists who work with us to create stickers.
We're adding this feature where you'll be able to buy something.
I'm just so cool I could not say it.
To customize the table, but we haven't put it in yet, so yes, but we're excited about that.
But we would love to get some feedback from people who stream this and see how it's working for them
and then how we can improve it.
Check out the game.
Yeah.
We're available for cross-platform play.
You know, we're on iOS, on Android, and on Steam,
so you can play anywhere,
and your collection is always gonna sync up.
And of course, Camilla's wonderful deck
is going to be the deck of the month for June,
for Pride Month, so we're very excited about that.
Okay, so yeah, everyone, check out the Pride deck.
It's already in the game, it launched on June 1st,
and it's a special pride design, clear fold.
Hope you enjoy it.
Games are important,
but community is what truly makes queer gaming culture
so special.
Queer to gamers is helping create spaces
where queer players can connect, compete,
build friendships and feel genuinely welcomed in gaming.
This group focuses on bringing queer gamers together
through online communities, event, content,
and safe spaces that celebrate both gaming and identity.
And honestly, right now, that kind of representation matters.
Research continues to show that LGBTQIA plus players often
turn to gaming communities as spaces for connection,
self-expression, and support, especially when those faces feel
inclusive and affirming.
Organizations and communities like Quirty Gamers
help gaming feel more accessible, more supportive,
and a lot more fun for queer players around the world.
One of the best parts of gaming culture
is seeing how people continue building spaces for each other.
Whether it's the committee events, streaming eSports,
or just finding your people online,
that sense of belonging means everything.
All right, let's take a closer look at QWERTY GAMERS.
Hello, I'm Kusher.
I'm the online events manager with QWERTY GAMERS.
QWERTY GAMERS is a Father 1C3 nonprofit,
and our mission is to support and uplift LGBTQIA2S plus
gamers, creators, and industry professionals
providing resources, community, education, and opportunities that expand visibility, connection,
and real-world impact across gaming culture. So we just kicked off our Queer Quest event,
which is our biggest fundraiser of the year. This includes a three-day parade-a-thon event on Twitch,
along with many other fun events throughout the entire month of June. How can you get more involved?
We are always looking for volunteers and donations. We are also excited to announce that we are now
taking applications for our QWERTY GAMERS creator program. So if you enjoy streaming and are looking
for an inclusive community to join, please fill out our application. All of this information can
be found on our website at www.QWERTYGAMERS.org. So if you're looking for more queer games,
you can go to QWERTYGAMERS.org slash games and you can find a list of queer games and if you're
interested in submitting a game. You actually can submit a game right on that website as well.
We hope to see you soon. Keep games gay. Love. That's so gay.
All right, it's officially time for some adorable chaos. Skipe Ptoots is a retro-inspired 2D platform
shooter that blends colorful charm of classic games like Kirby and Mega Man with fast-paced
action exploration and creature collecting. You'll jump dash and shoot your way through cozy stages
is filled with perfect characters, silly mysteries,
hidden paths, and a whole lot of personality.
And while the game looks super cute on the surface,
there's also a really satisfying action
platformer underneath with power-ups, non-linear level
design, and enemies you can actually collect along the way.
The Pixar is really gorgeous.
The music has perfect nostalgic retro energy,
and the whole game feels like a love letter
to classic platformers from the 90s.
Let's take a look at Kupa 2.
My name is Patrick Scrandas.
So I am part of Okie-Pokie Games, and I'm making a game called Cupidoots.
So what is Cupidoots?
It's a cute, colorful, action-packed adventure.
You get to jump and shoot and find secrets and get powers and collect enemies, but it's
kind of retro-inspired, so really you're just trying to save the day.
The themes for Cupid Toots came from really trying to understand how we accept ourselves
and a lot of it is accepting yourselves for the imperfections and also, you know, personally
and emotionally.
I think the biggest driver for this was how to fight against being emotionally perfect,
right?
It's not going to be good vibes only all of the time.
You have to have 10 of those nid vibes or bad vibes to really become old.
And that really pushed me to explore how we understand and accept emotion.
And I felt like that was kind of a radical concept to put into a little cute game.
I think as the world of Cute the Toots was coming out, I had all these characters that
interact and care about each other, but in seeing that I didn't find gender as a super
important character design aspect.
It was kind of a world where these characters are bouncy and friendly, but gender isn't
really that, you know, constructed for them.
And it really helped me as I'm considering like the dialogue and narrative to be a little
creative and introspective on how I can write without the constraint of gender.
And these characters, they're just all friends.
thought like an important factor of them being she or she or they. I've
purposely omitted kind of that demarcation in the game, but the
characters don't care what they're called, but it's not a big important part
of them. They're not defined by being each she or they, and it's actually not
really that relevant in the world, which I think is really an interesting way to
explore and interact with language and with personality and relationships.
I hope that there are players that find this game charming in a way that encourages them
to explore this cute kind of colorful world and the characters and secrets, but also kind
of like let it be a parallel to be a little introspective and think about how they interact
with their own world.
I think the biggest emotion that I'd like to prefer or I guess the biggest thing I'd
like to see some players is that, you know, Keep Pute Tuts, the world loves you and I hope
you get to love the world and keep Pute Tuts too.
Now this one has an absolutely incredible premise.
Spill the Beans is a reverse detective visual novel where a secret recipe has been stolen
and unfortunately you're the one who stole it.
Instead of solving the mystery, your job is to manipulate conversations, gather evidence,
interrogate suspects, and somehow convince everyone that somebody else committed the
crime.
The game takes place inside of a cozy fantasy cafe filled with vampires, skeletons, magical
disasters, and one very judgmental cat boss.
All wrapped in this gorgeous, hand-drawn art style.
And what makes the game really stand out is how reactive it is.
Characters remember how you treat them, relationships evolve based on your choices, and there are
are often 15 different accusation paths,
depending on who you decide to frame.
Posey, chaotic, extremely queer,
and somehow manages to make emotional manipulation
look weirdly charming.
Let's take a look at Spill the Beans.
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Hello, I'm Eve, I am a programmer and writer and I'm working on Spill the Beans, a reverse
detective visual novel. Originally Spill the Beans started as a game jam project that
was meant to take place over a month. We went through a bunch of ideas that we thought we
would like, we thought cozy cafes were cool, but we also loved detective games. We have
a lot of fans of things like Ace of Journey on the team, so we wanted to mount those two
into one thing at the end of the day. With Course of the Month, we laid out our cast
characters we wanted to include but we never quite figured out who the culprit
was. We knew what the game game's name was, it would be Spill of Beans because
that's a really fun name to give to a game set in a coffee shop that's not
detective stuff. So the game jam went along, it ended and we didn't quite finish
the game because you hadn't figured out who the culprit was until we sat down and
we thought maybe the most interesting thing we could do is say that the player
is the culprit and suddenly that twisted the whole idea on its head. Suddenly
you know, all these people you were interrogating, we knew why you couldn't find out why they
done it, it's because you had done it.
And now we have this new dynamic to play with, to make the player a manipulator, and how
that could maybe take a new twist and a new kind of emotional states to give to this cozy
setting that we had fallen in love with.
I think for me, The CrossFit is always characters, you know, when you go to a cafe, it's really
cool and peaceful, and you know, you have your nice drink, but there are all these people
around you and you don't know what their lives and their internality is actually going to
be because you know you're sitting by yourself and you're relaxing.
And so it's full of beans, you know, you have that coziness at the cafe, but you also have
people and you're talking to people and you're finding out that internality they have, the
things that make them take an argument.
And I think there is something inherently cozy about getting to know someone else that
you are put in this kind of high-stakes situation where they are more likely to share what they
more slightly personal things and there's an intimacy to that that I think is inherently
kind of cozy and very close to the chest and very intimate.
The thing that I hope people must reflect on is what it means to manipulate someone
because in my opinion and writing this, this is kind of what I'm taking away, is to manipulate
someone is to know them, it is to know all their weaknesses, all their flaws, all the
ways that you can change them, but also to not have them know you in any way, to have
than not see through the facade and not see who you are and the inherent
loneliness of that, of knowing someone but not being known yourself. And that
may be across the course of the game. As you change people's minds and hearts, you
start to see the other paths that open up and the importance of connection,
whether that's knowing someone or being known in the journey. Please be sure to
wishlist, build the beans on steam and check out our newly updated demo just
for this event where you can play Jesse's first free we're releasing with
public right now where you can try to figure out something about their mysterious past with one
of the other members of the cafe trapped inside with you. The Gaming Pride Parade is sponsored by
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LogitechG.com. Remember the pure feeling of playing, running to reach out and tag a friend,
Place in the last block on a medieval castle.
Put in your last quartile in the arcade knowing it's high school or bust.
The anticipation.
The rush.
The genuine joy of play.
It makes us feel alive.
That's a feeling we can't help but chase.
To experience it.
Share it.
And keep it feeling new.
by always making play better.
Like when 8-bit graphics doubled every few years.
And every advance felt like we were landing
on an undiscovered planet.
Or when the people you played with
went from friends in the neighborhood
to friends around the world.
And when wires were replaced by fridges.
Creating breakthroughs in play
can be just as exciting as playing, if not more so.
Because everything we design, build and innovate
brings that real joy of play to everyone.
First-time gamer or eSports pro we've gotten.
Think about it.
We design controllers that enable more people to play.
We make invisible connections faster.
We put F1 cockpits into living rooms.
We make sound to sound better.
and give mice endless power.
Play challenges us, connects us, and fuels our creativity,
inspiring us to find new ways to advance the game.
So when people ask what we do and why we do,
it all boils down to helping every human live by two words.
Keep playing.
Okay y'all, this next game is fabulous!
Neon Death Drop is a fast-paced top-down action game where you play as Serif, a gay go-go dancer
using fierce choreography and kinetic powers to save a futuristic neon city from hordes of rogue robots.
You're dodging bullet hell attacks, changing together stylish dance combos, manipulating the environment around you,
you and literally swinging enemies off the map with pure queer energy. The combat is all about
movement, rhythm, and style points with flashy choreography and inspired mechanics that make
every fight feel more like a performance than a battle. But underneath all the chaos and camp,
there's also a really heartfelt story here about identity, community, and becoming the hero you
were born to be. And visually, this thing looks incredible. Neon lights, futuristic city-states,
stylish character designs. It feels like a nightclub. A cyberpunk anime and a drag performance all
crashed into each other. Check out the latest gameplay from Neon Death Drop.
All right, boys. Let's get this show started.
Sir, drop the floor and push them in.
I didn't even realize you were all into group play. Am I the star?
Fuck my life!
Step off, Sally! Back off, Becky!
Serif, brace yourself.
Something is going to happen.
Not me.
That's the only thing that can defeat these powerbots.
It's a power, body.
A Death Drop!
Hello, my name is Marc Steller.
I'm definitely one of those gays.
And I'm the director of the Young Death Drop.
You're playing as a gay go-to dancer in the Supreme Countries.
I'm a go-to dancer as well.
So I really wanted to bring this kind of energy into the Young Death Drop as well.
And to share this experience with what it feels like to be the life of the party.
The demo for Neon Left Truck is out on Steam right now.
Don't play, wishlist, and follow up some Kickstarter with a V-logging or catpapers.
From high energy action to something a little more emotional and nostalgic, Tako no Himatsu
Ocean of Secrets is a gorgeous action RPG inspired by the golden era of Game Boy Advance
Adventures, blending classic retro storytelling with modern gameplay and deeply personal themes.
The game takes place in a world where Octopi have mysteriously been erased from history,
and players follow six different heroes as they uncover the secrets behind
disappearing wildlife, rising political tensions, and shadow creatures consuming the world.
Alongside your magical Octopi companions, you'll explore colorful pixel art environments,
solve puzzles, battle shadow monsters in real-time combat,
and slowly piece together the truth behind the world's forgotten past.
And honestly, the art direction here is incredible.
the entire game feels like discovering a long-lost fantasy RPG from the early 2000s,
complete with beautiful pixel graphics, emotional storytelling, expressive animation,
and music from legendary composer Motomi Sakuraba, known for Golden Sun, Tales of, and Dark Souls.
But what really makes the game stand out is how personal it feels. Each character has their own
trauma, history, and emotional journey to overcome as they try to bring back hope to the fractured
world. Let's take a look at Takano Himutsu, Ocean of Seafings.
I'm Christophe Galati, I'm a French indie game developer and I own the studio Denius.
Promas and dark stuff always been near me and in my opinion games are what saved me because
during this time I used to kind of escape by playing a lot of JRPGs.
So leaving those adventurers and these characters helped me survive my life, I guess.
So I really always wanted to make a JRPG that will have a deep storyline that could also
maybe help people.
So in the game, like drag is not only part of the storyline, it's also very present
in the game world.
Like in each turn, there is a bar with some drag artists, but in the queen's or queer.
In the character, fights with his drag, basically during the game, and as you can see in the
trailers that will be with the interview, he kind of unlocks looks during the games.
There is like a lot of political stuff also, like there is a presidential election in the
game.
Also, regarding the Queen, as I mentioned, I did cameos of real world drag queen, so
There is more than 50 real world drag queens in the game.
It also led to a side quest where you have like a Pokédex,
actually, where you have to find all of the drag queens in the world.
They show it in the book, and so, yeah, there is a lot to look forward to in the game.
And yeah, hopefully I managed to get the right mix of
making traditional JRPG aspect, like saving the world, killing the world, stuff like that.
while having more than stuff like characters speaking about their traumas and
and so on. The only thing I might like sometimes I'm afraid like people will only see the game as the game with the drag queens
because there's a lot of characters and a lot of stuff but I guess once the game
released they can see the whole picture. We don't have a release date yet
hopefully we can release the game next year. We did a Kickstarter campaign already
which was pretty successful, and that there is a demo on Steam since the Kickstarter campaign.
One of the best things about queer gaming is how it brings people together.
And few groups embody that spirit better than Boston Gamers.
Boston Gamers is a nonprofit LGBTQIA plus gaming community dedicated to creating safe,
welcoming spaces for queer gamers to connect, build friendships, and celebrate gaming together.
What started as a small community meetup has grown into massive networks of thousands of members
across online and in-person spaces,
hosting everything from board game nights
and tournaments to convention events,
charity streams, karaoke nights,
and community meetups.
And what's really special is how intentional they are
when building inclusive spaces where queer players
can genuinely feel comfortable being themselves.
Through their Discord community, local events,
convention presence, and fundraising efforts,
Boston Gamers has helped create meaningful friendships
and support system for queer gamers
throughout Massachusetts and beyond.
They've also raised $10,000 for LGBTQIA plus charities through streams and events,
proving just how powerful gaming communities can be when they come together around a shared purpose.
We had the chance to catch up with the team behind Boston Gamers to learn a bit about their
mission, their community, and the work they're doing to make gaming more welcome for everyone.
Let's take a look. I am Matthew Vincent. I'm the Executive Director of Boston Gamers.
Boston Gamers has now existed for nine years.
We've been operating in the greater Boston area,
running a bunch of events to help folks
find queer community, fight isolation in the community,
and just offer better mental health for people
to get out and connect with people.
We run over five events per month now,
ranging from board game events
to video game tournaments, drag shows.
So we're really all about sharing our passion of gaming
through community and through community events.
And then this year, we're actually hosting our own small gaming convention called Gamerfest.
So we're so happy to be able to put something on that's going to be that special for the community.
And if you'd like to learn more about Boston Gamers, you can check us out at BostonGamers.com.
There's a Discord link there. Follow us on Instagram.
You'll see all the amazing events we're doing every single month.
And if you do want to check out Gamerfest, that's happening in September, go to Gamerfest.com.
And you can get tickets and check out all the stuff we're doing there.
goes out the showcase. We
with magic mystery romance
vibes. Wild society is a
drama life sim by studio
of the award winning wild
as Vivian Wild, a witch s
house hosts living in the
Fairhaven at the turn of
game really lets you live
Go run a day and customi
house hosts elegant tea p
balls, manage guest relationships, practice witchcraft, conduct
seances, and maybe even a little spark of romance and drama along the way.
One of the coolest things about Wild Society is how much player choice
will shape the experience.
You decide who to invite into your home, how events unfold, which
relationships grow stronger, and what kind of socialite Vivian ultimately becomes.
Visually, this game is absolutely stunning.
The fashion, architecture, and entire atmosphere feels inspired by classic period
dramas, but layered with magical fantasy, queer storytelling,
and cozy lifestyle mechanics.
You can also collect magical familiars,
connect with spirits, explore the supernatural side
of Fairhaven, and influence the town
through both your social circle and your witchcraft.
Let's hear from the team behind Wilde Society.
Welcome to Wilde Society, a witchy period drama
sim where you run your own magical boarding house.
I'm Alexandra Liu, and I'll walk you
through one of our most exciting features, rituals.
A witch's power is only as strong as her ingredients.
You'll need to explore the island
to find everything you need for your magic.
To create a ritual, you'll need to discover ingredients
which possess the same magical properties
and craft them into the right form.
When you pick up a new plant, shell, or crystal,
check your crafting stations.
They'll show if you have any ingredients
with undiscovered words of power.
And the first time you craft it,
reveal what that power is. Now you can prepare your very own ritual.
Read the incantation to find out which words of power are needed, and then use
the items you've crafted to fill in each word of power. More powerful rituals
will need additional ritual items such as gemstones or potions may even require
harnessing the stars. Just like our previous title, ritual magic is the heart
of all your witchy activities. So with the help of powerful ingredients and your
coven, you can use rituals for things like growing potions faster, changing the
weather, or even growing a bridge to explore new areas. We have lots more
magic to share with you in the future. For now, best witches!
Hello, hello. I'm Victoria Kershaw. I'm from a development company called Studio DryDoc.
We're really passionate about cosy, heartfelt storytelling, creating immersive, nonviolent
games and reflecting worlds where everyone can belong. Something really different about
Wild Society from our first game,
is that your choices really influence the narrative a lot.
You'll be choosing things like what tenants
you'll be hosting at your boarding house,
who to match make, who you'll be deciding to romance,
if that's your thing,
and even things like who do you endorse to be mayor.
So your choices always really matter here.
Essentially, we're trying to create this witchy,
Bridgerton world where you get to both be a powerful witch,
but you're also a very powerful social life.
Maybe your coven needs a new witch.
So maybe you wanna host an intimate tea party
with just a couple people.
Could be someone from the town, could be a local,
and yeah, maybe you wanna help them get in touch
with their magical powers and convince them to join you.
Oh my gosh, I am just so excited
to continue introducing this game to Booktop
because I really feel like they're gonna vibe really hard
with what we're putting down.
If you're a PC player, please wishlist us on Steam.
We're there right now.
If you are waiting to hear about other platforms,
the best place for you would be to join our mailing list,
which you can find the links for that through places
like Excel, Instagram, Telling Your Friends.
Please tell your friends.
Do you have some book reading babes,
period drama, fanatics, historical costume maker,
cosplay of friends?
Please tell them about this game.
Word of mouth is huge.
We are a little studio and we just want this game
to reach as many people as it would delight as possible.
Thank you all so much for joining us
for the Gaming Pride Parade at Summer Game Fest.
Today was a celebration of queer creativity,
queer joy and the incredible developers and communities continuing to shape the future of gaming.
We've seen heartfelt stories, chaotic adventures, stylish action, cozy worlds, unforgettable
characters, and so many games that deserve your support. So if you saw something here that you
loved today, make sure you wishlist these games, follow the developers, support queer creators,
and keep uplifting the communities, helping make these spaces possible.
And the celebration does not stop here.
Don't forget to tune in to the Gaming Awards 2026 this Monday, June 8th at 7pm PT,
streaming exclusively on WoW Presents Plus.
This show is hosted by voice actor Erica Ishii and RuPaul's Drag Race All-Star Dawn,
and will celebrate the very best of queer geek culture with 60 nominees, 14 awards,
and an incredible line of a guest, including Pheromone, Rockham Sakura, The Gamer Guys, and more.
more. Thanks again, everyone for watching. I am your co-host,
Melody Confetti, and you can find me at Melody Confetti on all
social platforms. Yes, and I'm your other co-host. My name is
Jaxx, and you can find me on Twitch and Blue Sky at Hey Get
Jaxx, or on Instagram at Get Jaxx. We'll see you next time.
Bye! Happy Pride!