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]
| Melbourne Queer Games Festival | |
|---|---|
 MQGF 2018 banner | |
| Genre | LGBTIQ+ Game Festival |
| Location(s) | Melbourne, Australia |
| Years active | 3 |
| Founded | 2018 |
| Website | mqgf |
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]
Format edit
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][8] In 2018 it ran a "Bring It Back" event highlighting an older game, Lesbian Spider-Queens of Mars.
Jury-voted awards edit
The Festival recognizes several categories of awards: technical, jury, bronze, silver and gold.[7][9]
| Year | Work | Author | Award |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022[10] | 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[11] | 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[12] | 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[13] | Arcade Spirits | Stefan Gagne | Gold Medal |
| Grunge | Chloe Spencer | Silver Medal | |
| Play Possum | Niamh Noble | Bronze Medal | |
| Pact | Tim Snowdon | Technical Achievement Award | |
| 2018[14] | 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 Award |
References edit
- ^ "Home Page: Melbourne Queer Game Festival". mqgf.com.au. 17 February 2021.
- ^ "Submissions now open for Melbourne Queer Games Festival". 18 August 2018.
- ^ Takahashi, Dean (31 August 2018). "Melbourne festival showcases Australia's impressive game dev growth". VentureBeat. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
- ^ "'Melbourne Queer Games Festival' Is On October 22–23". Explosion Network | Independent Australian Reviews, News, Podcasts, Opinions. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
- ^ "Segments: Get the Inside Scoop on Melbourne Queer Games Festival on Breakfasters' GameChangers — Triple R 102.7FM, Melbourne Independent Radio". www.rrr.org.au. 102.7 FM. 9 October 2019. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
- ^ Sarrubba, Stefania (4 September 2018). "Melbourne Queer Games Festival calls for LGBTI games". Gay Star News. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
- ^ a b "The first Melbourne Queer Games Festival will be showcasing over 50 queer games". SciFiMonkeys.com. 21 October 2018. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
- ^ DeAnda, Michael Anthony (2019). "Masculinities in Games for Gay Male Audiences". hdl:10560/islandora:1000814.
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- ^ "Shortlist". Melbourne Queer Games Festival. 2021.
- ^ "Shortlist". Melbourne Queer Games Festival. 2021.
- ^ "Shortlist". Melbourne Queer Games Festival. 2020.
- ^ "Shortlist". Melbourne Queer Games Festival. 2019.
- ^ "Awards". Melbourne Queer Games Festival. 2018.