The Queer Games Bundle interview series
The Queer Games Bundle is a collection of nearly 600 items by LGBTQ+ creators and teams, nearly 400 of which are independent video games, all sold for just $60. I’m talking with creators from the bundle about their games and their making habits.
Here’s a roundup of some insights based on my month of interviews.
Alison Huang on her short narrative game Broken Bird (Spread Your Wings)
Arianna Ravioli on her (upcoming for Switch!) game Will Die Alone
armin littlerat on his game Peyton’s Post-Op Visits
Ashe Thurman on worldbuilding and their game Fruit Salad Theory
Autumn Rain on her nonlinear comic Voidland Mystery Goodnight
Ava on her game Gender Dysphoria
Azephir on his “die and retry” visual novel The Gayandere
Barclay Travis on exploring love in his tabletop games
Benjamin on his games Virtomae and Epiphlaphobia
Bob Conway and Deevil on their game Cute Cock Clicker
Brook.p8 on her games Flags for Friends and Pushamo
Cabbagehead on tabletop games Deadlight and Bad Bad Brew
Cadaver Carnival on their narrative dating sim Ace in Space
CJ and Mabbees on their roleplaying visual novel Terranova
Col and Hawky on their transmasculine love story Lookouts
Crescendo on making Ciao Nonna on a whim of love
Dari on RPG Maker and their game I Hate You, Please Suffer
Els on his survival adventure To the Wolves
Emily Horton on Plush Bunch’s barista sim Boiling Over
Eric Merz on their socialist platformer GB Rober
Fiendish Fiction on their gory visual novel Up All Night
Florence Walker on her games La Faim Feminine and The Stranding
Heiden on their funny, flexing RPG Heart Is Muscle
Hubol on JavaScript and his trippy metroidvania 2
Jeff on their game, and multiverse, of A Nightmare’s Trip
Jemma Topaz on her game Some Sword / Some Play
Kamilla on her game A Potion for Chamomile and its universe
Kate Bagenzo on her game Kate Reads Your Future
Kiefer Nemeth on their game Katja’s Abyss: Tactics
Kit Riemer on their game Computerfriend
Laura Lanford on her visual novel H2O
lowpolis on their shopping adventure co-open
Lynne M. Meyer on her tabletop game Unleashed
Melancholy Marionette’s yandere games, like Impostor
N.B. Spiders on their game The Museum of Radically Obsolete Futures
Nami on her yuri time travel game Zeitz Machz
Nardo23 on his games Crime Frog and By the World’s Wind
Nick Weyr on their urban fantasy tabletop setting Cityscapes
nilson carroll on his game Whenever You Can Breathe
Niv on his cat-themed afterlife adventure Purrgatory
O. Kaya on their hopelessness simulator Connor
owof games on their language bullet hell Non-Binary
Paige on her Yurivania franchise of narrative adventures
Pete Foley on Fuzzy Ghost’s adventure game Pebble Witch
Peter Martingell on the robots of A Day of Maintenance
Phage on her PS1 gothic exploration game The North
Quinn K. and Conor Walsh on their game There Swings a Skull
Raphaëll Maïwen on their game They Seem to Be Very Good Friends
Riley Dülberg on its (first ever!) game transaction failed
Rocket Adrift on dating cryptids in Raptor Boyfriend
Rose and co. on Ten Tales from the Records of the Adamant Gambit
Runa Liore Winters on her game 77 Oleander Avenue
Saori on ADHD and completing her game L’Origine du Monde
Sol Martínez-Solé on his memory exploration GUACUCO
Studio Clump on their office visual novel Someone Stole My Lunch!
TangledVirus on their game Aston May Die
Vaasu on their daily puzzle It’s a Mystery Picture Game
Violet Fairy on her games Every Letter and Autumn Wish
Volition Newlove on their kinky cyberpunk mystery Null Event
Xiri on his propulsive visual novel HITME
Yuen Hoang on their interactive zine A God Who Lives in Your Head
