Did you know there’s an entire conference focused entirely on queer games? Neither did I! So I took the train to Montreal to check it out for myself… and IT WAS SO COOL!

The Queerness and Games Conference (QGCon) is an annual 3-day conference for queer developers and queer gamers, featuring all types of games! They had board games, card games, TTRPGs… but of course, I went for the video games.

Not only did I attend a bunch of the panels, but I met a lot of amazing queer video game devs and played tons of demos for recently released and upcoming games! Some of them we’ve even talked about on the podcast before…!

Oh, and did I mention I even did some on-the-fly interviews at the conference, too?

You can see (or hear) all about it in this very special episode of True Avatars!

00:00:00 - Intro + QGCon Primer

00:12:04 - Day 1 - Friday Sept 26

00:12:51 - Yurivania series

00:17:04 - Three Days to Chicago

00:20:15 - Redjackets

00:25:41 - Day 2 - Sat Sept 27

00:31:10 - Rocket Adrift

00:33:16 - A Night for Flesh and Roses (+Interview)

00:53:47 - Love in the Time of Spellphage (+Interview)

01:06:09 - Neov*gina Dilation Simulator

01:07:35 - Queen Boat (+Interview)

01:16:15 - Fundamental and Incontrovertible Reality (+Interview)

01:23:51 - Banned Together

01:34:05 - Physical Queer Games

01:36:27 - Overall Thoughts + Montreal Experience

CONTENT WARNING: Suicide mentioned during the Queen Boat segment.

The interviews were recorded on September 27 2025 and the main episode was recorded on September 28 2025.

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Ahmed Khalifa: https://amidos2006.itch.io/

Chelsea Brtis: https://bakiara.itch.io/

Games:

Yurivania series: https://mxashlynn.itch.io/yurivania-3

Three Days to Chicago: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2495380/Three_Days_to_Chicago/

Redjackets: https://annacwebs.itch.io/redjackets

Psychroma: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1879950/Psychroma/

Dead Finger Dice: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3512300/Dead_Finger_Dice/

A Night for Flesh and Roses: https://necropocene.itch.io/a-night-for-flesh-and-roses

Love in the Time of Spellphage: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3825300/Love_in_the_Time_of_Spellphage/

Neov*gina Dilation Simulator: https://gamedevbrook.itch.io/dilation-simulation

Queen Boat: https://amidos2006.itch.io/queen-boat

Fundamental and Incontrovertible Reality (not available online): https://bakiara.itch.io/

Banned Together: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3551960/Banned_Together/

Slasher U: An 18+ Horror Movie Dating Sim: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2655620/Slasher_U_An_18_Horror_Movie_Dating_Sim_Act_1/

Lucah: Born of a Dream: https://store.steampowered.com/app/896460/Lucah_Born_of_a_Dream/

Sources:

https://www.qgcon.org/

https://www.qgcon.org/2025/arcade

https://annacwebster.com/