Queer games. Both in the "LGBTQ" and "weird" sense.
The Bit Bazaar Winter Market hosts a small exhibition of indie games, comic books and art in Toronto.
This event was housed in a townhouse-sized building which spanned two storeys. In it, there were many games, usually with the developers alongside to answer any questions and to sell you their merchandise.
The first floor
I tried out a few games there, and they ranged from awesome to weird.
Oculus Rift: what a toaster looks like on your face.
The most interesting thing was the Oculus Rift. This is a headset that has two monitors in it, each for an eye. With head tracking that allows you to physically control your point of view. If you look right, your game looks right. This allows you to be completely immersed in the game, as if you were in the game.
The Canadian interpretation of Papers, Please.
There were many other games on display at the Bit Bazaar. Featured on the left is a game called I Get This Call Every Day by David S. Gallant. In it, you work in a call centre and assist your customers to get what they want done. The customer, unfortunately, is erratic and uncooperative. Gallant said that this reflected his experience as a call center serviceman.
GoldenGearGames's latest project, "Fate Tectonics".
Golden Gear’s booth had a new game to show called Fate Tectonics. One of its developers, Alex Bethke, explained to me how it was supposed to be played, but I forgot all of it. Maybe if I can get my hands on the game…
Alex Bethke, one major part of Golden Gear.
"Pipe Trouble" by GoldenGearGames is Pipeline with a Canadian twist. After playing this game, you become more sympathetic to Enbridge
But Golden Gear had another game there. This game is called Pipe Trouble and it played a lot like the good ol’ 90’s Pipeline, except it has a storyline and you have to balance out the interests of your boss and of the community’s. Typical middle-rank job problems of trying to please everyone but failing every time.
In the process of building the pipelines from start to end, you must try to avoid building over wildlife, farms or trees. Or protesters will come out in droves to hinder you. You must not go over a pre-set allocated budget when laying your pipe tiles, or your boss will fume.
Pictures!
More queer game-art. Arielle Grimes's game about tits hurting. The goal of this game is to amuse yourself by pushing your cursor over the nipple and clicking. A random joke message appears.
Arielle Grimes in front of her booth.
Cool wall of cutesy stuff
wow.
Jazz Punk is a humorous adventure game where you must solve puzzles in a hilariously coloured world with funny guns, funny NPCs and many other subtle jokes.
Beat Patrol, a game involving dodging bullets, and shooting bullets to a musical rhythm.
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