Short Games Showcase 2024

The Short Games Showcase is an opportunity to show off shorter interactive fiction works made in the past year (Jan 1, 2024 to Dec 31, 2024), regardless of whether they've been submitted to any previous jam or competition or not, and regardless of whether there have been any major updates since their initial release.

Short games tend to get less love than longer games in general-purpose, non-speed-IF comps, while if released outside of a comp or jam, they may not get eyes on them at all. We want to give shorter works their moment in the spotlight in a comp where they’ll be compared only to each other, and bring some more attention to the many excellent short games that get released every year.

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Series: The Short Games Showcase

Official Web site: https://itch.io/jam/if-short-games-showcase-2024

Organizer(s): N. Cormier profile, Emery Joyceprofile

Award date: January 26, 2025

Qualification opening date: December 1, 2024

Qualification closing date: January 1, 2025

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Short Games Showcase 2024: Results are out!January 26, 2025

The results are out! Please take a look at the event page to see them.

Thanks so much to everyone who participated!

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Short Games Showcase 2024: Voting is Open!January 1, 2025

Hi everyone,

The 2024 Short Games showcase is now live! Please visit the competition page to play and rate games.

(For more information, see our forum post on the topic.)

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1st Place: te/ra/to/ma, by Naarel
2nd Place: Eider Cake, by sweetfish
3rd Place: night confessional, by sweetfish
4th Place: hanging & wiving goes by destiny, by KA Tan
5th Place: Sundown, by Charm Cochran
6th Place: Gentleman, Adventurer, Crocodile, by Akz
7th Place: How To Make Eggplant Lasagna (With Cats!), by Emery Joyce and N. Cormier
8th Place: 1 4 the $, by Charm Cochran
9th Place: So I bought a little chainsaw, by Akz
10th Place: Why I Haven't Had a Haircut in Eight Years, by Ashley M.
11th Place: You Can't Save Her, by Sarah Mak
12th Place (tie): Provizora Parko, by Dawn Sueoka
12th Place (tie): REPEAT IT BACK TO ME, by SkyShard
12th Place (tie): you are an ancient chinese poet in exile, by KA Tan
12th Place (tie): You, by Carter X Gwertzman
12th Place (tie): Flashpoint, by Sailing Shells Games
17th Place: Quest for the Teacup of Minor Sentimental Value, by Damon L. Wakes
18th Place (tie): Seascape Paradiso, by Natasha Luna
18th Place (tie): do not let your left hand know, by Naarel
20th Place: In Sun-Drenched Gardens, by Emma Conner
Entrant: Making dumplings, by Autumn Chen
Entrant: No More, by alyshkalia
Entrant: constellate, by 30x30
Entrant: Dumbass/smartass, by apicici and cerbo and shamisenorchestra
Entrant: Arkuwar, by Daniel M. Stelzer
Entrant: Not Just Once, by TaciturnFriend
Entrant: Sonnet, by TaciturnFriend
Entrant: I PROMISE I AM WORKING ON THE GAME, by manonamora
Entrant: You promise, by Aster Fialla and Jake Gardner
Entrant: 31st March, Midnight., by Prof. Lily and Kastel and Nitori
Entrant: Lazarrien: A Love Story, by DemonApologist
Entrant: Blood and Company, by alyshkalia
Entrant: Star Bearer, by Maliface
Entrant: Turn Right, by Dee Cooke
Entrant: My Girl, by Sophia de Augustine
Entrant: Suspended in the air so that all of your weight is concentrated on a single point halfway down your spine, by Charm Cochran
Entrant: A changing greenhouse (extended version), by jsmonzani
Entrant: how to fly a kite / cómo volar una cometa, by rubereaglenest
Entrant: your life, and nothing else, by Lionstooth
Entrant: Get Out of Match Lake, by Grim Baccaris
Entrant: Letters to strangers, by jsmonzani
Entrant: A Pocketful of Snow, by Glueblade
Entrant: Open Flame, by Damon L. Wakes
Entrant: One True Love, by BrettW
Entrant: The Basilisk and the Banana, by Jasper & Darren
Entrant: RIPARIAN HEART, by SkyShard
Entrant: All of us Flames, by Naarel
Entrant: Scarlet Sorceress: The Mystery of Castle Alaire, by Vance Chance
Entrant: Him (and Us), by alyshkalia
Entrant: Heaven Alive, by Grim Baccaris
Entrant: All I Am Is This, by letifoxcat
Entrant: sojourn, by 30x30
Entrant: Flight, by Cidney Hamilton
Entrant: The Moon's Knight, by 30x30
Entrant: THE CRIMSON LINE, by SkyShard
Entrant: Not Another Sad Meal, by manonamora
Entrant: Nonverbal Communication, by Allyson Gray
Entrant: Other People's Problem, by Dev Vand
Entrant: Purple, by SnittenStudios
Entrant: Late Night at the Mall, by Johan Berntsson
Entrant: Losing Track, by Onno Brouwer
Entrant: Reunited in the Mist, by Natasha Luna
Entrant: "you picked your poison", by cedes
Entrant: grasscat cafe, ler ardus, by cedes
Entrant: Resurrection Gate, by Grim Baccaris
Entrant: my heart, my heart, by Sophia de Augustine
Entrant: A Mind to Call Home, by cpollett
Entrant: Thread unlocked., by Max Fog
Entrant: Poetic Justice, by Onno Brouwer
Entrant: Angel x Demon Cultural Exchange, by Glueblade
Entrant: A cozy space capsule, by jsmonzani
Entrant: Ghost Hunt, by Dee Cooke
Entrant: Cuppa Quest, by LunarLoony Interactive
Entrant: Get There on Time!, by letifoxcat
Entrant: Temporal Thief, by Jacic
Entrant: The Depths of Madness, by Jacic
Entrant: A Friendship Like Birthdays, by Andrew Schultz
Entrant: There was no going back, by Velvetlobster
Entrant: il Dule, by cedes
Entrant: i love you two, too, by Norbez Jones (call me Bez)
Entrant: Thornfell Manor: 1984, by Tijn Kersjes
Entrant: Girth Loinhammer and the Quest for Five Freakin' Minutes, by Damon L. Wakes
Entrant: Chronostasis, by Natasha Luna
Entrant: This is what I need to tell you, by Max Fog
Entrant: Remake, by Norbez Jones (call me Bez)
Entrant: Mars, 2049 AD, by Fredrik Ramsberg
Entrant: Heartless Smoker, by Catleap Studios
Entrant: A Dodecapedic Box, by zeno pillan
Entrant: Semester Ahead, by Kobato Games
Entrant: The eight-headed giant, by zeno pillan
Entrant: Sojourn through the Decade, by DagitabSoft
Entrant: Tutorial-thing, by Outgrabe
Entrant: Kunenhrayenhnenh, by Outgrabe and seal

Best Use of Short Form

1st Place: You Can't Save Her, by Sarah Mak
2nd Place: So I bought a little chainsaw, by Akz
3rd Place: Turn Right, by Dee Cooke

Best Use of Interactivity

1st Place (tie): Gentleman, Adventurer, Crocodile, by Akz
1st Place (tie): You Can't Save Her, by Sarah Mak
1st Place (tie): Thread unlocked., by Max Fog
1st Place (tie): I PROMISE I AM WORKING ON THE GAME, by manonamora

Best Story-Focused Game

1st Place: You Can't Save Her, by Sarah Mak
2nd Place: do not let your left hand know, by Naarel
3rd Place (tie): 31st March, Midnight., by Prof. Lily and Kastel and Nitori
3rd Place (tie): Lazarrien: A Love Story, by DemonApologist

Best Puzzle-Focused Game

1st Place: You, by Carter X Gwertzman
2nd Place: Dumbass/smartass, by apicici and cerbo and shamisenorchestra
3rd Place: Nonverbal Communication, by Allyson Gray

Most Replay Value

1st Place (tie): A Mind to Call Home, by cpollett
1st Place (tie): you are an ancient chinese poet in exile, by KA Tan
2nd Place (tie): Lazarrien: A Love Story, by DemonApologist
2nd Place (tie): Quest for the Teacup of Minor Sentimental Value, by Damon L. Wakes

Best Previously Unawarded Game

1st Place: You Can't Save Her, by Sarah Mak
2nd Place: te/ra/to/ma, by Naarel
3rd Place (tie): 31st March, Midnight., by Prof. Lily and Kastel and Nitori
3rd Place (tie): Turn Right, by Dee Cooke

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