🎮
Making queer comfortcore games~~
Paige Ashlynn mxashlynn
🎮
Making queer comfortcore games~~
game designer, coder, producer, pixel artist, events organizer, music fan, teagirl 🍵
- Seattle
- https://mxashlynn.gay/
QGCon 2025 Games
Each of these games was featured at the 2025 Queerness & Games Conference. Most were in the arcade; a few were liveplays.
The "Creator" column does not contain complete credits. Please see the game's page or the QGCon site for complete credit listings.
| Game | Creator | Link |
|---|---|---|
| Chest Simulator | Teddy Pozo | https://drpozo.itch.io/chest-simulator-docs |
| - DMG = Dot Matrix Game | |
| - Nintendo's internal codename for the original Game Boy | |
| - GBC = Game Boy Color | |
| - Hardware-compatible upgrade to the original Game Boy that introduced a color display and several other features. | |
| - SGB = Super Game Boy | |
| - A Nintendo-licensed device that allowed the Super Nintendo to play Game Boy games. | |
| - Included many features that were almost never used. | |
| - GBS = GB Studio | |
| - A game engine and editor that makes it easier and faster to create games for DMG and GBC. | |
| - GBVM = Game Boy Virtual Machine |
GB Studio Numbers Cheat Sheet
Certain values relevant to GB Studio development! Updated to reflect GB Studio version 4.x.
Information compiled by 2BitCrook.
Pixel Counts
GB Studio Shortcut List
Information provided by 2BitCrook.
Updated for GB Studio 4.x.
GB Studio GB Emulator
[and]Cycle through preset palettes for non-color games.
To flatten in-place an image exported from Tiled, with GB Studio sprite background color:
magick mogrify in.png -background "#65ff00" -alpha off -flatten
To rename a tag already commited and pushed in git:
git tag new-name commit-hash-old-name-pointed-to
git tag -d old-name
git push origin new-name :old-name
Game Content Warnings List
This document may help you consider what content warnings to include when describing your game.
Disclaimer
This document was compiled from various online sources, is not authoritative, and has not been reviewed by any experts
THIS DOCUMENT IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
Advice On Balancing a Day Job with a Side Project
Here are tips I've been given by others.
TL;DR
- Only follow advice that makes sense for you.
- Choose side projects that you actually have time to do.
- Be organized and establish a routine.
- Prioritize your health, your relationships, and paying your bills above your personal project.