Adventure Game Studio

2025 - THE YEAR OF MAGS!

Theme: LGBTQ
Set by: Falsely and EmmaGundersen
Deadline: March 31st

Voting is now open. Please vote using the poll above.

(https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/site/assets/img/games/2834_1.PNG)	Burn Down the Closet: A Game About Being Agender (https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/play/game/2834/) by Rootbound
(https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/site/assets/img/games/2844_1.png)	Let's Talk About Anal Sex (https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/play/game/2844/) by Mandle
(https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/site/assets/img/games/2851_2.png)	Weaving Time (https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/play/game/2851/) by Soulstuff

LGBTQ - Short for 'Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ)', this month's MAGS theme encourages you to focus your story on character(s) who aren't both straight (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heterosexual) and cisgender (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cisgender).

How you explore the topic is entirely up to you! You could focus on the positives: queer love or the joy and pride of a character being themself. Maybe you want to delve into the darker sides of queer identity, like struggling with homophobia or grief. Maybe your hero's unique perspective on gender is instrumental to saving the world or maybe your detective just wants to solve the case so he can get back to watching TV with his husband.

Whatever you choose, don't feel like you have to write exclusively from your own experience. Want to try writing from a new perspective? Go for it!

While you're free to discuss themes of homophobia, transphobia, and other bigotry in your entry, we ask that you don't make the game itself homophobic/transphobic/bigoted. Keep your work respectful. Please don't design a game solely to poke fun of real life groups.

For further inspiration, here are some AGS games that touch on LGBTQ themes:

• If on a Winter's Night, Four Travellers (https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/play/game/2520/)
• Eternally Us (https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/play/game/1303/)
• Rogue (https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/play/game/2386/)
• What Marshmot Convention? (https://stay-puff.itch.io/what-marshmot-convention)
• EARTH AD: Low Estate (https://umabreakdown.itch.io/earth-ad-low-estate)

The list is short because it was difficult to find a lot of LGBTQ games, which is as much reason as any to add some new ones to the catalogue!

Shouldn't the theme be "LGBTQIA+"?  ???
It seem a bit wrong to leave out the Asexuals. (Especially since there's already a subsection of the LGBTQIA+ community who thinks that they shouldn't be included in the lineup.)

Yeah, I'm out for this month. Too volatile and too prone to upsetting someone with something, no matter what I'd do, as seen above already.

Quote from: Danvzare on Mon 03/03/2025 18:14:45Shouldn't the theme be "LGBTQIA+"?  ???
It seem a bit wrong to leave out the Asexuals. (Especially since there's already a subsection of the LGBTQIA+ community who thinks that they shouldn't be included in the lineup.)

I'm pretty sure there hasn't been any intentional exclusion, and the theme is meant to explore the general subject of gender and sexual diversity.

Hey @WHAM,

I totally understand where you're coming from, and any reason for not participating in MAGS is valid . Nobody has to enter.

But if you're actually interested in participating and being concerned about upsetting people is the only reason you wouldn't, I'd encourage you (any anyone else) to enter anyway.

As a member of the topic's group myself, my only worry (and I speak for only me) is the perpetuation of harmful stereotypes or actually harmful misrepresentation. I think the guidelines above do a pretty good job offering ways to avoid that, in that if the game has a protagonist who is any of the LGBTQIA letters, the rest of the game doesn't actually have to be about their identity or that subset of their experience. Personally, I'm just happy to see more games that acknowledge that people like me even exist.

If this is at all helpful (and it might not be, I admit), I encourage a mindset not of "how can I not upset people?" but "how can I make this awesome?" and "am I willing to learn?" If, for example, you're not sure what the harmful stereotypes about trans people are, you could go with a subgroup that you're more familiar with (I feel like most people understand what it means to just be gay or lesbian at this point), or you can post in this thread and ask "what are the kinds of representation you wish existed but haven't seen enough of in games?" (I'd like to know that myself, and I'm a member of the queer and genderqueer communities!)

And it's true, this can be work. If you don't have the time or energy for it, or it's just not fun, that's completely understandable. Like I said, any reason not to participate is valid. I'm just hoping this month gets a lot of entries so that the list of games with characters who are not both straight and cisgendered gets longer. It increases the odds that there will be good ones.

I'd like to think those in this forum are willing to appreciate a good faith effort, even if (as most MAGS games do), the entry prompts some constructive criticism. That's how I read the above comment by danvzare.

If your feeling is still "No, not for me," I'm not offended. But nothing makes me happier than when allies take risks. I hope you have a good gamedev month regardless of whether you enter.

Thanks for reading.

Dear Everyone,

Make a game about people of any and all sexualitues, if you want. It's clear what the topic setters intend.

Read the title and first paragraph of the (already linked) Wikipedia page and enjoy making an inclusive game instead of derailing this thread within hours of me posting it.

Being part of that group myself, I also don't know if I want to focus on it or just have a game with a character that's part of that group. I have another idea, too.

Just a reminder that this is
THE YEAR OF MAGS!

Babar & I will attempt something again this month, hopefully on a scale that can be completed :p

I will try to make something this month but that will all depend if I can write something that doesn't feel like venting haha (as a queer person) and I like withing the 1st week

Quote from: Kastchey on Mon 03/03/2025 21:11:26

Quote from: Danvzare on Mon 03/03/2025 18:14:45Shouldn't the theme be "LGBTQIA+"?  ???
It seem a bit wrong to leave out the Asexuals. (Especially since there's already a subsection of the LGBTQIA+ community who thinks that they shouldn't be included in the lineup.)

I'm pretty sure there hasn't been any intentional exclusion, and the theme is meant to explore the general subject of gender and sexual diversity.

One of the theme deciders here, chiming in to confirm the exclusion was entirely unintentional.

For what it's worth, I myself am asexual and aromantic. I very much consider asexuals and aromantics to be part of the community (and yes, I've seen exactly the sorts of arguments you meant, Danvzare) and I sincerely apologise for suggesting otherwise.

I admit I struggle with the vocabulary of LGBTQIA+ issues. My choice of words/acronym wasn't suitable. This is part of the reason I suggested to Emma that we link articles on gender and sexuality; the absolute last thing we wanted to do is dictate arbitrary lists of what is and isn't "acceptable"!

Again, I really do apologise and I hope this doesn't deter anyone from participating.

Quote from: Falsely on Tue 04/03/2025 04:41:14

Quote from: Kastchey on Mon 03/03/2025 21:11:26

Quote from: Danvzare on Mon 03/03/2025 18:14:45Shouldn't the theme be "LGBTQIA+"?  ???
It seem a bit wrong to leave out the Asexuals. (Especially since there's already a subsection of the LGBTQIA+ community who thinks that they shouldn't be included in the lineup.)

I'm pretty sure there hasn't been any intentional exclusion, and the theme is meant to explore the general subject of gender and sexual diversity.

One of the theme deciders here, chiming in to confirm the exclusion was entirely unintentional.

For what it's worth, I myself am asexual and aromantic. I very much consider asexuals and aromantics to be part of the community (and yes, I've seen exactly the sorts of arguments you meant, Danvzare) and I sincerely apologise for suggesting otherwise.

I admit I struggle with the vocabulary of LGBTQIA+ issues. My choice of words/acronym wasn't suitable. This is part of the reason I suggested to Emma that we link articles on gender and sexuality; the absolute last thing we wanted to do is dictate arbitrary lists of what is and isn't "acceptable"!

Again, I really do apologise and I hope this doesn't deter anyone from participating.

I feel that this has been a problem in rainbow discourse for a while now; while I can understand the need for inclusion, the purpose of acronyms is that they are short and easy to spell, and the more letters and symbols, the harder it gets, and mistakes are made. Drawing on my own experience of being on the spectrum, I learned a long time ago to simply accept what looks like honest mistakes and choose my battles, and that I have to bear in mind that not everyone will stop and ponder every letter they type before sending it.

As for this month's theme, I've been wanting to get back in the game-making for some time now, but I'll probably need to ponder game ideas that could reasonably accommodate the theme first. One idea I've had for a while doesn't involve the protagonist getting into any romantic situation at all, but at the same time I don't feel like simply omitting a romantic subplot would be enough to count as asexual representation.

Basically, those acronyms hypocritically boil down to "We want to exclude specifically heterosexual cispersons. But we can't say we want to exclude them because this would not sound politically correct. So instead, we desperately try to include everyone else".
In general, I think it's weird to define a "community" by sexual orientation or gender (or race or whatever).

Edit: To make it more clear: I think this month's topic should have just been
"This month's MAGS theme encourages you to focus your story on character(s) who aren't both straight and cisgender.",
because it clearly defines the topic in a neutral and not including or excluding way.

Edit2: Looking forward to playing those games!

The way I see it. There are so many variations of the acronym, which is supposed to be an inclusive umbrella term, that they need their own umbrella term to encompass them all. LGBTQ seems as good as any, it isn't too short or too long. That's probably why it was chosen as the title of the Wikipedia page.

Going forward can we all just assume nobody means anybody any harm and let's make some gaymes.

So, as someone not on that spectrum, but on neurodivergent spectrum, I'm not completely sure how to approach the topic. In the last month I have listened to a fiction podcast with two characters who are on both spectrums. I've also listened to other fiction podcasts with LGBTQIA+ characters. All of these have had an urban/contemporary fantasy aspect. And interestingly yesterday I listened to the first episode of another podcast by the same group that have made some others I've listened to. This first episode was about a rally at a college and a character in charge of it. 

Anyway, my point, if I had any was that I can understand anyone being hesitant to make a game this month. My suggestion for anyone who isn't part of the group is to focus on the characters first. Make sure to have well rounded characters. I've never liked any character who only has one defining characteristic, where it be that they're gay or autistic or whatever. If in doubt, just write characters you'd like to be friends with. Their sexuality can go unsaid or only mentioned once in passing. Or maybe just hinted at by background objects, like photos.

I'm personally going to approach the subject by writing exercises and maybe write a full short story first. If I can write something that I feel is good enough, then I'll make a game.

Quoteor maybe your detective just wants to solve the case so he can get back to watching TV with his husband

is the original post example of a game you could very easily make if you don't know how, or are not interested to make a game **about** sexuality and/or gender diversity.

We've had countless MAGS themes as generic as "make a game about kids" or "feature a spoon and a fork", and people would make games about kids, or featuring a spoon and a fork. If you have a concept of how to add a deeper theme-related meaning to your game, go for it. If you don't, just add a gay character and you're done, theme requirements met ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Quote from: VampireWombat on Tue 04/03/2025 14:04:30Anyway, my point, if I had any was that I can understand anyone being hesitant to make a game this month. My suggestion for anyone who isn't part of the group is to focus on the characters first. Make sure to have well rounded characters. I've never liked any character who only has one defining characteristic, where it be that they're gay or autistic or whatever. If in doubt, just write characters you'd like to be friends with. Their sexuality can go unsaid or only mentioned once in passing. Or maybe just hinted at by background objects, like photos.

If there's one advantage being on the spectrum has given me, it's my ability to remember weird facts, so I figured I could share some Wikipedia links to cool real-life historical people that may serve as inspiration to anyone unsure how to write an LGBT+ character, because drawing from real life history is my go-to when I feel stuck.

In no particular order;

The Public Universal Friend (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Universal_Friend) - A quaker preacher who claimed to have been reborn as a genderless being, and mostly known for founding The Society of Universal Friends, as well as possibly being the first recorded non-binary person

Julie d'Aubigny (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julie_d%27Aubigny) - A bisexual female opera singer and accomplished fencer, famous for having set a convent on fire to rescue a girlfriend, and on another occasion having sword-dueled three men in a single night

Chevalier d'Eon (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevali%C3%A8re_d%27%C3%89on)- A French knight and spy who after years of service came out as a woman and started wearing female clothes. Upon death, the chevalier was revealed to be biologically male.

Catalina de Erauso (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_de_Erauso) - A person who, after being placed in a convent to be raised into a nun, escaped and started wearing men's clothes and became a conquistador in South America, eventually becoming known as "the lieutenant nun"

Willem Arondeus (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_Arondeus) - A gay man who was a member of the Dutch resistance during WW2. He was caught and executed by the nazis, and his last words were "Tell people that homosexuals are not cowards."

I hope any of these links may prove inspiring.

Hello!
As the one who initially came up with the theme, I just want to say I am happy to see that people seem to have ideas and an interest in participating.
I anticipated that the theme might spark some discussions and that it might not be for everyone and that is absolutely fine.
Still, if anyone is uncertain or worried about making something that will offend people, I would encourage you to make something (as long as you're not coming at it in obvious bad faith). And I would encourage everyone to be understanding and forgiving of perceived missteps and not immediately jump to the conclusion that something is meant to offend.
Even if you want to make something challenging, I say go for it. Art is allowed to be messy.

I will have a very busy March but I intend to play all the entries and I look forward to seeing what people come up with.

I've started something... as usual for my MAGS entries, it will be one room and probably not an adventure game per se. Gonna see if I can one-room one-week it, which worked well last time.

I have a really interesting idea for this theme but it isn't something that can be explored as fully as I'd like with a "small" adventure game, so I'm debating if I should go with it - or maybe make the MAGS version sort of a chapter 1, and expand on the idea later. The game would deal sorta with trans issues. Not sure if someone else would be interested in collaboration but if not I'll just do what I can.

I think this is a strong theme and I appreciate the previous winners for selecting it.

I'll see if I can come up with something, although I usually write my games mechanics-first and this would have to be story-first.

Coming along, with most of the graphics complete (I leaned pretty hard into the stick-figure style. It seemed to fit with the specific sub-theme of my game). Still a lot of gameplay coding to work on, but about a third of the mechanics are in place. I put in some humorous music by Eric Matyas to accentuate tone, as well.

(https://i.imgur.com/9NOZFQH.png)

(https://i.imgur.com/fbNMuDM.png)

Well, I did it--the game is fully playable. Still need to fix some GUI issues, add another ending, and then get some playtesters. But I recommend the one-room one-week approach to anyone having trouble getting started. It forces you to get something done and then leaves you with time to refine it before the real deadline. Can't wait to see what other entries we get!

OK, the game is "finished." I've had one person playtest it, but have since made changes and would love to have another tester try it before I submit it to MAGS and add it to the AGS database. If anyone's interested, please DM me. Thank you!

Quote from: RootBound on Wed 12/03/2025 15:10:18Well, I did it--the game is fully playable. Still need to fix some GUI issues, add another ending, and then get some playtesters. But I recommend the one-room one-week approach to anyone having trouble getting started. It forces you to get something done and then leaves you with time to refine it before the real deadline. Can't wait to see what other entries we get!

I have an idea but the idea I have is kinda too big - but I may start taking this approach myself, because I have tons of ideas and it's hard to make something bigger while also working on MAGS. So maybe I'll try and dedicate 1 week to MAGS and then the rest of the month to do whatever else.

I did send you a message by the way, if you need a tester, I'm either here or on discord.

RELEASED!

BURN DOWN THE CLOSET: A GAME ABOUT BEING AGENDER

Help a frustrated agender person create an outfit that even society itself cannot impose a gender on... if you dare! Fumble your way to 5 different endings!

Database entry:
https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/play/game/2834/

itch:
https://rootbound.itch.io/burndownthecloset

Completed Games Announcement Thread:
https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/forums/completed-game-announcements/burn-down-the-closet-a-game-about-being-agender-mags-march-2025/msg636682249/#new

(https://img.itch.zone/aW1hZ2UvMzM5ODExNy8yMDI4NDI5MC5wbmc=/794x1000/hAbDP9.png)

Quote from: RootBound on Sat 15/03/2025 14:04:49RELEASED!

BURN DOWN THE CLOSET: A GAME ABOUT BEING AGENDER

Help a frustrated agender person create an outfit that even society itself cannot impose a gender on... if you dare! Fumble your way to 5 different endings!

Database entry:
https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/play/game/2834/

itch:
https://rootbound.itch.io/burndownthecloset

Completed Games Announcement Thread:
https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/forums/completed-game-announcements/burn-down-the-closet-a-game-about-being-agender-mags-march-2025/msg636682249/#new

(https://img.itch.zone/aW1hZ2UvMzM5ODExNy8yMDI4NDI5MC5wbmc=/794x1000/hAbDP9.png)

Review

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I have never felt so seen as with some of the takes on clothing in the game, particularly the one about the unisex shoes being immune to gendering and wishing you could be as well almost got me teary. Maybe because I'm the target audience.

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This is a great game. I hope to finish mine next week but I'm gonna be thinking of this one for a while

As part of it, I thought about doing something. Unfortunately, the city where I live was hit by a severe rainstorm with major flooding. But I'll be happy to play this month's entries (I'm trying out the game of RootBound).

I think i shoot myself in the foot thinking that making a game in only one room should be fast. At least all of the gameplay part is done and I just need to finish the art, music and writing. I think im gonna make it through before the deadline but there might be some placeholder art in there hehe.

Anyway here is some screenshots of what i got

(https://i.imgur.com/NmAw959.png)

(https://i.imgur.com/lrP99XD.png)

Fingers cross I can finish it in time!

The podcast I've been listening to the past few days has made me contemplate a game. But I'm kind of afraid of it being too much like a low quality Wadjet Eye wannabe game.

So, I made something that kind of looks like a game, in my spare time, just because the idea for it popped up in my head the day I saw the theme of this MAGS round.

It's very spare, and was supposed to be much more than it is, but time ran out, so here it is:

DISCLAIMER:

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As it says on the AGS game page, this game contains explicit sexual language.

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Let's Talk About Anal Sex

(https://i.imgur.com/v14iIic.jpeg)

Despite the bluntness of the title (which is not misrepresentative of the content), I did strive to present a story about two people in love who are openly talking about taking the next big step in their relationship. The overall aim of the game is also educational, including some honest and open information about the topic.

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD (https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/play/game/2844/)

Hmmm. Seems that your game was added to the website 4 times. Didn't know whether it's related to the recent site updates.
Because of its seemingly offensive title, I initially though it was spam until I saw who uploaded the game.

Anyway, I've disabled 3 of the entries, leaving one single entry active.

@Mandle I could download the game using the link in the message in this thread, but not via the link provided on the game page. (Possibly unless I was interested in upgrading to premium.)

Quote from: Gilbert on Sun 30/03/2025 17:34:09Anyway, I've disabled 3 of the entries, leaving one single entry active.

Quote from: heltenjon on Sun 30/03/2025 18:52:39I could download the game using the link in the message in this thread, but not via the link provided on the game page. (Possibly unless I was interested in upgrading to premium.)

Cheers, guys. The website kept giving me an error message every time I hit upload, so I assumed it hadn't worked. Eventually gave up.  I will look into it in a bit.

UPDATE: SHOULD BE WORKING NOW

I think im gonna be able to upload before midnight (my time zone midnight) or around it. Just need to playtest a couple things and make sure theres no game breaking bug when i get home from work.

Well ive been trying to add the game to the database for like half an hour now so for now i will post the itch link until i can put a database entry in.

WEAVING TIME
(https://img.itch.zone/aW1hZ2UvMzQzOTEzOC8yMDUxODc5OS5wbmc=/original/relUq3.png)

Your partner is on a work trip for 5 days. Suddenly you feel as you have more time to do things and at the same time you feel as the wait gets longer and longer.

AGS DATABASE LINK (https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/play/game/2851/)


ITCH STORE LINK (https://soulstuff.itch.io/weaving-time)

Music by Eric Matyas
www.soundimage.org

edit: Added the ags database link

Thanks to everyone who entered.

Voting is now open. Please vote using the poll above. Leeeet's go!

(https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/site/assets/img/games/2834_1.PNG)	Burn Down the Closet: A Game About Being Agender (https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/play/game/2834/) by Rootbound
(https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/site/assets/img/games/2844_1.png)	Let's Talk About Anal Sex (https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/play/game/2844/) by Mandle
(https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/site/assets/img/games/2851_2.png)	Weaving Time (https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/play/game/2851/) by Soulstuff

Mini reviews!

Burn Down the Closet

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Interesting concept. I never thought about how difficult but personally important it can be to wear clothes that express a gender (or not). There was a time while at university where I was mostly wearing sneakers, sweater and cargo pants (neutral on my page!) but I've never considered myself anything but female. I really hope that one day we can get rid of this gender nonsense and people can just dress the way they want and live the way they want.

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Let's Talk About Anal Sex

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The name says it all - it is indeed educational, but there is hardly any gameplay. I like the dialog between the two guys but I'm irritated that one of them just gave the guy with STD a blow job without a condom.

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Weaving Time

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An interesting way to tell a story, but I couldn't get into it. I didn't really care for the protagonist. Did the clothes choices do any difference?
I find it a bit strange that in a year long relationship they have never been not seeing each other for a few days and now the protagonist feels insecure and sad. Probably the business trip was a good thing for their personal development.

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I voted for

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Burn Down the Closet
It was fun and it made me think.

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My reviews:


Let's talk about anal sex:

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As others have said, it was more an educational dialog than a game, but I think it accomplishes what it sets out to do.

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Weaving time:

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This feels like a well-realized simulator, with the simple added option of different gender presentation each day. I wanted this to make more of a difference (for example, do you not get blamed for the problem at work if you're in masc mode?) but it seems that the overall mood level is all that makes a difference (unless I missed something).

On the other hand, to have a variance in gender presentation simply be a normalized part of everyday life is perhaps just as valuable.

Also, the first time the mood went to 200%, it warmed my heart.

A bug: the game crashed when I started a new game after finishing it once. "Invalid overlay ID"

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I voted for:

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Weaving Time

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@cat

Quote from: cat on Thu 03/04/2025 20:19:58Let's Talk About Anal Sex

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The name says it all - it is indeed educational, but there is hardly any gameplay. I like the dialog between the two guys but I'm irritated that one of them just gave the guy with STD a blow job without a condom.

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Cheers for the feedback, mate! The bit about him having an STD was supposed to be him joking. Part of his personality is supposed to be a tendancy for shock/gross-humor. He doesn't really have a disease, but perhaps that was not obvious from the text. I will see if this was an issue for others and make an edit after the contest, if so. Because, yeah, ICK!

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Here's my thoughts this month:

Burn Down the Closet by Rootbound:

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I played this alone and together with my daughter. The stick man person graphics make sense in the context, and there are plenty of details in the clothes and accessories. I played through to see all the endings, enjoyed the writing and humour, and hopefully gained some insights.

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Let's talk about anal sex by Mandle:

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Very well written, short dialogue. I think it may work well as an educational game/activity. I liked the quiz type approach and the funny, joking style of talking between the two guys. I did not think the one guy had a disease - I thought it a joke along with the grooming comments.

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Weaving time by Soulstuff:

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I like the idea and the graphics for expressing moods. I also liked the random events, like channel surfing and doom scrolling. Basically, I tried to get a high score on my first playthrough, then tried to do everything wrong on the second one. But even when skipping every meal, cleaning at every opportunity, taking no naps, binge watching Supernatural after hearing spoilers and wearing a dress every time the game allowed me to, the character still functioned normally through the days. It's hard to say if this was due to time restraints, or if it's intentional, telling the player not to worry too much. The scripted ending was very cute. I would have liked to not have to walk so much, although I may be in a minority here. I found little or no difference in mood points when changing clothes.

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I voted for

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Burning down the Closet, because it was most fun to play.

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A new month, a new batch of games! As always, play the games yourself if able, but if you just can't find the time, check out the videos and consider voting.
A fair warning to viewers, these are games on topics I am incredibly unqualified to comment on and also the chat in my livestream is not the best behaved. Also I recorded these while having some sort of flu-like disease so I sound and look marginally more awful than usual.

Burn Down the Closet: A Game About Being Agender (by Rootbound)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8scY9PsD5l4

Let's Talk About Anal Sex (by Mandle)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIWETY_Hb-Q

Weaving Time (by Soulstuff)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szDA-32a7Xc

I was very conflicted between both the choices, as both were very cool and fun and well made, but went with:

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Weaving Time by Soulstuff. While both games had excellent endings, the moment that tipped my scales very, very slightly in this game's direction was the mood meter jumping up to 200% when the partner got home. That was an inspired and charming touch!

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Thanks for the votes, guys.
The winner of MAGS March is:

Weaving Time (by Soulstuff)

Well done Soulstuff. I'll be in touch about setting the theme for April.

Thanks to all who entered.

Thanks so much to everyone who played and voted! It's great to see the participation.  :)

Congratulations, Soulstuff! Two for two! That's impressive.  (nod)

Congratulations!

Oh wow honestly i didnt think i was gonna get many votes since i kinda failed at the whole cohesive gameplay part. I'm really happy!

This was a very personal game as in I put a lot of experiences from friends and mine into it. It was hard to make but i wanted to participate either way.

About the feedback on the clothing and mood part

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The main mechanic of the game is the mood of the character, it was supposed to affect more stuff like you waiting your partner with a cake or some kind of celebration if your mood was high enough in the end, but job blew up and a nation wide outage ate away most of my free time.

So the closet. It does influence what happens when you go out but you can still get a neutral outcome, its random. These were subtle on purpose as I didn't want to gamify the closet too much. I wanted it to be a way of expression because, for example, if you get a bad event because you are wearing fem clothes but you get only good ones for wearing masc clothes would send a weird message

edit: Im sure there are better ways to convey this stuff without my lack of experience

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And since i didnt do a review of mandle game

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I actually wanted more of it. I dig the idea of edutainment for adults. Particularly on uncomfortable topics. I liked what there was of it and i would like to see a game build around the idea

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Congratz, soulstuff. And cheers for the good word!

@soulstuff Please check your PM's for a message about coming up with a topic for May.