Gaming Basics
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Let’s Play Stage
Join developers, creators, and influencers as they play the games they love, chat about the games they’ve made, and have some fun on our Let’s Play Stage! We have Tabletop and Video Games content on both Saturday and Sunday. Check the schedule for a list of events!
Video Games
Console Free Play
Console/VR Free Play returns to GeekGirlCon with this year’s best co-op titles alongside the single player hits. Come bring a friend or make some new ones!
Video Game Contributors:
| Game | About |
| Stumbling Cat – Potions: A Curious Tale | Potions: A Curious Tale is an adventure-crafting game where your wits are your greatest weapons and combat is not always the answer. Encounter fairy tale characters and stories from around the world as you play as Luna, a young witch who overcomes obstacles with the potions she brews. |
| Intercept Games – Kerbal Space Program 2 | Kerbal Space Program 2 from Intercept Games and Private Division is the sequel to the acclaimed space flight simulation game Kerbal Space Program. |
| Microsoft Devices Team | Come by the Microsoft table and take a look inside keyboards, laptops, tablets, and even Xbox! Talk to some of the engineers and designers behind these devices and get to know more about consumer electronics! |
| Seattle Indies | Seattle Indies is a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to fostering a vibrant community of independent game developers in the Seattle, WA and Puget Sound area. |
| Maximus Trest – Astrolander | Play the first playable PS5 demo of Astrolander at GeekGirlCon! Astrolander is a fast-paced twist-filled local co-op game inspired by Lunar Lander! 2 players control 1 rocket: Use thrusters, rotation, & special abilities to solve puzzles, whiz around obstacles, & dodge enemies. Test your skills & your friendships! |
| Omega Intertainment – Tower Song | Omega Intertainment is an independent video game studio based in the Pacific Northwest. Their Game Tower Song is a classic 2D turn-based RPG! Choose your hero, customize skill trees and equipment, and master strategies to defeat challenging foes. Can you unravel the mystery of the Towers? |
| Wild Lantern Studio – Pippin’s Mysterious Garden | Wild Lantern Studio is a brand new Seattle-based indie game studio crafting enchanting games filled with mystery & whimsy. In Pippin’s Mysterious Garden you embark on an exciting adventure in this 2D exploration game where you play as a brave bunny on a mission to discover the secrets of his beloved garden. |
| Tea Witch Games – Rogue Labyrinth | Tea Witch Games is a Washington-based queer independent game studio. They’re focused on making fun games with strong narratives inspired by their Taiwanese and Italian-American roots. The peaceful forest country of Lantanas was taken over by a colonist game master. Leaf Guardian Iris vows to bring him down. Fight through the ranks in a monster-filled labyrinth in this roguelite action-narrative game. Bash everything with your branch! Hit enemies, objects, and projectiles against one other. Make friends (or enemies) to get abilities, artifacts, and a free dinner. The spectators want a show, so you can’t forget to hype ’em up, too! |
| Speed of Dark Studios – Rocococo | Speed of Dark Studios is a small indie-game studio based in Seattle WA focused on creating music-based games and interactive audio experiences for PC and VR. Rocococo Audiogame Fantastique is a music-based audiogame with no visuals at all, and can be played by anyone from fully blind to fully sighted. As this indie game contains no visuals, you have to use your ears and cleverness to complete this narratively-driven puzzle adventure. With the help of the trusty Robo-Butler, you are the d’Tective and need to navigate the many rooms of Versailles to collect all the music tracks, all while avoiding the devious Queen and her ladies in waiting-bots! |
| UpLiftVR Studios – Maiden Flight VR/High Desert Eclipse | UpLiftVR Studios, is dedicated to generating transformative interactive virtual reality. Feeling as if you are lifting into the heavens on a balloon ride’s maiden flight you’ll find yourself overlooking a wondrous land calling out to be explored. Step inside a faux-wicker basket, strap on a headset and then take glorious flight in a lighter than air balloon. Soaring over a pastoral village and castle with mountains in the background rendered in cute, blocky polygons, the sense of flight is very real but never overwhelming. From your remote majestic hilltop, see the rapidly encroaching shadow of the Moon turn day into twilight. Experience a total solar eclipse as the entire scenic horizon becomes sunrise and sunset during the High Desert Eclipse. The heavens and earth had to move to capture and bring you this 360 documentary short film experience from its unique vantage point and put you in the center of it in a VR headset using game engine technology. |
| Studio Castle Soodalkov – Unstable Scientific | All is fair in love and $6M grants! At least that’s what your rival said when he blew up your experiment…and your lab…and your career. Now you’re starting a new lab on Toromiro Island, where all is not what it seems. Rescue scientists, rebuild your lab, and discover the secrets of Toromiro in this intricate pixel platformer! |
| Prettysmart Games – The Spirit Lift | Prettysmart games is a game studio specializing in narrative-rich titles. Our mission is to empower our players and make the world a better place through our games and stories. Check out our upcoming retro horror card game THE SPIRIT LIFT, where teenagers fight cute monsters in a haunted hotel. |
| NakatiJa – Into the Waking Woods | NakatiJa is an independent game design studio that maintains a strong focus on creative, beautiful, and nature-inspired games. In ‘Into the Waking Woods’, you explore a luscious, quiet forest and detail the local flora (and fauna!) in your journal. As this is the demo, there will be a great deal more adventure through different environments to come. |
| Corgi Industrial – Vago + MAZ Maker | Vago is a single player and multiplayer 3D platformer and exploration game. You play as Deuk, a young space nomad, who travels from planet to planet to discover lost secrets. |
| Rogue Games – Fisti-Fluffs | Fisti-Fluffs by Rogue Games is an adorable (and yes, ridiculous) physics-based party game where you tussle with other cats and destroy the environments in frenetic, over-the-top battles. Of course, you can play alone, but it’s even better with friends. So get your claws out and prepare for some kitty carnage. |
Tabletop
Hosted Play
Join game companies and reps as they demo their creations on the Game Floor. Play a classic or learn a new favorite.
Freeplay and the Board Game Library
Check out a game at the board game library.
Tournaments
We invite everyone to participate in our tournaments so we start with a tutorial and practice rounds. If a tournament catches your eye, sign up at the Game Info Booth! No experience needed. If you already know how to play, our agents will let you know the specific tournament kick-off time or you can show up early and help others learn!
Tabletop Info Booth
Looking for the right game but don’t know where to start? Have a question about a demo? Need someone to engage with in witty banter? Stop by the games info booth for help with all your gaming floor needs! Sign-ups for tournaments are also located here!
Check out some organizations and people hosting games and demos below.
Tabletop Contributors:
| Game | About |
| Parlour Interactive – Litera-Seas + The Cursed Deck + Haunted Hoarders | Parlour Interactive is a new Interactive Entertainment Studio from Vancouver, BC! A multimedia studio, Parlour Interactive is a woman-owned, LGBTQIA+ founded studio focusing on creating immersive experiences through different types of games. They have 3 different games available at their Tabletop Table – Litera-Seas (Pirates, Mermaids, and Books), The Cursed Deck (Exploration and Escape), and Haunted Hoarders (Antique Roadshow meets Poltergeist!) |
| Emma Larkins – Starry Night Sky | Players move their telescopes from constellation to constellation across a new vision of the night sky, drawing stars from a shared bag, placing stars, and completing Exploration Goals as they go. These actions reward players with points, as does discovering new constellations. The Night Track counts down game time as new constellations are discovered. At the end of the game, players reveal their Myth Cards, scoring additional points if certain constellations were completed. Players are rewarded at the end of the game with a beautiful path of translucent, colored stars tracing their unique journey. |
| Flying Frog Productions – Shadows of Brimstone Adventures | Shadows of Brimstone Adventures follows the explorations of Vikings, in “Shadows of Brimstone: Gates of Valhalla™” and Spanish Explorers, in “Shadows of Brimstone: Valley of the Serpent Kings™”. They are fast-paced, Cooperative, dungeon-crawl board games set in an age of exploration and mixed with fantastical Myth and Unspeakable Horror! In Shadows of Brimstone: Gates of Valhalla™, each player creates a Viking character, such as a Jarl, Raider, Berserker, or Huscarl. Forming a party of Heroes, the players explore a dynamically-generated Norseland, overcoming dangerous encounters and fighting savage creatures, while collecting Gear and Artifacts to help them on their adventures. Heroes can even find portals to other worlds, stepping through to continue their adventure on the other side. In Shadows of Brimstone: Valley of the Serpent Kings™, each player creates a character, taking on the role of a classic Spanish Conquistador Archetype, such as El Capitan, Explorer, Duelist, or Soldier. They enter the dark halls of abandoned Spanish Forts that have fallen into shadow and explore alien jungles of Jargono in the Valley of the Serpent Kings, facing deadly encounters and fighting ruthless creatures, while finding Gear and ancient Artifacts. |
| First Fish Games – Mistwind + Ducks in Tow + Town Builder Coevorden | Mistwind is a strategic game of building outposts to create networks and allow your transport whales to move around more efficiently. Players will gain resources to build outposts or train transport whales, gather and deliver resources to fulfill capital demands and complete networking contracts with neighbouring nations in an effort to become the most Trusted Trader in Mistwind. Ducks in Tow is a strategic game about feeding ducks in a park. In Ducks in Tow, you are walking around the park feeding the ducks their favorite food. When you feed them, they start following you and you must lead them to their favorite location in the park. When you successfully lead them to their favorite location, you take a photo with them and they waddle off to find their friends. Maybe you’ll see them again later as you continue your walk around the park.You will be completing Location Cards that will gain you points at the end of the game. Once you have completed a few Location Cards, you might be able to claim a Formation Card, which will give you additional points at the end of the game. In Town Builder Coevorden, players will draft multi-use cards from a center row of cards to build their own tableaus. Each town card can be used in 3 ways; as a foundation, as a resource and as a completed building with unique abilities. The players can aim for Awards or the favour of the Judges to gain extra points. The game ends when the players have played through the entire deck of cards a certain number of times based on the number of players. At the end of the game, the player with the most victory points is the winner! |
| Funko Games | Funko Games, home to legendary game design studio Prospero Hall, is the creator of hundreds of popular games played by millions of fans and generations of families worldwide. Since 2019, Funko Games has created nearly 200 original board game experiences – bringing favorite movies, characters, stories, and fandoms to life through gameplay. Funko Games shares Funko’s passions for pop culture, entertainment, and all things fun while embracing the ideals of invention, design, and playtesting to create tabletop classics that delight, entertain, and inspire gamers of all experience levels. For more information, follow @FunkoGames on Twitter or visit the website at www.funkogames.com. |
| PlaytestNW | PlaytestNW is a Seattle-based collective of game designers and people who love games! Our mission is to offer welcoming and supportive events where game designers can playtest their games with the local community and get feedback on their prototypes. New and aspiring game designers are welcome! Find our list of events at Meetup.com/PlaytestNW |
