Huge thanks to Zoey for spotlighting Banned Together on True Avatars, her weekly podcast about queer video games! We chatted about everything from fascism & queer erasure to puzzle design & “MetroidBrainias.” Check it out in the links below!
Thanks so much for the shout-out, @kymira.ca! We couldn't have asked for a better neighbor than @wtchcrft.com at @qgcon.bsky.social last weekend. We should totally collaborate on a "queer indie games inspired by Blue Prince" bundle, haha! 🩵
Excited to continue our celebration of Pride month over at Coexist tonight! Come for @officialnycg.bsky.social's talk about representation in gaming, then stick around to play our latest demo of Banned Together 🏳️🌈🎮
We love the work Heart Machine does and the community they're building, and we super appreciate this Pride Month shoutout!
Our debut game Banned Together is now available to wishlist on Steam! 📚💕 If you like puzzles, libraries, or messy queers on a mission, this one’s for you. Demo coming soon ✨ store.steampowered.com/app/3551960/...
Thanks so much for the boost!! If queer library mysteries sound like your kind of thing, please wishlist us on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3551960/...
Author/publishing friends, Banned Together is a mystery video game about #bannedbooks from NYC-based devs @elanamakesgames.bsky.social and @natmesnard.bsky.social. You play as Ruby, an aspiring journalist.
Coming in 2026: unquietgames.com
#pridemonth #books #libraries
We’re kicking off Pride in style by demoing our new gameplay at Gaymer Pride today! It’s a free event, so come hang out with us at the Museum of the Moving Image, play Banned Together, and we’ll send you off with a snazzy gay bookmark 📚🌈✨
Come see our team, and the other lovely indie developers we’ve been in community with, chat about our games and our journeys through the incubator program at the NYU Game Center!
Check out all these amazing games made right here in NY! 🏙️🎮🤩 Some of the most diverse & innovative work in indie games is happening here, and I’m so proud that Banned Together (my upcoming queer mystery game about book banning) is featured here for wishlisting: store.steampowered.com/sale/GamesinNY
Psyched to be a part of this! Come check out our new gameplay if you’re around tonight 📚🌈✨
Nat Mesnard, with a microphone in their hands, and Elana Bell Bogdan stand at the front of the room and take questions from the audience
Finalists and judges pose for a group photo, while Hessvacio from Made in Brooklyn Games hold a giant check
Elana chats with fellow finalist Theresa Long from FORM360 in a bar setting
A brochure listing all the finalists and judges, as well as some opening remarks from organizers. Elana from Unquiet Games is slated to pitch first!
We had a blast pitching Banned Together, our queer mystery game about book banning, and meeting fellow finalists at the Diversity in Game Design pitch contest! Congrats to Made in Brooklyn Games on their well-deserved win, and thanks to Downtown Brooklyn for making this happen ✨
Pixel-art flyer for an event called “Diversity in Game Design Pitch Contest,” hosted by Make It In Brooklyn
We’re honored to be selected as finalists to pitch our game on Tues! ✨ Come see us talk about Banned Together, a first-person mystery game about book banning & chosen family: www.downtownbrooklyn.com/event/miib-g...
Our game's title, Banned Together, stylized with a mix of embossed and rainbow lettering, overlaid on a virtual library interior, with an iconic green reading lamp and halftone lighting
Our debut game is Banned Together, a first-person mystery about book banning. You'll play as Ruby (they/them), a journalism major on an after-hours mission to investigate vanishing books. As you puzzle your way deeper into the college library, what will you learn about queer history - and yourself?
Hey Bluesky! We're a tiny studio in NYC, co-founded by @elanamakesgames.bsky.social & @natmesnard.bsky.social. Thanks to the amazing mentorship of @astridmrefstrup.bsky.social (Dev Relations @ the WINGS Fund) & support of @nyugamecenter.bsky.social, we're making games that uplift queer narratives 🌈🎮
