You read that right!
The competition here was so strong we've decided to award publication to not one, but two additional entries.
First up, with an average judge rating of 4.8, "Unmaking, Unmade" by Grim 👁️ Curio.
And just behind that with an average judge rating of 4.2, "at 3am I didn't think of you" by cairirie.
(Also, if user odris_den is reading this, we would love to talk about purchasing some art from you for our issue covers in 2019!)
If you're one of the three people above, I will leave a message your page soon, and hopefully you can get in touch with me about next steps. (Or, if you're reading this now, you can contact me by e-mailing stewart@sub-q.com)
Over the next week, I'll be going around and leaving more anonymous judge feedback on all the entries. (This is our first time doing this, and we weren't quite expecting itch.io to handle judge voting quite like it did, so things have been a bit of a muddle.)
Even if you didn't snatch one of those coveted publication slots, don't despair! All the games we received for the jam were great, and we were blown away with how widely all you lovely entrants interpreted our theme--and impressed with how you all somehow managed it in under 1000 words, to say the least.
Also over the next week, I'll be sharing out links to your entries on Twitter so that more people can play what you've created. If you have a one-sentence teaser on your game page, I'll use that in the Tweet. Likewise, if you have a Twitter account or some other website you use, make sure it's listed on your itch.io profile so I can link to you on the Tweet as well.
We do plan on another one of these next year, and with a different theme. What might that theme be? You'll just have to tune in then to find out. :) (Or you can follow us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/subQmag and keep an eye on that space for updates.)
Last, but not least, I'd like to thank the sub-Q team for all the work they've put into this and all our issues:
Tory, PJ, Devi, Natalia, Gail, Jeremy, Mary, and Brian--none of this would happen without you. Thank you all!