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My Dream Job: How I Survived Job Hunting in Animation

A bitsy game about career choices, heartache, and perseverance.

BubblyOasis

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(78 total ratings)

Visual Novel

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individualism in the dead-internet age: an anti-big tech asset flip shovelware r̶a̶n̶t̶ manifesto

shovelware

alienmelon

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(98 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

CLINT IS NOT AN INCEL: A WORD ON FATNESS AND MASCULINITY

A bitsy essay on wanting to plow a video game character.

IAN MARTIN

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(105 total ratings)

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Bread Minus

a recipe with several tangents

communistsister

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(42 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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On Spotify, music-as-a-service, and losing a favourite song

A Bitsy essay about the impermanence of streaming platforms

George Larkwright

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(26 total ratings)

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The Solivagants (or, Videogames Fail at Character Context)

An essay/game about the general lack of great Character Context in videogames. It's more fun than it sounds. :)

Rowan Crawford

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(31 total ratings)

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VIDEO CALIBRATION

Inadvertently synching childhood memories with a VHS tape

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(24 total ratings)

Visual Novel

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Meanderware: Things I loved about cyberspace

A short playable essay and poetic breadcrumb trail of thoughts about cyberspace, and the internet...

alienmelon

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(24 total ratings)

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256 cosas en común entre una cama, un libro y una cerveza

Una reflexión interactiva sobre creatividad

Jordi de Paco

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(21 total ratings)

Educational

24 years of sleepless nights

A word on insomnia

Gallus

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(38 total ratings)

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Man or Muppet

Am I a trans or am I a muppet

hotelbones

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(40 total ratings)

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"Can I make games alone if I don't like players?"

A short essay game.

josh's games

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(22 total ratings)

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My Dream for the Future

Musings from Spring 2019 to Fall 2020

FreckledFemme

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(23 total ratings)

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magic money tree

ruin

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(18 total ratings)

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VIDEO LEECH

Notes from a Media Detritivore

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(25 total ratings)

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My Mail Carrier is Always on the Phone

A short, interactive essay.

PatientRock

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(21 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Chaotic Thinking

Let's picture chaos in a cool way along with Rosenrips' music.

Lesli__e

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(13 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Things that go on the body

A few thoughts about art jewellery

enui

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(10 total ratings)

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the problem with golf

a bitsy essay about golf

Jenna Yow

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(10 total ratings)

Educational

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Forever, watching Perseids

An essay about Perseids

Jemma Topaz

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(20 total ratings)

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T.M.EYE

🔪👁

Sean

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(17 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Self

formations of gender identity & self in africana philosophy

✧.* hellodri *✲☆

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(12 total ratings)

Educational

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The White Ship

Do not stray too far.

zachariah chandler

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(16 total ratings)

Pareidolia (or, Why I Saw Pac-Man Everywhere In 2020)

A short Bitsy game about how and why I came to associate Pac-Man with the year that was 2020.

Rowan Crawford

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(14 total ratings)

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Purpose

A Playable Essay on Design and Community

WiL (stale-meme)

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(9 total ratings)

Puzzle

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You were just selling lemonade.

An anti-capitalistic playable essay

donlatino

Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars

(51 total ratings)

Strategy

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The Anti-Collector’s Book of the Dead

Guide to the afterlife of your prized possessions

Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars

(13 total ratings)

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Driftself

A brooding about being white while being black.

Packbat

Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars

(10 total ratings)

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THESE/US

you're trans and you have a boat to fix

cautioncrow

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(8 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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TOMB OF THE UNKNOWN ZINESTER

commemorative leftovers (free!)

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(8 total ratings)

Visual Novel

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why small?

a small essay/game

Coleo_Kin

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

(11 total ratings)

Simulation

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The Last Survey

$4.99

An essay game about navigating systems of power beyond your control

Essay Games

Rated 4.2 out of 5 stars

(27 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

THE SHAPE OF GOD ON A THURSDAY AFTERNOON

ON OUR SOCIETAL SPECTRES.

ELZIBEHT

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(7 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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my 8 favourite games

essay for the bitsy essay jam

quasiotter

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(7 total ratings)

Adventure

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So, glamrock freddy, what is a game?

Pretentious shitpost introspective adventure to discover what is a game

3DGoblinDev

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(6 total ratings)

Platformer

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