As this notes, don’t send a demo if you can help it! I found one of my favorite games of last year while judging. I didn’t vote for it because the demo was good, but wasn’t better than some of the many games I played to completion. I beat the full game A MONTH later and would 100% have voted for it.
Ian
Now that IGF and GDC is over I finally got around to writing up my postscript on IGF submissions and some of the issues we ran into in 2025. If you plan to submit your game in 2026 I recommend reading this, tbh. auratriolo.com/blog/2026/03...
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