

Canada
Bloom Digital Media
Bloom Digital Media makes games for a hopeful and loving future.
Bandocracy
Welcome to the Bandocracy! Manage a rock band from jam sessions to heartbreak to saving the world.
Why we feel our game should be included in a showcase on diversity and inclusion.
Bandocracy shows a potential future where creativity offers inclusive political citizenship.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-TCUSzS16I
- https://www.instagram.com/bloomdigitalmedia
- https://www.tiktok.com/@bloomdigitalmedia
- https://bsky.app/profile/bloomdigital.bsky.social
- https://www.linkedin.com/company/bloom-digital-media/
- https://drive.proton.me/urls/G497THMTHG#NDTFEmPDJ1XX
- https://drive.proton.me/urls/4W2ZYRHWJ8#dwuIvNF1sgOx

Canada
Lofty Sky Games
Toronto indie studio creating culturally specific, globally resonant games and stories.
Hope in the City
A teen artist uncovers her parents’ disappearance in a mystery set in Northeast China.
Why we feel our game should be included in a showcase on diversity and inclusion.
A rare Northeast China setting told through diverse voices and lived experience.
- https://store.steampowered.com/app/3610790/Hope_in_the_City
- https://youtu.be/-8HUNU4CrjI?si=uglGP9Mc7a9-tADq
- https://x.com/LoftySkyGames
- https://www.instagram.com/loftyskygames/
- https://www.facebook.com/loftyskygames
- https://www.tiktok.com/@loftyskygames
- https://bsky.app/profile/loftyskygames.bsky.social
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/judith-cheung-15513041/

Canada
Mistik Studios
Mistik Studios creates cozy narrative games rooted in kinship, care, and the land.
Kitch Witch
Kitch Witch is a cozy cooking life-sim about grief, healing, magic, and community care.
Why we feel our game should be included in a showcase on diversity and inclusion.
Cree & Métis-led cozy game uplifting Indigenous language, care, and accessibility.
- https://youtu.be/D12fIySexBM
- https://www.instagram.com/mistikstudios/
- https://www.tiktok.com/@mistikstudios
- https://bsky.app/profile/mistikstudios.bsky.social
- https://www.linkedin.com/company/mistik-studios/

Germany
Soulven GmbH
Soulven creates heartfelt indie games with emotional stories and atmospheric worlds.
My Dear Emma
A calm narrative adventure about grief, memory, family secrets, and self-discovery.
Why we feel our game should be included in a showcase on diversity and inclusion.
We invite players to reflect on personal identity, family history, emotional healing.
- https://store.steampowered.com/app/2577080/My_Dear_Emma/
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZZuvvs_QO8
- https://x.com/devsoul6
- https://www.instagram.com/soulvengames/
- https://www.facebook.com/soulvengames
- https://www.tiktok.com/@soulvengames
- https://bsky.app/profile/soulvengames.bsky.social
- https://www.linkedin.com/company/soulven/

Netherlands
Extra Nice
Extra Nice is a small studio from Leeuwarden in the Netherlands. Previously released SCHiM.
Noble
Grow your family tree with generations of diverse nobles.
Why we feel our game should be included in a showcase on diversity and inclusion.
We are working hard to represent a diverse range of characters in the game.
- https://store.steampowered.com/app/2152570/Noble/
- https://youtu.be/vGQrqzCAId8?si=8vfrap-Xd18r797a
- https://x.com/ExtraNiceGames
- http://instagram.com/extranicegames/
- https://www.tiktok.com/@extranicegames
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/nils-slijkerman-531835b1/

Italy
Red Hog Studio
Red Hog Studio: Full-cycle indie dev with Epic/Ubisoft vets. Not just gamers, but game changers!
Project ReMind
1st-person puzzle: Your AGI vanished. Find it. Manipulate machinery to unlock your altered memories.
Why we feel our game should be included in a showcase on diversity and inclusion.
Our key art is made by an incredible genderfluid artist, we’d love to give him/they more visibility!
- https://store.steampowered.com/app/3919440/Project_ReMind
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmY-wrE8ZbQ
- https://hog.red/ProjectReMind-Presskit

Germany
Playing Mantis
Playing Mantis is a bite sized indie studio creating wholesome games with a pinch of quirkiness!
Tiny Capsule Collector
Tiny Capsule Collector is a cute desktop idler where you manage your own capsule toy machine store!
Why we feel our game should be included in a showcase on diversity and inclusion.
We are a diverse team of 3 creative people at its core, with a nonbinary person, a woman and a man.
- https://store.steampowered.com/app/4438600/Tiny_Capsule_Collector/
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZZaRRdOskM
- https://x.com/Playing_Mantis_
- https://www.instagram.com/playing_mantis.io/
- https://www.tiktok.com/@playing_mantis.io
- https://bsky.app/profile/playing-mantis-io.bsky.social
- https://www.linkedin.com/company/playing-mantis-studio/?viewAsMember=true
