Jordan Magnuson

Thank you, I'm happy you enjoyed the first issue!

Thanks for the kind words. I'm really happy to hear that it resonates!

Yes, this looks great! Thanks for the shout.

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The open call for Game Poems Magazine Issue 2 is now live!

Game Poems is a *playable* magazine dedicated to exploring the artistic and poetic potential of short-form videogames.

If you make small, experimental games, we'd love to see what you create.

Learn more at www.gamepoems.com/submit

a screenshot of a long winding brutalist staircase. there is a poem written on the wall. light comes through the windows. paint splats are on the stairs.

a screenshot of a tree that looks like a human bowing. the tree is large and covered in dandelion whisps. there is a poem at the base of the screen.

a screenshot looking up at old brutalist buildings. the buildings are abandoned.

a screenshot of a desert filled with dead trees. the dead trees almost look human. there is a poem at the base of the screen.

🌼My new game is here!🥀
"She danced in the wind like a holographic dream before the world died."
alienmelon.itch.io/flower
A game poem and interactive fiction about The End.
You play the very last flower left on Earth, bringing peace to long dead soil.
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Submissions to Tec de Monterrey - CADI Game Poems 2026

I recently led a game poems workshop in Mexico for folks from various backgrounds, most of whom had never made a game before. Everyone made two tiny game poems in four days--one using Flickgame, and one using Bitsy. Check out the beautiful results here: itch.io/jam/cadi-gam...

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Game Poems #1 came out earlier this month, with a small piece of mine and truly engrossing work from my co-contributors! @jordanmagnuson.bsky.social and the Game Poems team are thoughtful editors and curators, and I'm very impressed with the care they've taken in assembling the issue.

Thanks so much for your interst. And yes, big fan of all those orgs. :-)

I love that you brought up that connection! Many of these games are also open source. Planning to update the Notes section soon with source code links.

Game Poems #1 An online literary magazine publishing short-form videogames directly in a playable format. Issue #1 features interactive works by international artists and game designers.

Check out the marvellous Game Poems magazine! Yes, I have a little something in there, and, yes, it lives up to the dream of publications that manage to include (and be about) interactive/games stuff!

www.gamepoems.com/issue01/

Thanks for sharing!

Thanks for playing!

Thanks for sharing, and for the kind words!

Thanks for sharing, and for the kind words!

Thanks for sharing, and for the kind words!

Thanks so much for sharing, Nathalie. I've always admired your work, so your support means a lot.

Thanks so much, Jon. That means a lot.

Thanks Nicholas! Would love to hear your thoughts when you get a chance.

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Thanks so much, Rami, that means a lot. The Meditations project was definitely one of the inspirations for this.

Thank you, and hurray!

I've been excited for (and getting little peeks of) Game Poems for a little while now and now it's out for everyone to see!

"see", which is to say that you, the person reading this, should aside an hour or so and play through these games.

Thank you for checking it out!

Was so great getting to put this together with you, Joy--thanks for all your efforts!

Thanks for checking it out!