2026 Demo Day

 

Demo Day is an international pitch competition where the top game creators from GMG’s summer camps present their games to industry expert judges.

Grand Prize Winners receive exciting prizes sponsored by GMG’s partners. 🎉

Demo Day DETAILS

📅 October 24. 2026

1pm PT / 4pm ET / 9pm BST

Tune in below or on our Youtube Channel on Demo Day!

 

Meet our 2026 Finalists!

This year we had the tough job of narrowing down finalists from over 10 countries! We had 170 junior developers, 41 teams and only 7 teams made it to Demo Day. Check out the games below!

Picking a winner for the Grand Prize is a BIG challenge.
But that is why we have the support of the some best game devs in the industry who help us decide the winners.
Please meet this year’s amazing judges!

✨ Teen Category Judges Panel ✨

2026 Demo Day Teen Judges
Alyssa Walles - Executive Director, IGDA Foundation

Alyssa Walles - Executive Director, IGDA Foundation

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Katie Arnold - Founder/Director of Artificium Games

Katie Arnold - Founder/Director of Artificium Games

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Raeanne Baird - Women-Led Games Representative

Raeanne Baird - Women-Led Games Representative

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✨ Jr. Category Judges Panel ✨

2026 Demo Day Jr Judges
Erin Alvarico,  CEO & Founder of Kuneho Studios

Erin Alvarico, CEO & Founder of Kuneho Studios

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Mimo Haile,  Ecosystem Partnership Manager at Google Play Partnerships

Mimo Haile, Ecosystem Partnership Manager at Google Play Partnerships

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Greg Off,  CEO of Off Base

Greg Off, CEO of Off Base

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Finally, Check out the Amazing 2026 Demo Day Finalist Games!

✨ 2026 GMG Teen Finalist Games ✨

🎉 Congratulations to the Top 3 GMG Teen Finalists! These creators designed and developed their games at the 2026 Girls Make Games 3-week summer camp.

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In Pigeon Of The West you play as a pigeon in dystopian, near-future Seattle, helping a nameless girl to save her town and family. https://girlsmakegames.itch.io/pigeon-of-the-west

In Pigeon Of The West you play as a pigeon in dystopian, near-future Seattle, helping a nameless girl to save her town and family.

https://girlsmakegames.itch.io/pigeon-of-the-west

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My Name is Not Sarah is a top-down horror game where Sarah is trapped in a nightmare version of her childhood home and has to escape her fears and avoid monsters while remembering things from her childhood. https://girlsmakegames.itch.io/my-name-i

My Name is Not Sarah is a top-down horror game where Sarah is trapped in a nightmare version of her childhood home and has to escape her fears and avoid monsters while remembering things from her childhood.

https://girlsmakegames.itch.io/my-name-is-not-sarah

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Reel Mermaid is a topdown fishing simulator/adventure game. You play as Kephos, or “Larry”.  His home, the ocean, is getting polluted making it hard to live. For revenge, (and for money), he starts fishing the humans. He uses the “HumanDex” fil

Reel Mermaid is a topdown fishing simulator/adventure game. You play as Kephos, or “Larry”.  His home, the ocean, is getting polluted making it hard to live. For revenge, (and for money), he starts fishing the humans. He uses the “HumanDex” filled with information about different kinds of humans to help him. Along the way he meets different kinds of creatures and goes on quests to help other ocean creatures. 

https://girlsmakegames.itch.io/reel-mermaid

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✨ 2026 GMG Jr. Finalist Games ✨

🎉 Congratulations to the Top 4 GMG Jr. Finalists! These creators designed and developed their games at the 2026 Girls Make Games 3-week summer camp.

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In The Cabin Cleaner, you are a janitor working for minimum-wage, hired by a mysterious individual to clean an abandoned cabin. However, something is definitely off with this place. In the meantime, keep doing your job until you can get to the botto

In The Cabin Cleaner, you are a janitor working for minimum-wage, hired by a mysterious individual to clean an abandoned cabin. However, something is definitely off with this place. In the meantime, keep doing your job until you can get to the bottom of this… (also it takes place in New Jersey)

https://girlsmakegames.itch.io/the-cabin-cleaner

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Kakepop is an exciting game that brings together Kpop, platforming and baking into a unique adventure. https://girlsmakegames.itch.io/kakepop-2026

Kakepop is an exciting game that brings together Kpop, platforming and baking into a unique adventure.

https://girlsmakegames.itch.io/kakepop-2026

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Telemachus is looking for a healing plant for his sick mother. When he comes across the plant, he falls into a hole, transporting him to Bob Land. He meets crazy characters and has to travel across many different worlds. He has to talk to the Bob Ki

Telemachus is looking for a healing plant for his sick mother. When he comes across the plant, he falls into a hole, transporting him to Bob Land. He meets crazy characters and has to travel across many different worlds. He has to talk to the Bob King and fight the tarantula king to get back home.

https://girlsmakegames.itch.io/telemachus-in-bob-land

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In The Farmer’s Bandit, Banana, you need to rescue 3 main farm animals by solving riddles, navigating through mazes, and avoiding enemy scarecrows. Each level also has a dumpster that you, a raccoon, can access for power ups to help you through each

In The Farmer’s Bandit, Banana, you need to rescue 3 main farm animals by solving riddles, navigating through mazes, and avoiding enemy scarecrows. Each level also has a dumpster that you, a raccoon, can access for power ups to help you through each level.

https://girlsmakegames.itch.io/the-farmers-bandit-banana 

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a big Congratulations to the 2026 Demo Day finalists!