The second iteration of the Shortventure contest is now complete! It was great to see everyone's hard work for the month of October as it led into Halloween, the fitting conclusion for our frightful theme. The results are now in, with 16 games of different shapes and sizes crossing the finish line, and many that were almost there that will hopefully make it the distance in the weeks to come.

An impressive arrangement of games came through this year and our judging team couldn't be more pleased with what they saw. Spooky story-based sojourns alongside awesome action-packed adventures, concise chilling capers and extended eerie enterprises, finished frightening forays and foreboding fragments of what's yet to come; the variety was astonishing and the creativity put forth by the participants this year is truly commendable.

Every entry this year was superlative in its own way, standing out and impressing our judging team in one way or another which made choosing the best and favorites quite difficult. Everyone who participated should be proud of their creation, but after much deliberation, the final results are as seen below:

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Congratulations to our winners and thanks to everyone for participating! As always, part of the contest is to hopefully provide helpful feedback to creators based on our findings and experiences. To that end, for those interesting in learning about the entries and to the makers curious about our feedback, feel free to peruse below:

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The discord server will remain open for discussion of the games, as well as to assist with additional feedback and assistance as needed. We'd like to encourage makers to post when they've uploaded their games so people can get in there right away, and we'll be adding a #streams channel to the discord to let each other know when the games are being played. There were many ambitious projects that didn't quite get completed and we'd like to maintain the momentum to see these amazing games see their completion. Additionally, it will be re-used as needed for future contest and events, so hang around and you may catch a whiff of what else is in store.

Thanks everyone for participating - either by making a game, testing someone else's game, helping out in IWC gamemaking/gamemaking help in the discord or just cheering on their friends and fellow community members!