Welcome to the home of the #OhayoIGS!
Since 2018, Ohayocon’s Indie Gaming Showcase has featured independently-created digital and tabletop games from developers across the Midwest and beyond. From romance-focused visual novels to your next favorite tabletop RPG and everything in-between, the #OhayoIGS exhibition truly strives to have something for everyone.
Exhibitors: Applications for #OhayoIGS 2024 are now open!
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#OhayoIGS Attendee Info
As if having over a dozen potential new favorite games in one room wasn’t enough, spending time in the #OhayoIGS even earns you prizes! Check out the Demo Passport page in your Exhibition Guide, available at the #OhayoIGS information booth, and sticker your way to exclusive prizes like art prints, badge ribbons, and more!
Filling out your Demo Passport will also help the very developers whose games you’re playing! During the process of earning prizes, you’ll also cast votes in our People’s Choice Awards! We also host knowledgeable folks from the industry who give out Judge’s Choice Awards each year. Since 2019, we’ve even given out trophies (resin sculptures, engraved flasks and pens, fidget spinners, and more) for all of these honors. The #OhayoIGS Awards have become a very hotly-contested race each year!
Here’s what past attendees have written about the #OhayoIGS in feedback forms:
“The Indie Gaming Showcase is an event that I always look forward to because I haven’t seen anything like it at other cons that I’ve been to!”
someone with good priorities
“While there is lots of stuff I love at Ohayocon, it is so great to meet some of the game designers for these unique games.”
a well-rounded attendee
“I absolutely loved it as a game design student, it helped me a lot. I hope in a couple years, I will be able to get my game in that room.”
an educated individual
“It was nice to find games I otherwise wouldn’t have tried. The team running it was great and super helpful.”
someone both flattering and correct
“It was like a mini con within the con and an incredible experience.”
this is basically just factual
#OhayoIGS 2023: Sponsors and Partners
#OhayoIGS: Class of 2023
Bellum: Of Monsters and Men by Van Hammock Games 
The Boundary Condition by Andrew Groot 
Check x Mate by Sliced Kiwi Studios 
Collapsus by Wraith Games 
Dungeons and Dinos by Nomnivore Games 
Emberwind by Nomnivore Games 
Freeborn by Deckpoint Studio LLC. 
Galatune 
Goblonia & Our Woodland Gods by Wicked Clever Games 
Greek Tragedy by Arbor Interactive 
Imparatus – Tactical Space Combat 
Reed The Robotanist: Plus by Hoversport Studios LLC 
Untold Atlas by Nochi Studios
Standout moments from the 2023 #OhayoIGS:
The #OhayoIGS Class of 2023. 
The 2023 #OhayoIGS featured 12 developer teams showcasing the most games we’ve ever featured in one room! 
The 2023 #OhayoIGS was the busiest it’s ever been – seeing over 20% of attendees walk through our doors throughout the weekend! 
The new Ohayocon Gaming mascot, Layla, made a big splash with her appearance on our exclusive lanyards from Fractured Fox! 
The “Griffin Sucks” ribbon brought in over $500 for Dayton Children’s Hospital throughout the weekend! 
The 2023 #OhayoIGS featured over a dozen badge ribbons available to attendees!
The 2022 #OhayoIGS was a rousing success; here’s the rundown!
- For an explanation on why we’ve implemented an anti-NFT policy moving forward, please see this video.
- For the unabridged Curator’s Note, please see this page.
#OhayoIGS: Class of 2022
Azure Skies by Chris Quay Bellum: Of Monsters and Men by Van Hammock Games 
The Callisto by Gib Games Collapsus by Wraith Games Dungeons and Dinos by Nomnivore Games Emberwind by Nomnivore Games Galatune Goblonia by Wicked Clever Games 
Monstera by Beyond Board Games 
Purgatory House by Wicked Clever Games 
Sifting Thyme by Nochi Studios 
Snack Attack! by Nomnivore Games Inc. 
Somnium Eleven by Nochi Studios 
Starship Infernum by Wicked Clever Games 
Super Dungeon Designer by Squish Studios 
When The River Runs Dry by Zwinzler Games 
Wyrdscouts by Wicked Clever
Standout moments from the 2022 #OhayoIGS:
11 exhibiting companies featuring 17 games! We had an amazing group of international developers from across the Midwest and Canada. 
A wide variety of games and platforms! Block-based puzzle games, fantasy card games for all ages, a VR escape room-murder mystery hybrid, educational RPGs and card games, a visual novel expected to release in late 2022, and more! 
Nomnivore Games and Galatune brought their A-game yet again in 2022: world-first product releases, promo cards, and prototype games getting their first ever public playtests were just *some* of the amazing experiences they gave attendees all weekend! 
Despite moving spaces twice in as many years, we still saw traffic from over 18% of Ohayocon attendees in 2022! 
Attendees won prizes like badge ribbons, art posters, and more by playing games through our Demo Passport system! 
Bellum brought a special #OhayoIGS-branded promo card, free for our attendees! 
We gave out 5 #OhayoIGS Awards in 2022; winners included first-time exhibitors, prototype games, and games that have been at the #OhayoIGS since 2018!
#OhayoIGS: Class of 2020
Bellum: Of Monsters and Men by Van Hammock Games 
Collapsus by Wraith Games 
CROSSNIQ+ by FUTURE MEMORY Emberwind by Nomnivore Games Galatune 
INDIEPOCALYPSE by PIZZA PRANKS 
Isotower by Todd Barchok 
Luckless Seven by Deck Point Studio 
Make-a-Molecule by Beyond Board 
Make Ends Meet by Zwinzler Games 
Over Under Ostrich by Dolphin Hat Games Purgatory House by Wicked Clever Games Sifting Thyme by Nochi Studios 
Spinball by Button Punch Games Starship Infernum by Wicked Clever Games 
STRAYLIGHT by DR. BLOC 
Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza by Dolphin Hat Games 
Zodiac: Dynamic D12 Roleplaying Game by Base 12 Entertainment
Standout moments from the 2020 #OhayoIGS:
16 exhibiting companies featuring over 20 games! We had an amazing group of international developers from across the Midwest, New England, and Canada. 
The largest ever meeting of fans and brands featured in Galatune’s character roster! 
A wide variety of games and platforms! Block-based puzzle games with wide followings and cute mascots (we had two), tabletop RPGS (DM-optional worlds with constant new material, one-night horror stories set in houses filled with nightmares and starships doomed to fail, and more), family card games (an #1 Amazon best-seller and a fresh-off-the-boat dexterity-based game illustrated by one of our very own #OhayoIGS staffers!), a visual novel (WOAH), and more! 
Rob Kovacs (composer for Straylight) performed a concert of classical arrangements of NES soundtracks on Friday as the inaugural event in the “#OhayoIGS Presents:” Programming Track. 
Spinball exhibits a special Ohayocon-branded playfield for the weekend! 
Dolphin Hat Games chose the #OhayoIGS to premiere their newest game, Over Under Ostrich! 
Every attendee who completed the entire #OhayoIGS passport got an exclusive pack of art cards featuring every exhibiting developer!
Presenting the 2020 #OhayoIGS Awards:
#OhayoIGS: Class of 2019
Bellum: Of Monsters and Men Collapsus by Wraith Games CROSSNIQ+ by FUTURE MEMORY Emberwind by Nomnivore Games Galatune Isotower by Todd Barchok Luckless Seven by Deck Point Studio 
Make-a-Molecule and M.E.C.H. by Beyond Board 
No Mercy by Multivarious 
Stonicorn 
Tipsy Raccoons Zodiac: Dynamic D12 Roleplaying Game by Base 12 Entertainment
