Games Done Quick is a series of charity video game marathons. These events feature high-level play by speedrunners raising money for charity. Games Done Quick has teamed up with several charities throughout its history, such as Doctors Without Borders and the Prevent Cancer Foundation. Millions of dollars have been raised and donated, thanks to the GDQ speedrunning marathons, and countless prizes have been awarded to those who donate!

Here is the main website for Games Done Quick: https://gamesdonequick.com/

Awesome Games Done Quick is the annual marathon performed in the winter, while Summer Games Done Quick is the annual marathon performed in the summer. This year, AGDQ is from Sunday, January 14th to Sunday, January 21st.

Here is the schedule of all the AGDQ'24 games that will have speedruns, along with the names of the runners, expected run times, the category/type of speedrun, and donation incentives (prizes you can win by donating during a specific speedrun, additional caveats you can create for the speedrunners, etc.): https://gamesdonequick.com/schedule

MAIN STREAM: https://www.twitch.tv/gamesdonequick

Non-English Restreams:
Spanish: https://www.twitch.tv/speedrunsespanol
French: https://www.twitch.tv/lefrenchrestream
Japanese: https://www.twitch.tv/japanese_restream
German: https://www.twitch.tv/germench
Russian: https://www.twitch.tv/r_u_s_c
Portuguese: https://www.twitch.tv/speedrunsbrasil

DONATE HERE: https://gamesdonequick.com/tracker/event/AGDQ2024

THIS WEEK'S VODS: https://www.reddit.com/r/speedrun/comments/1964i5u/agdq_vod_thread_2024/

All GDQ VODs: https://www.youtube.com/user/gamesdonequick/playlists

Please watch, enjoy, and donate!

DarkPlasmaBall

United States45172 Posts

December 21 2023 00:53 GMT

Here are the games/speedruns I'm looking forward to:

Sunday = Tunic, Super Monkey Ball, Donkey Kong Country, Donkey Kong 64
Monday = Pikmin 4
Tuesday = StarCraft: Brood War, The Legend of Zelda, Octopath Traveler 2, Hades
Wednesday = Diablo, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Super Mario 64
Thursday = Cocoon, Super Mario Sunshine, Super Mario Maker 2
Friday = Undertale, Super Mario Bros. Wonder, The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
Saturday = Star Fox 64, Mario Kart 64, Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Grand Poo World 2

BlackJack

United States10574 Posts

December 21 2023 00:55 GMT

StarCraft: Brood War on Jan 16. Pretty hyped for that

Glad to see SM64 back too

MJG

United Kingdom1374 Posts

December 21 2023 09:51 GMT

I always have good intentions around catching runs that I think will be good, but then life gets in the way and I end up missing the games I wanted to see!

I'll definitely be dropping into the stream when I have the chance though. It's great to hear people talk about the games that they run with such passion.

DarkPlasmaBall

United States45172 Posts

December 21 2023 11:09 GMT

On December 21 2023 18:51 MJG wrote:
I always have good intentions around catching runs that I think will be good, but then life gets in the way and I end up missing the games I wanted to see!

I'll definitely be dropping into the stream when I have the chance though. It's great to hear people talk about the games that they run with such passion.

There always seems to be a list of VODs available, as the week progresses, often posted on Reddit. I'll post that link in the OP when it arises

DarkPlasmaBall

United States45172 Posts

December 31 2023 14:07 GMT

2 weeks away!

DarkPlasmaBall

United States45172 Posts

January 07 2024 17:58 GMT

1 week away!

Cyro

United Kingdom20322 Posts

January 08 2024 15:31 GMT

Mae's doing BG3 on Saturday

DarkPlasmaBall

United States45172 Posts

January 14 2024 11:26 GMT

The speedrunning marathon starts in just a few hours

GoShox

United States1842 Posts

January 14 2024 23:31 GMT

#10

Not trying to self-promote but I did a small write-up on the recent history of the StarCraft speedrunning scene in the leadup to the Brood War Zerg run Monday night. It's been much more active over the past few years than it has been in a while and lots of new stuff is being found: https://tl.net/blogs/618898-starcraft-speedrunning

Also having Twitch chat work together to play QWOP during the breaks between games is absolutely hilarious

DarkPlasmaBall

United States45172 Posts

January 16 2024 19:53 GMT

#11

Around $400K in two days, so far!

DarkPlasmaBall

United States45172 Posts

January 16 2024 23:36 GMT

#12

StarCraft: Brood War (Any% Zerg Campaign) speedrun

Obviously fun to watch, and entertaining/informative commentary

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2032403661?t=36h34m59s

or

DarkPlasmaBall

United States45172 Posts

January 19 2024 11:13 GMT

#13

Over a million dollars donated, so far!

Branch.AUT

Austria853 Posts

January 19 2024 11:21 GMT

#14

I enjoyed watching the broodwar campaign speedrun. Despite not having much connection to the community or seedrunning in general. Overwhelming numbers of hydraling, properly controlled, never gets old.

The_Templar

your Country52797 Posts

January 19 2024 14:30 GMT

#15

The BW speedrun showed up on my feed and I was pleasantly surprised to see it. It was a solid run, too. Thoroughly enjoyed it.

DarkPlasmaBall

United States45172 Posts

January 20 2024 11:08 GMT

#16

$1.5M soon

greenelve

Germany1392 Posts

January 21 2024 03:38 GMT

#17

Resident Evil 2 Remake run with no damage attampt was intense. Seeing Doom 2016 again makes me even more appreciate how good the engine is, it still looks so good and even back then had high fps for fast movement. Overall great week, just time flew by so fast.

All the people responsible for the new layout of the schedule on the website deserve a promotion. <3