Submissions for the **Indie Horror Speedruns Marathon 2023** are [now open!](https://oengus.io/marathon/ihsm23)

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# What is IHS?

IHS is a community of speedrunners who share a passion for pushing niche horror titles to their limits. From walking simulators like [Slide in the Woods](https://www.speedrun.com/slide_in_the_woods), FPS games like [Cultists & Compounds](https://www.speedrun.com/cultists_and_compounds), and more well-known titles like [Murder House](https://www.speedrun.com/murder_house) and [Choo-Choo Charles](https://www.speedrun.com/choo_choo_charles), there's a wide variety of games to explore and almost certainly a game for everyone. Many games run by the community are uploaded to itch.io, keeping speedrunning financially accessible to more people.

## Bounties

In addition to serving as a hub for new speedgame discoveries, the [IHS Discord server](https://discord.com/invite/NgmkbJr2MX) also is used to promote bounties placed on games hosted and sponsored by TurboBoard. Challenges range from new glitch discoveries, being the first to achieve a sub-X minute run, to solving questions or glitches a community member might have. There's currently [a $300 reward to discover the mystery of the collision on a door in Happy's Humble Burger Farm](https://turboboard.io/bounty/VdprVJ8ijavu78cSCzrKf).

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# Previous Events

In addition to smaller showcases and bounties over the past year, the IHS community has been involved in two major events.

## IHSM 2022

As stated previously, this is the second major marathon the IHS community has hosted. It kicked off in December of last year and ran for a full 12 hours, showcasing 18 runs as well as a two-hour quad-campaign relay of Aliens vs Predator 2.

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# SGDQ 2023 - Choo-Choo Charles

Choo-Choo Charles brought a massive amount of new runners to the community upon its release, including high-profile runners such as @Distortion2 and @maxylobes. The community even was [shouted out by the developer himself](https://twitter.com/TwoStarGames/status/1603131654620315648).

Given the hype surrounding its release, it shouldn't have been a surprise that it was accepted into SGDQ2022. Runner @Bird650 represented the community by achieving an 18:47 RTA.

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# Puppet Combo Speedrun Showcase 2023

This past summer, the community held a nearly five-hour speedrun showcase featuring games from the TortureStar publishing label. Games from [Puppet Combo](https://twitter.com/PuppetCombo), [Comp-3 Interactive](https://twitter.com/comp3int), and [Black Eyed Priest Games](https://twitter.com/LeggoMyGiallo) were all run. Playlist to all the runs can be found [here](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9S_8eztoAYv7r3CsEl772Iy0TxVueU3u).

# IHSM 2023 Event Details

Submit your runs [here](https://oengus.io/marathon/ihsm23).

IHSM 2023 submissions are open now! It's not too late to start learning a run between now and the submission cutoff of October 31. The marathon itself is live on November 18th. [Here's a link to last year's runs](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9S_8eztoAYuVGxzUpDCbz-zhTuA_ptpc)!

Even though the word "indie" is on everything surrounding this community and event, it needs to be said that submissions do not need to be indie games. As stated below, "submissions are required to be horror-genre centered or contain horror elements," though final decisions will be up to the IHS staff team.

# Relevant Links and Rules

Event questions can be answered by joining the [IHS Discord server](https://discord.com/invite/NgmkbJr2MX).

The event is sponsored by [TurboBoard](https://turboboard.io/), [MusicMondays](https://www.allmusicmondays.com/), and [HAIRYWORLD](https://twitter.com/HAIRYWRLD)

Linktree for all things IHS can be found [here](https://linktr.ee/indiehorrorspeedruns).

Organizers are hoping that this event is as fun as the first. The community has grown tremendously over the years and this marathon is a great way to get involved with a friendly and accessible community.

Indie Horror Speedruns Marathon 2023 Submissions Open Now

*Indie Horror Speedruns Presents…*

# **IHS Summer Marathon 2024**

Many of you know Indie Horror Speedruns for our yearly winter marathons centered around indie horror games as well as our preservation of indie horror speedrunning. We’re proud to present our first summer marathon along with the opening of submissions for IHS Summer Marathon 2024. Taking place live on June 15th 2024 at 1PM eastern standard time and running for roughly about 8 hours. All horror centered and horror-adjacent games are eligible to be submitted but indie horror games will always be prioritized. Official guidelines and rules can be found below and if you have any more questions feel free to contact us at [@IndieHorrorSR](https://linktr.ee/indiehorrorspeedruns) or join our [Discord.](https://discord.gg/Kxm6mHnZv3)

# **Submission Guidelines**

-Submit Here: [https://oengus.io/marathon/IHSSM24](https://oengus.io/marathon/IHSSM24)

-All participants are limited to 5 game submissions for any category of each game.

-Submissions are required to be at least horror-genre centered or contain horror elements. Indie games are preferred but not required. Final exceptions will be decided by the IHS staff team.

-All submissions must be sent in to our Oengus forum by June 1st 2024 12:00am eastern standard time.

-All runners are required to be available the day of the marathon and there will be no exceptions in regards to schedule changes.

# **Scheduling**

IHS Summer Marathon will be taking place live June 15th 2024 on [Twitch.tv/IndieHorrorSpeedruns](https://www.twitch.tv/IndieHorrorSpeedruns) at 1PM eastern standard time.

-Submissions CLOSE 12:00AM eastern standard time on June 1st 2024.

-Official schedule announcement on June 7th 2024.

-No exceptions to schedule changes unless at IHS Staff discretion.

-Live event on June 15th 2024 1PM eastern standard time.

We hope to see our whole community attend along with new faces interested in indie horror speedrunning. We’ve hosted the premiere event for indie horror speedrunning since 2022 and we’re excited to bring this event to the summer.

See you there.

Many of you know Indie Horror Speedruns for our yearly winter marathons centered around indie horror games as well as our preservation of indie horror speedrunning...