This jam is now over. It ran from 2024-04-30 22:00:00 to 2024-07-01 09:00:00. View 65 entries

This jam runs parallel with Otome Jam.

Welcome to the Josei Jam, a sister game jam to Otome Jam that focuses on a wider range of games that are meant for women. Josei is a Japanese term used to describe media targeted at adult women. While Otome Jam is focused on romance games that include a female lead and male love interest(s), Josei Jam allows:

  • romance games like boys or girls love
  • non-romance games

Basically, if your game is intended to be for a female audience, then your game fits!

What is accepted?

  • 18+ games
  • Commercial and free games
  • Games with romance and games without romance
  • Visual novels, RPGs, point-and-click games, and more
  • Games previously started on and new projects just for the jam

What isn't accepted?

  • Games that aren't targeted at female audiences
  • Games that aren't tagged as josei
  • Games that do not have screenshots on the page
  • Games that were 95% complete before the jam started
  • Any project using AI tools where the sourced materials were scraped without consent

Josei Jam runs concurrently with Otome Jam for people who enjoy Otome Jam but want to make projects for a broader scope of otome-esque games. Check out last year's entries here.

List of Resources

Developer Communities

Discord Servers

Otome Development - The Host Server

DevTalk - A general visual novel development server and our collaborator for Meet and Greets on [April 6th, 2PM EST] and [April 20th, 8AM EST].

Boys Love Development - Our sister server for games that include a male protagonist and male love interests 

Forum

VN Dev Wiki - An ongoing wiki project that has a wide collection of resources, guides, and more specifically for visual novel development

Lemmasoft Forums - A Forum filled with indie VN developers and enthusiasts. Big source of coding and assets.

Logo by Akua

Submissions(65)

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Otome Romance Visual Novel featuring 6 romanceable vampires.
Visual Novel
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Pitch yourself and convince him to marry you!
Visual Novel
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A mobile chat simulator for Android and PC. Will you be able to find out who did you kiss that night? :O
Simulation
"Keep your heart on your sleeve but remember to keep your name to your chest."
Visual Novel
A story of a young man forges connections with his online friend, and gradually falls in love.
Visual Novel
Lust is but a snack. Love is a banquet... Steer a lost soul to salvation or embrace the abyss of desire & destruction.
Visual Novel
When your academic rival wants to confess to you, just what are you supposed to say?
Visual Novel
Where psychology meets love.
Visual Novel
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You’re turning into a giant crow, but you gotta do a sales presentation at your office on Wednesday, wyd
Visual Novel
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Our last day together
Visual Novel
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the cure for vampirism doesn't come cheap.
Visual Novel
A romantic tale about a human trapped in a changeling bond.
Visual Novel
Confront a hot jewel thief as a night security guard.
Visual Novel
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Coming out to your partner can be scary
Visual Novel
A dating simulator where you romance your handsome co-workers and nothing goes wrong
Visual Novel
I survive my death event in a web novel and steal the role of the savior from the main character
Visual Novel
Navigate your new, sudden entanglement with the mafia. Will you find answers...and love?
Visual Novel
Escape the clutches of a love potion!
Visual Novel
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In the heat of war, will your love turn the tides of battle?
Visual Novel
A short visual novel about a wounded heiress trying to make the right decisions in love and war.
Visual Novel
Play as a matchmaker who can steal the hearts of her clients for herself in this otome visual novel.
Visual Novel
Will you find love? Or be lost forever?
Interactive Fiction
Another chance at love!
Visual Novel
Do you believe in the red string of fate?
Visual Novel
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A slice-of-life otome game with mundane happenings
Visual Novel
A dating sim where you find a cute guys phone on the ground and he texts it hoping you'll give it back to him!
Visual Novel
A mermaid otome game! What love lies beneath the waves?
Visual Novel
Survive isekai into your online mutual's favorite JRPG...where you have no idea what's canon.
Visual Novel
Otome Game x Kindergartener Stat-raiser!
Simulation
A dark romance interactive novel.
Interactive Fiction
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Now, who wouldn't want to be a Magical Girl?
Visual Novel
Become a vampire hunter and save your best friend… and maybe fall in love along the way
Visual Novel
A Psychological Horror Visual Novel
Visual Novel
Are you daring enough to steal yourself a fairy prince?
Visual Novel
aliens, a cyborg, truth and lies
Visual Novel
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Ever wanted to date a unicorn?
Visual Novel
With college graduation just around the corner, will Marmar finally confess her feelings to one of her best friends?
Visual Novel
Find the truth behind Lilith's amnesia along with her cute bodyguards.
Visual Novel
Romance fantasy visual Novel
Visual Novel
is the lighthouse an altar or a grave?
Visual Novel
An underdog magician navigates her place in a larger world.
Visual Novel
Make love on an altar and curse your city!
Visual Novel
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Trapped! at the Mad Scientists' Convention
Adventure
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In a cyberpunk city of Blore, a woman gets attacked by a parasitic creature.
Adventure
Who does your heart belong to?
Visual Novel
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Have a pleasant (...) chat with your University classmate
Interactive Fiction
“If music be the food of love, play on.”
Visual Novel
You want to be a student council member at your magic academy. Problem? You're severely underqualified.
Visual Novel
Romance and get to know strange cryptids while looking for a job!
Visual Novel
Working for a megacorp collecting data on people's minds can't be harmful... right?
Visual Novel
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Sports Anime meets Dating Sim! Checkmate their kings... and their hearts?
Visual Novel
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Dating in a horror pixel game
Interactive Fiction
a girl meets a fr3ak at the CD shop
Interactive Fiction
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A rofan vn with rpg elements. Join Celestine and Secta, as they venture on a quest.
Visual Novel
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Help Nox fight her unwavering sleep disorders as they take control of her relationships and make her question reality
Visual Novel
Villainess: All the clothes shall be mine!
Role Playing
Class is in session, but will Winston be up for the test to go through after-school tutoring? Find out in this drama!
Visual Novel
A pair of siblings get into a tiny bit of trouble when they eat some strange bread...
Visual Novel
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Unravel the mystery of Alice in this colorful, fantasy visual novel
Visual Novel
A romantic comedy yuri visual novel
Visual Novel
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little point and click game
Visual Novel
dating or something like that
Visual Novel
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Is justice worth sacrificing for love or are some secrets better left buried?
Visual Novel
Work in Progress
Interactive Fiction