Pride in Who We Are

As the summer begins many Pride events happen, out here in Cali alot of ours happen in June. So to celebrate the waving of many a multicolored flag I think we take sometime to look at what Pride means to us. Alot of us of fought to come to terms with what we feel despite society and deserve to feel Pride in ourselves.

PS - Don't forget to join us on our fabulous Rainbow Jam discord server for some good old community building and fun times. I'll be looking for admins and working on revitalizing that as well as I can. Or grab the Rainbow Jam Google Calendar to keep up with all the jamming happening!

Theme : Pride

Its time to celebrate who we are, what it means for us to be out and proud, and what it means for us to feel fully accepting of ourselves. Show stories of victory, of triumph over great adversity, of battling through demons to gain acceptance. We are all here and have all gone through these fights so lets make some games to help those currently still battling them.

Rules of Rainbow Jam

So therefore there are only two rules to Rainbow Jams :

1) Your game must focus on Queer and/or minorities OR the experiences of those groups.

2) All games submitted have to be created during the current Rainbow Jam. You can do prep work leading up to it, in fact, I encourage it. Prep away! HOWEVER you may not start work on the actual design or the game itself until the jam starts.

You don't have to finish the game to submit it. Unfinished works or demos are allowed, encouraged, and accepted! Completing the work for the jam isn't a requirement just creating one is.

What are Rainbow Jams?

Well that's a fair question. Rainbow Jams are my answer to being annoyed at not hearing Queer and minority stories. Its my answer to wanting to see more games created by those same people. We do exist out there even if people whisper about our mythical and magical unicorn powers. And I'd like to see more of us reflected in games, and as game creators. So from now on I will be hosting a Rainbow Jam a month to help fuel that avalanche of creation through games that better reflect our community. Its time for some games #ByUs4Us !