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A Question About the Jam

A topic by MintGlow created Oct 25, 2021 Views: 278 Replies: 2
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Hello! I'm sorry for the question, but I hope it's not too much of a bother:

My game is the first game in a four-part series, which does not have any romance, but has critical character development for one of the games in the future that may be about yuri. Is this okay still?

On another note pertaining to the first part of my game, where the description calls for games about "relationships between women", I was wondering if a really deep friendship between two girls/people would count? In my game, the relationships within are supposed to be interpreted as any kind of relationship since it deals with the same joy and sadness.

Jam HostSubmitted (1 edit) (+1)

the specification is "queer relationships between women" this is a game jam built around the lesbian identity and women loving women, to tell stories about romantic and sexual interaction between them. as to make it more inclusive it has been broadened to include other variations that arent strictly lesbian in the standard sense; which is apparent in the further clarification "This includes: lesbian, bi, trans, non-binary, aro, ace, pan, any female-identified LGBTQIA characters. Trans masc and non-binary lesbians are also allowed to be the focus of any projects."

if you are only making a story that revolves around deep friendship it doesnt count as itself, but for example can count if it still describes the "queer female experience." ie someone in the story is gay and the romance aspect just isnt the main focus. 

ultimately, the jam has been created to motivate people to make games regarding these minorities to create representation because there are not enough of these stories in the world. does your game contribute to that?

in the end, question why you want to include your game in the jam but if you think your game is yuri in the spirit enough that you would put for example the itch.io tags of lgbt and/or yuri on it then go for it and submit

Submitted (1 edit)

Thank you for your response!
Yes, some are gay in my story, but it is not the main focus. There is no development in the gay relationship at the moment, only coming to know each other.
I do feel that it has the essence of a queer relationship, but since I worry about how well people will take the idea that there's no blatantly queer relationship in this game even if I purposefully made it have the semi-romantic relationship feeling, I may not submit it to the jam. We'll see.
I will consider your questions and insight, thanks again!