What if you have a character that is clearly an antagonist that says something bigoted, or they "say" it but it cencored? (Have an antagonist thats homophobic and it is relevent to the plot, not there for shock value) Also what about political themes that deal with bigotry or are commentaries on how people go down toxic rabbit holes? What about parody?
interesting questions.
i think the goal of this jam is not only to produce games, but also, when the jam ends, to go back to what we've done and see it as it was in its context. if beliefs change in the upcoming ten years, what you've done before, if it wasn't bigotry to begin with, should stay untouched imo. or it would become a case of "rewriting history" and erasing our past errors.
Personally I don't believe in cencoring ideas. They are neccisary to confront our own beliefs and how we defend ourselves and our ideas, no matter how vial they may be. (racism, sexism and the like) If we cant confront them in the most interactive medium then where are we supposed to explore it. Im still going to follow the rules of the jam, but I just want to keep asking questions, That's all we can do to advance.