Does something need to be made by a POC to have a POC tag? Just wondering cause I don't want to overstep boundaries and accedently offend someone
Viewing post in POC tag?
I am already offended, so go ahead.
Seriously, the term and its acronym itself is deeply racist imho, just as stuff like african american, but that is beside the point.
Fact is, in gaming the tag ist just not used in that way. It means proof of concept. And there are exactly 9 games tagged poc on itch right now. And only about 3 use it with the race meaning.
One does not tag races, because that would be racist (duh!). And for many games it would be pointless as well, as you can configure your character. Or you are in such a perspective that you do not even see the protagonist.
I could understand in theory the similarity to tags like female-protagonist. But is female itself tagged? What would poc even mean, if it were used?
As for your question, is there a made-by-a-female-dev tag or similar, for comparision? And if there are any doubts if this whole concept would be racist, ask yourself how people would react if someone would ask about a white person tag or a tag that means the creator is white. There would be a shitstorm if that were an official tagging.
Steam has a better tagging system and they have no poc or similar tags. I checked.
Ahh. But, "has poc in it" as the meaning of a tag... I see problems there. Who would tag this, and with "poc" no less? You usually tag the hero's attributes, if any. With lgbt you imply that the hero will be engaged in this type of activity or be heavily confronted with it (or it is a game withoud a hero, but deals with that topic).
"has only poc in it" might have some information value, but "has poc in it" has not much information, as you could tag most games with it, that have people in it.
But the bottom line is, race is not tagged in gaming. Not the hero's, nor the npcs. A recent AAA title comes to mind, Forspoken. Look at the tagging of the game on Steam. For that matter try finding any race related tag on Steam. Any at all. They are the big player, and if they do not have any, the chances of such a tag becoming popular is slim.
If this is about adult games, you might try the tags used by adult movies. Some do use those tags, but not many.