Posted October 01, 2020 by Gryphbear
Hello! I figured I'd let everyone know that I'm gonna be joining the Barajam on itch.io. This jam is a game jam from Oct 1st to Nov 30th, centering around the Bara Genre which is defined on the Barajam page: https://itch.io/jam/barajam-2020 as shown below.
So what is Bara ? Here are the most informative snippets as taken from Wikipedia:
"Bara" is a Japanese technical term for a genre of art and fictional media that focuses on male same-sex love usually created by gay men for a gay male audience. Bara can vary in visual style and plot, but typically features masculine men with varying degrees of muscle, body fat, and body hair, akin to bear culture in gay culture.
* Commentators sometimes refer to bara as "yaoi", but yaoi is largely created by and for women and features idealized bishōnen. - In contrast, bara is considered a subgenre - for gay males - rather than ones for female readers.
And I just started a new term, as of this week with schooling. So I will put billing on hold for Patrons for the next two months. I don't see a reason to keep billing you guys if I'm not able to work on Grizzly Tech, or Time Interloper during this busy period, you know?
(So, you're not working on your VNs? What's your project for Barajam?)
I'll be trying to pull a RPGMaker MZ game together this time during the jam - sort of playing on the "Rescue the Damsel" trope, but it involves a curse, and a King. I've had a little bit of experience dabbling in RPG Makers in the past so I hope I can pull together a small game. I might try to post some screenshots of it in the following weeks if I can.
If you have any questions or concerns, just ask - about anything I'm doing, etc, etc.
Be patient, and if somehow I manage to squeeze an update out on my existing projects along the way, I will post it. :)
-GH