Have you noticed the lack of romance game focusing on love interests of color ? Well let's make our own games !  This is a beginner friendly, visual novel jam aimed at making more diverse romance focused stories.

-Make a game or demo where one or more poc can be romanceable (romance don't have to be the focus of the game but elements of it needs to be available for the player )

-You can work solo or as a team.  (You or your team don't have to be poc to participate.)

-Usage of pre made assets is allowed.

-Avoid poc stereotypes and fetishization (such as animalizing, sexualizing or demonizing). In big lines, Be respectful.

-Topics about racism can be included but racist content is prohibited.

-While white passing poc exist, keep in mind that this jam focus on non white characters.

-Characters with abnormal skin colors (ex: gray, green, blue) or fantasy species who stray from human apparence ( ex:  Twi'lek or Dragonborn ) don't count as poc. 

-Content promoting violence, Racism, Ableism, Sexism, Homophobia or any sort of bigotry are banned.

-The use of generative Ai of any sort is banned.

-You can do crunch or upload unfinished project.

You want to participate but you're unsure about how to well represent  characters  of color ?

Check out this creators whith ressources about how to create poc and also tropes to avoid.

@creatingblackcharacters sur Tumblr

https://www.instagram.com/themightyz0/?hl=fr

Here is a small list of tutorials, assets and royaltee free musics for you to use !

For music :pixabay , dova syndrom ,  epic fantasy and Kevin Macleod 

Renpy :youtube playlist , renpy documentation ,  Fenik's ressources

Gui  and game design : itch gui packs , Font browser , HTML colors

If you're searching for team members you can ask in the Jam comunity board or check Devtalk .