This jam is now over. It ran from 2023-04-30 22:00:00 to 2023-06-30 22:00:00. View 66 entries

This jam runs parallel with Otome Jam.

Welcome to the first ever Josei Jam, a sister game jam to Otome Jam that focuses on a wider range of games that are meant for women. Josei is a Japanese term used to describe media targeted at adult women. While Otome Jam is focused on romance games that include a female lead and male love interest(s), Josei Jam allows:

  • romance games like boys or girls love
  • non-romance games

Basically, if your game is intended to be for a female audience, then your game fits!

What is accepted?

  • 18+ games
  • Commercial and free games
  • Games with romance and games without romance
  • Visual novels, RPGs, point-and-click games, and more
  • Games previously started on and new projects just for the jam

What isn't accepted?

  • Games that aren't targeted at female audiences
  • Games that aren't tagged as josei
  • Games that do not have screenshots on the page
  • Any project using AI tools where the sourced materials were scraped without consent

Josei Jam runs concurrently with Otome Jam for people who enjoy Otome Jam but want to make projects for a broader scope of otome-esque games.

Developer Communities

Discord Servers

Otome Development - The Host Server

DevTalk - A general visual novel development server and our collaborator for Meet and Greets.

Boys Love Development - Our sister server for games that include a male protagonist and male love interests 

Amare Dev Server - A Western term for inclusive relationships and individuals in games and visual novels

Forum

VN Dev Wiki - An ongoing wiki project that has a wide collection of resources, guides, and more specifically for visual novel development

Lemmasoft Forums - A Forum filled with indie VN developers and enthusiasts. Big source of coding and assets.

Logo by Akua

Submissions(64)

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a fated love: will you follow the string until it turns red?
Visual Novel
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"Are we calling tonight?"
Visual Novel
Reborn to romance the villain of an otome game?!
Visual Novel
Play in browser
Isobel finds herself torn between Heaven and Purgatory in this epic story about life, love and the great beyond.
Visual Novel
You broke up with your (yandere) boyfriend; it might have been a mistake.
Visual Novel
A mystery Otome game with yandere love interests!
Visual Novel
A sweet visual novel about getting isekai'd into a candy-themed gacha game!
Visual Novel
Play in browser
Become a glorified ducksitter, wrangle your dumb party and fall in love!
Visual Novel
Gothic horror otome with a yandere vampire LI
Visual Novel
Romance the Villains: Join the dark side or change their fate?
Role Playing
Take care of a sopping wet cat of a man
Visual Novel
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Applied to a dating program where you only have to use a laptop for 14 days?
Visual Novel
Play in browser
What would you do as the new goddess of love?
Visual Novel
A romantic tale about a human raised among faeries.
Visual Novel
A light-hearted cyberpunk romance, featuring hot boys.
Visual Novel
Right to counsel involves counseling from both parties, right?
Visual Novel
Write your way to the game development industry with your talented, yet rowdy co-founders!
Visual Novel
Escape the clutches of a love potion!
Visual Novel
Play in browser
NSFW Cyberpunk-esque Otome
Visual Novel
An assassination attempt gone wrong
Role Playing
I wanted food, not death flags!
Visual Novel
A Spooky Boy's Love Episodic game!
Visual Novel
Navigate your new, sudden entanglement with the mafia. Will you find answers...and love?
Visual Novel
Save the Empire and break the cycle of doomed love!
Visual Novel
A poison-dealing romance
Visual Novel
A short transmigration love story. The title was too big for title field.
Visual Novel
trapped in a world where spirits lie in unrest...
Visual Novel
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Solve murders while you romance suspects - and murderers. Visual novel with point and click investigation elements.
Visual Novel
Amidst the winter's chill, a girl's bond with a snow spirit and a hunter's pursuit unfolds.
Visual Novel
Another enemies to lovers story with banter and NFSW.
Visual Novel
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yandere(???), otome, a short story
Visual Novel
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A lite dating sim about a witch coming home.
Visual Novel
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Right Place. Wrong Time.
Visual Novel
Fall in love before the snow falls.
Visual Novel
A dating sim where you play the role of Lady Robin Esaer as you navigate the courts of a foreign country.
Visual Novel
Play in browser
A tale of survival, grief, and finding hope once more
Visual Novel
Can you roll your way into a DnD nerd's heart?
Visual Novel
Navigate the glitz and glamor of the 1920s in this stylish visual novel!
Visual Novel
Ready for the Woodland Forest Dating Show? Date Nuts & Charming Animals! It's totally nuts!
Visual Novel
If you make the wrong choice, you fall into "Happy Ending"!? Japanese high school Short Otome Novel.
Visual Novel
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Reconnect with your childhood friend... and fall in love?
Visual Novel
Play in browser
A modern-retro otome game set on a mysterious train!
Visual Novel
Slice of life, Sci-fi, horror, and (potentially) romance meet in this visual novel!
Visual Novel
Explore an abandoned building, meet ghosts, and possibly find love!
Visual Novel
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A bubbly streamer from the future visits the Last Paradise on Earth
Visual Novel
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Someone came to visit me with amnesia.
Visual Novel
Love blooms and dies in the spring.
Visual Novel
An industry veteran still makes new discoveries!
Visual Novel
Two old wives and a cosy afternoon.
Visual Novel
Fall in love with cryptids campaigning to be mayor of a one horse town!
Visual Novel
A cinematic visual novel
Visual Novel
A haughty princess. A mysterious soldier. A pushy socialite. And a family curse on top of it all.
Visual Novel
A Fantasy Visual Novel
Visual Novel
Is it really personal growth if you ruin every one of your relationships along the way?
Visual Novel
Fate is neither good or bad. It just is. Until it is gone.
Visual Novel
A game where you meet 5 mysterious strangers at a bookstore
Visual Novel
Solve the mystery around Cris before he lost his memory.
Visual Novel
Play in browser
Visual Novel
A girl of low social class goes undercover to infiltrate a prestigious high school, tasked with a perilous mission.
Visual Novel
A short horror romance story with Yandere, talking to MC on TV.
Visual Novel
A story about lesbian vampires.
Visual Novel