

The game must focus on romance and establishing a relationship with a love interest.Characters who are trans/genderqueer/etc qualify.The game has to feature more male love interests or at least equal to female and/or nonbinary love interests.The game has to feature at least one female protagonist or by choice.To have your project allowed for submission it must adhere to these rules If you're looking for a team or team members, be sure to join the Otome Jam Meet and Greets on Saturday, April 17th at 2PM EDT (UTC-4:00), and Saturday, April 24th at 2PM EDT (UTC-4:00) on the Devtalk Discord Server! Rules Often the Joseimuke can be distinguished that the dates or romantic bits are locked behind cards or gacha and have no influence on the main story or the characters and thus canonical never happened. If the game has romance and male love interests, but no female protagonist as an option, but is still directed toward a female audience, that's not an otome game.

If the game has romance and a female protagonist, but no male love interests, that's not an otome game. If the game has a female protagonist and male characters, but no actual romance or romance as part of the storyline but directed towards a female audience, it's a Joseimuke.

Otome or Otome Games specifically refer to games created for a female audience where the female player character pursues male love interests (via routes or events) and opts for a romantic happy ending (or not so happy bittersweet ending) with the chosen character. Picking up from the last Otome Games Jam by Hana H.A., Otome Development presents in collaboration with Devtalk the Otome Jam! Starting on May 1st and ending on July 1st (GMT), you have two months to create a game to make maiden hearts (and maidenly people’s hearts) beat faster!
