This includes: gay, bi, trans, non-binary, aro, ace, pan, any male-identified LGBTQ+ characters.Ģ. Your game must focus on queer relationships between men OR the queer male experience. This jam encourages creation of all genres of games and not just visual novels.ġ. For example, a story centering around a non-bara character's love of bara manga would be acceptable. I will not be policing this jam strictly, but please be respectful of the theme.Īlso, to be clear, bara need not have NSFW content and submissions can simply discuss themes related to the essence of bara to qualify. So although Bara can mean different things to different people, a good summary of this jam is a focus on non-bishounen characters, a reflection of varied body shapes and comfortable masculinity. While this jam is, of course, open to all participants/audiences of any gender, please be mindful that your submissions have the characterizations of BARA which lean to containing a character(s) who are muscular, bear-like build, possibly hairy or rugged. In contrast, bara is considered a subgenre - for gay males - rather than ones for female readers."
commentators sometimes refer to bara as "yaoi", but yaoi is largely created by and for women and features idealized bishōnen. "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.īara 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.
So what is BARA? Here are the most informative snippets as taken from Wikipedia:
This time BARAJAM is a 2 month long game jam dedicated to creating male and/or male-relationship focused games that feature the "BARA" influence. BARA JAM was a great success its first time around so we're doing it all over again.
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