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Bug Fixes During The Voting Phase

A topic by TPofahl created Aug 19, 2023 Views: 222 Replies: 5
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Context:
My game has a mechanic where you need to jump over bullets, but I did not implement delta time to control the bullet's speed. This results in varied gameplay from person to person, some players will not be able to progress through the game at all.


This is a super simple fix, an addition to one line of code in my game. I know there are others who have the same question.

Are we allowed to do minor bug fixes during the voting phase, or does it go against the rules.


From the game jam page:

"After the jam is over, you can fix bugs and add new ways to play (web build or any other), but not radically change the game. "

this is far too vague for me to go off of, does the voting phase count as the end of the jam, or after the voting phase itself.

Submitted

I would like to ask the same question. I have a toggle button in the main menu left off (the gamobject was inactive) when building, and the other toggle button is not responding because I forgot to put it back in the code. It doesn't change anything in the game radically, but I would like to fix it.

Submitted

I hate to be the guinea pig, but I may just update it anyways and risk the ban. It's just one line of code..

Submitted

I would assume logically that yes you fan as long as it's not radical change... one line of code isnt radical change but it's better to state what u did

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Submitted (3 edits)

To answer the question on if we can do bug fixes: There is no option to re-upload your game when clicking on the "Edit the submission" button on your page. So there is no way to push a fix (I tried).

edit: Some people have this option, I believe it depends on how you set up your submission page. I unfortunately do not have this option.

Submitted(+1)

The host said that we are allowed to do bug fixes during the voting phase. you can re-upload the fixed game by going to your profile page, and editing the game from there.