Great point!

This jam is laid-back and unranked, which is why there isn't a feature to encourage people to start work around the jam's start date. 

That said, in the spirit of the jam, it's something that I definitely encourage people to do - otherwise you could just make a game, well, whenever! 

But there's certainly nothing stopping you from setting up your game if you need to prepare. I hope that helps answer your question! 

- FSV 

I had some thoughts about a dark alley but it isn't a "room", rather an area there ...are textbased-games than the ones that include graphics, allowed to get submitted in general too?