Hi there!

Sadly there is no way to suggest themes. A week before the jam starts there will be a link to vote for a theme out of a list we picked ourselves. The winner of this vote will be announced as the jam theme at the starting time!

Hi there!

We would like to ask you to make the majority of the game during the jam. 
You can use pre-made assets, but please don't just submit a game that you made before the jam started. It wouldn't be fair to other participants if you spent a total of 4 weeks on your submission while everyone else only gets one :)

Hi there!
During the rating period (after the submission deadline), new uploads are locked. This means that you can NOT upload any new platforms or updates after the submission deadline. Of course this is unlocked after the rating period ends!

To make sure you have all builds playable and ready on your page, factor in at least an hour to get your submission page ready and submitted!

Hi there! 

As the other person also said: short games are completely fine!
It is actually recommended to create games that are on the shorter side (5-10 minutes max to experience all content), for a few reasons:

1. People rating your game won't be playing the game for hours and hours. If your game has hours of content, the players rating your game won't experience all content  which might influence your rating (negatively!).

2. Scope issues... The jam is only a week long, so planning a super long game might result in not being able to do everything in a polished and nice way, which would also negatively influence your ratings. 

Jams are a learning experience, where you are free to go out of your comfort zone and try to finish a small project. If that small project is a 2 minute long game, that is still an achievement because you finished something!

There is an option to add more creators on a game page

Hi there!
Like the other user also said, there is an option to add other people to your game as creators.
I'm a little foggy on this (it has been a while), but I think you add them like this:
- Go to your game page from your personal itch dashboard

- Go to the admins section (might be under the other settings, not sure)

- Add your friends as an admin, by adding their itch link

They will get an email to confirm, or you get a link that you can send to them. If they are registered as an admin, you can also have them show as contributor to the game for both the jam and on the game page. This includes voting rights for the jam.

Hi There!

As long as you follow the theme and rules of both jams, you should be fine rulewise!
Keep in mind that I am not sure if you can submit one game to multiple jams, so keep some extra time to try that out and create an extra game page if needed..

Hi there!

I have checked the logs and ban list and confirmed your story. 

Some time after your ban we had a big issue with the bot, which means that bans issued before then don't automatically expire anymore.

I have now manually lifted your ban, so you are free to join back! 

Yes, the game is yours to do with what you want after the voting period.

Just the answer: You can join regardless of your age. The rules don’t state anything about age. “The only rule we have is that your game must not include any NSFW and offensive/discriminatory content.” - states the jam overview. I think you should read it if you haven’t.

Extra: Your age has almost nothing to do with game development at all. Sometimes a Kid can be smarter than an adult, and also an adult being smarter than kids is considered normal and is normal as well. It depends on the person, not their age. (Sorry for bad English though, I hope you at least understood what I mean)

You just normally submit your game in Itch.io. Then, in order to submit your game to this jam, you have to click submit on the Jam’s Overview page and select your game. It’s that simple.

In case if you don’t know how to submit to Itch.io in the first place or you find it confusing, you can refer to the Itch.io’s official guides here.

You just use any engine to make your game. Anyway, how are you even supposed to use PowerPoint as a game engine?

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