Hello everyone, I have 3 questions.
1) Has the "story / narrative" criteria been forgotten? It does not appear in the "rate this game" list of criteria.
2) Are the votes anonymous? Or will every developer be able, at the end of the jam, to know who rated his game and how?
3) What is meant by "polish"? As I don't know for now, I put 3 stars to everyone (maybe I will correct it later)
1) Oh no! You're right! Looks like I forgot to add the 'Story' category! I checked and it's too late to put it back in there. Sorry to all! I realize this is double unfair on my part because my personal entry into the jam is a definitely a 1 star story! Sorry!
2) Yes votes are anonymous.
3) Polish is the extra touches that make a game look, sound, feel or play smooth and refined. Term comes from the english idiom 'spit and polish' which refers to the practice of spitting on something (shoes, silver, etc) and then rubbing it to make it shine.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/spit-and-polish
So generally, does the game look or play like a rough prototype or a finished product?
1) OK. Unfortunate, there were 2 games which deserved a lot of stars for their story/narrative.
I think I will be more generous on their other criteria, to compensate the impossibility to rate their story.
2) Great, the rating will be more honest, then.
3) I understand, thank you very much.
Now, I'm going back to play and rate :-)
