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Is it compulsory to share the github repo?

A topic by Renderererer created Nov 01, 2020 Views: 846 Replies: 8

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Renderererer4 years ago

Although its mentioned in the instructions that you must create a public repo on Github, its not perfectly clear to me if this is compulsory. If so, how much of the source code/files must be included in the repo to be eligible to participate?

Any answers would be great.

tbeseda4 years ago

I can't speak to the hard requirements but that's sorta the spirit of the Jam I think. Being organized by Github and all. Collaboration and OSS.

Renderererer4 years ago

Yeah, I get that. Its just that art and music aren't usually uploaded to github. So I just wanted confirm.

tbeseda4 years ago(+1)

I gotcha.
So it says "the source code and any assets you’re able to share".

I suppose if art and music aren't able to be shared, that they can be skipped in the public repo. Just my reading.

Good luck!

CoderAngel4 years ago

Yeah, I have the same questions.
I get that GitHub is supporting this jam, but the actual submission process appears to be via itch.io.
So...why would a solo dev need a GitHub page? Are they disqualifying people without one? Are we expected to submit in two places at once?

Lee ReillyJam Host4 years ago

Hi there - when you submit your entry you'll be prompted to enter the URL for the GitHub repository where you've shared the source code and assets. If you're using any paid assets / libraries that you're not permitted to share, you can omit that and just leave a note in the repository's README about that dependency.

Cheers,
Lee

Renderererer4 years ago

So assets including the music/sfx (if made by yourself) must be attached to the repo as well?

Lee ReillyJam Host4 years ago

Ideally, yes. Enough for someone to build the game from source themselves.

Renderererer4 years ago

Okay. Cool. I just found out about Github LFS so I'll try my best.