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How much hours of game time

A topic by Jackolypse created Nov 02, 2022 Views: 425 Replies: 6
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how much hours of game time should be there minimum and is it fine if we release like a demo version of the game here and release the game seperately

Submitted

Should focus on making a good game instead of worrying about how many hours it will take to play.  There's going to be a lot of games submitted for this jam, and people have very short attention spans when playing and rating games. 

hours??? game jam games often have mere minutes of gameplay. 

Hey iceopod! I made a new jam that ends at the end of 2023 (or Jan 1st 2024), I was coming to ask if you could join my jam! See you soon, Beat Jammer:)

Oh ok Thanks

Submitted

I typically aim for an experience that takes 5-10 minutes. That let's you really refine what is fun about your game and polish that up as best you can. One thing I've learned from doing jams for a while, is that most people don't put a bunch of time into the games they play - once they feel they've understood what the game is about, they rate it and move on. I've. Had games where the average play time is 2 minutes and only a couple people even finished it. 


So I'd focus on finding the fun and making a short engaging experience rather than trying to create a large amount of content that most people won't play long enough to see. 

Ok Thanks