Greetings all,

I'm working on my game, and I saw we had a submission already. I looked at it, and it costs money. This is my first jam and I'm disabled/limited income so springing for the other player's jams isn't something I'm capable of affording. Can someone guide me on my conduct in regards submitting to a jam? Should I not submit something to be played and tested without costing my peers money to give me valuable feedback on it?

I'm not knocking or deligitimizing  a creator's right to charge money for content they have put hard work into. I guess I'm not accustomed to the social norms of submitting, peer reviewing, etc as a game jam participant.

Hello Celtic.Brewer,

This is not a ranked jam, and there is no peer-review system in place.

With that said, many creators would be happy to trade download keys of their games if you ask them. (It is a bit inconvenient that itch.io has no direct messaging system.)

If you just want to see an example of a Guided by the Sun game, I have restocked community copies for The Sol Survivor.

Best regards,

Arthur

P.S. IMHO, while playtesting is good, I find it overrated for narrative games. Unless you have a mechanically complex combat system, playtesting is not really needed. (It may be desired, but not required.)