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Some feedback from tooling.gg Jam submission process

A topic by rancidbacon created 77 days ago Views: 54 Replies: 1
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Hi there Henry,

For context, I wouldn’t normally go out of my way to participate in a “non-community” jam, particularly one that requires additional unremunerated “work” in terms of writing a review but I’m a fan of the LMMS project & appreciate the project getting some more attention & giving people an excuse to make + release some music with LMMS, so made an exception in this case. :)

In case it’s helpful, a couple of pieces of feedback from the submission process:

  • The jam page text says “18th” rather than “8th” for the closing date: “…and lasting for 2 days through to 11:59PM (GMT+1) Sunday 18th September.”

  • Review submission form confirmation has an incorrect prize amount & competition closing date:

    “”” Thank you so much for completing this - we’ll be in touch if you win the $100 prize!

    Competition running until: 01/02/13 “””

  • The tooling.gg site is rather lacking in information about the site/company/project itself which leaves uncertainty about what’s actually going to be done with the reviews we submit.

  • When/if they are made public will the reviews have an indicator/disclaimer that they were written as part of entry criteria for this jam?

Hope some of this feedback is useful and… be sure to check out my latest Rancidbacon release “But Not Tonight” available now! :D

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Hey, thank you so much for your feedback. That's the reason we host the jams - to give the projects/tools that people love some more airtime and, as you say, it's hopefully an excuse for people to make and release something!

Apologies for the inconsistencies with the info about the jams & prizing - the typeform had a sneaky 'endings' section I had forgotten to update.

It is my full intention to add more info about tooling.gg to the website about what we're up to. We are collecting the reviews for our own understanding & research and don't have any plans to make the reviews public.

Thanks again for your questions & your submission into the jam.