Feel free to ask questions about the jam here!
you can use https://packager.turbowarp.org/ to turn your scratch project into an html file
Haven't decided on which game concept to go for yet, but my friend and I are interested. Just wanted to clarify something - are turn-based multiplayer games allowed, or is the spirit of this jam more about simultaneous/real-time multiplayer? One of the ideas we've been throwing around is a card game, so I figured I'd ask before we've settled on a specific idea.
Here is what I wrote to another person asking the same question:
Hi! From what I understand from this, you mean using the Steam Multiplayer APIs right? From what I'm reading from https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/features/multiplayer, it's intended for games on Steam that wants to use their infrastructure for online multiplayer instead of using the dev's own dedicated servers. Now this is a game jam, and I am pretty sure that releasing a game on Steam takes some time for them to review the game, and you also need to pay an upfront cost, and the game cannot be played on itch.io as well if I understood it right, only on Steam. From my point of view, it does not make sense to integrate Steam Multiplayer to a game made for a game jam on itch.io.
However, we did say you can use whatever tools you want, but it is recommended that the game can be played or downloaded on itch.io so it can be accessible to everyone. Hope this helps, if I understood it wrong please tell me!