Hey guys. Lovely idea. I'm a big fan of the PICO-8. Creating some good fun stuff with it.
Question though. Why on earth are you limiting character count? Surely a much better thing to do would be token count? Making a restriction like this means people can't add comments, and stuff like spacing will be a nightmare!
Just a thought. I'm probably going to enter a few bits and pieces I've created. Hope you enjoy them :)
But this is a PICO-8 jam? So surely those people using it would be aware what tokens are? (or at least, they should learn!)
Fair enough though. Rules is rules. Just seems a bit inefficient given the way PICO-8 works! I've personally found the challenge in PICO-8 to be keeping within the token count, not the 64K.
Thanks for the Q.
As @merwok already (kindly) added - this type of jam is quite niche, so it's not going to be everyone's cup of tea. 馃
That said - this jam will allow to submit additional URL's, including a link to Commented source code).
So, for example, after you've made an entry that's < 1KB - you could (if you felt like it) - make a second copy with added comments, explaining your code for others to learn from.
Anyway, that's the jam and - should you still wish to enter something - I look forward to seeing it. 馃檪
P.S. - You mention about submitting pieces you've created already(?), but the jam period hasn't started yet.
While it's not (yet) in the FAQ - you should only be submitting creations that you made during the actual jam period.
Hope this helps.
