If I have a game (TTRPG) about mental health that was published only on itch before the jam began, am I also able to submit it? Or are you only taking entries for games started/finished during the jam? I'm asking because the "Games that were already in development prior to the game jam are welcome, so long as the game hasn’t already been released elsewhere" sentence got me a bit confused.

Hi! Thank you for your question.

"Elsewhere" refers to outside of this jam. We're sorry this didn't come across as intended. We'll make sure to revise the rule for clarity!

Generally, we're only accepting games that are being released for the first time during the jam period. However, there is an exception for re-releases that have significant enough changes from the previously released version. In this case, we like to trust entrants' judgement on whether their submission differs enough to qualify.

That makes sense.

Thank you for clarifying.