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Rules Clarifications Sticky

A topic by dev_dwarf created Sep 09, 2020 Views: 849 Replies: 39
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Host(+2)

Post here any questions you have about the rules!

Submitted

i deleted a dead game i had, but i remember perfectly one level, can i make it again and use it to show how it was? And if yes, can i use it to make the demo or do i restart?

Host(+1)

Sounds like you worked it out, but yes, you dont need to use the source code from the original game for this jam. If you just remember the idea, or have a video, you can work off of that :)

Submitted (1 edit) (+1)

i found the game in a conversation on discord, so i have everything of it :), since i can make an executable of the game, can i send the old game too?

Host(+1)

You definitely should! If you can have the old version alongside the new one you make thats the best.

Submitted (2 edits)

i was playing it again, the game isn't in english, do i translate it or not (There is just 3 words to translate)?

Submitted

and the game is similar to another game, can I mention the other game if anyone liked the idea?

Host(+1)

Sure

Submitted

wait, nvm i found the game in a 2019 discord conversation where i send the game folder to my friend to play :)

Submitted(+1)

It's okay to delete all the code, sprites and redo it again

Host(+1)

yep! just try and keep to the idea, or "theme" of the original game. But you can start from scratch if you wish

Submitted

thx

Submitted

can we make something before the jam starts? Like art, music...

Host(+2)

No

Submitted

ok

I was wondering if I could use a game  I have on here, It's a demo  I made for 7 day game jam, I feel its unresolved. 

Submitted

did you submit for the jam or publish it? Because if yes, i don't know if the "The project you revive must be something you considered "dead". No games that had an official release should be used." rule apply to submitting to a game jam, but probably

I  did submit it to the game jam. I was inquiring so I don't break the rules unknowingly.

Host(+1)

I'd say thats fine. That rule is more to prevent people submitting a long term project they have already worked on a lot

Submitted

Hi! I feel a bit silly asking this and I wanted to know how to upload my game to the jam because it is my first jam in which I participate and that is it, I hope they answer me bye

Host(+1)

Hi welcome! Basically, what youll need to do:

  • Join the Jam
  • When the submission period is open:
  • Go to the jam page
  • Click submit, and choose upload a new project

You wont be able to do this for quite a while, since the submissions dont open till next month.

Submitted

ok but, the time to upload the game is from October 16 to October 30, right?

P.S: thanks for answering!

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can i use an un original idea like make a game with the similar idea as another game but add my own features?

Host

You should base your game off of an old idea of yours. It doesnt necessarily need to be original, but it should be your idea. 

(+1)

ok thanks

(+1)

I have a game prototype I submitted to a jam back in 2018, and have not actually touched since. Am I allowed to submit it using the same game page, or no? Just want to check. I rather be safe than sorry.

Host

For sure! It would be cool if you could keep the old version up as well!

Alright! I actually updated the original after that jam, but stopped. So I'll just make a new page for the new version so they can be compared. If that is okay.

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Here's my story: I started this game in 2017 right after going to BitSummit and trying VR for the first time. I wanted to make something that felt kind of like a VR game but I didn't have  VR headset, so I learned how the gyroscope worked on my phone and made a game where you hold your device out in front of you and point it in 360 degrees (any direction), and you can even tilt your device and it will stay rotated correctly.

My problem was that it wasn't really fun. It was like a cool tech demo, so I kept dropping it and picking it up again. The last time was in the second half of 2019, in which I tried to turn it from a shooter into a vaguely tower defense type game using satellites that you place in orbit around you. Then... well a combination of burnout, me ruining some important code, and my version control COMPLETELY failing on me and I just gave up, sometimes around December of 2019. Then last month I found an old backup on an old laptop from mid-2018, and copied that to my current computer and updated it in Unity.

Here are the questions: I had this in Early Access on Google Play, but never anything really advanced enough to call more than a tech demo, and no one really played it.  Is this acceptable for not being officially released? Also, I saw Revival Jam was announced and that is what inspired me to pick it up and just finish some version of the game once and for all. I started before the start date, is that ok?  I'm hoping to not do this until the end of the month either way.


Thanks for the inspiration.

Host

Id say go for it, dont touch it until the jam starts though!

I mean, as I said above, I started already but I plan to finish early. It's only been a few days since I got the old backup up and functional.

Submitted

Great story!
I hope you see it through! 

Will you still be building it for mobile?

Yup! Mobile and PC! Nothing too fancy for now though. 

Can I enter a game that I made for a game jam, but I never finished it? It has a game page on itch.io, but it has never been published or advertised.

Submitted

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Thank you, lol, stupid me, I did read it, but it slipped my mind.

can we revive an old game idea or unfinished and unpublished game into a full finished game instead of a prototype?

Host

Yea of course!

Submitted

Can I revive a game which I released as a prototype but is so broken its bordering on unplayable?

Host

sure!