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A topic by Quirky Bird Games created Dec 18, 2023 Views: 128 Replies: 5

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The first challenge is now on the main jam page. I'll be posting a new one each week, and will do my best to try to make something during that time frame (except in February lol I'll be busy as heck in February).

These challenges are optional, so don't feel like you have to do them. And if you notice a challenge you want to do later, do it later, that's cool too!

I'll do my best to update the page every Monday but forgive me if I forget 😅 In fact, if I don't have one out by Tuesday, feel free to post here and remind me. Or hit me up on our Discord server, I'm way more likely to notice that (this is actually my second Itch account because it's a team I run with Carla and Angel; Angel and I have a different primary account: Beth and Angel Make Games).

Have fun! And feel free to ask any questions you may have :D

SoloBro1 year ago(+1)

Hi I'm slightly confused, the fact there will be multiple challenges suggests we can submit multiple games to this jam. Is that correct? :)

Quirky Bird GamesHost1 year ago

Yeah absolutely, submit as many as you'd like :D I was hoping to enter one per week (I was gonna try to do all of the challenges) but Angel's mom got injured a couple of days ago so we're taking over running this household lol. I'm still hoping to make at least 5-6 games for this jam though 🧡

Just remember though: if you're adding your games to the bundle, the bundle profits are split by creator, not by number of entries. So if one person enters one game and another enters 5, both people get the same split of the revenue :D

While I don't recommend having multiple accounts because it means dividing your potential marketing (everyone has to follow both accounts, etc), if you DO have multiple accounts, feel free to enter games from each. We do that with this account: Angel and I have our own account (Beth and Angel Make Games) and then we have this account that we share with Carla. So when we join bundles, we add at least one thing from each account 🥳

- ✨Beth

SoloBro1 year ago(+1)

Ok cool, thanks for explaining how it works. The number I submit will depend on how much time I have! :) The bundle is such a cool idea for a game jam, I don't know if it's a common thing but I've never heard of it being done before.

(I hope the injury gets better soon)

Quirky Bird GamesHost1 year ago

Some people do bundles after a bundle. In fact, if you keep an eye out, sometimes there are even super special ones like the 2nd CoinSides Adventure Sparks Jam and Tiny Library Mosaic Game Jam (Modern Fantasy) for tabletop creators, and video game jams that give cash prizes (I do tabletop myself so I don't know those all too well). I do know about this jam though that runs each month: Indiepocalypse. They collect a set number of games (video or tabletop) each month and put them into a digital zine that people can purchase and get all of the games from, and people get a flat $ amount + a % of sales. Anything you make for any other jam totally qualifies here too if it's still smol somehow :D

It's not always easy to check all of the jams out, but sometimes it's super worth it! 🙌

And I 100% relate to the issue of time = number of games entered lol

And thanks for the well-wishes :D

- ✨Beth

SoloBro1 year ago(+1)

Thank you so much for the help, the Indiepocalypse sounds like something I will try. Really appreciate the advice :)

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