This is my first TriJam, so please forgive me, if this has been discussed a thousand times (it probably has!)

I really enjoyed the challenge of such a tough timeframe, but when submitting, it is a free text box, where you can enter whatever you want. So it is not very surprising, that most entries have (how close!) exactly 3 hours dev time in their answer, because only then one is qualified to battle for first place.

So, yes, I could have entered 3 hours, but i preferred to be honest, and entered a bit more than 3 hours + a bit time for assets - because that’s the truth.

At the same time, i disqualified myself for the race to the first place.

So the question is: How can you proof, that the dev time was really below 3 hours? If you can’t, then the rule “only 3 hours or less may qualify for first place” makes no sense, because everybody enters 3 hours then, and all is good.

That’s my thoughts as a newcomer in this jam.

cheers!

Well personally i dont see why someone would lie , the three hours  dev time  is to challenge ourselves (Happened to me last jam trijam, even though i ended first  , did more than three hours ) , 
The win for me is mostly in experience , i learned a lot , specially in spending more time planning  before starting .
I can see your point though 

Thanks for the insights - as I said, I am new, I didn’t know, what was in place last year here.

So, if you think this is not an invitation to self-betrayal (the only one losing, when cheating the time, is the author of the game), then it is all good! Just newcomer-thoughts.

As for self-improvement.. You are sooo right! I started jamming lately (this is my 4th Jam - and my 3rd submission, missed one jam due to technical problems), and I didn’t believe before, but YES - I am improving immense with every tiny project i start!

I am developer since over 30 years, almost 40 … my first program was published in 1984, and now, when I get older, I finally have the time to do what I wanted to do my entire developer-life: write games! It’s incredible, how much one learns by doing (and completing, submitting) to a jam.

Thank you for hosting this week after week! Cheers, Gris