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Hi, thank you & that's all really helpful!

I wanted to clarify that the game itself was one I wrote for a separate game jam (the 36-Word TTRPG Jam, with the limitation that games had to be written using exactly 36 words) which occurred during the same period as the Games for Blind Gamers Jam & wasn't written specifically for the Games for Blind Gamers Jam, which is why it's as minimalist a game as it is! 

I am fairly new also to playing & writing journaling TTRPGs, & when I looked at other submissions in the 36-word game jam before creating mine, I saw, played, & enjoyed many other games submitted to the 36-word jam which also consisted solely of writing prompts & didn't involve further mechanics beyond that, which is why I wrote it the way that I did. I felt as my lonely space cowboy game was among my most popular games & was fairly short, it would be a good candidate for testing out, on a small scale the idea of making fully-produced audio versions of my games in the future which I would love to do!

Your feedback about adding more ambience is also helpful & a great idea, as is your feedback of making a version with an accessible font (I haven't had a chance to make that version yet, but I definitely will make accessible font versions of this game & other games of mine in the future, so thank you for that suggestion!)

Based on feedback I've received, I've made a more TTRPG game mechanic-focused version of this game-- the audio file for the updated version of the game not only includes game mechanics in the way of oracle-like D6 rolls that help give answers to the questions, but I've also gone ahead & taken feedback from other comments about speaking less slowly & added ambience like you suggested to create an atmosphere to the game in the same way the graphic designed version of the game provides to heart, so I have included that in the updated audio file as well! In case you're interested in listening to that version, the first file listed on the game page is the new audio version with these changes implemented.

Thank you again, your feedback was helpful!

Hi, thank you for your feedback! I wanted to clarify that the game itself was one I wrote for a separate game jam (the 36-Word TTRPG Jam, with the limitation that games had to be written using exactly 36 words) which occurred during the same period as the Games for Blind Gamers Jam & wasn't written specifically for the Games for Blind Gamers Jam, which is why it's as minimalist a game as it is. 

I am fairly new to playing & writing journaling TTRPGs, & when I looked at other submissions in the 36-word game jam before creating mine, I saw, played, & enjoyed many other games submitted to the 36-word jam which also consisted solely of writing prompts & didn't involve further mechanics beyond that, which is why I wrote it the way that I did. I have made a screen reader-accessible version of one of my more game-mechanic TTRPGs called Judgement Day for the Robot Vacuum (https://ashleecraft.itch.io/judgment-day-for-the-robot-vacuum) for last year's Games for Blind Gamers jam but unfortunately finished it late so was unable to submit it. I felt as my lonely space cowboy game was among my most popular games & was fairly short, it would be a good candidate for testing out, on a small scale the idea of making fully-produced audio versions of my games in the future which I would love to do.

With all of that context, I would like to say that I have gone ahead & made a more TTRPG game mechanic-focused version of this game-- the audio file for the updated version of the game not only includes game mechanics in the way of oracle-like D6 rolls that help give answers to the questions, & I've also gone ahead & taken feedback from other comments about speaking less slowly & adding ambience to create an atmosphere to the game in the same way the graphic designed version of the game provides to heart, so I have included that in the updated audio file as well.

Hi, I had to work all weekend so I actually didn't get to start on my game at all until tonight but it's done now & I'd still love to submit it!

https://ashleecraft.itch.io/forging-an-interactive-poem

It worked, thank you so much!! 🐸

Oh! I'm not sure what happened with the file, I saved it again & it has volume this time lol so it's fixed now, thank you so much for letting me know!!

Hi! I had a lot going on earlier & finished my zine slightly after the deadline, I'd love to still be able to submit it if there's any way I can! ^^

https://ashleecraft.itch.io/stopping-frog-related-power-outages-in-florida-a-sho...

I know it's super late & that voting is almost done, but I didn't have a chance to make my game until today but I still wanted to enter it bc I had too much going on during the jam period so I'd still love to add it!
https://ashleecraft.itch.io/this-game-is-full-of-secrets-bees-a-printable-srd

Oh, thank you! I just fixed that! The other night before the deadline for the game jam I went to update the file with a better-formatted one but it was super late & I think I deleted both files by accident, it's fixed now so thank you for realizing that!

Yay awesome, thank you again for explaining how to fix it!! :D

Oh!! Thank you so much, I think I fixed that so let me know if it works the way it should now! 

& thank you so much, I hope you enjoy the snail game!! 🐌💜💜

Hi! I just clicked on the link but it didn't work :( I'm not sure if there is an updated link but I'd still love for this game of mine to be included in the bundle! You can also DM me on Twitter at @Ashlee_Craft if that's easier for you!

Thank you, I'm glad you like the idea! :D

This was so good!!! I loved the character designs & your layouts, great work!!!

OH MY GOSH THE COLORS & TEXTURES & ART STYLE ARE ALL SO GOOD!!!!! The crows especially were so cute & I loved pizza being such a big part of the story, great work!!!

Poor dude lol, also I really liked your art style!!

All the crosshatching & textures looked so good, this was such a cool comic!

Awww, I loved the art style in this & the lil ghost character!

Awww, this had such nice warm nostalgic vibes & I loved the parallels between the two sets of characters! :)

I loved the dogs in this & also I genuinely laughed out loud when I saw the eldritch horror holding the chew toy in its mouth haha 🤣

Oooh, the backgrounds & textures & layout in this were so satisfying & good!

You have captured this particular horror so well haha

THE LINEWORK & TEXTURES ARE SO GOOD, this was such a cool entry!!!

Awww, this was definitely a cute & silly lil comic, it has good nostalgia vibes tbh!

As a fellow artist, I really loved this submission & the description of your process/photos showing the various stages of the painting! IMO I also feel it kind of counts as using the Fluxus modified that you ARE the art & that you have made yourself the subject of your submission!! :) Great work!

This soundtrack is amazing! I love the notes about what each track represents, & it all sounded exactly like something you'd hear in a really cool game or even an animated film! I think "Big Ben" was my favorite track because it sounded engaging & magical & had a nice energy to it, but these were songs all so good, great work!

Thank you so much! I really enjoyed reading your impressions of each song, thank you for listening & for reviewing! :)

I loved the retro vibes of this & the basslines were especially good! My favorite song was "Keeping Time", I loved the bouncy feel of these songs & their time-themed titles!

I enjoyed trying to get the paint in the right places & it's a cool concept & good use of both the limitation & theme! I also love plants haha so that was definitely a big appeal of this game for me!

Yesterday I tried to DM Icoso on Discord for the late submission link as the instructions said but my DM wouldn’t go through but I’d still like a late submission link if it’s not too late to get one & I wasn’t sure where else to post this, here’s the link to my game I made for this jam:

https://ashleecraft.itch.io/repossessed-a-board-game-about-outlaw-frogs

Hi, sorry for the late submission! Here's my game about snails who have to make games for a game jam before the deadline!

https://ashleecraft.itch.io/we-are-all-snails-participating-in-a-game-jam

Thank you so much! I'm not sure how to go about submitting a late submission to be considered, but I'm fairly certain you need the link to my game to do so, so here that is. One of the downloadable files is a screen reader accessible formatted version of the document, but if I need to list that version on a separate Itchio page to be able to submit it, please let me know.

https://ashleecraft.itch.io/judgment-day-for-the-robot-vacuum

I didn't have time to do the project I originally planned for this jam using an audio description of a visual novel, but I downloaded a screen reader & realized how inaccessible the PDF for one of my TTRPGs I created recently for another jam was, so I reworked the document to make it understandable when read by a screen reader, & it was also my first time ever using a screen reader so I'll definitely be testing future projects of mine (& updating old ones to make them accessible) by using it.

Thanks again!

I really want to submit something to this but due to my work schedule, it won’t be done until tomorrow or Tuesday. Will you allow late submissions to this? Thanks! 

My VN is about a conversation between two “characters” that fit the other rules for that, but I wanted to know whether the name label in Renpy that shows up above the text to signify which character is speaking counts against the 1k word limit or not.

I saw in the explanation of rules that it said name tags didn’t count against the word limit but I just wanted to check & make sure name tags were what I thought they were & not just like, an illustrated name tag on a sprite’s uniform so I didn’t accidentally break that rule lol

In the past week or so I created a short visual/kinetic novel for a different game jam & I wanted to know whether it counts & is in the spirit of this jam if I take that game & make a new version of it where I add an audio description kind of like how streaming platforms have versions of films with audio descriptions & experiment with that technology, or whether I need to make an entirely new game for it to count for this jam! Thanks!

Hi! I am intentionally submitting my project late in keeping in line with the required "Rules are meant to be broken" limitation. Here's a link to my game!

https://ashleecraft.itch.io/judgment-day-for-the-robot-vacuum

A great list, & also I just wanted to let you know there’s a small typo! I believe Louie Zong’s last name is spelled incorrectly here! :)

A fun little game! I enjoyed the decision-making elements of it & loved the kind of Robin-Hood feel to it a lot! I only played until after the first boss as it seemed too lengthy after that point, but I thought it was cool how other members could join the party (I ended with 21 members!) & I liked being able to choose which party members to give new shoes & weapons to. Some of the text on the player fight choices/abilities was hard to read because the background & text were both dark, but I enjoyed the aesthetic of this game! 

This is such a cute game!! It was challenging to get the keys & I loved that the slime is trying to collect keys to save their brother! The slime was also so cute haha & the way it moved made me laugh several times, I loved how it just hunkered down to slide up the rock slopes in the cave, great game!

I'm so glad you enjoyed it! Pickled onions are indeed delicious & probably the only perk of Bertie's job is that he has access to plenty of them haha

Thank you for your review & for playing! The password is something I'll definitely make easier in the full version as a lot of people had problems with that, but two hints are that it is a phrase of two words with no spaces between the words, & that it only works if you put it in all caps! I'm so glad you enjoyed the characters & story though so thank you!