Hey there!

I recently participated in Scream Jam 2024 where entrants had to make a game in 7 days.

I made a wave based retro shooter and I'm super happy with the feedback I got. 

People seemed to be interested in a more complete and polished experience down the road. More weapons, more ennemy types, bosses, etc.

Now that voting is over, I've started to update the game - mostly bug fixes and rebalancing. However, I would love to add stuff that people suggested and update the art too (it looks really rough now). But that's a lot and it would significantly transform the game from what it is now.

My question is, should I update the current itch page, or should I just make a totally new itch page for the final game?

I might change a lot of stuff, including the front cover, the screenshots, add a trailer, etc.

What worries me: the game is featured at the bottom of the first page of the Scream jam ranking (which is great!)

But I know that next year, 2025 participants will look back at those entries to see what was made in 7 days and kinda base their expectations on that. If my game is updated like hell afterwards, it won't be representative at all. I'm also not sure if updating the cover will update there too.

So yeah, what would you do ? I'm thinking of keeping the same page with a drive link to the original jam material (build, screenshots and cover). Or should I just make a totally new itch release ?

Would be curious to hear what other people's experience has been with that!