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comments about itch pages related to the jam

Wed, 18 Oct 2023 17:02:22 GMT

the jam was good but to me (don't know if I'm the only one) but the comments made about the itch pages that hold our games came across as the following

a. the pages sounded like they was being judged too witch sounds a bit unfair since meny people like my self dont know how to make an itch page look good

b. if that was part of the judging why wasn't it mentioned in the jam its self? and could have shown noobs like myself how to at lest modify the page to somewhat of a basic set up

c. it just came off as odd in the video? and sounded like that the page with our game was a part of the judging

i recommend if it is indeed a part of the judging (how you score it ect ) to be including in the rules or be at lest mentioned (even if it isnt part of the judging or how its scored)

but all in all it was a good but stressful jam

Good but could be improved

Sat, 14 Oct 2023 05:23:38 GMT

I had a great time and enjoyed the theme a lot but noticed a ton of confusion over the definition of "monster mash", so next time it may be better to have a theme that's a little more concrete.

Time wise I think a week is perfect honestly, enough to make a fully fleshed game (given the concept is narrow enough), and short enough not to feel like a massive commitment.

Good Organized

Fri, 13 Oct 2023 23:13:16 GMT

I think that the Jam was well organized and it was a good time window for new and experienced people. But next time maybe announce it 3 days before the Jam starts i don´t really have a reason for why i just thin it would be better.

So i don´t have any other complaints. Maybe I forgot something idk

It was good

Fri, 13 Oct 2023 22:49:55 GMT

Honestly I think a week is a perfect amount of time, there was a lot of burnout at the end where I technically had one more day to work on stuff. I'm personally not a fan of game jams that go on too long because then I feel like I have forever to get the project done and too short is just a stress basket. I know a lot of other Jams do that special object or whatever or release the theme closer to the actual event day or on the start of the event which could be cool(Maybe we can come up with some alternative to this for the future?). I don't want to say it was like cheating but I definitely had pretty much all my ideas of how the game was going to work like a week before I started, and I don't know if that's fair for someone else who doesn't work well unless they start making the game. But this is mostly just saying that people are different so its kind of understandable to not meet in the middle and I really just liked doing a game jam with a community of people, so I would be more willing to change up my anticipations for a future jam. I thought the theme was definitely a perfect way to jump into doing jams on the server, felt natural to do a spooky related game jam for the spooky season. Maybe you could also include a way for other creators and players to rate the game, as like a community vote. Doesn't actually have to correlate as a prize but it would be nice to know how some people feel about playing my game.

Improve

Fri, 13 Oct 2023 21:54:30 GMT

longer game dev time

there were 36 conestants but like 18 remained at the end i feel like its due they dint finnish in time

i suggest bump the dev time to 10 days? or 14