Any "rate for rate" callout would be an instant ignoring of the person's project for me. Similar how "sub for sub?" on youtube automatically makes me have negative interest in the other person's channel.

Contestants have spent a lot of time playing games. I think it's normal to invite each other to play their own games. However, blind praise and blind scoring cannot improve game problems and improve one's development capabilities.

I will play as many other people's games as possible, find problems, and give suggestions. Although it may make the author unhappy, I think this can help each other improve!

Aww man these guys are unfair and i kinda feel bad to the others tho

game jam supposed to be fun and showing skills and experience not begging for rating,
as i said  "win or lose it doesn't matter at least you join for the best experience and fun"

rate for rate might mean for someone “play my game and give honest rating and ill do the same“, its not necessarily rate spamming but yeah this type of posts should be formulated differently and specify what kind of rating is expecting so not all rate for rate posts to be deleted

Hey,

A bit off topic, but is there an image or gif I can include at the beginning of my game to show that it was made for this jam?

Thanks.

Have always wondered whether the infrastructure exists on itch to determine whether or not commenters have actually played the game. Of course, it wouldn't be a perfect fix, but have always thought that this would be a good system to implement to ensure more fairness. Have also thought that as part of the Jam, every submitter should be assigned 5 random games to review before their games are considered eligible for winning. Small time investment for the developers and ensures even the smallest games get some representation.