Feel free to ask questions about the jam here..!
Particles are allowed:
FAQ: https://itch.io/jam/goedware-game-jam-limited-shapes/topic/5095833/faq
It will be used for how well you used the allowed shapes, not using other shapes and also you can still polish with particle effects, color, shades and bloom etc. for example. That is also visual design. So how you mix shapes, colors effects into a nice visual design.
PS: Be aware that particle system can only contain particles that are in the allowed shape list like circle and regular pentagon.
That seems to me ok. Sphere and circle are allowed. If by camera perspective it sometimes looks as an oval or cutting in half that is not a problem. The underlying shapes are still the correct ones and you are not deliberate creating ovals.
Blurry and concentric rings are allowed as long as the rings are circles of course and no other new shapes are introduced by texturing.
Yes indeed, but if we can see in 3D that it is a pyramid by rotating or walking around or multiple angles or lighting and shadows, than it is ok and you do not need to avoid that sometimes it can look like a triangle from a certain angle. Only if it always looks like a triangle and never can be seen as a real pyramid it is not allowed.
Yes, you can.
Shaders and textures may change colour, lighting, or material effects, but they may not introduce new, clearly recognizable shapes.
Also the original shape must remain visually clear.
Example not allowed: Applying a brick texture where each brick is clearly a rectangle.
From the FAQ as extra:
Yes, that is in the rules:
Exception: One flat ground plane or floor is permitted for gameplay purposes. Solid-colored or gradient backgrounds are also allowed.
Hi, I had a question regarding the walls. I'm creating a 2D game where the border of the game closes in when the player loses a life. Would I be able to make the walls still retain the rectangular shape as defined by the original game border, or would this break the rules of using only pentagons & circles? I drew a quick graphic below to explain what I mean a little more easily:
No, I would say break the rules because they are clear rectangle like shapes that come into view.
Yes it is, you can find it in the FAQ/Rules in this section:
it's in the rules that you can't mix shapes to create other complex shapes, but that rule is a bit vague to me, like, would something like this be allowed? the background rocks and crosshair do overlap and kinda create a different shape, but are also still clearly recognisable as circles.