You don't seem to belong to our group -- I would appreciate if you stopped speculating please. Our bundle is moderated, which means a number of projects are removed for many reasons.
sorry for the lack of reply up until this point- can confirm, the bundle team did respond to our email and was very cooperative and responsive about clarifying what happened. it was an error on our end and should be resolved fine in the future.
Hey Merilynn, I'm not associated with the organizers but I just wanted to respond because I know you're super disappointed (so understandable!!!) and to encourage you to come back even stronger next year for QGB. I've seen a lot of misinformation going around this community so I just wanted to jump in and share a screenshot from the submission form where the organizers asked to please submit only from the project that owns the page. Double dips are a huge no-no just as a general rule for bundles like this, for fairness, and I have to say: it would be extremely taxing on such a small team to reach out to every single developer about concerns around projects. This is the trade-off for QGB doing their best to include everyone (hundreds and hundreds of projects!) who submits. I'm so sorry there was a misunderstanding! I hope you can understand this POV.
"If any of your projects are collaborative and have multiple people, please submit the URL that owns the project page." This is exactly what I did. I made two applications, each for each itch.io account because... I have two accounts. The form asks for one itch.io account. I'm disappointed this was interpreted as an attempt to double dip, even though it's perfectly clear if you look at the pages that they both link to me. I'm not exactly trying to hide that.
And for the record, this is the second year in a row this happened. Last year I was told "sorry, we don't have time, apply again next year". The organizers surely should be able to do something to handle cases like this. Having accounts for multiple person projects isn't an uncommon use case.
I want to note that the instructions never said to make two applications, and I added this language specifically to avoid what happened to you last year, Merilynn, when the URL you submitted did not match the project page. I felt terrible about that and wanted to make it right. But it was your choice to submit twice this year and to choose a payment level for both applications. That's the issue. If you weren't sure, there are multiple places to ask those questions before and during the application window.
I do not understand why, if someone misinterprets the funding levels, they're to be removed entirely and not just placed in the appropriate bracket. It really just feels like a punishment.
You say you wanted to make it right, but there was no leniency or transparency in the process until it was too late. This thread was up for weeks, and I had emailed as extra redundancy. Can you not see why someone would be upset with how things were handled?
I want to clarify again that by the time you asked, the application period had been over for weeks. You're asking for personalized investigation that a small team of volunteers reviewing hundreds of applications just cannot do. And once applications are closed, if we reopened them for someone, it would be unfair not to open them again for others. That, in turn, takes away from people who did the right thing in the first place. This is a large project involving a lot of people in great need -- the rules matter a lot and no one takes them lightly.
