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Wanna Make Sure About "Not Working on the Game Before the Submission Window"

A topic by luigiman0640 created 56 days ago Views: 299 Replies: 6
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Say that I wanted to brush up on some basic concepts that may or may not end up being used in the project. Would it be fine as long as the code isn't directly for the project? While I do coding here and there, I've never really done a jam of this caliber before, especially with such a small window.

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Yes, that's fine.

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Awesome, glad to get some confirmation! Thanks a bunch!

The rules states "Dependancies and re-using small chunks from previous projects is allowed". What qualifies as small chunk?

IMO it seems too arbitrary to be enforceable.

Host

We will not hesitate to ban you from the jam and it's discussion tabs permanently going forward if you repeat your worthless nit-picking from last year. People understand what the rules mean well enough, if they try to worm around them with wording technicalities then they're obviously just joining the jam to cause trouble as opposed to an actual desire to make something good, so will be banned. A 5-page essay isn't required to explain that "making your game before you're supposed to be making your game is bad actually".

Host

Stuff like a text engine, a basic character controller script, or a menu handler. Little bits of groundwork stuff that you'd probably just code in the exact same way anyways. There's no real hard limit, just use your better judgement.