Hi

I managed to finish my entry (currently uploading it, not yet public) just under 3h, had to cut off not doing audio, etc., because of scope creep.

However, I have now found out that my resolution for itch doesn't work except in full-screen mode. So I had to fix that issue so it also works outside full-screen mode. This part brings it over 3h work. How this should be judged:

A) Not eligible to contest for #1.
B) Eligible to contest, because the "game" itself was ready in 3h, and this is an itch uploading issue that does not count towards the limit, despite being code changes due to it.
C) I will revert to the version where only fullscreen worked and put that up and be egligible to contest.
D) Something else?

I'm okay with any solution judges seem right for this situation.

The contest is based on the honor system, so it’s how you feel like it should be counted.  Personally I’d lump that into compiling your game, as I know at least in Godot, it’s just a quick setting change to update the resolution.  If you did more than just adjust the resolution, then I’d say you went over.  But again it’s self reporting and the ONLY thing that 3+ hours removes for you is the lack of the official win possibility.  You can still rank first if you go over, just don’t get the title. 

The problem solved itself (sadly), I had to do some critical bug fixes found by players, so now it is definitely over 3h but less than 4h territory, so I will DQ myself from the contest part.

I'm not on the jury, but I don't think critical bug fixing should be included in the time limit. It happened to me once when I was creating a mobile version that ran perfectly on desktop, but then showed a lot of errors during compilation and therefore didn't work.

Don't take it too seriously and don't let it spoil your fun at the Jam because you had to fix bugs. It's actually commendable that you want to showcase the best of your project, since it was finished, and you shouldn't be penalized for that.