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Hi,

Thanks for the questions. Going to stick these in the FAQ as they're all good points.

1. You can modify the starting code as much as you want. If this ends up as a radical departure from the original concept, that's fine - this is one factor that contributes to the 'Creativity' marking criteria. The key thing to bear in mind is that it must be clear to the judges that you've worked from the original source. If in doubt, always comment the changes you make for clarity.

2. There's no enforced secrecy on the projects and you're welcome to maintain dev blogs & share progress updates if you wish. In previous years we've even had some entrants livestream their coding sessions. They are non-collaborative, individual projects, so actively sharing your project or encouraging plagiarism is obviously a bad idea. You are, however, more than welcome to share ideas, talk about your approach to the project and discuss your work with others (I'm going to go set up a general discussion board now). Alternatively, if you want to keep your whole project private and work on it in secret until a spectacular reveal, that's fine too.

3. You retain all rights to your game. The starter project is provided free for your use. If you use any additional third-party assets in your project you must ensure they are licensed appropriately.