If you have any questions about the jam, this is the place to ask!
Hi! The idea for a jam is really cool, though what of the following characters to build on the romans interest would be considered an "ok" for a non-humanoid enough? Let's say would be Garrus (alien from Mass Effect), Scar (vastaya from Arcane) or Claude 6 (from Destiny 2) considered too human for it?) just as an example
Hey Lynx!
Garrus: Perfectly okay! He's pretty alienish!
Scar : With his mask on, he's pretty monster-rish. We're a bit iffy on him without it.
Cayde-6: Love the face, it definitely gives the impression of a robot. However, since we're not able to see the rest of his body (from Google Images, we're not familiar with Destiny 2!) we think he's too humanoid for our taste. If you take inspiration from him, make your character more like WALL-E or the robot from the Jetesons! So giving him more robust, robot body, maybe claws for hands or clearly showing his hands are made out of parts and wires, and/or change his legs to be wheels instead. Just some examples!
Hi! Iam looking around and the jam sounds fun, iam not sure if iam going too enter but i dont really get why not making a discord server for it? Its the most efficient and easiest way of finding teammates and sharing what you can do and have done.
Discords just makes sense for jams, i dont get why this one isnt going too have one?
Hi! I'm new to game dev and this will be my first time joining a game jam.
I understand this is a non-human focused game jam, but I wanted to check if it is okay to have a mix of both non-human and human/humanoid characters - just have a focus between non-human/human relationship or are submissions restricted to having only non-human interactions in game?
People have made their TTRPGs available by providing the rulebooks and other necessary content through PDFs. You can look for some examples in the physical games section! https://itch.io/physical-games
If your game must be hosted off the website in order to be played, then I apologize but it cannot be submitted to this jam as we must be able to verify each entry
Hi Matsu! The objective of the jam is to create a game in where the player can pursue non-humanoid/non-human LIs, so yes, for this iteration of the jam they will need to be the hero.
However, I do like the idea of acting like the cupid so in the future if we do this jam again, we'll allow for the player to act as the wingman instead.
Hey Choco! Analogue horror creatures are game. When it comes to Uncanny Valley, can you explain a bit more of what you had in mind if you were able to create a character with this concept? From our understanding, uncanny valley is based on making really realistic humans to the point it becomes unsettling, so it might not exactly work for this jam.
Thank you so much for your answers! Would a look like Ulrich from reverse 1999 defeat the purpose at all? (The rip on the right side of his clothes completely reveals his machine body and glowing machine heart :3 I think it probably wouldn't, based on the answers above, but I wanted to double check). https://static.zerochan.net/Ulrich.%28Reverse%3A.1999%29.1024.4509338.webp
Hey tidbit. This is tricky to answer, if I'm going to be honest. Can we have further clarification on how the human will play a role in your story, if any?
If he's essentially treated as a side character whose sole purpose is to keep the parasite alive and the romantic focus remains entirely on our parasite, I think we can allow it. But again, let me know what you plan on doing so I can give you my final final answer!
Sorry if this question was previously answered, but is there a limit to team sizes? Asking because currently it's just me and another programmer, and we were thinking about expanding the team to include a writer and composer and wanted to know if this went over a limit, or if there was no limit to team size?
Hello!
So, I have a couple of questions. Is there a limit to how many members can be in a group? So far, our project has three devs and three artists.
Also, it says in the description that NSFW is not allowed, but what about mature topics like suicide and mental illness? Is that considered NSFW?
Also school shooting and bullying are mentioned topics. Our game is a dating weapons simulator.
Thanks~
Hi Grymm.
1) There is no member limit. You are welcome to have as many members as you like!
2) NSFW is sexual content.
3) While suicide and mental illness are topics that can be explored, we ask that it's done so with grace and respect. With that being said, a weapons dating sim that talks about school shootings is not something we're comfortable having submitted to our jam.
Hello!
Thanks for the reply.
Schoolshooting is not the main topic of the game, nor it is something we aim to portray in the game itself. However, I was asking in case the topic is briefly mentioned since I'm still writing the dialogue.
I can avoid the topic altogether, since it doesn't even happen to begin with.
What does happen is that the main protagonist might want to take revenge on someome depending on the player's choices. The game is a bit dark in the narrative... Let me know if that is okay. If not, I can change the direction of the game.
Hi ladygrymm,
We鈥檝e discussed this as hosts and feel that this direction isn鈥檛 appropriate for the jam. These topics are extremely sensitive and can be distressing for players and participants.
We encourage you to continue creating and experimenting with ideas, but for this event, we ask that you pursue a different direction.
Thank you for your understanding.
My team does not believe that we will be able to submit anything in time. If so, it would most likely be a short demo. There are still many plans in the works for this game, so we hope to fully release its entirety sometime far in the future. I was wondering, would we be allowed to credit this jam in the future for giving us the inspiration to make this game, even if the jam has long passed?
