Haha! I saw that some people just upload a blank project just as the game starts.
When you go through jam entries on submission now our project appears on top when searching through submission order
still can't believe i am speedrunning doing this!
We've been meaning to upload extremely early also because I think it has a few advantages.
I feel if you upload a functional prototype (even if it's crappy) by day one, you can share it with people so they can play test.
Then you can push an updated build to the site every day of the jam. It's a great way of making sure you're not scrambling last second to push your game for the first time and running out of time (which has happened to my team a few times).
Anyway, do you feel posting early this time helped at all or not really?