I had my game submitted to this jam and it was removed. My game features transformation, as the main character is a chimera, and it also affects the birth of other races that transform as a result. The game is not yet complete. Did I misunderstand what "transformation" theme is? I did not see an explanation anywhere. My game is Heaven's Stone Ring - https://soulmoth.itch.io/phaetonia. Please tell me if its not a match for the theme, or if there was another reason it was removed. I am new to game jams.
It was probably just accidentally caught up in the mass removing of spammed submissions, but for clarification, does the game include a character who starts as one thing and then changes into another? Not just a chimera with various monster aspects to begin with, but like starts as a human and then becomes a harpy, growing wings and claws and things like that?
The description you gave here makes it sound like it might just be about someone who can have monster kids with other races, which wouldn't be transformation, just cross breeding, unless the parent is ALSO transformed into a new species as part of the breeding.
Ah, to clarify, the main character in the game already starts as a chimera that transforms into a harpy (and other creatures as the game progresses). So yes the parent would transform. But since there is not a heavy focus on this, I don't think it counts, but if you guys think it does and would be okay with it existing in the jam, I will re-submit. The game does have a Web Player if you want to take a quick look yourself before responding.
I'm not one of the mods so not my place to say, but if she turns into a harpy and the parents also under go TFs, its probably at least in the spirit of things. It probably just got removed due to not being as obviously TF-themed and so got swept up in the broader purge of games that didn't seem to have been added to the jam for suspect reasons.
I'd probably just resubmit it and make sure to explain in the description what transformation elements are present in the game itself.