Post by Kevallion in They told me "Discord is enough." I think we deserve a better way to Jam.

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Hi Ratsnake,

I totally get your point! Discord is amazing for chatting, but it’s a 'labyrinth' for structured data. The problem isn't that Discord doesn't work; it's that it doesn't scale.

Searching for a 'Godot dev' who speaks your language and is free this weekend across 10 different servers is a nightmare of scrolling and buried messages. On GameJamCrew, that’s 3 clicks.

My goal isn't to replace the conversation, but to provide the search engine and the structure that forums and chats lack. Less time digging through threads, more time actually shipping the game!

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Ratsnake Games20 hours ago (1 edit)

Yeah, but when I look for collaborators for a game jam, I'm not going to rifle through ten different servers and hundreds or thousands of "job offers". I'm gonna post in the "Searching for a team" section on the jam's discord and forum to find people who are already committed to doing the jam. Most jams are so small that this is absolutely fine.

Having "Stepstone for Game Jams" just seems... overkill, y'know? And most people will just keep using the platforms they are already on for a bunch of other stuff, rather than sign up on a new website for one very specific task.

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