Hey, I completely agree with what @gemgamesofficial pointed out.
I also have another suggestion.
Regarding the limitations, I really appreciated this jam’s one because it feels very focused on the genre itself. In the previous jam, however, I struggled to perceive the “No Mouse Input” limitation as something that truly reduced the design space in a meaningful way.
Because of that, I wanted to know your thoughts about introducing an additional limitation called “Target Audience”.
My reasoning is that, as developers, we often don’t make games for other devs, but for players. Even though the actual audience for games made during jams on itch is mostly developers and indie gamers, I think it could still be very useful to have a constraint tied to a specific audience, partially simulating what real-world game development is often like.
It’s true that the genre itself already imposes some limitations in that regard, but having a prompt such as:
“Create an RTS aimed at girls between 18 and 24 years old”
could be a very interesting creative challenge.
At the same time, I realize that designing a Target Audience limitation that is actually useful and meaningful could be difficult.