Hi! This is such a cute and impressive project! Thank you for being honest about when it was begun.
So the way we're handling these types of submissions is by **TEMPORARILY** disqualifying them during the voting period of the jam. This is just due to itch not having a way to formally exclude a game from being voted on. The idea is that games started 2+ weeks before the jam should not be eligible for prizes, but still should get a spot on the submissions page, and a lil promo too hopefully 😁
Here's the rundown:
- Your game will be requalified at the end of the voting period!
- I will post this and others in a Community Post and try to bring some attention to it where possible! - https://itch.io/jam/gamelike-jam-009/community
Feel free to join the showcase queue if you definitely want your game played by me on stream! (Showcase happens when the voting ends) - https://hypergame.dev/#glj
Thanks for still submitting, I hope we can get a few people to come give yours a try!