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Hello, after submitting, i noticed the "submissions" button had disappeared and both my submissions ( Tide-Breaker Overdrive and NEON ) were disqualified, so I wanted to ask for a some clarification on why it might have happened.

I double checked the rules and saw that the use of pre-existing code/ assets were allowed, so I assumed it was okay to submit projects that already had previous development history or jam submissions, as long as the rules were not broken and theme was applied.  After finding out of the disqualification, i went back to re-check the rules on both the discord server and here ( on itch ) but still didn't know why it was disqualified.

Can you please help me understand what specifically caused the disqualification? I’m not trying to contest the decision you and the team have made, in fact, i only want to play games, have people play my games and have fun doing so.

Thanks for organizing the jam!

Hi - sorry, projects that were started before the jam are not allowed. The general rule is that you should not make any progress towards a specific idea before the jam starts. Existing code/assets refers to tools only, reusable stuff that works for any idea. Games that don't follow the theme will also be disqualified. The point of a jam is to make a game within the given timeframe (7 days starting on the 19th.

Understood.

Thanks a lot for the clarification...🙏