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soupDilemma36 days ago

Hello, I’m one of the jam organizers. I’m here to inform you that we are disqualifying this mod from the jam and the mod pack, for two main reasons:

  • The work done on the mod outside of the jam window exceeded the limits of what we consider to be conceptualization. The documents stated to have been done outside that window were used as inputs to an LLM to generate the actual mod, and included minute details on the actual text that should be present in the XML files. This is a process more akin to programming than to conceptualization.
  • We don’t wish to consider LLM-generated entries in general. We feel this goes against the point of the jam. Both solo and joint submissions are great, but we feel that using an LLM skips a valuable part of the challenge and the social occasion of the jam.

You may still submit a new entry to the jam, keeping in mind the above.

Best Wishes, Sol

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aebrer - Drew Brereton36 days ago

Hello Sol,

Thanks for explaining the decision.

I wish the rules had originally stated that you didn’t allow LLM coding assistance. I wouldn’t have submitted under those conditions. In a way, I’m glad, because it was fun making my mod, and I enjoy playing with it. I entered after checking for that specifically, and not seeing it, understanding based on my experience both professionally and among friends, that AI use is ubiquitous. If you want to avoid more similar submissions in the jam, it might help to include that in the rules?

I do understand I messed up the timing however. Totally valid. This was my first ever jam. I genuinely thought that I was LATE to start (~12h early/to-go)… I misunderstood the “submit” button as meaning the time frame was just a window to submit.

Anyway, all good, just explaining my POV.

Good luck with the jam, and thank you for organizing it; though I won’t be participating. I look forward to trying out the mods and seeing everyone else’s creativity.

Thanks and best wishes,

Drew

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