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What surprised and disappointed me is not getting even 10 out of the almost 70k ratings for the jam.

I'm aware that download-only games, especially UE titles, get downloaded the least in these spaces as I've done Game jams before. But, even by that metric, I was genuinely surprised given the sheer number of participants. It kinda killed my interest in the other upcoming big jams unless I use one of the other engines

I also saw the long list of games that had 8 ratings towards the end as I was trying to rate those ones exclusively. They were more than some entire game jams get in participants, while some had close to 100.

I guess you keep learning and keep it moving.

TLDR: I kinda wish I'd used one of the web export engines in order to get more feedback

EmperorCat20 hours ago (2 edits)

To defend not downloading exes, I once saw a gams host download one and the moment he did, it lagged so bad although it was a penguin skiing game.

I have no trust in internet strangers trying to stick their files into my pc and inject their sticky malware inside it.

TNdevour19 hours ago

Agreed 100%. The other jammers cannot be blamed for exercising caution and being preventative.

No need to risk your hard work and computer over a game you'll likely play for 5 minutes.

EmperorCat19 hours ago (1 edit)

Sad to say godot is the best open source mainstream engine that can port to web.

Then I heard RPG maker could do it as well.

I think UE has third party support you can try. I think it probably would work ;)

TNdevour19 hours ago

I used Godot for my first 2 game jams. I only moved to Unreal because it's workflow covers for many of my weaknesses and areas I dont want to put a lot of energy into (lighting and effects). I like to code but I'm not into the making things pretty parts of game dev, which unreal allows you to sort of cheat alot in

But it's clear that if I want to keep doing active participation in jams, i need to adopt either godot or unity on the side, at least for this. Im also starting to really hate the unreal file sizes

EmperorCat19 hours ago

Lighting? Don't bother with it, this indie jam. Not AAA studio release. Half of the people won't care IMO. Something like Honse! can out rank obscure but more thoughtful and polished games.

TNdevour19 hours ago

I agree with you that the priority should be on mechanics. And most indie jam participants aren't impressed by lights and effects as they are developers themselves and can tell if you didn't put much effort into it.

But I use game jams as like a mini test for what I'd like to do as I establish and improve my workflow, using the simulated limits that the jams provide. (Timeline, theme etc.)

That's why all my games, no matter how small have full menus, volume sliders, pause functions etc. I know most game jammers don't care and won't use them. But I personally cannot release a game without those aspects, even if its just for a game jam.

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