I have withdrawn my submission, the constantly moving goalpoasts and toxic attitudes of some involved has me at my wits end and I just want rid of the whole thing. Wishing the best of luck to everyone who entered and congratulations for all you achieved, thank you for all the lovely feedback on my game, and big props to mousey and the mods for taking the time to run this event! Hopefully this will all be a learning experience and things can go more smoothly in future.
Didn't really want to spread any more negativity on my way out, but guess I'll elaborate. The lack of rules and clarity has really highlighted to me how much people will try to take every advantage they can, be it by exploiting gaps in the wording of rules or attempting to game the voting process. "white developer" has particularly embodied this attitude, as I'm sure everyone has noticed.
It seems that trusting people to follow the "spririt of the game jam" is not enough. I find myself wishing there wasn't prize money involved, as it has truly brought out the worst in people.
All game developers really want to win, and send their own best work, I also want to win, I try to win,
Not really. Our team joined to have fun and to maybe get the game shown in stream.
I make good and optimal games,
Good and optimal on what metrics? When I tried your game my gpu started to sound like jet engine while games like Apex on max graphics are completely silent. So at least for performance that’s objectively false.
I want to try, and for all participants I have given a rating with Honest,
Thank you.
I want to ask what is your aim in joining the mousejam2023 competition?
To make small and fun game without stress or crunch. And maybe get shown on stream.
Of course you have to compete by sending your best work so you can be in the top 5
Maybe. Maybe not. If we happen to be in the top 5 it would prove otherwise. We just had chill time with no pressure. It certainly wasn’t everything we could have done in the time frame.