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This is a novella writing jam, but you submitted multiple games that aren't novellas. As stated in the mod notes you received under your submissions, your submissions did not follow the game jam rules, submissions that do not follow the rules cannot be accepted.

Este es un concurso de escritura de novelas cortas, y usted envió varios juegos que no lo son. Como se indica en las notas de moderación que recibió junto con sus envíos, estos no cumplieron con las reglas del concurso; los envíos que no cumplan con las reglas no podrán ser aceptados.

Hello, thank you so much for your interest in the bundle and for reaching out, it means a lot!

As I've said above, due to the current ongoing and evolving situation with itchio and payment processors, the bundle project has been put on hold for now until the situation is resolved, please rest assured that I want to make this bundle happen and will do so as soon as possible once it is possible for me to do so but it is taking a lot of reorganizing and reaching out to creators to figure out how many people were affected and how to make this bundle as successful as it can be within the current circumstances.

Thank you again for your patience and interest, I will update once I have more news!

Thank you so much, likewise!! Can't wait for it to happen! Thank you for your interest again, have a wonderful day! :)

Hello, thank you so much for your interest in the bundle and for reaching out, it means a lot!

Due to the current ongoing and evolving situation with itchio and payment processors, the bundle project has been put on hold for now until the situation is resolved, please rest assured that I want to make this bundle happen and will do so as soon as possible once it is possible for me to do so.

You're very welcome!!

Hello, as per how itchio charity bundles work, I will be reaching out to cancer research charities with the bundle offer, and once we have one confirmed I will be creating the official bundle, any news about that will be posted on this page! You will be invited to the bundle if your submission is accepted - expect this process to possibly take at least a month as we have to get everyone on board and everything set up! Thank you so much for your interest in our bundle and for submitting, you're awesome and I wish you a wonderful day!!

Hi there! A novella isn't a twine game, a novella is only made up of text without any other elements similar to traditional book form, it's essentially a book between 17,500 - 40.000 words so this does not include visual novels or interactive stories. As much as I personally love the interactive story medium, it would be unfair to other participants to allow them in this jam since it is for novellas exclusively and not games. However, if you feel as though your story works as a novella and you want to reformat it as a novella, you are welcome to  - there is also still some time before the deadline, so if you'd like to write a new novella with us, we do daily sprints in our Discord server! Don't hesitate to ask if you have any more questions, always happy to help and thank you for your interest!

I'm sorry but it doesn't count, as mentioned in the rules of the jam this is a novella writing event, so we write novellas together and then share those novellas that were written specifically during the event!

But, I am also hosting a charity bundle where all formats are allowed, if this sounds like it could interest you, submissions are open here!

Hi there, I'm a bit confused about your submission as this doesn't seem to be a novella, please only submit your novella written for this event, thank you!

Of course!! Have a wonderful day and thanks again for being here! ❤

Hi Ronove!

Thank you so much for your interest and for submitting to the bundle, it means a lot!

As per the itchio charity bundle guidelines, we reach out to the charities we have in mind after all the submissions are collected with the bundle offer to the charity - so although I have a charity in mind, since submissions are still ongoing I can't publicly tie their name to this bundle as they need to confirm their participation first.

However, as I've stated on social media, if you do want me to tell you who I am planning on asking privately I am more than happy to do so if you DM me!

I would also like to confirm that the chosen charity will have a track record of contributing to cancer research and discloses where their funds are used, regardless of the charity that ends up partnering with us for this bundle, I want to make sure the money will be go to a reputable charity.

Thank you again for your interest in the bundle, please don't hesitate to ask if you have any other questions and I'm happy to answer, have a lovely day!

Yes, of course you can join us whenever you want as long as it's in the event timeline (which it is)! You have around 3 months to write the novella, so you aren't late at all and welcome to join us! :)

Thank you so much for your readership and your kind words, it means the world, bless you!! 😭🙏❤️

Thank you so much ahh!!! ❤️

Thank you so much, Winnie!!! ❤️

Thank you so much!!! 🥺💖

Thank you so much!! You too!!! :)

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Oh, I'm really sorry to hear that, I hope things will get better for you during the rest of this week, take care! 🥺❤️ And thank you sincerely, that's incredibly kind of you😭, I wanted to DM you but couldn't find a way to so just wanted to say it here, if you ever want any eBooks please don't hesitate to reach out, you've been so supportive and I'm happy to send you some for free to thank you if you'd like - you are awesome, too, I wish you much happiness ahead!! ❤️❤️

Ahh thank you so much for your support!! You're amazing, I hope you're having a wonderful week, bless you!!! 🥺🙏❤️❤️

Thank you so much for your kind words and support, it really means a lot, bless you seriously!! Thank you!!!!💕

Ahh!! Thank you so much, you're awesome, I hope you have a wonderful day! ❤️❤️❤️

Yes, you are! :D

Super fun!! :D

Thank you so much for playing Haus Maria and for your kind words, Ali! I'm so happy to hear you enjoyed the game, that really means a lot! Thank you as well for your feedback, it's super helpful, I will definitely add an update with a notification to let players know all choices matter, that's an awesome idea! Thank you again, you're awesome! Wishing you a lovely day! 🥳✨

Thank you so much for the kind words and for playing Haus Maria, Hikiyami Moriko!!!

The video was really fun to watch, I'm so happy you liked the variety in choices, I like this aspect in VNs too and hoped to make a VN where the player has as much agency as possible so I'm glad you felt that way while playing!

Thank you again for playing and for your encouraging feedback, very excited to continue developing Haus Maria!! I wish you an awesome day!

(P.S: To unlock the other deaths, they're in the two other character routes during the character selector; 'Viscount's Child', 'Royalty', 'Scapegoat' routes! :D)