Yup, what Rythim Man wrote. Beside, updating the games during voting is locked, so if you'd remove the zip to upload a new one you wouldn't be able to and your entry's page would be left without anything playable.
You can't directly choose a single "primary" entry to display on your personal profile's "submitted" list. Both games will appear on the jam's submission page and on your personal profile's submissions tab though.
Your entry will be judged on Itch, so if you can upload a working build that would really help - ping me on Discord (@end3rEnclave) and I'll help you fix it.
Well, all the games will be voted on during the judging period, so if the game is bad it will end up low in the rankings anyway, so why limit the use of something that is only a tool? Some folks will surely make a good use of it, while some others don't and that's normal, especially with new tools.
Do you mean criteria? They are listed on the website and on the Itch page as well:
Games will be voted on based on a given criteria: Innovation, Theme, Gameplay, Graphics, and Audio. The Overall ranking will be based on the summary of those.
You can use existing engines, libraries, or any other tools - doesn't matter if Phaser, LittleJS, or React, all are ok. New content means you don't publish your old game made months ago for another jam.
Yes, you are free to use AI in any way you want, as long as you don't break any laws or licensing agreements, assets from the Internet are also fine on the same terms.
Hey, we didn't have any participation certificates in the past, but this question was raised a few times recently, so I'll look into it, thanks for asking.
Are you a student by any chance? Do you have any specific expectations from such certificate?
