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Hey I appreciate your graciousness and taking the time to answer my questions.

If you want to see how the past showcases have gone, you can see them all here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfqB5nWLnc7JsR_VaD9q5x7LLj8fz1xP8

As for my livestreams, you can see the last one here, and where I take breaks sometimes too: https://www.youtube.com/live/qI4ixR4G-ZQ?si=vyDlWs9YW6eP_jZl

For the showcase queue, anyone who joins that queue gets their game played on stream no matter what. Submissions not in the queue will be played based on their rank until hitting that 25 or 30 game mark.

All the best, looking forward to checking out your game at some point! If I do play it on stream before the showcase, I'll try and let you know here 👍

Getting playtests and feedback is the best for any game project for sure, so good thinking :) I hope you get some attention to it!

Okay, so, this is important: During this jam, we've been getting more "previously made" submissions than usual, so a new jam rule is forming in real time. That's what the new question in the submission form was about.

Since you made the game prior to the jam, your game will be disqualified during the ratings period... BUT !!!

1. Your game will be requalified after the ratings end (meaning your game will remain a visible public submission forever, just not during the first week after the jam ends)
2. I plan to feature these temporarily disqualified, "previously made" games on the jam page itself somehow in a special section during the ratings period! That way people will still see them, and may react to them if they want to. This might catch your game some more eyes at one of the most visible moments for the jam.
3. At the end of the ratings period, I play many of the games during a showcase livestream, around 20-30 depending on different things. After the jam ends, a "queue" will open up that you can join to submit your game to be played on stream. Doing so might bring a few more eyeballs. I'll send email(s) out about this so just stay joined and you'll receive info.
4. I'd be willing to play your game on stream on a break while working on my own pac-man like, if you want. Not only does this give you feedback from me or whoever's watching, but someone else may try it as well.

Okay, thank you for helping me shape this new rule. I think these seem like fair and quite nice offerings that still avoid giving an unfair advantage to certain entries when competing for prizes and the like.

Hey there,

Got your email! Name looks good! 

You are already in :) The reason it's not showing up is because none of the submissions are visible until the rating period begins after the jam ends (June 1st). 

I do have to  ask about your response to the 2weeks question though! You said you started working on it prior to that; would you say that's because you're using assets/components you made previously, or you were actively developing a pac-man like before the jam and you are submitting that game?

Thanks Je2u2xd

~Lýz

Thank you!!

One more thing, PLEASE do leave a reply here when you do change it, so I can requalify you ASAP 👍🏽

Hello! Thanks for submitting! Nice job getting something in so early.

Actually we've added a new question to the submission criteria that all entries need to answer (you just got yours in before I got to add it haha).

The new question concerns when projects were begun, and will be critical for helping us fairly distribute prizes. 

Please use the "Edit Submission" button at the top left of this page to find the new question. It's second-to-last in the list.

Thank you, and sorry about the extra hurdle! Good luck in the jam :D

(BTW, if you reply to this message and then remove the submission entirely (people do sometimes for some reason), then note that I won't be able to read it!)

~Lýz

Hello! Thanks for submitting! Nice job getting something in so early.

Two things.

1) Per rule 2, jam entries are not allowed to reference the theme game name. I will disqualify the game for now, but will requalify it as soon as the name is changed. To be clear, the game name cannot include "Pac", "Man" or any obvious homage to the BANDAI Namco IP.

Secondly, and unrelated, we've added a new question to the submission criteria! It concerns when projects were begun and is critical to help us fairly distribute prizes. Please use the "Edit Submission" button in the top left of this page to find the new question, second-to-last, and fill it out

Thanks, and sorry about that!

(BTW, if you reply to this message and remove the submission entirely, I won't be able to read it)

This is obviously not made for our jam. 

NOTE if you reply to this message and then delete your submission, I'll never be able to see what you say.

Good luck with your game!

I enjoyed this *deeply*. Still got a few floors left to finish... there's just so much content here!

And since you were a winner of the jam, you're entitled to some nice prizes!! Let me know how I can contact you to send them your way 🤗

You can email me at lyz[dot]at[dot]hypergame[dot]dev if need be.

Congrats on the big win!!

Ahhhh This is the highest I could get !!!! 

it was a good name. rip

Game was called "Sh*tler.exe"

Not made for this jam, so disqualifying. 

Note that if you send a reply to this message and then delete the submission, I will not be able to read your response.

Clearly not for this jam. Good luck with your game though :)

Also note that if you leave a reply here and then delete your submission I won't be able to read it!

Nice, love this!

Hello there, I'm hiding this because it's solicitation. If you want to be a sponsor for the jam you're welcome to contribute something to the entrants via free gifts or prize offerings but the jam can't just be a digital billboard for anyone with something to sell.

Checked this out around 5 hours 5 minutes in!! https://cokegamingstudios.itch.io/revenge-of-the-exes

Checked this out approx 4 hours and 40 minutes in!

Played this about 2hrs in to the stream!

Checked this out around 1 hour and 45 minutes in! 

Such an incredible, in-depth entry. Congrats on the big win! 

Sent you a message on Discord about claiming your prize btw 🎉🎉

true that!

No problem, I'm late all the time.

Perfect! Follow the steps here and you'll be in the jam! https://itch.io/jam/412371/add-game/4232341/7763968?token=OVoKB7oQjmcsXJuVeoGNsE...

Yeah for sure!

Found your game, and just to note one thing, per Rule 2, the theme game name needs to not be in the title of your own game (ie Rogue or anything close eg Roguelike)

But other than that yes! Let me know when you updated the title and I'll send you the link to get your game in!

Had to disqualify this I'm sorry BUT! Please make an embeddable version to get your game requalified!

This looks awesome but it does seem it was not made for our jam, since it is submitted to multiple and it doesn't appear to be like Rogue in any recognizable way.

Technically there is no official rule against such entries, but unofficially and historically I've categorized these as "spam" submissions, and usually disqualified them. But since it is technically a "roguelike" it's a tougher decision... 

Ah, wait. There's no web version. I'm afraid I do have to disqualify this for at least that reason, and the context above. UNLESS you can get in a web version by the deadline and it is apparently intended for our jam. Which I kind of doubt.

I see your game is not gonna be called Rogue so this is just a reminder to update the title of the actual game page to not be too close to Rogue 😊

Hey!! Just a reminder to update the game name even though I'm sure this is not quite "the title", I'm just going through and making sure!

I love that, yes that's totally okay!!! 💜

Good idea! 😁 And yes, that name is all good!