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Judging has begun. For more information see the Update on the itch page of the jam: https://itch.io/jam/back-in-the-game-jam

Due to the amount of submissions judging will take a bit longer than expected. Updates and info about the judging process will be posted on the Discord server as well as under "Updates" on the Itch page.

Yes, but the update must be clearly marked as such and why it was updated. And of course do so as soon as possible.

> Is it okay if my game's theme is integrated only into the story and not the gameplay?

Of course! How you integrate and execute on the theme is all up to you.

> I’m not sure I understand how the Theme criteria will be applied by the judges in that case.

The theme is "Now That's What I Call A Theme!", so while you get to pick any theme you want you also need to completely embrace it. The more obvious and the more well implemented, the higher your score. If we can't tell what the theme is that'd be a low score.

Get the judges exclaim "Now That's What I Call A Theme!" when they play your game.

You can use pre-made assets.

> Does this rule just mean that you shouldn't slap random things together and call it a day? That if you're using assets, that you'd have to make sense of them?

Yes, that is exactly what it means and is intended for. If you use assets, make sure it's an appropriate one, and if the gameplay is polished you won't get penalized for using temporary graybox art instead of finding some asset pack.

Hey, we suspect BE-MO has created a fake/duplicate Gamejam.
The assets, description, rules, and FAQ, of his page ( itch.io/jam/dev-world-game-jam-2024-1- ) are copied from our Gamejam ( itch.io/jam/cast-fall-24 ).
He's linked our jam (JamCast Fall 2024) in the question above, we are not affiliated with BE-MO (Dev World GameJam 2024)

We have sent an email to support as well.