I see this jam isnt really very much alive, but maybe thats what everyone is thinking and thats why nobody is joining?
I dont expect much of posting my game here. But if someone reading this (maybe @gamesforfun) tries it out and gives me feedback, I would really appreciate it.
Nine Lives Left is a project I started working on around october 2024, never thinking I would work for it longer than a month.
Its a game I put much effort in and tried making decent. Actually the only project I created and can call "decent".
I stopped working on the game between the months, mosty because nobody played it. Around a month ago or two I refined some mechanics and graphics and tried promoting the game somehow (posting it in diffrent jams after making sure it wont break the rules; posting it on reddit).
But even when I did start getting views and few downloads, nobody actually played the game.
How I know? Its probably the reason nobody played it?
Its connected to an online database to save the user progress. And to do so, the user needs to create an account using an email adress (also set a username and password). Now, I think most people are just uncomfortable with that (eventhough I wont even know their email adress)?
In adding the email-login I thought further, of allowing password-resets etc. But my motivation died long ago, so yeah. I havent added it and will probably never.
Anyways, I could see that there were 0 registered users in the db (besides myself), and I knew everyone just went ahead and deleted the game after seeing it needed email-auth.
(But seriously, if you're scared I can do whatever with your email, go ahead and use www.mailinator.com for a fake email)
That said, go ahead and give it a try. (The leaderboard will thank you for refreshing it)
Questions or Feedback? 👇
