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Wow! That sounds really cool! I can't wait to see it--and I'm curious to check out the demo now ^^

Since the rules confuse me a little, I was wondering if I can apply the game to the jam or does the demo disqualify us?

I'm actually thinking of modifying that rule, because I have a few folks who also were tinkering with making demos.
I mentioned off the record about calling it like an "Act 0" or a test run; So long as it has a sort of ending. 

So if you can wrap it up to be a self contained story, you can always prompt to see the continuation in the full game. I just want to prevent half done projects, if that makes sense. Cliffhangers are a-okay, but stopping in the middle of a prologue a little iffy.

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TLDR: To answer your question though, your demo is already out, so you definitely qualify since the project you're working on now is the full game itself!

What's up, call me mini! I'm the host of this jam
I just needed a little extra incentive so here we are!

I'm working on a really short visual novel called Formerly Villainous, Formally Yours
Y'know how the villain becomes the group bestie against their will? Well, it's that, except you kinda get to romance the villain <3
Join Team Aero and stop the Demon King from plunging the world into eternal flames and darkness—while trying to befriend his son who is now kicking it at your hideout.

I started the dang thing in August of last year (2025), but assets got the better of me until just recently. So here's hoping!

Hi! Introduce yourself and tell us what you're working on~!

Name:
Project:
What's it about?:
(Bonus) How long have you been working:

I've never done a jam before, and I've barely done a VN before, but I saw this one and immediately knew this was the one for me,,,

1. Project name
Formerly Villainous, Formally Yours

2. Description 
Y'know how the villain becomes the group bestie against their will?  Yeah, it's that, except you kinda get to romance the villain <3
Join Team Aero and stop the Demon King from plunging the world into eternal flame and darkness—while trying to befriend his son who is now kicking it at your hideout.

3. When you started the project 
I actually started at the end of August 2025, so I'm doing okay... but I'm having such paralysis doing any of the assets. I just now finished coding the script, and all my backgrounds are screenshots and manga pages I've saved over the years and I have no sprites. 😩

4. Your personal due date
I want to get it done this year (2025), but by the end of the jam works too!
If I don't finish I'll be so mad, because sure I've learned something, but it's also taken up so much space in my brain I can't do my other projects XD
Alas, I'm just a solo player in this game's creation.

This was so much fun, it was wonderful sleuthing it all out! 
Glad I was able to find them~!

This game is so very cool, it's incredibly relatable, and the characters are so cute. One issue, at least on the browser version, when you get to day Six, the game kind of breaks and freezes. Dialogue options seem to be missing for Chico and then you can't even leave the game. (Also, it somehow glitched where when you turn down Chico to take Abi's offer it takes Chico's offer anyway, during day...3?) 

Either way, incredible job, just haven't been able to get through all the days just yet. I haven't downloaded the windows version, but maybe it's a centralized error?

Eyyy nice job!

Baby's first zine, I will admit, but-- Passion for Fashion is finally out! 

I've been working on this project for at least a year, and I've had the best time with it. I've learned so much, and I'm looking forward to making another zine in the near future. Until then, I implore you to check out Passion for Fashion, you wont regret it! It's got 35 pages full of colored art pieces of unique original character, including characters from from my webcomic (who's chapters may be posted here as well.)

So, I truly hope you enjoy it ^^