It’s too bad to hear sales weren’t great, this looks really well done and like something I’d enjoy! I got it years ago in a bundle but honestly I’m more than willing to buy it at some point on Steam as I’m sure I’ve gotten well worth my $5 for the charity bundle
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Hey! I sent out in an email a bit ago that you could go to an assets.possiblyaxolotl.com link to get the jam page media for your videos, streams, games, game pages, etc. but I’m actually gonna be removing assets.possiblyaxolotl.com as it seems unnecessary with what I currently have and I’d like to clean some stuff up. From now on if you would like to get any of the jam assets for whatever you do, get them at https://wiki.possiblyaxolotl.com/fishfest#assets. Thanks!
If you wanna do a late submission or accidentally submitted the wrong thing or something, email fishfest@possiblyaxolotl.com with a link to your game’s itch page. I won’t respond immediately as I’m currently in the hospital for potentially breaking my nose but I will probably have all of tomorrow off to add your games lol
Try to keep late submissions to at max a day or 2.
The legality and ethics around using AI generated content is questionable, this is more for like visuals like I don’t care that much if you use github copilot, but AI generated imagery is legally questionable and also tends to lower the spirits of artists putting huge amounts of effort into their projects. I can’t stop you from brainstorming or prototyping with it, but it shouldn’t be in the final game. I’m a solo dev too and I’m not great at art, but I always prefer making my own even where I’m inexperienced since a game jam is an opportunity to improve and get better at your art.
If I get a question frequently I’ll update this post.
Questions
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Can I use X tool/make X type of game? Yes. The rules state you can use any tool you would like for your game, as in any SDK, framework, rendering engine, paper and pencil (tabletop and card), etc.
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What can I do before the jam? You can come up with ideas and even test stuff out if you’d like, but you can not start working on your game or creating any final assets or code. You can reuse previous code that wasn’t specifically made for this but you have to specify in the submission form.
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How much time do we get? 1 week. Read the jam rules please.
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Does the main character have to be fish? No, but the game has to feature fish. Please read the jam rules.
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How old do I have to be? Old enough to have an itch.io account.
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Why lol
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Is there a prize? The winner gets a crappy drawing of a trophy with your name on it that will be sent in the end of voting email.
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Define fish. If the argument can be made that something is a fish, you’re probably good to use it (Ex. shellFISH, mermaid, etc). Also feel free to invent your own fish as long as they’re visibly fish.