The rules may seem slightly arbitrary for now, and they are, because they are still being ironed out. There is a possibility that this jam is going to be split into a very-retro jam and a kinda-retro jam.
Unfortunately, the decision was actually made to remove ALL fantasy consoles from the approved platforms list. I apologize for waiting a week after announcing a jam to make this choice. Please check the jam page for the updated platform rules - they should be a bit clearer.
To be considered for judging you'd have to submit something by the deadline. You can always add more to your game later, and in the discord we always love seeing progress, but what gets judged for this jam has to be submitted before the deadline.
Oh no! I didn't realize. According to this, XM8, X88000 and Quasi88 are compatible with Mac, but I'm not sure how that's tested. Do you mind downloading the Linux versions of them and try those?
I've been putting this off for a while, but I decided that if anything was going to get done, it had to be public.
After reading the summary, you may be questioning the themes and plot of the game. A good question.
Like any author, I put a lot of myself into my work. In the case of ILLSAVIOR, I will be putting too much. Mental health has crippled me for much of my life, and I wanted a medium with which to express the lasting effects of all sorts of psychological traumas - both on the characters and the world around them. Blobbers are one of my favorite genres, and C64 is a great system to design for. It all fell into place.
Discussion rules:
Be civil. Be good to one another. I will delete anything I find inappropriate.
Once the game is released, don't post spoilers unless clearly tagged in the topic title.
Finally, I will need testers. Please contact me via itch if you are interested.
I've tried loading this game on NTSC hardware with SD2IEC with no luck. Once it gets to the World 1 Stage 1 screen, it freezes. (Same behavior in VICE).
Why would you ever use Brainfuck? You wouldn't, but the option is there.
65xx is super fun, a less hair-pully-outy version with scripting support and no silly limitations (eg no indirect addressing with x register and what-not) sounds exciting to me. :)
