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It does not -- feel free to use any engine you see fit!

I want to say that, for common sense, while you can use anything, this should exclude stuff like Roblox, Fornite, and Mario Maker, which require purchases or external downloads to play. But we haven't had anyone try that yet.

For argument's sake and to expand my answer for you. 
If some did make a game in another game, we wouldn't want to ban them or exclude them from the jam; we just most likely wouldn't be able to play it to judge, and the public voting period wouldn't be able to play easily either.

Such kind words, thank you again for playing!

We just pushed an update. Could you give it another play and tell us what you think of the player controller?
Sometimes Lemmy gets stuck on slopes when resizing and we want to know if this ruins the experience.

Any general feedback is much appreciated, too, actually!

Lemmy isn't getting any smarted sadly, he might be getting dumber, I saw him fall off a tree the other day.

We recently made an update. Could you give it another play and tell us what you think of the player controller?

Any general feedback is much appreciated!

Them's Fightin' Herds mentioned!

We recently made an update. Could you give it another play and tell us what you think of the player controller?

Any general feedback is much appreciated, actually!

Hey there, thank you for the kind words again.   

We recently made an update. Could you give it another play and tell us what you think of the player controller?

Any general feedback is much appreciated, actually!

Hey there! We just pushed an update to the player controller, could you give it another play and tell us it it feels more intuitive?

We recently made an update! Could you give it another play?

Any general feedback is much appreciated!

SLIME CLIMB BROTHERS

.... .. .
I have bad news, we're continuing the game but... we're changing the name...
What do you think, Goopster or Goopward?
(I'm thinking Goopward)
We still will forever be linked in spirit

We made an update to the game as well, give it look?

We made an update!
Seems like you liked it the first time, but now it's with buttery smooth controls!

Give it look!

Such kind words, it meant a lot as we were recovering from the burnout of jam cruuunch!

We made an update to the game, mind giving it a test and telling us what you think?

We made an update to the game!
Mind giving it a test and telling us what you think?

Hey! It's that time, we made an update to the controls and we'd love your feedback!

PICOCAD LOVE ❤️ (nice pfp, I should do something like that)

Hey there, again!   

We recently made an update. Could you give it another play and tell us what you think of the player controller? It has stuff like how the slime gets stuck on corners/slopes while resizing we're not sure about. But we think it's feeling really good so we're planning to design levels around that.

Any general feedback is much appreciated!

AND
I really want you to know we loved your entry

Lemmy being Lemmying!

We made an update! Could you give it another play and tell us what you think of the changes?

Pig man!
Can you give this another play, we just released a player controller update.
There's stuff we really like and then there's stuff like slopes stopping the player from scaling we'd love your detailed feedback on!

Hey there, again!     

We recently made an update. Could you give it another play and tell us what you think of the player controller?

Any general feedback is much appreciated, actually!

Hellooo

We recently made an update. Could you give it another play and tell us what you think of the player controller?
Hopefully it's less fiddly!

Any general feedback is much appreciated, and thank you again for playing!

Hullo again! 

We recently made an update to the player controller to remove the clunkiness. Could you give it another play and tell us what you think of it?

Any general feedback is much appreciated, actually!

Hey there, again!

We recently made an update, added a new level, too. Could you give it another play and tell us what you think of it?

Any general feedback is much appreciated.

Heyo!

We recently made an update, really focusing on the player controller. Could you give it another play and tell us what you think?

Any general feedback is much appreciated as well!

Hey there, thank you for the kind words again!

We recently made an update.
Could you give it another play and tell us what you think of the player controller?

Any general feedback is much appreciated, actually!

the jam is a month long

I like the lesson you're trying to teach as "how things are said" is important, but it's getting a bit much for me to moderate as part of the jam forums.
I hope you understand I'm going to lock down the conversation as it's the best way I know currently how to save me some peace while the jam grows to a much larger size this year.

Peace to you both, and thank you for joining!

I think we can chalk it up to a misunderstanding, I believe you and him.

You didn't mean offense, and he was trying to defend, both can be true.
I'm going to go ahead and lock the conversation though as it seems like we've cleared things up.

I'd recommend not interacting with each other any further though, like how he's posted on your most recent game, just ignore each other.
I'd rather not moderate further as we can all get along. 😂
You're doing well to be getting into game dev at your age and borrowing code and assets is a smart way to start.

I'm wishing you both luck and productivity.

Hi -- we do our best here to keep the BRJ community healthy. I totally get where you're coming from. I'd be pretty peeved, too, if someone insulted my engine of choice!

But in the future, we ask that you please do your best to keep conversations productive by avoiding insults, as this can lead to normalizing bullying within the community.

No max on teams. Thank you for asking
I'll update the rules to better reflect this

You can mix genres and mechcanics

Solid amount of depth for a jam, love the vibes and the sinking realization that my plans have all been ruined.

Breaking these rules won't disqualify you from the jam, but they will keep you from being eligible for prizes. Ineligible games that make it into the Top 20 will be treated as though they don't exist -- so, for example, if the game in 3rd place in the community vote is ineligible, then the game in 21st place in the community vote becomes eligible.

1. The theme is mandatory and will be a factor in voting.

2. You cannot work on your game before the jam starts.

3. You are free to submit your games to other jams.

4. All games must have at least one boss, but 3 or more are recommended.

5. The majority of the code must be made during the jam. Art, shaders, music, and sound assets made before the jam can be used as long as you have the rights. Game engines are allowed.

6. Teams are allowed and encouraged! No max size.

7. Games with mature themes are allowed, but games with explicitly sexual content are not.

8. A Windows or web build is required to be eligible for the main prizes. Sponsor Awards may require a web build and/or use of sponsor API.

9. We won't be very lenient on late submissions, as the jam lasts a month. We highly recommend submitting early so that you don't accidentally miss the deadline. You'll still be able to update your game up until the deadline of the game jam, even if you submit early.

10. Anything you make during BRJ is your property. We claim no rights or ownership of your game. 

11. Any game submitted to BRJ may appear in material/media covering the event without your express permission.

12. You must own the IP of your game. No fan games.

13. Genre mashing is allowed! If the game is still mainly a boss rush, feel free to introduce roguelike/RPG/etc elements!

14. To be eligible for the cash prizes, you must have Paypal, Venmo, or some other way for us to get our money to you, such as a bank account. You must also supply a Discord account or email so we can contact you.

15. Games made or heavily contributed to by judges are not eligible for the prizes. Games made by judges will be treated as if they do not exist - for example, if there is one judge game in the Top 20, then non-judge games that placed 1 to 21 will all be eligible rather than 1 to 20, to not take any opportunities away from non-judge participants.

16. Individuals can only join one team, thus only 1 submission per team.

17. Hosts and Moderators reserve the right to disqualify any malicious actors from the jam using discretion and common sense to apply rulings on a case-by-case basis.

Hey there, we're going to unlist this this post.

We want to encourage you to join, but the world we exist in means you shouldn't share your age like this.

Can I wear vans now? Please?

It often depends if you have easy to pick up controls, tutorials aren't always long either.
Sometimes all that is needed is an area to experiment, but it really depends on what kind of experience is best for the player.

Makes me think of this

You gotta start directing movies man
You ever seen Rubber? I'd watch that but with this tractor

Top-tier amount of environment, really packed and colorful

Honestly, I can feel the weather in this,
the plastic chairs invoking childhood memories