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Hey! That's not a problem at all. I'm going to check in about everything bundle-related on the discord before launching the bundle anyway, so you'll get the chance to send an updated link.

Hi there! I'm the organizer of the Charity Cat Jam & Bundle. Please approve your project as soon as possible. Here's the link: https://itch.io/b/3869/charity-cat-bundle Click on the top left corner that says review bundle and scroll to the bottom to approve your entry. Thanks!

Thanks so much!

Hi there! I'm the organizer of the Charity Cat Jam & Bundle. Could you please approve your project? Here's the link: https://itch.io/b/3869/charity-cat-bundle Click on the top left corner that says review bundle and scroll to the bottom to approve your entry. Thanks!

Hi there! I'm the organizer of the Charity Cat Jam & Bundle. Could you please approve your project? Here's the link: https://itch.io/b/3869/charity-cat-bundle Click on the top left corner that says review bundle and scroll to the bottom to approve your entry. Thanks!

Hi there! I'm the organizer of the Charity Cat Jam & Bundle. Could you please approve your project? Here's the link: https://itch.io/b/3869/charity-cat-bundle Click on the top left corner that says review bundle and scroll to the bottom to approve your entry. Thanks!

Hi there! I'm the organizer of the Charity Cat Jam & Bundle. Could you please approve your project? Here's the link: https://itch.io/b/3869/charity-cat-bundle Click on the top left corner that says review bundle and scroll to the bottom to approve your entry. Thanks!

Hi there! I'm the organizer of the Charity Cat Jam & Bundle. Could you please approve your project? Here's the link: https://itch.io/b/3869/charity-cat-bundle Click on the top left corner that says review bundle and scroll to the bottom to approve your entry. Thanks!

Hi there! I'm the organizer of the Charity Cat Jam & Bundle. Could you please approve your project? Here's the link: https://itch.io/b/3869/charity-cat-bundle Click on the top left corner that says review bundle and scroll to the bottom to approve your entry. Thanks!

Hi there! I'm the organizer of the Charity Cat Jam & Bundle. Could you please approve your project? Here's the link: https://itch.io/b/3869/charity-cat-bundle Click on the top left corner that says review bundle and scroll to the bottom to approve your entry. Thanks!

Hi there! I'm the organizer of the Charity Cat Jam & Bundle. Could you please approve your project? Here's the link: https://itch.io/b/3869/charity-cat-bundle Click on the top left corner that says review bundle and scroll to the bottom to approve your entry. Thanks!

Hi there! I'm the organizer of the Charity Cat Jam & Bundle. Could you please approve your project? Here's the link: https://itch.io/b/3869/charity-cat-bundle Click on the top left corner that says review bundle and scroll to the bottom to approve your entry. Thanks!

Hi there! I'm the organizer of the Charity Cat Jam & Bundle. Could you please approve your project? Here's the link: https://itch.io/b/3869/charity-cat-bundle Click on the top left corner that says review bundle and scroll to the bottom to approve your entry. Thanks!

Hi there! I'm the organizer of the Charity Cat Jam & Bundle. Could you please approve your project? Here's the link: https://itch.io/b/3869/charity-cat-bundle Click on the top left corner that says review bundle and scroll to the bottom to approve your entry. Thanks!

Hi there! I'm the organizer of the Charity Cat Jam & Bundle. Could you please approve your project? Here's the link: https://itch.io/b/3869/charity-cat-bundle Click on the top left corner that says review bundle and scroll to the bottom to approve your entry. Thanks!

Hi there! I'm the organizer of the Charity Cat Jam & Bundle. Could you please approve your project? Here's the link: https://itch.io/b/3869/charity-cat-bundle Click on the top left corner that says review bundle and scroll to the bottom to approve your entry. Thanks!

Hi there! I'm the organizer of the Charity Cat Jam & Bundle. Could you please approve your project? Here's the link: https://itch.io/b/3869/charity-cat-bundle Click on the top left corner that says review bundle and scroll to the bottom to approve your entry. Thanks!

Hi there! I'm the organizer of the Charity Cat Jam & Bundle. Could you please approve your project? Here's the link: https://itch.io/b/3869/charity-cat-bundle Click on the top left corner that says review bundle and scroll to the bottom to approve your entry. Thanks!

Hi there!

I'm the organizer of the Charity Cat Jam & Bundle. Could you please approve your project? Here's the link: https://itch.io/b/3869/charity-cat-bundle Click on the top left corner that says review bundle and scroll to the bottom to approve your entry.

Thanks!

Hi there! I'm the organizer of the Charity Cat Jam & Bundle. Could you please approve your project? Here's the link: https://itch.io/b/3869/charity-cat-bundle Click on the top left corner that says review bundle and scroll to the bottom to approve your entry. Thanks!

Hi there! I'm the organizer of the Charity Cat Jam & Bundle. Could you please approve your project? Here's the link: https://itch.io/b/3869/charity-cat-bundle Click on the top left corner that says review bundle and scroll to the bottom to approve your entry. Thanks!

Hi there! I'm the organizer of the Charity Cat Jam & Bundle. Could you please approve your project? Here's the link: https://itch.io/b/3869/charity-cat-bundle Click on the top left corner that says review bundle and scroll to the bottom to approve your entry. Thanks!

Hi there! I'm the organizer of the Charity Cat Jam & Bundle. Could you please approve your project? Here's the link: https://itch.io/b/3869/charity-cat-bundle Click on the top left corner that says review bundle and scroll to the bottom to approve your entry. Thanks!

Hi there! I'm the organizer of the Charity Cat Jam & Bundle. Could you please approve your project? Here's the link: https://itch.io/b/3869/charity-cat-bundle Click on the top left corner that says review bundle and scroll to the bottom to approve your entry. Thanks!

Hi there! I'm the organizer of the Charity Cat Jam & Bundle. Could you please approve your project? Here's the link: https://itch.io/b/3869/charity-cat-bundle Click on the top left corner that says review bundle and scroll to the bottom to approve your entry. Thanks!

Thanks for the heads up! That's no trouble at all.

I'm posting here to cover as many bases as possible. The bundle is now up for approval. This took a long time and ultimately I had to give up on itchio admins getting back to me, so SAFe added an info brochure as a project and they're set up to receive 100% of the split.

Please approve your entry:

https://itch.io/b/3869/charity-cat-bundle

Hi! Can you confirm the process used to render the original images in the "cartoon" style? Thank you!

They're up to you! If you feel like a badge fits, you can paste it on your project or project page.

Hi! Thanks for bringing your question to the discord. I'll answer here too for others' sake. Yes, that's totally okay. The cat doesn't have to be the protagonist, or even playable. They just need to be important or feature prominently, which is sounds like is definitely the case for your game.

Hi there! Yes, that's correct: the friendliness "score" is based on a percentage of the max value. So, it takes a lot longer to win over the d20 house than the d4 house.

I'm hosting the Cat Jam for Charity. The jam is open for all project types, existing and new. We're turning this into a bundle to raise funds for a local (to me) cat rescue.

https://itch.io/jam/charity-cat-jam

Something I'm very happy with on this jam is the "Badges" system. There are badge images on the page for different achievement-like goals that participants can add to their pages. They double as personal challenges for participants to shoot for and an easy DIY shorthand to let purchasers know what they're getting. Also they're very cute. For example:

Very cute!

Yeah, absolutely. Email me at admin@whimsymachinegames.com and I'll send you a code. Sorry for the delay.

For sure. Some retailers use "Bits and Mortar" for downloads, but I've honestly never understood how those work. Email me at admin (at) whimsymachinegames (dot) com and I'll send you a download code.

Absolutely! Trying out a new style or medium is definitely in the spirit of the jam.

Achievements are something I'm excited to bring into this jam and more jams moving forward. If you have any questions on existing Achievements or suggestions for new ones, post them here (or over in the TTRPG Collective discord server—we've got a thread going for this jam).  I'll also announce newly added Achievements here too, such as:

This was inspired by a question about using gen ai for coding help. The answer is no for a variety of reasons, but I want to provide alternatives to those little use cases folks have. In this case, while it would be (among other things) technically easier to just pop over to the chat machine to get a line of code, I would so much rather someone find out who teaches video game design at their local tech college and shoot them an email asking for some guidance. 

If your submission fits for both, feel free to submit to both! Otherwise, yeah, I'm super excited to see everything roll in.

Thanks so much for making this pack and making it available! It was the perfect fit for my solo ttrpg The Shadow of the Storyteller: https://whimsy-machine.itch.io/shadow-of-the-storyteller

Hi! Thank you so much for this comment, it really means a lot to me to get feedback like this. I would love to put a finished version of The Bleeding out into the world one day, but it is a challenging one for me to prioritize due to its scope. 

That said! If there's a certain area you'd like to see expanded on next, I'd be happy to hear it. That's very much the type of thing that drives my motivation. Thanks again!