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Jam submission: deleted file by accident

A topic by LeviathanDesigns created Jan 01, 2020 Views: 727 Replies: 2
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Okay, so I wanted to upload an updated game file for my game once the game jam had ended and now it is review period, however, I did not realise you cannot upload new files when it has finished. So now I my game cannot be downloaded. I didn't press save or anything on the game edit page but somehow it saved. Any ideas how I can get the game back?

Admin (1 edit) (+2)

Can you link to the game page so we can take a closer look? Generally a file lock for game jams only happens when the jam has a rating period in progress (the jam is not over). Once rating has ended you can edit files freely. You can, however, delete files when there’s a file lock in progress.

If you need to make adjustments to your submission you’ll have to remove your page from the jam, make the changes, then ask the jam host to generate a late submit link for you.

(I edited your topic title to be more descriptive of the issue)

Thank you for that and for changing the title! And yes, it's currently the rating period but I was surprised when it didn't tell me that the file would not be able to be uploaded. Even when it was deleted there's an option to save the change which I did not press and it still saved the removal of the file. But thanks for letting me know, I just uploaded the file elsewhere and linked it in the comments of my game jam page so I wouldn't lose it.