Rules Welcome to the 2017 INDIE GAME MAKER CONTEST!

[Bex]

Hello, i totally missed the start of IGMC and there are just 14 Days left.

Is it possible to Win first price with standard RTP? If the Game is so good that it deserves it?
Or maybe possible with atleast a few graphical tweaks and showing of some techniches?

 

[sopothetocho]

Hi I have a question, can there be a Little blood?, not gore just like a bloody hand print or a splat on a Wall and that kind of stuff, is that ok? Im making a horror game so i need to know...

 

[DjowG]

I have the same question as @sopothetocho ...
I don't believe this is content 18+ or too much gore to be disqualified.
but a little blood would hurt?

Spoiler: this blood is ok?

 

[mlogan]

@DjowG That is fine.

 

[Kyuukon]

Is it possible to Win first price with standard RTP? If the Game is so good that it deserves it?

I'd say yes but less likely xD

If you're making the project just for the sake of winning cold cash, I don't see that as a very good sign. You'll probably regret it :3

 

[Bex]

Just noticed the contest today, i dont do stuff solely for cash. And i thought it s suposed to be a little motivator .
And first place was just an example^^ if one wins some nice dlc or mv maker
or if simply just gets noticed by some players its allready a win.

 

[watermark]

@Bex Can a RTP game win? In the first IGMC "Cope Island" won third place, if that is any indication.

http://blog.rpgmakerweb.com/games/igmc-review-cope-island/

However, people with custom graphics do have an advantage. I don't think the judges will go "Your game uses RTP therefore it sucks!" Still they might give some bonus points to games with custom graphics.

For example, last IGMC's winner: Corienne Cross B&B, uses basically ALL custom, hand drawn graphics. I don't think that's why it won because it's a good game, but the graphics certainly helped.

 

[WolfWare]

Hello. I've heard about this late but I might try doing something. I have a concern though.

On rules page it says "Prizes will be delivered electronically via the email associated with the user who submitted the game." Does this mean it's PayPal? I need to know because PayPal's currently banned in my country.

 

[Sharm]

It probably does but I wouldn't give up so easily. If someone who can't do Paypal wins it wouldn't make sense for them to not figure something out.

 

[Stoic]

On rules page it says "Prizes will be delivered electronically via the email associated with the user who submitted the game." Does this mean it's PayPal? I need to know because PayPal's currently banned in my country.

Cash prizes will be wired directly to your bank account.

 

[ashyramoonwolf]

I'm in, i started my project one week ago, but just for fun i'm in! I will do my best for 1Hour!

 

[OnslaughtSupply]

No progress done in 2 days . Hopefully when I get off of work I can make up for lost time.

The clock is ticking down, good luck everybody!

 

[MinisterJay]

Looking forward to seeing hundreds of submissions try to come in during the last two hours.

 

[Llareian]

I don't remember this having been asked yet, but I apologize if it was.

I just want to clarify when "midnight" is intended to be. To some, midnight is 24:00:00, but to others it might mean 00:00:00. In other words, is it the beginning or the end of the day on the 5th?

Hopefully I'm not waiting until the last minute to submit, but it might be useful to know. A day could make a difference in a month-long competition!

 

[watermark]

Never been in a itch.io jam before. So to clarify:

If for example, we submit a build first, just so we don't miss the deadline, and then maybe a day or two later submit another build. We will be judged by the newest build right?

 

[yajirobi]

Never been in a itch.io jam before. So to clarify:

If for example, we submit a build first, just so we don't miss the deadline, and then maybe a day or two later submit another build. We will be judged by the newest build right?

following this logic the contest could possibly never end.

 

[Plueschkatze]

@watermark In general: The deadline is the deadline of the gamejam. So NO. Don't update your game after that deadline. Look at the countdown of the itch.io page. Your final build should be up by the end of that.
It would not be fair to polish it more afterwards, since that's not work you've done within the one month of the contest runtime.

You can submit a demo, tho. That's allowed. BUT I'd suggest that you don't update that until judging is done. At least that's my understanding.

 

[Roden124]

He meant if we can submit versions of our game before the deadline. We all want our game to be complete by contest's end, but uploading it now when it's 95% done assures us peace of mind if we become unable to reach 100% within the time limit. Most likely that remaining 5% will pull through, so we hope to be judged by the best experience after uploading the finished entry.

I'm curious about this too. I want to release my game next week just for the sake of saying it was released on Halloween.

 

[Plueschkatze]

Oh! Than I might have missunderstood.
I don't see why it would not be OK to upload before the deadline and update before that.

But I'm really curious about that, too! I hope one of the judges will let us know.

 

[Stoic]

I just want to clarify when "midnight" is intended to be. To some, midnight is 24:00:00, but to others it might mean 00:00:00. In other words, is it the beginning or the end of the day on the 5th?

The contest ends at the end of Sunday the 5th, pacific standard time. You can see the countdown timer on the top of the game jam page for reference: https://itch.io/jam/igmc2017. The countdown uses your local time so for me it shows up as the 6th at 3am since I'm on eastern standard time.

If for example, we submit a build first, just so we don't miss the deadline, and then maybe a day or two later submit another build. We will be judged by the newest build right?

If you submit more than one build then we'll judge the latest build. If you have multiple versions of the game make sure to label which one you are submitting to the contest with either a "Contest" or "IGMC" build label.

Also once the deadline passes you won't be able to upload or edit your game submissions until the judging phase is over so please keep that in mind too.