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Mathijs van Oosterhoudt

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No, as per the FAQ.

Don't spam, it's embarrassing. 

Don't spam, it's embarrassing. 

Don't spam, it's embarrassing. 

May I ask what led to the decision to allow generative AI assets? I strongly believe this to be against the spirit of game jams.

Or show actual interest in the jam and collaboration instead of spamming your AI spam ads here like you do all the other jams, just a thought!

Do you think white is not a color?

That's okay! Happy to help you out here. For me old gold can be a lot of things, but I like to take gold not literal - So old things that are valuable. Valuable not per-se as money, but also emotionally.

At the same time I always try to think of what is easy for me to make right now in a short period, what kind of game do you think you are capable of making right now, realistically? I see you made a sort-of tower-defense vampire survivors, perhaps something similar? First thing that shoots to my mind is a pawn shop owner who has to 'get' (aim) the stuff (enemies in  gun box)that is worth selling and avoid getting (shooting) the junk items. Like you want to make sure you hit the golden watch (like with a lasso or something)  and avoid getting the worn shoes. 

Not that you should do that at all, just some thoughts to get you started. What is going through your mind? It doesn't have to be a fully formed idea yet, just bits and bobs. 

Join the Discord! Brainstorming with other people is always a good idea.

Whatever your idea is try to make the simplest version possible without any of the extras, then you can add stuff and stop at any time and still have a working game :) You got this, goodluck!

Black is a color. Only 4 colors are allowed on the screen at any time.

Keep in mind remakes and demakes are against the rules!

How fast are we allowed to switch pallettes, say every second or so for a one time dramatic effect for example?

Just 2 colors, always! Practically this means nothing, I can't think of anything you couldn't do with 2 colors, you can do depth effects, transparent windows, particles and anything you imagine, as shown by the history of games!

You say it like it's a good thing!

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Thanks for the heads up, I'll check it out! And thanks for playing :)

There's no teams.

I'd be interested, plan on doing a small surreal exploration game, a bit in the visual style of a game I made for a shorter gamejam: /__site/supermuch.itch.io/anomalyisland

It'd be a sparse soundtrack inbetween gusts of winds, less is more type of situation. If this interests you in any way, hit me up on discord: chibs02866

Cheers,

Mathijs

You're not going to find any jams where you can submit pre-made games, just try to make something new :)

That's a word, not a theme. Where did you find that? The discord link also doesn't seem to be working.

Yeah, that's how gamejams work!

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Not helpful nor answers my question. The fact that the gamejam focused on using only your own skills to make a game is one of the few to do allow AI only makes it stranger, imho.

No doubt useful for some, though also ethically dubious. But what I mean more is that the page reads "You. Alone. No team. No help. Just your skills and your ideas.".

Using large language models and images to generate assets trained on other people's work without permission does not sound like "No help, just your skills and ideas" to me.

Kinda against the point no?

That makes sense since besides creative expression and experiencing there's  no main goal! I had one planned but ran out of time. Thanks a lot for giving it a try!

Thank you so much! I'm glad someone enjoyed the vibe and had some fun with it :)

A well made and cute retro arcade game! Easy to get in the flow and lose time, the lasso is fun to use :D Plus always nice to see more Pico 8.

Of course!

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left click to fire, hold for charge and alt fire, right click to dash? But nothing beats remappable inputs when it comes to accesibility, you will always make it hard for some people with any scheme.

I've found some people have trouble with wasd and using space simultaniously and end up using the same fingers for both, which makes especially dashes or jumps while moving difficult.

Just use JPG as you want, but add a final screen shader that restricts the game's palette to only the 4 colors you want, rounding each one up to its nearest one. That way you can save yourself the space while ensuring it's always 4 colors!

Except it's not at all about probabilities, pretending so is just insulting to the dev's talent.