game-jam-chat

[brave mango]

Submissions must include a link to gameplay footage (between 30-60 seconds) demonstrating recorded gameplay

[wintry skiff]

Fuck me

Good to know thanks dudes

I need to get on that

[tepid edge]

They do play them, the gameplay footage is used for a compilation (and also proof that you have something working)

[dapper light]

they do, but it's just a lil extra you have to do. just whack open OBS and grab a quick video, doesnt need editing if you dont have the time

[wintry skiff]

I got footage I might be able to reuse

[wintry skiff]

Makes sense

61 now

Anxiety is real

Yeah obs is great

[mortal merlin]

so, the megajam page says Each Team Member's Name and Email Address associated with your Epic Games account but the actual submission UI says This does not need to be your Epic Games account email.

does the submission UI overrule that?

[glass fossil]

This is the last time I'll be working on an early access version

[mortal merlin]

cause i would prefer an email that isnt my egs one for this

[main spade]

Can you select more than one modifier? Army of one + conductor for example?

[mortal merlin]

yeah see this

[main spade]

thank you

time stretch it !

no one will notice 🙂

[wintry skiff]

Lol ^

[regal swallow]

wait, its not a problem if our gameplay footage has like a little title card at the end, right?

[lime crane]

I have exact 30 sec, they made it mandatory. lol

[glass fossil]

Welp, no time left and still have 1000 of bugs, half of the game need sounds, tutorial is left, boss fight aren't alighning, AI is breaking down, levels aren't correctly loading, character is not syncing with the level and Boss is ignoring me altogether. I guess this is it for me. Not to mention the theme related mecahncis are not working because of the level. Only thing i can say to console myself is atleast i learned a ton of new things this jam which I really did. And since this was my 1st jam, imma come prepare for next time. Good luck to everyone else!!

[maiden loom]

https://tenor.com/view/spongebob-patrick-panic-run-scream-gif-4656335

[glass fossil]

🥲

[vapid thistle]

Anyone know why this might be opening my main menu level? My main menu map name is MainMenuMap

[glass fossil]

I spent too much time on useless non theme related mechanics, that's such a newbie mistake even when i told myself i'll not to that

[mortal merlin]

Tate is this in the packaged game?

[vapid thistle]

In the packaged game and in editor

[mortal merlin]

huh

[vapid thistle]

Yeah, and I'm having a really hard time replicating it some of the time

[mortal merlin]

you go through it all with breakpoints ?

[hoary trout]

anyone here managed to reduce package size on UE4.27 ?

[mortal merlin]

good place to start if you're getting unexpected inputs

[vapid thistle]

I went through it with print string just to verify, but break points are a good idea

[frozen thicket]

@glass fossil The value is that we learn a lot through mistake while under a pressure. Very hard feeling but if you manage it. It'll be great!

[glass fossil]

Thanks man, im really feeling bad right now, slept a total of like 8 hours in this whole week

[drifting jasper]

that's not healthy

i did that my first jam

never again

[frozen thicket]

@glass fossil Next time, you will be better. I'm sure about it

[glass fossil]

Thats exactly why im feeling low, spent so much time, and wasn't even able to submit 😢

[drifting jasper]

you still have 2 hours

[glass fossil]

thanks, by the way did you submit the game?

[zinc fox]

guys guys can we add the video and pictures after submitting?

[wintry skiff]

Yeah there's always next time

Take care of your body

[glass fossil]

It won't matter, i can only fix some things, but the main theme related mechancis wont be fixed, not to mention the game is missing a lot of sounds

[drifting jasper]

it doesn't have to be perfect.

[wintry skiff]

^^

[drifting jasper]

we didn't have sounds until like an hour ago lol

[toxic wing]

At the very least, it's not embarrassing yourself with it

[glass fossil]

yeah, screw it, next time gonna aim a little lower, only focus on a single mechanic and revolve the whole game on that, no more putting every thing in the game

[wintry skiff]

Yeah scope creep is real

[celest basin]

My game is nothing like what I aimed for too LOL

[glass fossil]

i was really good the first 2 days, making real good progress, then got ambitious with the ai and boom, jam destroyed

[civic dock]

Tip: If you're still developing your game, stop and submit your game now. The submission form requires a lot of info, and you can update your game until the deadline in ~2 hours.

Ideally you're not still actively developing your game. 😅

[glass fossil]

wait is that legal?

[hoary trout]

@civic dock sorry to ping you, but have you managed to reduce build sizes in UE4.27 ?

I'm using your nano template and I'm hitting 185mb

I'll try to build with UE5 then

[civic dock]

Legal? 🤔

[civic dock]

Unfortunately I have not, as noted in Nano's readme. 😦

It's either 4.26 or older, or UE5.

[vapid thistle]

Porting to a different engine version, a fantastic idea

[hoary trout]

is there anything I need to disable extra when I move the project to UE5 ?

[frozen thicket]

@hoary trout Try to reduce some texture size. It's take a lot of space

[civic dock]

No. Nano works out of the box with UE5 (benchmarks in the readme). However, you do need to install an additional component to package games in UE5.

[regal swallow]

i got some decent sleep throughout the week, but it still took me 2 days to re-learn what i forgot about blueprints lol

[frozen thicket]

@hoary trout Texture have 2k resolution usually ~2mb. Reduce to 1k and then you save more than 1mb.

[civic dock]

Reducing textures is a great way to save space; especially if you're using assets with 4K textures.

[true tree]

Where are explained this categories?

[civic dock]

On the jam's web page.

It's hard to read because the typography is very dense and all looks similar. One sec.

[tepid light]

https://allshar.itch.io/the-xv-project
My Game.

Still get the crash 😛

[red fossil]

UATHelper: Packaging (Windows (64-bit)): ERROR: Unable to instantiate module 'UnrealEd': Unable to instantiate UnrealEd module for non-editor targets.

Anyone any idea? :S .

[true tree]

Thanks!

[civic dock]

https://itch.io/jam/2021-epic-megajam
Scroll down until you see the Unreal Slackers banner. Underneath that you'll see AWARD CATEGORIES AND PRIZES.

[hoary trout]

what extra component do I need to install to package with UE5 ??

[civic dock]

Everything you need to know about using Nano is in the readme.

https://github.com/pfist/nano#packaging-your-game

[frozen thicket]

@glass fossil Go to take some rest now if you already made up your mind. I was experienced exactly how your feeling now. Stay healthy and continue on your journey ahead

[tepid edge]

My fish designs have only gotten better as we've gotten closer to the deadline

[glass fossil]

thanks mate:)

[true tree]

https://itch.io/jam/2021-epic-megajam/rate/1183729 My game!

[fervent shadow]

sub #240! https://itch.io/jam/2021-epic-megajam/rate/1180763
so much fun, we did what we could with what we had and what we know and got it in before the deadline! woot!

[drifting shale]

Hey there! Anyone can help me with that license should I put for the game?

Can it be 'no license' ?

[regal swallow]

just submitted, too. https://itch.io/jam/2021-epic-megajam/rate/1183535
i'll be amazed if i win anything, but it was definitely a learning experience for me and it really opened my eyes up to how well you can make some interesting gameplay with blueprints

[hoary trout]

are you seriously compiling 7000 shaders NOW UNREAL ENGINE ? NOW ?????

everyone in this channel right now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvY1EB_R0Zc

[frozen thicket]

@hoary trout Sorry to hear that. But calm down. If you computer fast enough it'll take only more than 30 minutes

[wintry skiff]

welp gg lads

[tiny cave]

Hi, could anyone help me with the butler tool for itch.io? Im trying to upload my game but its slightly too big

[frozen thicket]

I was got that error before and don't know where to fix it. So...just bad luck

[turbid timber]

Final packaging, yey. Hope it works

[wintry skiff]

ill try to fix it

but i don't have high hopes lol

[frozen thicket]

Good luck! As engine didn't tell me what exactly does error

[frozen thicket]

@hoary trout I wonder is that you already switch version to another unreal?

[hoary trout]

yeah I switched to UE5

[drifting jasper]

zip it?

[hoary trout]

but i'm smart enough to keep a copy

[ionic tapir]

it's 1.07GB zipped

[hoary trout]

https://seansleblanc.itch.io/gui-butler

[frozen thicket]

@hoary trout That will compile everything for sure. Haha

[hoary trout]

it says it can't open map file because it was made with a newer version

what's newer than UE5 O_O

oh well, no tiny award for me

[frozen thicket]

Try tip to reduce texture size?

[crystal crag]

Will project still count if i update the game after deadline ?

[frozen thicket]

@crystal crag I think we can't edit anything after deadline

[tiny hollow]

Yeah itch won't let you update the game binary after the deadline

[crystal crag]

uf it will be tough

[wintry skiff]

first time took so many hours

i hope it won't again even with error

if i can fix it

[frozen thicket]

Yeah, only compiling for first time, then will package so fast for later

[wintry skiff]

I hope so because it gave an error

idk

we'll see

[gentle beacon]

https://petraefa.itch.io/running-for-space and its in

[frozen thicket]

Honestly, that error just critical.

[wintry skiff]

Wish it gave me the reason

[gentle beacon]

Good luck everyone. And a thanks for being so aweome. You're all EPIC!!!

[drifting jasper]

there's generally an asset that has Error when cooking

[frozen thicket]

Sometime, I hate unreal that it not smart enough to tell me where or what or why or by anything to cause error. Just said: "Cook error, cook failed" while it run well in editor and launcher...

[drifting jasper]

you just need to look through the packaging log

[frozen thicket]

@wintry skiff My experience tell me that cook early, cook usually, and backup many...

[red fossil]

Trying to build and upload for past 8 hours... Seems like its not gonna happen...

[wintry skiff]

Yeah i never expected this

[wintry skiff]

lol same

wtf is this fucked up process

[red fossil]

Very demotivating.

[frozen thicket]

Then, just learn and cook from prototype stage

[red fossil]

And we have a great game on our hands. We killed ourselfs over it and now this...

[red fossil]

Yeah, we did this 😄 .

[wintry skiff]

I never worked this hard

and it all went to shit because of cooking

[frozen thicket]

@wintry skiff It's good feeling when we can push limit of our self

[red fossil]

We managed to cook, but some assets werent included - lol.

[red fossil]

And file size is above 1gb coz we used some example content for reference, and we cant remove it coz Unreal is causing problems. xD

haha

Rant rant 😛 .

[frozen thicket]

@red fossil so just post the previous version of game and you can edit it before deadline

[civic dock]

Where are you stuck? Building or uploading?

[frozen thicket]

@red fossil use butler as mention to upload file more than 1gb

[red fossil]

Yeah, we are trying butler now.

[simple mulch]

hey guys, I get this error when packaging
An item with the same key has already been added
anyone knows how to fix this?

[toxic wing]

Wait, is using external cloud storage not allowed for the jam?

[red fossil]

Its uploading now to Butler, it will take about 40 minutes it says.

[civic dock]

OK. Cutting it close, but you should make it.

Maybe prepare ahead of time for the submission form.

While you're waiting.

[red fossil]

I really hope.

I am on it now.

[civic dock]

It requires a lot of info, and that's tripped up more than one dev in the past.

[tulip viper]

so many bugs!!! lol

but none of them noticable 😛 to the normal player

[hoary trout]

God please no

[earnest pilot]

who else is trying to put a video together on the last minute? 😄

[tulip viper]

fuck that video submission

that should be AFTER

seriously

[civic dock]

lol

[frozen thicket]

haha

[earnest pilot]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePc5jZtKvlc

there it is!

we ended up having to simplify a ton of stuff and just straight out cut features

[tulip viper]

im just trying to polish a bunch

fixing small things, adding in more features 😛

lol you know, the risky business stuff

[red fossil]

One big problem is that our packaging excluded some assets for unknown reason.
So our submit (if we make it) doesnt include some assets we have on the showcase video.
We are using Houdini but we baked.

I can not build at all. Programmer managed. We will see if he will manage to do it.

UATHelper: Packaging (Windows (64-bit)): ERROR: Unable to instantiate module 'UnrealEd': Unable to instantiate UnrealEd module for non-editor targets.
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows (64-bit)): (referenced via Target -> ConnecterUEPlugin.Build.cs)
PackagingResults: Error: Unable to instantiate module 'UnrealEd': Unable to instantiate UnrealEd module for non-editor targets.
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows (64-bit)): Took 1,0480031s to run UnrealBuildTool.exe, ExitCode=6
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows (64-bit)): UnrealBuildTool failed. See log for more details. (C:\Users\dlend\AppData\Roaming\Unreal Engine\AutomationTool\Logs\C+Program+Files+Epic+Games+UE_4.26\UBT-EGJ2021-Win64-Shipping.txt)
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows (64-bit)): AutomationTool exiting with ExitCode=6 (6)
UATHelper: Packaging (Windows (64-bit)): BUILD FAILED
PackagingResults: Error: Unknown Error

[tepid edge]

Pushed a 5th fish species to my game 25% increase in gameplay

[hoary trout]

are you serious ?

[frozen thicket]

@civic dock Could I ask if there no video footage nor response to any required will that cause disqualified?

[hoary trout]

that looks awesome dude, the trailer is well done

[earnest pilot]

thanks!

[hoary trout]

how much time did you spend on it ?

[earnest pilot]

on the trailer?

like 30 min? lol

[hoary trout]

I just recorded myself playing for 1 minute using obs and I'm uploading it to youtube

[earnest pilot]

that works!

[drifting jasper]

@red fossilyou can't have UnrealEd in your .uproject

Bruno is also our trailer guy

he's a man of many talents

[earnest pilot]

🎩

[waxen cape]

How are your submissions coming along? I'm finally done (in every sense of the word) https://youtu.be/8D6j5e_3uFQ

[drifting jasper]

that looks nice

[hoary trout]

I think my game turned out horribly imbalanced

[civic dock]

You must fill out all the required fields to submit an entry, and gameplay footage is required I'm afraid.

[drifting jasper]

oh yeah, we were balancing weapons like 2 hours ago lol

[hoary trout]

I doubt anyone can reach the end, and at this pace of upload speed, I doubt I can fix it

[brave mango]

Making a VR game in UE5 as my first UE5 stuff was ambitious, but it got submitted https://thoth-ta.itch.io/spaceship-repair-vr

[jade sonnet]

I can't believe I actually finished my first game jam!
Good luck everybody! 😴

[waxen cape]

thanks, I spend an unreasonable amount on the lighting (though I'm a programmer with a limited artistic skill-set 😆 )

[civic dock]

Congratulations on shipping your game! 🥳

[storm temple]

sadly cant submit my game will still finish though.

[drifting jasper]

you and me both.

I couldn't do that.

[red fossil]

https://i.imgur.com/f0OP5QE.png
?

[drifting jasper]

check your build.cs

[red fossil]

https://i.imgur.com/etm45Ac.png
Thanks for assistance btw!

[wintry skiff]

If it doesn't package now idk what to do tbh

It's trying again after restarting and removing something

47 min..

An entire day essentially gone smh

Oh man

It said it worked

[turbid socket]

What happened ?

It packaged now ?

https://itch.io/jam/2021-epic-megajam/rate/1184226

[wintry skiff]

Lol empty folder

Wtf unreal

[carmine kindle]

Is anyone crazy enough to attempt a jam game playthrough stream this time?

[wintry skiff]

Oh no wait

[turbid socket]

My game jam entry is up

[wintry skiff]

Come on Google driveeee

Let's go

[turbid socket]

@carmine kindle allar does stream

[drifting jasper]

so where do we actually submit

like I have it up on itch

[brave mango]

top of https://itch.io/jam/2021-epic-megajam after its hosted on itch

[drifting jasper]

ah ty

[carmine kindle]

@turbid socket Will he though? I think I saw him mention he wouldn't a little while before the jam started.

[turbid socket]

Oh damn.. what about shadow river ?

[tulip viper]

last balance check

now... time to upload

wish me luck bosy

[carmine kindle]

It is a pretty crazy goal to play 300+ games in a row

[tulip viper]

lol

he always does that shit

[turbid socket]

Yeahh that's true

[rugged plaza]

Last minute tweaks and bug fixes going in to Fleety vs The Volcano 🌋

[civic dock]

I hope you already submitted and this is just an update. 👀

[tulip viper]

nope

no submission

[rugged plaza]

Yeah update

[tulip viper]

we live wild 😉

[civic dock]

Suit yourself. 🤷‍♂️

I don't think it's worth the risk.

I wonder if anyone will finally break the record for latest submission.

[rugged plaza]

I'm ✔ 👍

[carmine kindle]

What is it at now?

[civic dock]

#game-jam-chat message

[frozen thicket]

@tulip viper make sure you include your video footage. your submission will disqualified if not as it required

[latent hedge]

hey do we just upload on itch.io as a zip and submit that??

[tulip viper]

i already have it

ont he thing

do i need to package the video footage?

or the youtube link?

[civic dock]

Link.

[tulip viper]

yeah i got the link

[civic dock]

It's part of the submission form, separate from the game build.

[tulip viper]

https://riuthamus.itch.io/darkship

newest version

and i put the link in there

so we good

if not, ill punch babies

[civic dock]

I meant you need to submit the YouTube link to your video in the submission form.

[drifting jasper]

officially submitted!

[tulip viper]

its required on the form

so we shoudl be good

[drifting jasper]

https://djriff.itch.io/engine-of-calamity

[civic dock]

That's what I was trying to say. lol

So you already submitted the form?

[minor hemlock]

is anyone doing playthrough streams this year?

[tulip viper]

yep

im live

[civic dock]

Niiice.

[drifting jasper]

Same 😄

[civic dock]

Congrats on shipping.

[tulip viper]

Mester is testing for a quick bugfix

[drifting jasper]

congrats to all 331 entries

[silver mica]

https://itch.io/jam/2021-epic-megajam/rate/1184342 submitted my first game! No time for logo, lol

[tulip viper]

if he can get it done in the next 5 min

ill upload

if not.. no big

[wintry skiff]

google is being slow

it says 7 min

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[civic dock]

Another advantage butler has: you can do delta patches.

So submitting a new build won't re-upload the entire game; only changed files.

So much faster.

[drifting jasper]

agreed

[rugged plaza]

@drifting jasper I bet 100 more come in the last 30 minutes

[drifting jasper]

oh for sure.

[civic dock]

Yeah, I think it will break 400.

[frozen thicket]

Just more than 10% of joined...Wonder where people are... 👀

[rugged plaza]

I am actually very proud of my game for the first time. I have a no percent chance of winning with it, but it is the most fun to play gamejam game I have ever made

[drifting jasper]

that's what it's all about

idc about the prizes

they're w/e

it's more about the experience

[frozen thicket]

Ya, a lot fun

Talk to new people

[rugged plaza]

I learn the most from game jams

[frozen thicket]

We are

[civic dock]

I love using game jams to prototype and validate new ideas.

I'm close to shipping a game that started out as a MegaJam entry last year.

[tulip viper]

game is not showing up

wtf....

there...

finally

good a min

had me fucking nervous

[rugged plaza]

@civic dock did you make the snowboarding game?

[lime crane]

nice our man made it.

[frozen thicket]

@tulip viper

[civic dock]

No, it's a horror game about a haunted laundromat.

[rugged plaza]

@frozen thicket up to 345 now

[tulip viper]

fixed one more bug

fuck yes

new build

lololol

[hoary trout]

I can edit the project page after submission deadline right ?

[storm temple]

this game jam taught me that one week is not that long

[storm temple]

pretty sure you can

[drifting jasper]

you can't upload, but you can edit

[agile plover]

is there going to be a livestream of the judges playing the games?

[rugged plaza]

@storm temple yeah I dunno how people do those 23hr lock in jams.

@agile plover I think they only show the winners

[storm temple]

that's so true I couldnt even finish my game in the week time span

[lime crane]

its so nice, we closing in.

[hoary trout]

I worked on my game for 2 days and one night

and I'm happy with the end result

[ionic tapir]

Managed to sort out the file size issues and submit! https://itch.io/jam/2021-epic-megajam/rate/1183229

[rugged plaza]

We used to have Allair do full playthroughs but he is between internet connections this year

[hoary trout]

I was medicated the first few days of the jam so I couldn't do anything but hop through ideas

[rugged plaza]

We all spent the whole week wishing we were medicated

[tulip viper]

There

100% done

bug fixed

woot

[hoary trout]

I'm pretty sure you don't want my kind of medication

[frozen thicket]

I wonder why there have many game I can't see it have anything relate to theme...👀

[frozen rover]

Hey guys check out my Army of One submission: https://itch.io/jam/2021-epic-megajam/rate/1183873 Good luck fellow jammers!

[rugged plaza]

@frozen thicket my game is you are in a volcanic cavern that is filling up with lava. Running out of space.. And you definitely better run. It isn't apparent in games until you play a lot of the time.

[autumn plaza]

Its done finally! Check out our puzzle explorer!
https://itch.io/jam/2021-epic-megajam/rate/1184240

[frozen thicket]

Have you look on other submission?

[wintry skiff]

holy shit I managed to upload just in time

oh wait wrong link i guess

[tepid edge]

Put in a last ditch effort to switch over from having all 5 fish species re-use the same color variations to having them all have unique color variations. It might sound like a small change but it honestly feels way better now. Got all my last minute changes pushed and I feel good about it

[tulip viper]

when the O2 goes down first, that is hard mode

jesus

so annoying

[young night]

After one week working in this project my desk has finally ran out of space!🤣 It was so much fun but im glad is over 😪 Im gonna clean this mess now haha

[rugged plaza]

Yeah but you can't tell until you play

[wintry skiff]

https://itch.io/jam/2021-epic-megajam/rate/1183944

woo

I only wish I could have used today for more content

[rugged plaza]

369

[wintry skiff]

spend the entire day packaging lol

[frozen thicket]

@rugged plaza That is gameplay footage for

[tulip viper]

lol

[rugged plaza]

I bet we make 500

[hoary trout]

One Man Army ?

[tulip viper]

good times

thanks guys for putting up with me for the week

[frozen thicket]

@wintry skiff you forgot this "Please format the name of your .zip file with your team's name attached, ex. TeamName_GameName "

[tulip viper]

im going to sleep for a fucking day

😛

[wintry skiff]

oh no

oh no it's a google drive link

how am i supposed to???

what

[tulip viper]

then... make some major updates and additions for the "release party"

[rugged plaza]

You would think, but like my footage, you can't see the threat. I edited it on purpose 😅🤣😅

[wintry skiff]

I changed the folder name

that's all I can do right now

[frozen thicket]

@wintry skiff Clever thinking. Hope they will accept it

[wintry skiff]

aaaa

i hope so fuck me

[civic dock]

@wintry skiff What is the problem?

[frozen thicket]

@rugged plaza As mention on a stream, they don't need fancy trailer. Just go through declare about gameplay

[wintry skiff]

apparently my zip is the wrong name

but it's google drive

[civic dock]

What is on Google Drive? You need to upload your game to itch.io.

[wintry skiff]

the game

you can use external links

it integrates with itch

[civic dock]

Can you? I've never heard of that.

[wintry skiff]

try my link and youll see i think

[hoary trout]

ummmmmm

[frozen thicket]

@civic dock we can use external link for download

[civic dock]

Oh I see what you mean.

[wintry skiff]

trying to winrar rn

[frozen thicket]

.zip file

[wintry skiff]

but my drive has no space for another

aa

zip it is

this is too stressful

[frozen rover]

yeah uploading and submissions are the worst part of any jam

I've learned to dedicate the final 2-3 hrs just to package and test before submissions after a few jams now

[turbid timber]

Amazing, I was actually done like 30min before deadline this time 😄

I realized though my gameplay time is like 1min30sec long soo

[frozen thicket]

More than 400 now. Hurray

[wintry skiff]

can I change my game

[tepid edge]

Now that I know how ridiculously simple Butler is I'll just use that for every jam. Set up a packaged project at the start of the jam during the Ideation phase and submit right away, and then just push updates every so often.

[wintry skiff]

or do i have to resubmit

[frozen thicket]

@wintry skiff just change on your game page

[turbid timber]

Pretty sure you can just upload new files until deadline on your existing project

Then it's locked until "judging" is complete if i´m not mistaken

[wintry skiff]

i don't see the option to when i edit the gamejam page

[frozen thicket]

not that

go to view game page

[wintry skiff]

so that also updates my gamejam one? okay

wasn't sure i never use itch lol

[frozen thicket]

be careful only few minute left

[wintry skiff]

yeah

6 min left for my upload

[frozen thicket]

https://greenman4890.itch.io/i-sea-trouble

[turbid timber]

I managed a 201mb, not quite enough for tiny award though

[tepid edge]

I remembered to only build my game level which cut my size in half... down to 600MB 😛

[civic dock]

Btw: if anyone used Nano for your project, please let me know. 🙂

Especially for the Tiny Award.

[regal swallow]

uh, trying to do butler and it says network idle. what does that mean?

[hoary trout]

https://itch.io/jam/2021-epic-megajam/rate/1183708

[frozen thicket]

@civic dock I'm new here. What's Nano?

[wintry skiff]

going to cut it close with google drive being close

[turbid timber]

Does nano work with 5.0 btw? Didn't really bother trying it out

[wintry skiff]

yes that's mine

[hoary trout]

@civic dock I did use Nano, latest update is 180mb

[minor hemlock]

that submission method looks EXTREMELY risky, I wouldn't trust that the judges will accept external links

[wintry skiff]

:/

dropbox is full

[frozen thicket]

@wintry skiff Edit on that page. Change link to your newest before time out

[wintry skiff]

why is drive more risky than dorpboxz

[hoary trout]

I'm pretty sure if I had more time to compress textures I might be reaching even lower file sizes

[minor hemlock]

for purposes of the jam ANY external link is risky if you want to be judged 👀

[rugged plaza]

432

[wintry skiff]

i would if i had a link

[turbid timber]

Why not just upload the .rar like everyone else?

I dont get it

[wintry skiff]

i can't see it until i upload

aaaaa

losing my mind here

[hoary trout]

sadly I couldn't open the project with UE5 otherwise I'm pretty sure I could qualify for the tiny qualifier

[wintry skiff]

it's 1.3gb

so 0.3 too big

[turbid timber]

Can't you use the butler thing to go above 1gb?

[hoary trout]

@wintry skiff https://seansleblanc.itch.io/gui-butler

QUICKLY

[rugged plaza]

440

[hoary trout]

use butler gui

[turbid timber]

Never had that big game though

[hoary trout]

@wintry skiff if you use it now and start uploading now, your submission will go through

[turbid timber]

Don't! 😄

[wintry skiff]

ill try

[hoary trout]

even when submissions close, if yours is still uploading it will count

RUN FORREST RUN

[rugged plaza]

Ruuuuuuuun

458

[daring apex]

great

found huge bug 5 mins before jam

rip

[rugged plaza]

464

[turbid timber]

How did you guys use the theme btw? I'm so bad at utilizing them properly. Ended up doing a "out to space" thing instead sort-of. My character floating away in the end into the cosmos 😄

[regal swallow]

butler doesn't give you the option to rename the zip file?

[wintry skiff]

im pushing builld

idk if this will work

[rugged plaza]

471

[wintry skiff]

god i hope itdoes

[rugged plaza]

People are nuts

[minor hemlock]

good luck!

[drifting shale]

whats nano

[turbid timber]

My record is like 4sec before deadline in a jam once. That was stressful af

[minor hemlock]

not this year, but Cat Earth Society did in 2019 🙂

[rugged plaza]

478

[oblique cairn]

nano==nanite?

[hearty ferry]

Just submitted right on time 😅

[minor hemlock]

no, the tiny template

[oblique cairn]

ohh, ok

[minor hemlock]

https://github.com/pfist/Nano

[rugged plaza]

482

500 incoming!!!!

[lime crane]

lol

[minor hemlock]

poor judges

/o\

[wintry skiff]

I also updated the link on my drive with the rihgt named zip incase

but butler is still going

[frozen thicket]

clock ticking

[minor hemlock]

494 😮

[lime crane]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYzMYcUty6s&ab_channel=TeamPsycosmos

[minor hemlock]

499!

[frozen thicket]

500

[oblique cairn]

507?

[dapper light]

xD

[frozen thicket]

good job

[fleet finch]

510

[rugged plaza]

510

[frozen thicket]

510

[dapper light]

someone needs to clamp their ints

[steep viper]

GG Everybody

[rugged plaza]

Well done everyone. Good luck!!!!

[lime crane]

Congrats to everyone who made it!

[dapper light]

GG EVERYBODY! <33333333333

[crisp pawn]

Ditto.

[minor hemlock]

I see 509

[frozen thicket]

ya ya ye ye

[oblique cairn]

510 for me...

[wintry skiff]

GGWP

[drifting shale]

GG

[minor hemlock]

I even refreshed 👀

[tribal helm]

GG everyone!

[oblique cairn]

nope, just went down to 509 😄

[frozen thicket]

509 now

[minor hemlock]

oh no what happened LOL

[frozen thicket]

1 is late

[rugged plaza]

509 one got both removed lol

[frozen thicket]

haha

[wintry skiff]

oof

[oblique cairn]

GG all, F to number 510 😕

[minor hemlock]

whose game is this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9ANwSg8EgA

I like the concept 😄

[wintry skiff]

lol yeah cool concept

i dig it

I just realized i haven't tested my game yet in it's released form

time to uh test

[frozen thicket]

@minor hemlock meh, a lot another storage and package concept

[minor hemlock]

[lime crane]

lets play some submissions

[oblique cairn]

😅

[wintry skiff]

seems to boot up fine

[oblique cairn]

Give mine a go if you fancy: https://chozabu.itch.io/super-macro-space

Ideally with 4 gamepads, and 3 buddies

[lime crane]

lol I only have friends online.

[oblique cairn]

(but solo is fine too, AI is passable)

[tropic wing]

gg

[mental elk]

Oh no! I forgot one check box, the build I uploaded is the wrong file, I got my version ready but cant upload anymore 😭

[mellow condor]

we live in a society

[lime crane]

I try riuthamus game first. he kinda forced it onto us.

[tulip viper]

😛

i am sorry 😛

[proper vortex]

hmmmmm I didn't have time to put a cover image 😦

[rugged plaza]

https://theclicketyboom.itch.io/fleet-vs-the-volcano

[oblique cairn]

Which is yours?

[minor hemlock]

this is my team requesting you play our game and leave nice comments: https://partlyatomic.itch.io/seekers

[tulip viper]

@oblique cairn https://itch.io/jam/2021-epic-megajam/rate/1179300

[minor hemlock]

well you can leave mean comments too but we'll laugh at you in our secret discord

[daring apex]

frick yea

2.59

[drifting shale]

this mine :3 https://itch.io/jam/2021-epic-megajam/rate/1181166

[proper vortex]

How much Unreal Engine experience do you have, that's an impressive answer

First week and into a game jam!

[rugged plaza]

Lol

[tulip viper]

I am enjoying a nice Guinness while I sit back and look at some of the games

[regal swallow]

try this on for size https://double-aa.itch.io/anti-viral

[tulip viper]

really good work

[rugged plaza]

@proper vortex breaking you in right

[mellow condor]

I learned a lot at least, including to submit at least half an hour before the deadline! 😄

[proper vortex]

Yeah, learning is one thing!

[oblique cairn]

Idealy a few days before deadline, and get butler setup
You can update submission and game quickly

[tiny hollow]

Here's mine if anyone fancies a go https://itch.io/jam/2021-epic-megajam/rate/1180426

[proper vortex]

I want prizes though... 😔

[mellow condor]

thank you I'll look into butler 😌

[turbid timber]

https://itch.io/jam/2021-epic-megajam/rate/1184383
<2min chill "runner" game if anyone wanna have a go at it 😄

[rugged plaza]

I just wish I could get a Unreal Loot bag

[pulsar slate]

Urgh! I uploaded the wrong version of my project 😩

[tiny hollow]

Yeah TIL that you can edit everything in the submission form after you've submitted

[rugged plaza]

They aren't even giving them out anymore :(

[turbid timber]

I was going to have him run but didn't wanna do animations 😄 Skateboard was easier

[pulsar slate]

The player will be stuck playing level 1 over and over again.

[fleet finch]

Here's mine: https://cryocode.itch.io/ruin-from-above

[near lake]

Time Travel concept - https://itch.io/jam/2021-epic-megajam/rate/1184394

[frozen thicket]

Lol this channel explode after jam close

[tiny hollow]

Nothing else to do now 😄

[zinc juniper]

I really wanted to do a lot more. Managed to wrap it up at the last moment.. pressed submit at 20:59 😵.
but not really as finished as I wanted it to be. Was a cool experience nevertheless
https://lowscope.itch.io/dungeon-driver

[midnight knot]

My real true first game in Unreal - https://red-ink-studio.itch.io/spacefall

[oblique cairn]

With butler setup, you can have a script like this

rm -rf SuperMacroSpace
mv Windows SuperMacroSpace
butler push SuperMacroSpace chozabu/super-macro-space:windows

build game, (test it!) double click, and latest version is quickly uploaded

[civic dock]

Time's up. Good luck everyone!

[weak dagger]

what is the policy for uploading bugfixes after submission?

😄

[civic dock]

I don't believe you can.

I think project edits are restricted until the judging period ends.

[red fossil]

Yaaay, we managed to submit our game!
https://youtu.be/zno3F1ZJj18
🥳 🥳 🥳

Good luck everyone!
5 days work. Very proud of my team!!!

[civic dock]

I'm off to a lunch date.

Good luck, and congrats to those who finished!

[frozen thicket]

@civic dock thanks and enjoy it

[weak dagger]

ok, thanks for the info @civic dock 🙂

[zinc juniper]

Can you still update the page and such after submit?

Is that allowed

[real sand]

what do if i'm too late

[weak dagger]

if anyone want's to have some fun I invite you this our submission. Our first project in unreal and our first game ever 🙂 https://sand36cf.itch.io/tetrising

[wintry skiff]

welp

all the stress, the entire day all wasted because im too much of a moron to realize load level doesn't actually open no you need a open level node

[kindred locust]

If someone wants to ruin there nervs playing a game made by a beginner. https://itch.io/jam/2021-epic-megajam/rate/1183847

[wintry skiff]

atleast the empty tutorial area is playable

[mental elk]

Well, I uploaded the wrong file but if you are interested I put a link in the comment section
🤪 https://itch.io/jam/2021-epic-megajam/rate/1183734?before=2#post-4451442

[wintry skiff]

ill update a new project just so people can play it if they want to

[weak dagger]

sad to hear you didn't make it

[regal swallow]

i may have screwed myself because i didn't name the file correctly

oh well

[daring apex]

i saw this it was so cool

microwasp lol

[wintry skiff]

yeah it's tragic

[minor hemlock]

didn't an otherwise-winning team get DQed one year for using the word Tetris?

[wintry skiff]

load level sounds like it would.. open a level

but i'm dumb and it doesn't lol

[light vine]

Good Job Everyone!

[daring apex]

u too!

[rugged plaza]

@minor hemlock I almost called my game Pepe VS The Volcano 😬

Didn't realize pepe was copyrighted and politicized

[mint elbow]

I didn't make it in time because the game took 2 hours to upload 😭

[mellow condor]

wow that's handy 😳

[mint elbow]

is there a chance it could still be included in the showcase or zero chance?

[copper parcel]

Yea completed the Itch upload but was to late for the epic page ...... ill put the itch page in here as well ... maybe get some feedback anyway ...

https://waltech.itch.io/emj21

[minor hemlock]

https://itch.io/jam/2021-epic-megajam/rate/1178796

pretty sure that's an optional field since it's only for their huge trailer 🤔

the biggest disqualification is that it's a unity game

[tiny hollow]

I think you can still edit it

[wintry skiff]

could only play a little rn but that's pretty cool

[copper parcel]

Thank you, appreciate it

[wintry skiff]

cool guns

[oblique cairn]

Is @gaunt copper or anyone else planning on doing a stream playthrough of all the games this time?

[frozen thicket]

@minor hemlock Sorry, I was remove my messenger. Didn't know it's a joke

[native bramble]

We made it! Good luck everyone.

[wintry skiff]

I'll update my project with a link and then go sleep I think, will play gamejam games tomorrow and hopefully some people will play mine

[tulip viper]

I might do a playthrough

....

i dont know about 500 games

lololol

[frozen thicket]

@tiny hollow He's make project with unity so whatever 😆

[tulip viper]

FML

[wintry skiff]

im still waiting for it to upload the final version

lol 500 yeah

hefty number

[tiny hollow]

https://giphy.com/gifs/finals-study-jason-bateman-65os7odbIW6pa

[wintry skiff]

lol

[carmine kindle]

500 wouldn't take that long if you didn't fully commit to "completing" all of them.

[tulip viper]

i would do it, but im honestly a dick

[wintry skiff]

even if you only play all of them for 2 minutes that's 1000 minutes

[tulip viper]

people would be like, riu, dont be so mean

[stable kiln]

500 times 1 min is still a lot of min

[tulip viper]

😛

[crystal geyser]

is anyone doing playthroughs?

[frozen thicket]

I doubt there are many submission will be quantification before judge

[carmine kindle]

Maybe someone will tomorrow

[frozen thicket]

We're just on the entrance

[stable kiln]

so if u play every game 1 min that allready near 10 hours

[tulip viper]

okay

ill do it

[carmine kindle]

Speedrun game jam game reviewing

[tulip viper]

im up

lol

lets do this

[carmine kindle]

I'd try doing it, but I feel like I'd just be really bored and really mean to everyone, haha.

[tulip viper]

PLAYTHROUGH OF EPIC JAM GAMES - https://www.twitch.tv/riuthamus - NO SLEEP STREAMING!!!!

[wintry skiff]

impossible to try all but ill make sure to try many tomorrow

[wintry skiff]

goodluck

[lone mulch]

Maybe start with this. Its ours first game made in game jam i the experience was awsome. I would love to get some feedback what we could do better in the future 🙂

https://therisingstar.itch.io/space-is-life

[wintry skiff]

is that a vr game

[lone mulch]

nope, classic stuff with WASD and mouse 😄

[wintry skiff]

oh it looks like it from the thumbnail haha

hands and arena shooter is classic vr

but yeah cool style

I like the vibe

[lone mulch]

Waving sword was to hard to animate 😄

Sooo... marketplace came in handy

;]

[wintry skiff]

i'll gladly play some people's game from here but it will have to be tomorrow for me

oh yeah marketplace was useful for me too

[lone mulch]

i was just worried not to copy paste to much and adopt as much as i could to the art style

[wintry skiff]

Yeah that's clever

[night smelt]

My team commission for the Epic MegaJam 2021:
https://rockes.itch.io/human-isolation

[lone mulch]

😮

Very, very nice!

[wintry skiff]

Alright I fixed the issue, and made a updated page and download for anyone who wants to play https://greenman4890.itch.io/i-sea-trouble-fixed

[oblique cairn]

This jam I avoided pre-made assets, used a few textures from engine and starter (perlin noise, wavy normals) and one sound (fire crackling)

[lone mulch]

On the edge of size limit 😅 I definitely will try your game 😄

[golden storm]

soooo

dont know why out stuff didnt get submitted

[wintry skiff]

thank you

yeah cutting it close haha

[golden storm]

so we made an itch io page and uploaded and we are part of the jam but i dont see it in the submissions list

[agile plover]

whats your favorite games so far people? 😄

pageturner and the claymation game are a-m-a-z-i-n-g

[carmine kindle]

I think the one I made is my favourite, played it the longest by far

[brisk zealot]

helooo

[fading widget]

who submitted a vr game?

[brisk zealot]

nah i dont

cause i dont have VR headset

[carmine kindle]

yup, my team had a VR submission

[fading widget]

whats it called? Ill play it

[carmine kindle]

scroll up like 15 lines

[fading widget]

rgr

[brisk zealot]

https://itch.io/jam/2021-epic-megajam/rate/1175763 this is my game 🙂

[agile plover]

​I love the character art, and the world built. Looks cute!

[brisk zealot]

awww thank you 🙂

[wintry skiff]

ill have to try some vr tomorrow because not many others can play it probably

[agile plover]

@wintry skiff try skylight - i'm curious to hear how it plays

it looks dope

[carmine kindle]

If someone wants to make a list of VR entries, that'd be great, I don't think there's a way to see all of them with a filter

[golden storm]

Is it too late to submit? seriuously just struggling with first time itchio use

[agile plover]

unfortunately the submissions are closed @golden storm

[wintry skiff]

will do if I remember tomorrrow

[fading widget]

ill try it next

[golden storm]

its time stamped from before

[brisk zealot]

there is a filter

[golden storm]

well

that sucks

i guess enjoy what doesnt count .....

[golden storm]

https://beat1823.itch.io/loot-goblin

we worked real hard to not get in lol

[brisk zealot]

sorry bud

[wintry skiff]

lol relatable

[golden storm]

there goes my art prize

[wintry skiff]

rip, looks cool

[golden storm]

sounds and a couple anims were used, otherwise all made for this

[hearty ferry]

I've tried to do VR pretty much every time I've participated before, but decided not to this year cause of time constraints

[carmine kindle]

It's not "VR" or "XR" though, there's oculus mobile and WMR, but not oculus PC or Vive or the others

[wintry skiff]

yeah I can't imagine anyone realistically did all their own sound

[brisk zealot]

ahh yup

[hearty ferry]

This is my entry btw https://riverthomas.itch.io/wasteland-war

Still gonna add some screenshots and whatnot

[agile plover]

when are the winners announced?

[brisk zealot]

same i wanna know

[copper parcel]

https://youtu.be/1UpE54fcurk

[brisk zealot]

they gonna live stream but when

[agile plover]

legally i think they have to announce the winners within 90 days of the contest

[spiral shore]

https://itch.io/jam/2021-epic-megajam/rate/1184180

[carmine kindle]

The rules say about the prizes "one (1) featured play through of the Winning Entrant’s Submission on the October 14, 2021 Epic MegaJam Winner’s announcement livestream"

[agile plover]

October 14, 2021!

[carmine kindle]

But I'm not sure it's 100% accurate

[brisk zealot]

ohhh ok

[stoic sedge]

We did
https://itch.io/jam/2021-epic-megajam/rate/1183998

[crisp raptor]

Hey guys, check out our racing game
https://itch.io/jam/2021-epic-megajam/rate/1184225

[stoic sedge]

Didn't have enough time for a fancy picture, though

[brisk zealot]

looks intesting nice work

[stoic sedge]

But gorilla tag-like locomotion included

[fading widget]

ill be sure to try it shortly

[crisp raptor]

Thanks!

[brisk zealot]

np

[stoic sedge]

Thanks! Would be awesome to hear back

[brisk zealot]

man i wanna play VR games but i can;t 😦

[boreal umbra]

pretty trippy 😉

[maiden lily]

Guys, I need some help. I tried to use butler to upload the game to the itch.io page, but it wasn't working. I managed to use an external link to allocate the game because it has 3 GB of size, but the game does not appear on the submision page. Is there anything I can do or is it already gone?

[brisk zealot]

too late its done

[brisk zealot]

sorry bud

[crisp raptor]

I mostly get a heart attack when i got a lot bugs in last hour of jam, but mostly all fixed 😆

[maiden lily]

thanks !

[brisk zealot]

im 2 days away from submission

[boreal umbra]

I managed to submit https://burt1e.itch.io/gehtsiaus just in time but it cost me alot of energy and heart attacks 😅 (solo effort)

[brisk zealot]

nah im having fun lol

i made all the asset except music and font 🙂

kinda lol

[carmine kindle]

What? Solo projects are fun and easy. Group projects though...

[brisk zealot]

solo you have full control

[carmine kindle]

It's entirely reasonable to have a 15 minute discussion about whether a checkbox should be toggled on or off in a group setting. In a solo project, you pick whatever you feel like, takes a second.

[stoic sedge]

If you are 2 soulmates it's quite enjoyable and lots of control too :D

[brisk zealot]

i ask my sister if she wanna come join but she said nah so going full solol lol

this is my first game jam uhh

[rotund remnant]

I can agree that solo projects are very though with all the overwhelming work. Takes kinda a lot of time to do all this shit...

[rotund remnant]

I really like this idea! :D

Here's my game I've created for this game jam (also solo).
https://adrianzaplata.itch.io/shitcleaner

[vital sequoia]

Now that was a stressful submission. I think my team was the very last to submit. How would I check?

This was the first time doing this for us, and we made a LOT of mistakes on the last few minutes

[daring apex]

how many ppl didi 5 man teams?

just out of curiosity

[ruby thistle]

Zorciar Krildrush the Great, a Wizard of some renown, has tasked you with cleaning the lab, and making sure his familiar Azrael doesn't go messing up his experiments while he is away.

Well, unfortunately Azrael doesn't take orders from a lowly Apprentice like you.

Good luck, Apprentice - you wont be the last.

EARLY EARLY ACCESS.
https://dreadvectorstudios.itch.io/bad-apprentice
https://youtu.be/Zan_KHn3nzE

[daring apex]

i feel all the good submittions had 5 ppl or used premade assets

[vital sequoia]

Well 5 people is 5x more than 1 person

If you have good project management, it is a lot better to have more people

Holy crap there are a LOT that made it after my submission

[timber lagoon]

I feel bad, the game was done but super broken
But I jusssst timed out for the submission

The thing is in, but I couldn't upload

[vital sequoia]

We did BoxMovingCo... and had 16 seconds before the deadline

[daring apex]

i was able to reupload like 10-5 secs before the deadline

[timber lagoon]

So I'll just do some post-jam updates

[vital sequoia]

Yeah I had the submission page open for like 2 hours before submission

Then it crashed or something the last 10 minutes

And I submitted the wrong game...

[daring apex]

...

omg heart attack

[vital sequoia]

I'm like WTF! CANCEL CANCEL! And just managed to put the correct game in

With 16 seconds left

[daring apex]

my friend found game breaking bug 5 min left

[ruby thistle]

Are we allowed to continue editing the entries before judging?

[daring apex]

repackaged in 10 seconds

zipped in 20

well frist had to change code so that was 4 mins

[vital sequoia]

This I want to know to!

[daring apex]

but then after uploaded just in time

like dude

omg

[vital sequoia]

I had to put a bunch of crap into the submission entry because I had like 30 seconds to write it

[daring apex]

i hit the upload button like 5-10 seconds before 3:00

it was 2:59 and i was shaking

like whole body shaking

[vital sequoia]

Youtube was rejecting my video upload for over half an hour before submission

[daring apex]

why

[vital sequoia]

Finally I just had to upload my mov directly to Itch

Are we allowed to add screenshots or change any of the text on the submission?

[daring apex]

i threw together a trailer in 5 minutes and called it

[vital sequoia]

Obviosly the builds should be locked

[daring apex]

itch page u can edit

thats why trailer and ss aren't too important

[vital sequoia]

Yeah it allows edits. I want to make sure it doesn't disqualify if you do

I want to redo the trailer for mine if allowed

[daring apex]

i think u can

i had to fix spelling mistakes in my entry

[vital sequoia]

My builds are pretty good. I spent the last 12 minutes before submitting testing them....

LOL

j/k

[daring apex]

i spent forever testing my game but then made a final change 2 hours before submittion

and that caused the bug

5 mins before submittino

like

bru

[vital sequoia]

I did VR for mine and found a really nasty build issue for quest around 4 hours before submitting

It kept failing to install

Looks like you have to clean out all the intermediate folders before building. Totally should have been my first guess.

[daring apex]

o ye

intermediate

binary

saved

[vital sequoia]

Yeah I've shipped a bunch of pro stuff. I should have setup to do a fresh build before getting down to the wire

So that one is totally my fault

I was doing full play throughs all morning to track for last minute fixes

[daring apex]

i was panicing in this thread earlier today

getting file size down to 150mb

then realizsed i had soundtrack too so i gave up

ended up at 156

[vital sequoia]

Oh what! How do you even try that?

[daring apex]

first of all

package for shipping

saved 100mb

[vital sequoia]

An empty project is like 300 terrabytes

Check did that

[daring apex]

then tick the thing

and do compression

turned down png quality too

reexported at 128x128 instead of 1028x1028

[vital sequoia]

That also optimizes for quest, so pretty much mandatory for anything you show anyone.

[daring apex]

got rid of some unused textures

rid a huge destructable mesh to be replaced with a cheesier one

size map

basically

tick for distro

and set compress thing to 11

and use leviathan or smt

idk

original build without anything was 326

[vital sequoia]

I was doing full playthroughs of the game through most the night.

[daring apex]

got it down to 156

[vital sequoia]

This jam is a record for me. I was able to get 20 minutes of content into the game.

Sucked hard for testing though.

[daring apex]

zipped is 103mb

but zip doesnt count

[daring apex]

oh wow

20 mins?

[stoic sedge]

I'm still shaking, 2 hours past
Had a really stressful submission too

[daring apex]

that's impressive

[daring apex]

lol goddamn

[vital sequoia]

I made 12 levels. (counting the tutorials

[daring apex]

yea i shouldve done that

then piece them together

[vital sequoia]

Each of the "real" levels is a couple minutes

[daring apex]

and call that a mesh

[daring apex]

oh nice!

[vital sequoia]

I just hope the judges actually play my game. My posted presentation is garbage.

[daring apex]

except i realized 10 mins before submittion; 5 before a big bug

so

yea

[vital sequoia]

No screenshots and a terrible video

[daring apex]

lol

[vital sequoia]

Yeah it's not a bug, it's a feature!

[daring apex]

yes!

[vital sequoia]

I had to scale up a static mesh to fix a progression blocker right before submitting

[daring apex]

flooding in a city doesn't kill-- it births people!

[vital sequoia]

Ran into the dreaded "Object in VR is under my real life floor" issue

And now that mesh is comically huge

[daring apex]

oh damn

lol

thats funny actually

[vital sequoia]

It's a cake / hat box

[daring apex]

the fun of vr dev

[vital sequoia]

Was proper scale

Now it is about 1.5 meters

[daring apex]

LMAo

damn big cake

[vital sequoia]

I'm like... So THIS is where they keep the bodies

[vital sequoia]

https://calibrated-horizons.itch.io/boxes-moving-co

[daring apex]

in the cake

o nice ill def check it out

love exfedders

[vital sequoia]

Heavily inspired by portal

[daring apex]

https://cowlandgamestudios.itch.io/lone-city

[vital sequoia]

But you can't do portals in VR

[daring apex]

checkout mien

[vital sequoia]

I def will

[daring apex]

i dont have a vr headset tho

can i still play?

[vital sequoia]

Doens't matter, mine can play on desktop

[daring apex]

oh ok good

[vital sequoia]

I used the VR Expansion plugin because it allows cross platform without spending 60 million hours doing offsets, bindings, and project settings

[daring apex]

oh good

LOL yea bindings

god

[stoic sedge]

Yeah, entered everything and then itch went "invalid game"
Turned out we edited itch page at the same time and one of us made it private

[vital sequoia]

It actually plays a bit better in non-vr than vr

[daring apex]

oh crap

[vital sequoia]

oh snap

Did you get your sub in?

[daring apex]

when?

like 5 mins

[fallen smelt]

hey guys, still looking for help recording some footage for my jam entry (I can only record potato quality on my laptop): https://urist999.itch.io/kessler-effect

[stoic sedge]

Wanna play it already

[stoic sedge]

Yes! Figured it out in like 20 seconds

Not before deadline, just 20 seconds

[stoic sedge]

I think it was 3 and a half

[daring apex]

goddamn

geez

[stoic sedge]

Yup, I'm getting better now

Went for a walk

[vital sequoia]

Oh that is rough

[daring apex]

i had so low time i couldnt even rename until in itch.io

then i was lik eomg

geez

[proper vortex]

Yeahh I would also like to know this, I added a cover image 3PM EDT, hoping that is ok??

[vital sequoia]

I don't know

I would like to know myself

[fallen smelt]

Ya you can edit the submission page as much as you want

[vital sequoia]

Itch allows making changes

[fallen smelt]

they just lock uploading new builds

[vital sequoia]

Last jam I did, itch also allowed uploading new builds, but that shouldn't have been allowed

I haven't checked if it's the same with this jam

Oh nice. They do block uploads

That clears a lot of ambiguiuty

[fallen smelt]

you wont get dqed for uploading screenshots or changing the description

[vital sequoia]

Guess the other jam sponsor didn't set it up correctly

[proper vortex]

Nice

[vital sequoia]

BRB, going to upload some of my hero shots at higher res... well the res they allow anyways

[proper vortex]

You can change things on the submission page as well?

[worldly loom]

https://ajaxc.itch.io/space-defender

[proper vortex]

Like there's your game page, and submission form for the jam

[vital sequoia]

WHAT! The cover image can be up to 3840x2160!? Mind blown. I thought the upper limit was 630x500

[proper vortex]

mind blownnn

[vital sequoia]

https://starwest.itch.io/itch-page-image-templates

Just found this really awesome site about formatting screenshots on itch

[spring bloom]

https://3dchris.itch.io/headspace

[zinc fox]

Hey guys, check out my puzzle game
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rbNUHbMlu4&feature=youtu.be

[simple garden]

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[summer urchin]

t-t-t-t-triple ban

[marsh sail]

....

[storm flare]

lol

[summer urchin]

The moderators are here! 🦸🏽‍♂️

[storm flare]

got banned out of existence 😅

[rugged plaza]

What just happened? Spammers?

[visual yew]

If only they knew the word of Fivus

[tulip viper]

I will stream 100games tomorrow, sorry I only got to 20 today

bit tired from the jam' thanks for showing up, thsoe who did

😉

[cursive ginkgo]

I have an issue regarding the game jam and I was wondering who I might be able to contact about such a thing?

[rugged plaza]

Where are you straeming from?

[stoic sedge]

We've been expecting this jam approx the same month as the last year one. Been hoping to add much more to vr template after our first jam a month ago. And then this thing happens several months earlier than expected lol

[rugged plaza]

They used to do multiple jams per year. Like every season almost until Covid

[tropic wing]

https://youtu.be/q6_wodFLZJY

[stoic sedge]

Woah, that's a lot. Annual jams with this level of commitment feel more comfortable, though

[minor hemlock]

Monthly too

[spring bloom]

So what motivates you guys to participate? I can't explain it myself

[minor hemlock]

Finishing a game ;)

[hollow maple]

Anybody else that didn't finish? Dang. I only got about 2 and a half good days in on it and I think I needed about 2 and a half more. I will try to clear the slate better next time so I can be sure to finish, but this was my first attempt at a game jam and it was a lot of fun. Congrats to everybody who submitted and best of luck! (P.S. When's the next good game jam?)

[stoic sedge]

Motivation for the first one was the urge to go through a full stack. Gained a ton of experience in the process, shipping vr can be tricky. Shipping a game can be tricky
Epic jam is just too epic to miss, it's a great challenge

Not sure if we'll ever go for another jam, lol
Lost too much sanity in the process

[drifting jasper]

I just enjoy the challenge really.

It's always fun to see what can happen in a week

[vital sequoia]

Same here. Motivation to learn the "boring" parts of ue since I'm not working with it for my day job.

It's also all about the excitement. Kind of like going to a party.

A lot of stuff outside the context of the crowd wouldn't make sense to do alone

[fading widget]

Finished or not, if you learned something new, you got the point. If you finished and submitted, congrats. It’s a long hard process.