I want to give huge thanks to @Alice @Nocturne & @GameDevDan, These guys are the true hero's behind the 41st Jam, without them this would have been a flop.
I feel like I didn't do enough for the jam and that of which I did do, was up to a quality standard, of which I apologize and will improve on going forward.
I would also like to thank everyone who participated in the jam, in the discussions and those in the discord, you guys make these jams possible!
I hope to improve my skills as jam host, and make the jam a bigger and an even greater thing for the community; I look forward to hosting more jams for the foreseeable future.
An issue I'd like to speak about:
Speaking of the Future there is something I'd like to address, apologize for, and bring to the community's attention.
I want to encourage more streaming, video reviews and generally more community interaction through out the whole jam, not just in the discussions and game making periods.
But I can not do that and also neglect to inform said content creators of something that threatens their ability to create online content.
To summarize:
This jam we have elected to have a new rule
Their was indeed an entire this jam that broke this rule and sparked a discussion with collaborators of the jam. It was also made aware to me that their has never been a game disqualified from any gmc jam.
So I was at an impasse on what action should be done, and what type of outcry the community would have on this action. I understand people know everyone involved in the organization of this jam but I would like to say the end action was MINE. and MINE ALONE. Even if some will argue that's not true, I will take sole and full responsibility for the outcome of rules, and the punishment for breaking those rules for the jams I'm a host in.
So what was the outcome? I'd decided to let it slide for this time. As the rule is new and I'm extremely sure no ill intentions were meant behind the game. I will admit while I was reviewing jam games this game got me a little bothered and I feel I may have over reacted to it a lot, so to the creator of the game I apologize. And to the community I'd like to apologize for not stating that their was risk for digital content creation showing the game, once I knew of the information.
I also will not allow any acquisitions of any wrong doing about the creator of the game, at all. My main point of this topic is to be transparent as possible and to avoid any unnecessary drama.
Going forward:
From this point onwards this will be a rule that is enforced.
No game will be disqualified, but during the submission for a game, if any copyrighted material the creator of the submission is found not to own or allowed to use, shall be requested to change said material, before it is allowed in the games zip.
This does not interfere with the submission time limit, so do not fear there is no time to change the material as we will still allow the game after the copyrighted material has been removed.
Examples?
Using splash screens of companies that have not given you permission to use them. Using music from creators that have not given permission for the music to be used.
Point in simple:
If you do not have permission to use it, and it's in your game, it breaks this rule and must be changed.
I'd like to remind that this topic, and this decision shall be viewed as Mine and Mine alone. Ie: if Nocturne or any other admin has an issue with this rule/topic or such then I shall be the one responsible for it.
Closing:
With all that out of the way,
I hope to be the host of the GMC Jam for the foreseeable future. This has been a wild and fun experience, and I am glad I'm able to take a more active role in this community.
I hope that the future jams and such shall go even better then this one
Thank you all for letting me be a Host, thank you everyone involved in this jam.
-Evanski
I feel like I didn't do enough for the jam and that of which I did do, was up to a quality standard, of which I apologize and will improve on going forward.
I would also like to thank everyone who participated in the jam, in the discussions and those in the discord, you guys make these jams possible!
I hope to improve my skills as jam host, and make the jam a bigger and an even greater thing for the community; I look forward to hosting more jams for the foreseeable future.
An issue I'd like to speak about:
Speaking of the Future there is something I'd like to address, apologize for, and bring to the community's attention.
I will not go into specifics of what game as to avoid drama and as voting has passed and anyone that streams that game is at there own risk of copyright strikes.I apologize that I've not said this sooner, I've been busy/forgotten about it but that's no excuse for me not mentioning this to people while wanting to promote streaming and content from the jam.
I won't get into more details about this game at this current time. But I will either make a post explaining some comments behind the scenes or explain it more on the next jam.
I want to encourage more streaming, video reviews and generally more community interaction through out the whole jam, not just in the discussions and game making periods.
But I can not do that and also neglect to inform said content creators of something that threatens their ability to create online content.
To summarize:
This jam we have elected to have a new rule
- The credits should make clear where the assets come from and which were made before the Jam; The creators of the entry must have rights to all of the assets; unlicensed use of resources is not allowed.
Their was indeed an entire this jam that broke this rule and sparked a discussion with collaborators of the jam. It was also made aware to me that their has never been a game disqualified from any gmc jam.
So I was at an impasse on what action should be done, and what type of outcry the community would have on this action. I understand people know everyone involved in the organization of this jam but I would like to say the end action was MINE. and MINE ALONE. Even if some will argue that's not true, I will take sole and full responsibility for the outcome of rules, and the punishment for breaking those rules for the jams I'm a host in.
So what was the outcome? I'd decided to let it slide for this time. As the rule is new and I'm extremely sure no ill intentions were meant behind the game. I will admit while I was reviewing jam games this game got me a little bothered and I feel I may have over reacted to it a lot, so to the creator of the game I apologize. And to the community I'd like to apologize for not stating that their was risk for digital content creation showing the game, once I knew of the information.
I also will not allow any acquisitions of any wrong doing about the creator of the game, at all. My main point of this topic is to be transparent as possible and to avoid any unnecessary drama.
Going forward:
From this point onwards this will be a rule that is enforced.
No game will be disqualified, but during the submission for a game, if any copyrighted material the creator of the submission is found not to own or allowed to use, shall be requested to change said material, before it is allowed in the games zip.
This does not interfere with the submission time limit, so do not fear there is no time to change the material as we will still allow the game after the copyrighted material has been removed.
Examples?
Using splash screens of companies that have not given you permission to use them. Using music from creators that have not given permission for the music to be used.
Point in simple:
If you do not have permission to use it, and it's in your game, it breaks this rule and must be changed.
I'd like to remind that this topic, and this decision shall be viewed as Mine and Mine alone. Ie: if Nocturne or any other admin has an issue with this rule/topic or such then I shall be the one responsible for it.
Closing:
With all that out of the way,
I hope to be the host of the GMC Jam for the foreseeable future. This has been a wild and fun experience, and I am glad I'm able to take a more active role in this community.
I hope that the future jams and such shall go even better then this one
Thank you all for letting me be a Host, thank you everyone involved in this jam.
-Evanski