To my fellow programmers out there, how dirty do you let your code get over the course of a jam? Obviously there's enormous time pressure. But my sense is that at least on the first day, if you don't put a little thought into the organization of your code, you're going to wind up with a terrible bug the second day that's going to eat up way too much of your productivity. For that reason when I'm writing my code, in the moment, I try to make it as clean and understandable as possible. If I come across something that should be majorly refactored, I usually don't, but when it comes to the little things that pop up while I'm writing the code, I try to do a good job making my intentions clear so if I have to go back the next day, I don't get lost and mess everything up.

What has your experience with code cleanliness during game jams been? Has really dirty code come back to haunt you?

Speaking of dirty code, consider checking out my game about dirty old men. https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/42/camp-snuggle