Halp! Jam Rules on Bug Fixes?

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I recently discovered that my game, North Exit, has a large, game-ruining bug; I somehow omitted the code for detecting a lose condition, so the player can’t lose the game (no, no that game, but yeah).

However, that doesn’t really make the game unwinnable or less playable — it just makes it infinitely easier.

My plea for help is: is it okay to re-upload the game with that single bug fix? Will that break any Jam rules? I know the Jam is relatively lax on rules, but I just want to be doubly sure. :’D

Thank you to anyone who’ll reply! I’ll go ahead and play your games too if you respond! <3

Tags: bug, bugfix, jam, north exit

Comments

28. Aug 2013 · 15:41 UTC
Critical game ruining bugs are allowed to be solved after the competition deadline. I believe that that rule was added recently.
lazyeels
28. Aug 2013 · 15:43 UTC
My view is that if it’s a 5 minute bug fix that will make the difference between it being completely unplayable and working to a T, then it’s OK. Or viewed another way, if you had slept 5 minutes less, would you have managed to fix the bug?
Vaalen
28. Aug 2013 · 15:45 UTC
You should left the game you did during the jam online and upload your new version and named it post-compo version or something like this. That’s what I did with my game to correct some little bugs.

Thus, people can play the two versions.
Vaalen
28. Aug 2013 · 15:45 UTC
And you should explains what you’ve modified in the second version.