{"author_name":"kazukishida","cat":"LD #27","comments":[{"author_name":"","time":"August 28, 2013 10:41 am","epoch":1377704460,"text":"Critical game ruining bugs are allowed to be solved after the competition deadline. I believe that that rule was added recently.","spam":"N"},{"author_name":"lazyeels","time":"August 28, 2013 10:43 am","epoch":1377704580,"text":"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?","spam":"N"},{"author_name":"Vaalen","time":"August 28, 2013 10:45 am","epoch":1377704700,"text":"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.
\n Thus, people can play the two versions.","spam":"N"},{"author_name":"Vaalen","time":"August 28, 2013 10:45 am","epoch":1377704700,"text":"And you should explains what you’ve modified in the second version.","spam":"N"}],"epoch":1377704340,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"38149","p_author":"kazukishida","p_authorkey":"22582","p_urlkey":"73765","p_title":"Halp! Jam Rules on Bug Fixes?","p_cat":"LD #27","p_event":"LD27","p_time":"1377704340","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"4","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"22582","us_name":"kazukishida","us_username":"kazukishida","event_start":"1377216000","event_key":"18","event_name":"LD27"},"text":"

\"shot-4\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I recently discovered that my game, North Exit<\/a>,\u00a0has 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\u00a0that\u00a0<\/em>game, but yeah).<\/p>\n

However, that doesn’t really make the game unwinnable or less playable — it just makes it infinitely easier.<\/p>\n

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<\/p>\n

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

Tags: bug<\/a>, bugfix<\/a>, jam<\/a>, north exit<\/a><\/p>","time":"August 28th, 2013 10:39 am","title":"Halp! Jam Rules on Bug Fixes?"}