We wanted to share a small update about the weird situation with our Ludum Dare 59 game Almost the Same

At this point we’ve mostly come to terms with the fact that, because of a strange bug, our ratings/results probably won’t be counted properly.

Of course it’s sad. The whole team put an absurd amount of energy into this project over those few days, and seeing the game suddenly end up outside the Jam category right before results was honestly pretty heartbreaking.

But at the same time — jams are really about participation, making something weird and exciting together, and sharing it with other people. And in that sense, we still feel very much like participants of this Ludum Dare ❤️

We’re genuinely happy with the feedback we received, especially all the comments and discussions around the game. We still hope we might somehow be able to see the actual category scores players gave us, because that kind of feedback is just as valuable to us as written comments.

On our side, we did everything we could: wrote emails, contacted people, tried to explain the situation — but so far we haven’t received a response yet, and honestly we don’t know if anything can still be changed.

Either way, this was an amazing jam.

And you’re all amazing. Seriously. Seeing so many creative, strange, funny and inspiring games in just a few days is always something special.

Thank you ❤️

More details about the bug here