For the first time, we’re throwing a PunyComp. Some quick facts:
Submissions are due on 29 December 2024.
The voting period ends on 19 January 2025.
The theme is announced right away, so authors can start working whenever they want.
Judges are expected to cast their votes after playing a game for one hour. Hopefully this puts the focus more on short games, which can be done with high quality even in the limited time available.
All the details can be found on the competition page:
Gonna be the fool for asking but…
how is it different from the PunyJam?
There’s a lot more time to write a game. For our jams, authors have had 3-4 weeks to produce a game. For this comp, they have 3.5 months.
If this becomes an annual comp, they may have even more time next year.
But otherwise, it’s still the same rules with submitting/voting, right? The only thing that changed was the length between announcing the theme and submission deadline?
Not sure what you mean with the same rules. If you mean that anyone can submit a game, and anyone can be a judge, that’s the same as before.
Some rules have been rephrased and expanded, to make them more clear and precise. The voting period is longer. For the comp, it’s explicitly allowed to submit a remake of an older game - this was never the case with the jams. Judges are asked to submit ratings in more categories than one, and we plan for some kind of recognition for the top scoring games in the other categories.
Very good news. Thank you!