So, I was thinking about this speed jam thing Fun Summer IF Speed Jam #1 and I was thinking about the prior release rule, specifically how IntroComp says it qualifies for the prior release rule. Is that, like, categorically true, or a general rule? It seems kinda weird that somebody might have, I dunno, a 38-room game but showing the first seven rooms counts as a prior release. How different does it have to be to not be a prior release? Could this hypothetical IntroComper like, just rename a bunch of things and then it counts as not prior released, or…
I guess, like, why shouldn’t somebody be able to test out an intro in IntroComp, go “okay cool! the intro works!” and then write rest of it and submit it as a novel work? Uh, to be clear, I’m not saying it should just changed or anything, it just surprises me.