Redot is a fork of Godot and there aren't that many differences between them in terms of UX, so what's the difference? Can Godot be used?
There are differences, you can read about some of them here: https://blog.redotengine.org/2026/01/29/redot-lts-26-1-stable/
Game jam games are shown on our YouTube channel and eventually our website, so we prefer our Game Jam games to be made with Redot. Hope that helps.
That is a strange logic to imply it's a strange logic. It is a game jam rule, and like many standard jam rules, it's difficult to verify.
For example, how do you check that the game was actually made within the allotted time? Really, you can't! If you use Godot rather than Redot and/or submit something that was made prior the jam, you've broken the established rule(s) and at the end of the day, the judges likely won’t be able to disprove it.
Best to be honest and self-improve via the challenge, rather than challenge the parameters of the challenge. If it’s not your cup of tea, I assume there are other jams on the roster, here on itch, that may speak louder to you! Good luck and happy jammin'!
Medium-sized story short : Godot made a tweet to support the queer community, and got instant-forked as redot, because some people feel like it’s political to show your support to a group of people !! And so redot is basically godot but for queerphobic ppl, or AT LEAST it started like this wtf right