Yeah, while actually participating is the most important part, I think constructive criticism is important for learning and even just some positive words can go a long way to encourage people to keep going. Tbh I am a little underwhelmed by the amount of ratings and comments here. Of those 67 ratings around 20 might be by me and my teammate xD. Although I guess it is to be expected, when for many the following jam this week is the new priority. Cudos to you for managing to join again while playing every entry AND giving criticism. Alone the testing this week prevents me from joining again immedeately xD. Maybe you as host can try to encourage people to give at least a little more feedback and critique in the future. ^^
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I’m trying to make my entry for this week, but I’m not sure if I’ll finish. 😅 This week has been difficult for me, as I’ve had a lot of business meetings setting up ForgeWalker as an official LLC.
From what I have seen, minimal comments is more or less par for the course, at least amongst jams that seem to be one offs - the bigger jams of course always get more. That’s part of why I decided to host my own jams as a series (along with forcing me to produce more small games) - I want to be the change I wish to see. 😀
I think I will add incentives in the coming weeks to encourage comments - perhaps a separate leaderboard.