Heya. Is there a limit on how large a team can be? Not planning on anything huge but I figured I'd get that question out of the way in advance.

Are we allowed to submit sections of episodic games? For example, the first chapter of a game that we plan to publish more chapters of later on. There’s a section of the FAQ saying demos and W.I.Ps are fine, but I’m not sure if this is the exact same and I wanna cover all my bases ^__^

The rules say no AI use for programming, but does that only extend to coding the game jam game specifically, or is it for everything related to code? if I use an engine/tooling that was coded with AI assistance, would it be rule-breaking? I have a custom personal framework in which I've used AI to help implement a few complex features, so I'm curious if I can use it or if I would have to re-make it without AI assistance/use something that had no AI-assisted development involved

Can the protagonist(POV) be male or does the main cast has to be all female

Can the game be more “cute” than “cool”? I already have some ideas about the VN I want to make, but they seem more focused on the “cute” side rather than the “cool”. Would it be okay to submit a game like that?

Can i use a pre exisiting oc and world of mine? I will make new art and assets during the jam and a new story will be made too 

Hi there! I had a question about the VN hybrid rule to make any mini-games easier or skippable (e.g. Story Mode). Would it be against the rules if a player chose to skip the mini-game but then, as a consequence, they don't receive a CG and also get locked out of the Best Ending? They would still be able to get Good and Bad Ending. No narrative plot and dialogue would be lost either, one would just show the dialogue with the CG shown vs. showing the same dialogue but just in basic Story Mode with character sprites and the dialogue box. 

I would love your feedback and recommendations to make sure skipping our mini-games follows the jam's rules, thanks so much!

Hello! Is there a banner somewhere for CGDCT that I could use to throw into a splash screen? Or would using the one on the jam page be okay? No problem if not.