"No asset flips". Maybe I'm not getting the rule clearly. Can I or can't I use pre-made assets? Because if everything has to be made "from scratch", that would make things really really difficult. Since you'd have to juggle coding, modelling, animating, VFX, Music, SFX, art direction, etc..

Does this rule just mean that you shouldn't slap random things together and call it a day? That if you're using assets, that you'd have to make sense of them?

You can use pre-made assets.

> Does this rule just mean that you shouldn't slap random things together and call it a day? That if you're using assets, that you'd have to make sense of them?

Yes, that is exactly what it means and is intended for. If you use assets, make sure it's an appropriate one, and if the gameplay is polished you won't get penalized for using temporary graybox art instead of finding some asset pack.

How to pre made asset if I don't know the theme?

can I use community made CC0 assets