I have a question about demos as well. Can I release a demo to the public? Because if all goes well, I'll be submitting a full game at the contest end.


-Eigen

If your game design calls for something longer than what you end up submitting, you may lose game design points, especially if cutting things out results in rough edges. Having the game simply stop after a little bit because it runs out of content is unlikely to feel right.

If you can submit an entry that is 'self contained,' though, you should be OK - I'm talking about the Doom-style shareware model where the first episode has a "proper ending" in and of itself, even though there are two more episodes that can be played afterwards.

There's certainly no problem with you continuing to work on a project after the contest deadline. We'd probably like to be notified if you do release new versions, such that if we show off your game at GDC or whatever then we can make sure we're showing off the latest version.

And sure, you're allowed to release demos of your projects during the contest. I'd probably go so far as to encourage that, as it's a good way to get the game tested on different hardware configs and to get feedback on the way the game is going.

I've got one slightly below, 1ghz with a geforce 2mx. I'll probly be too busy throwing my entry together though.

I am going to show my demo early so that I can find out how it works on other computers and make sure that everyone can figure out how to play. Of course I wont upload anything that isn't worth downloading, but seeing that "post yer demos" topic would help