Cool. I could draw one, no charge of course, as a tester. I enjoy the practice ;) Are the backgrounds made to fit inside the template? Or do the templates combine to make the full background?
@chasersgaming true true. The benefit of seasonal jams is not having to wait much for the next jam if you miss one :) I like the sound of your scheduled yearly plan towards the end of your comment. Then if someone cant host the jam for whatever reason, there is time to organise another host possibly.... I would host or be on standby at least as soon as I get my head around the process :) I have little experience in these matters as of yet...
One thing I did notice about the last jam is that it didnt seem to appear on the home page like the summer jam did? That may have affected its discovery. It disappeared into the forum quite quickly.
The years fall by like the rain :) The summer jam seems the most popular. Anything leading up to Christmas is a no go for most. Zoms art challenge followed by a game jam idea is brilliant and should become a yearly thing imo but when to host? 2 jams per year may be optimal, 3 at most and the trick is to catch people when they are motivated, like summertime :) I guess summer and winter (after the Christmas rush) would be good?
Well done guys! Going head to head :) Leading up to the silly season might be the wrong time of year. I personally got bogged down with Christmas related stuff that had to be done first :( .... Maybe next time hey.
I reckon YouTube got a slap on the wrist from the FTC for not actively taking measures to stop kids under 13 making accounts or parents logging in for said children. They knew all along they were breaching the law with the targeted ads and data collection. They did however fail to highlight this and pass on the information which has resulted in content creators setting up shop and making a living under false pretences. Now the law is being enforced the consequences come as a shock to content creators who didn't know about Coppa which is most people I would imagine. Just for the record i believe we did actually land on the moon and it wasn't just filmed in a Hollywood studio :)
I would say its a huge deal. As you mentioned above, under the new rules the video becomes unsearchable,unlinkable and pretty much invisible to most :( It's unlikely you would get a fine (?) if youtube disagrees with your target audience. Surely the FTC wouldn't just take the word of the algorithm and review each case....but stranger things have happened I guess. like landing on the moon :)
The bigger problem for Indie devs might be the effect it has on those review or lets play channels. A decent size channel that has influence is definetely a full time job for multiple people with overheads. If they incur lots of false positives from the algorithm (i.e. get caught up in that catch 22 situation) or even get fined the channel will just disappear from lack of revenue. For Indie devs the advertising possibilities and avenues could reduce a fair bit.
Less Indie videos and more Fortnite...oh the horror of it all :O
Damn... I didn't realise there would be no sharing or embeds.....that sucks. The FTC is not the problem. They normally wouldn't go after people who make content for a wide audience. It says as much in the documentation about these Coppa laws. Only those that are trying to deceive or exploit children (like youtube). It is YouTube who are up to no good in this situation. Common sense dictates that there are more than two ways to classify a video but they refuse to restructure the site to accomodate those creators whose audience falls in between mature and under 13. Who knows why? But I can bet it has something to do with predicted profit margins.... That being said other video hosting websites do fall under the same law but should be fine if they operate properly. I guess you should always read the fine print when signing up. Something I have never done .... Until now :)
@chasersgaming Yoooooo! Looks like a beat'em up? Or is it a street fighter? looking forward to it! I do love a good rumble :) Alas I won't make it this time :( I got snowed under with video projects we had to do before Christmas.
It's definitely a tricky situation because the new rules are somewhat vague. I did plan on making a game trailer for one of our projects that featured the kids so that would have to be declared as made for kids. The confusion for me is if you upload gameplay footage of a project that appeals to everyone i.e. without blood or adult themes, is that declared as made for kids? Or do you just wait and see if the YouTube algorithm picks it up and changes it for you?
Cool. I could draw one, no charge of course, as a tester. I enjoy the practice ;) Are the backgrounds made to fit inside the template? Or do the templates combine to make the full background?
@chasersgaming true true. The benefit of seasonal jams is not having to wait much for the next jam if you miss one :) I like the sound of your scheduled yearly plan towards the end of your comment. Then if someone cant host the jam for whatever reason, there is time to organise another host possibly.... I would host or be on standby at least as soon as I get my head around the process :) I have little experience in these matters as of yet...
One thing I did notice about the last jam is that it didnt seem to appear on the home page like the summer jam did? That may have affected its discovery. It disappeared into the forum quite quickly.
The years fall by like the rain :) The summer jam seems the most popular. Anything leading up to Christmas is a no go for most. Zoms art challenge followed by a game jam idea is brilliant and should become a yearly thing imo but when to host? 2 jams per year may be optimal, 3 at most and the trick is to catch people when they are motivated, like summertime :) I guess summer and winter (after the Christmas rush) would be good?
Well done guys! Going head to head :) Leading up to the silly season might be the wrong time of year. I personally got bogged down with Christmas related stuff that had to be done first :( .... Maybe next time hey.
I reckon YouTube got a slap on the wrist from the FTC for not actively taking measures to stop kids under 13 making accounts or parents logging in for said children. They knew all along they were breaching the law with the targeted ads and data collection. They did however fail to highlight this and pass on the information which has resulted in content creators setting up shop and making a living under false pretences. Now the law is being enforced the consequences come as a shock to content creators who didn't know about Coppa which is most people I would imagine. Just for the record i believe we did actually land on the moon and it wasn't just filmed in a Hollywood studio :)
I would say its a huge deal. As you mentioned above, under the new rules the video becomes unsearchable,unlinkable and pretty much invisible to most :( It's unlikely you would get a fine (?) if youtube disagrees with your target audience. Surely the FTC wouldn't just take the word of the algorithm and review each case....but stranger things have happened I guess. like landing on the moon :)
The bigger problem for Indie devs might be the effect it has on those review or lets play channels. A decent size channel that has influence is definetely a full time job for multiple people with overheads. If they incur lots of false positives from the algorithm (i.e. get caught up in that catch 22 situation) or even get fined the channel will just disappear from lack of revenue. For Indie devs the advertising possibilities and avenues could reduce a fair bit.
Less Indie videos and more Fortnite...oh the horror of it all :O
Damn... I didn't realise there would be no sharing or embeds.....that sucks. The FTC is not the problem. They normally wouldn't go after people who make content for a wide audience. It says as much in the documentation about these Coppa laws. Only those that are trying to deceive or exploit children (like youtube). It is YouTube who are up to no good in this situation. Common sense dictates that there are more than two ways to classify a video but they refuse to restructure the site to accomodate those creators whose audience falls in between mature and under 13. Who knows why? But I can bet it has something to do with predicted profit margins.... That being said other video hosting websites do fall under the same law but should be fine if they operate properly. I guess you should always read the fine print when signing up. Something I have never done .... Until now :)
@chasersgaming Yoooooo! Looks like a beat'em up? Or is it a street fighter? looking forward to it! I do love a good rumble :) Alas I won't make it this time :( I got snowed under with video projects we had to do before Christmas.
It's definitely a tricky situation because the new rules are somewhat vague. I did plan on making a game trailer for one of our projects that featured the kids so that would have to be declared as made for kids. The confusion for me is if you upload gameplay footage of a project that appeals to everyone i.e. without blood or adult themes, is that declared as made for kids? Or do you just wait and see if the YouTube algorithm picks it up and changes it for you?
@chasers Nice graphics! Love it! As for surnames I came up with some arty names after a quick Google search :)....
Sara Dilettante
Sara Sharp
Sara Soubrette
Sara Flowerchild
........ but my personal favourite is ..........
Sara Star ;)
Yeeha! good luck, let's go!......don't forget about the animated banners guys if you fancy it.
https://opengameart.org/content/ogaanimatedbanners-0
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