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Each Game Jolt mascot is created with a specific purpose in mind. As the site evolves, sometimes those purposes become outdated, but we've never thrown away mascots. Instead, we adapt them.

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Judge Jelly

Joined Game Jolt: 2010

Hobbies: Giving opinions

Dislikes: Indecisiveness, conventional review sites

Bio: Judge Jelly is believed to be one of the harshest critics in the universe; to her, something is either good, or it just plain isn't. This fact isn't entirely related to her personality, however. In Judge Jelly's culture, something that is neither good nor bad requires more explanation. Unfortunately, though, very few understand the arcane language of the declining Indie Ocean Jellyfish, leaving poor Judge Jelly no option but to communicate via the use of signs marked with clearly defined opposite opinions. Talk about being misunderstood!

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Author's notes:

Judge Jelly is a clear case of adaptation. While PandaC was created with a specific site feature in mind, he could also be seen as the face of Game Jolt, so to speak, so it wasn't particularly odd to see him pop up somewhere on the site with a completely different role. Also, it should be noted that the feature PandaC was meant to represent has not become outdated... Can you guess which feature it was? To make things more interesting, I'll leave the interpretation up to you.

On the other hand, Judge Jelly's originally intended purpose became obsolete (in fact, the feature she was supposed to represent changed so drastically within a short period of time, she never ended up being displayed on Game Jolt in her planned role), and being more of a side character that users weren't quite as familiar with, she had to be adapted to remain relevant. I feel probably the best example of this is her prominent use for The Jolties 2016. Again, I'll let you guess which feature she was intended for, but taking her personality into consideration, you can see why she'd be such a good fit for The Jolties, an event that was all about critiquing and judging the best games of the year.

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