just joined the game jam, and I gotta say this will be my first game jam ever.

Ive always had a passion for games, so its time to finally try it out and see how its like to develop a game.

Is there anything else I should know about the game jam, by the way?

Hey man, 

Welcome to the community.

 You should join or a team or you can make a team , when you do then their will be a clear division of labour when it comes to who is doing what 

I'm a self study so if you have any questions about game jams I will try to answer them