Congrats on your first game jam! This is only my second jam, but I definitely agree on the hard deadline thing! It really helps to get yourself to push forward and finish things instead of endlessly tinkering.

At first, I planned this game to be a one-off, but I wasn't able to implement any actually interesting level design. I still like the concept, so I might try to develop it into a bigger game, but in the end, it will probably still be something small. Definitely not something I plan to devote more than a few months to, but who knows!

Hey congrats! The final project for this game jam is not likely to hit store shelves - even if I make more levels, etc. I told myself that was a likely outcome when I started. I learned a whole lot. But I could imagine, with some improved assets and some more tweaking, there are pieces that could make a good, truly playable game

This was my first game jam as well! The game I made was a one-off this time, but I do plan on using a future game jam to maybe submit a demo game of something I want to make in the future. I don't know for sure yet, but I am thinking of maybe doing something like that.

Agreed, it was intense! I did a 3-day game jam prior to this one, but somehow felt more out of breath with this one. Plus, I had so much work to do that I found it hard to juggle the jam with the rest of my responsibilities! At least, I had decided from the get-go that I would just treat this as a practice project and that I was not trying to come up with something revolutionary, just a good occasion to try a few concepts I wanted to work on with a strict deadline to ensure I actually finish it!