It's summer break for me so I finally have all the time of the days to build this project which was really nice!!! However I do still feel kinda stressed out because of last minute issues and some imperfections that needs to be fixed. I'm a new dev and I worked on my game solo and there is A LOT of work but I'm glad I got to a point where I'm satisfy with what I build. Also because I am on vacation I build the entire thing on my MacBook Pro (LOL)!!

If you are reading this, I want to congratulate you for finishing (or not) the jam!! And I would like to know how was it for you and your team. I am new here, so I would love to hear from you about your experiences, and advice you have for a new game dev :) Also leave your game here, and I will check it out and leave some comments!! Thanks :) 

When I saw the theme of this jam, I was immediately thinking about building around of the topic of Dream VS. Reality. For this game, I took on a controversial topic of mental illness (dementia/paranoia) and told the story through an old man's perspective. I want to use the game to tell a story. I learned a lot from building this one game! For the graphics of this game, I started with a free asset pack, then I realize it's not enough, so I started drawing pixel arts and tilemaps myself, then I ended up creating 80% of the art!!!

Lastly, I would really appreciate if you can check out my game and let me know what you think!!

https://itch.io/jam/gamedevtv-jam-2023/rate/2092459

This was the first jam where I swore I would finish a game (not just put up a prototype) and while the game is simple I at least did some polishing this time not just a soundless vacuum to play in. haha

For the first game jam and my first game ever in Unity, I think it went ok. There's ton more of ideas for implementing, like always, but I'm satisfied with how it is now for the 0.1 version (I tried the blog posting and the itch.io platform is fantastic for everything game developing related).

I'm still amazed by the Internet and how much resources you can find there to build almost whatever you want. And thanks to the GameDev courses, I've learned a lot, but still have tons of learning.

For anyone interested in my game, check it out -> https://sch-games.itch.io/2d-life

Had to cram harcore last night to get it done on time, and it's barely there, but a few elements turned out exactly how I'd first imagined it and it's nice having finally put something out there.

Absolutely not eager to relive the stress of an impending deadline and trying to figure out how to slot dev time into my schedule though.

Already found four glitches but we're allowed to bugfix after the deadline, right?

https://jackho.itch.io/life-is-wack-man

It  was good :D It's amazing what you have to think and tinker around, all the time! If you don't make it by yourself you have no idea how much work it is!

I love your theme about dementia/paranoia, because I work in the healthcare for elderly people! 

Because I was alone, I took the realm rush game and build upon that.

If you play and rate my game, please leave me a comment! Then I will prioritise to play and rate your games.

https://phoenix-games-by-exitus19.itch.io/slugs-must-die

Its been a hell of a ride these past 9 days (I skipped out on the first one because I forgor💀)
But I am extremely proud of my work, it really shows these last 2/3 years of experience and this was the first game jam I ever participated in since now after finishing high school I got some free time

I did manage my time a little bit poorly and focused on details because of my perfectionism, so I downscoped a bit as well since some things were just not working as intended (looking at you mirrors coded by damn ChatGPT🤓)
But its in a very good state I can show with pride, 8 levels with couple of interesting mechanics many solutions and a ranking system; and the easter egg at the beginning really brings it together

If you do like interesting spins on puzzle games please do check out mine, you program the world around you and your objective is to power all the logic gates. it has a flashy neon "TV simulation" aesthetic
Its really nice looking and it has a couple surprises👀
Also share what ranks you got on the levels! Maybe try 100%ing the game
For more info read the actual itch page and test the game for yourself^^

https://itch.io/jam/gamedevtv-jam-2023/rate/2085592

https://hypergamesdev.itch.io/chroma-bounce

Hey, congratulations to everybody who participated! :) Extra congratulations to anybody doing their first ever game jam!!

Oh gosh. How was the jam, for me? Fun, but so stressful, trying to fix all my plethora of bugs!

Our team discussed ideas early on, but I never quite got totally 100% sure of the specifics of exactly how the gameplay would work, and so I tried coding a bunch of ideas that seemed like they would make sense together for fun gameplay.

However, I kept running into bugs. Eventually, I had a bunch of features not quite working perfectly, and had to do a lot of downscoping of features on the final day.

Thankfully, I had been anticipating this possibility, and trying to keep each feature programmed (relatively) separately from the others, so I could hopefully disable them without breaking the game (too much).

And, I had been compiling a list of last-minute changes to make if it turned out I wouldn't be able to get the game into quite what I wanted. In the last few hours, I ended up having to turn the game into more of a sandbox experience, than a game with objectives.

Here's what we submitted: https://kooky.itch.io/beaker-beasties (plays in web browser)

(I listed instructions, controls and known bugs in the game description. Let me know what you like and don't like!)

Quick description: It's a sandbox-y simulation of 9 species of tiny creatures that you can interact with by looking into a microscope in your science lab. They can run around, chase each other, eat each other, you can feed them and watch them grow, and lure them around or scare them with your mouse cursor. Oh, and just right-click a bug to follow it around.

Very excited to try out other people's entries! Congratulations again, everyone!

I got my butt kicked by this game jam, which was also my first game jam (I'm solo on this project). In the end I ran out of time so I had to compromise what I wanted to implement, but I managed to get something that's playable and has a single level to complete.
I learned a whole lot about Unity, this was a great experience to learn more about it and get some experience with how Unity works and some of the quirks it has. Overall I really enjoy using Unity and will definitely continue to use it in the future, as it really makes some things incredibly easy and quick which i appreciate very much now.

I made a 3D platformer that is restricted to 2D axis.
My submission:
https://danamos.itch.io/buckys-adventure