I just wanted to throw this out there. If I had been aware of this, I might have prepped and tried to take advantage of it. I think it could be really fun to do this alongside some early game development lessons at the library and use this as an incentive to work on throughout the month. I hope this comes back, even if it doesn't have a huge turnout. Maybe we could even get a few libraries that have enough patrons interested to collaborate.

I'm definitely intending to run this again next year. I had big plans to support exactly the kind of thing that you mention but as is often the case I have had less time to devote to the jam that originally hoped.  This year has become a bit of a test, as long as we get some games created during the jam I take that as a success.

I really like this idea too. :)