A jam favorite, back by popular demand! You know the drill— it's what it says on the can. Introduce yourself to your fellow jammers and check out some of the other people dropping by. The below questionnaire is optional, but feel free to use it!

1. Hi there! What's your name? Want to introduce yourself?

2. Did you participate in the last jam we held? If so, what do you plan on doing better this time? If not, what's your reason for joining?

3. What games are your favorites? Did any of them inspire you, or made you want to make your own?

4. Do you have experience with game development? What did you do/with what engine?

5. Tell us about something you're passionate about!

6. Any advice to new jammers (if you're a veteran)?

1. Hey there, I'm Arachnibot! I make things and am bad at writing about myself.
2. funny enough, this is my third time participating in this jam (and hopefully my second time finishing). Hopefully this time I can plan out my time a bit better, and not spend the last day scrambling to make levels.
3. I have a massive variety of favorite games, but I have a particular soft spot for Indie games with good pixel art. I adore games like Undertale, Nuclear Throne, OneShot, and Hyper Light Drifter just as much as I adore games like Dark Souls and Splatoon.
4. I worked on a game called Bellerophon for the last jam. I've also created dozens of unreleased prototypes.
5. Making things!
6. I'd say the biggest piece of advice I have is to make sure you have a rough plan of the things you want to make during the jam. The planning doc we had for Bellerophon was invaluable in helping me and my partner know which way to progress. With that in mind, think small, and expect even that to be too big. Bellerophon's Design doc was several pages, and we didn't end up making 80% of the ideas on it.

1. Hey everybody I'm Landonscribbles (Landon is also juts fine).

2. I didn't participate in the last game jams but I have been to a couple of games jams previously. However life events prevented me from completing either one of them before and so I really want to: complete a game jam, release a completed game (however tiny!) into the world, and work with some other awesome people.

3. My favorite games are a bit all over the place, a few are: Final Fantasy Tactics, Glitchhikers, Fallouts 1, 2, & New Vegas, Mirror's Edge, Undertale, The Walking Dead Season 1, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. (s), and Dwarf Fortress. Many of these have inspired interest in game development in me but more than anything when a game has a cohesive internal universe it makes me wish I could create the same.

4. I've worked on some small personal projects that I've been learning on but haven't finished anything. I'm most experience with Unity (2d) but have played a bit with Game Maker Studio and a tiny amount with PyGame.

5. Game development, I know I know obviously everyone who participating in a game jam is but this is the most rewarding kind of work I've done in my life so far. As I gain more experience in the field I'd love to find partners to work on projects in the future!

6. I'm not a veteran but from the small things I've worked on I'll echo the above on keeping the scope small small small. Just from projects that I thought would be simple and fast it quickly became apparent it was always much more work than I thought.

1. Hi! I'm Roe/Rose! I have experience in art, but almost none in coding. I'm also pretty young, currently only in 8th grade!

2. I joined for fun mostly! I also wanted to start young so that when I'm older I have experience if I hope to go into the industry, and also so I could build up to my personal goals!

3. Pokemon is probably my favorite!

4. nope! I did fiddle with Quest and made a test so I wasn't lost though!

5. Storytelling and the like!

1. Hi there! What's your name? Want to introduce yourself?

Hi! My name is Kim, but I mostly go by Destry online. I went to school for Illustration and some Animation, but I've been stagnating a lot in the couple of years since I graduated, so I'm trying to get back into making things! I'm most passionate about making games, but I have little experience so far.

2. Did you participate in the last jam we held? If so, what do you plan on doing better this time? If not, what's your reason for joining?]

I did! The game that I made for the last game (Xylia's Curse) ended up being very rough and kind of incomplete, so I want to try making something even simpler and with a clear, small scope. I'm hoping to do something mostly text based this time, to save on time. Maybe a kind of interactive short story with a few illustrations?

3. What games are your favorites? Did any of them inspire you, or made you want to make your own?

I like all kinds of games! But lately, I have been very inspired by games that try to take atypical approaches. (Especially the more recent trends towards non-violent games or games where you interact with the world in unique ways.)

4. Do you have experience with game development? What did you do/with what engine?

Very little, mostly in GameMaker. I've played around with making a couple little games, but nothing yet that I think of as a real complete project. For this jam though, I'm going to try using Unity for the first time! I've been taking some intro courses on it recently, and haven't gotten far into them yet, which is why I want to aim for something simple and text-based.

5. Tell us about something you're passionate about!

Art! Also, animals/plants are very important to me!

1) Hey! I'm Yobob....Kinda want to use this name lol I'm a composer and a story writer....and also a physics major. Why am I making games...Backup plan LOL

2)I didn't participate in the jam but i want to join since this looks interesting.

3)I love the FF series! They inspired me to make music and as i made more music and started to love writing stories and then video games.

4)I do have a little game development experience and i worked with some people but it's been a fail since one of the artist had a major ego problem which made it very hard to communicate with him. We didn't talk about ourselves which i felt no connection with the artist. My other artist that I had (Which was stupid of me to do) is that i dropped that artist for the ego artist. UGHUGHGUHGUHG The ego artist knew what he was doing and i thought i could learn from him...I did a little bit. Market, market, market.

5) I LOVE music. Especially classical music. Or video game music. AND anime lol because some anime just make you cry!

6)I don't know if i consider myself a vet but i do have enough expereince to say this. Expose yourself early or else it'll bite you in the butt when you release your game. Make blogs or something to create a fanbase.

1. Hi there! What's your name? Want to introduce yourself?

Hey! My name is Chase. I'm a senior in high school.

2. Did you participate in the last jam we held? If so, what do you plan on doing better this time? If not, what's your reason for joining?

Nope, didn't participate last time. I'm joining this one because I want to make a game, and I think a structured community event will be interesting and help me with my goal.

3. What games are your favorites? Did any of them inspire you, or made you want to make your own?

My favorite is Stardew Valley. I've logged so many hours on there. I love the addictive, intuitive nature of that game. Mostly the games that have inspired me have been pretty experimental-- text-heavy, lo-fi, parsers, Twine, etc.

4. Do you have experience with game development? What did you do/with what engine?

Yes, but I'm rusty. I used Scratch to make games back in 2009 or 2010, and I think I dabbled in Stencyl and RPGmaker around the same time. Beginner games like pong, basic platformers. I stopped about 5 years ago.

5. Tell us about something you're passionate about!

Oh man.... I love music. So much. I play several instruments, sing, and I love listening to music. It fuels a lot of my creativity.

6. Any advice to new jammers (if you're a veteran)?

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hi! im ace. i was in the first my first game jam but i couldn't complete my game due to lack of motivation and resources, but i have many more resources and a lot more time on my hands so i definitely plan to do better this year!

my favourite game of 2016 was definitely stardew valley. an incredibly inspiring and fun game. i'm usually more into indie games because they aren't afraid of trying something new and they have a lot of heart. i'm interested in telling stories and i'm hoping making games will be one way i can do so. i did a few classes at university about game development but they were very basic and i've forgotten most of it, so i'm pm starting fresh.

i'm passionate about diverse characters and being nice, and i hope my future projects reflect that. as someone who has participated before but didn't really "participate", i'd suggest at least checking the forums quite frequently, but also participating in the forums/discord chat if you can. it helps to motivate and reading about everyone else's projects really inspires me.

1. Hi there! What's your name? Want to introduce yourself?

Hello, My name is Emma. I am a game artist from Finland.

2. Did you participate in the last jam we held? If so, what do you plan on doing better this time? If not, what's your reason for joining?

This is actually my first time joining a jam, my goal in this jam is to get experience and to actually share it publicly with people.

3. What games are your favorites? Did any of them inspire you, or made you want to make your own?

Hard question.. My dream of starting to make games came from a ps1 game named Grandia, which is one of my all time favorite. Other games that I love are Zelda (MM, Wind waker, Oot & Twilight princess), Salt and Sanctuary, Blazblue, Star Ocean till the end of time/Second story, The legend of Dragoon, The Long dark, Dishonored, Okami, Tales of Symphonia, Elder Scrolls (Skyrim and Oblivion) & Fallout (3,NV and 4), Final Fantasy (9, 10 & 12) and so on..

Kind of hard to chose a favorite when there is so much good games but those are few that have inspired me/ given my daily dose of games.

4. Do you have experience with game development? What did you do/with what engine?

I have some, not that I have really published anything, which is why I decided to join this jam. I started with game maker when I was at my second year of vocational college, after that I tried Rpg maker VX Ace and have after that moved to Unity, but probably planning on using Game maker on this jam.

5. Tell us about something you're passionate about!

Making games, playing games and talking about it.

6. Any advice to new jammers (if you're a veteran)?

Not a veteran, but based on what I learned from making games at school is;

Keep it simple!

Communicating with teammates is really important. On this I recommend having some small document you can update so all see your plan/ what your working on/whats done. It doesn't need to be big but helps a lot in my opinion. // I usually use google doc or a scrap paper.

If you have time/are able to then try to not forget to add some kind of sounds. (I actually kept forgetting this while making games at school but it adds a lot to the game)

1. deKay! Hello :)

2. No! This is literally My First Game Jam

3. Metroid/Castlevania/Mario/Sonic/Zelda. I like to try and make simple, silly games though.

4. Not really. I've programmed for 8bit computers, written some stuff in AMOS on the Amiga, and dabbled with various game makers. Currently using PICO-8.

5. Games!

6. Not yet :)

1. Hi there! What's your name? Want to introduce yourself?

Hi my name is Logan, I am currently a Junior in high school. I love playing the guitar and enjoying the snow in winter. I started learning to make games a few years ago but never really did anything. I was always playing video games instead of making them. I just released my first game just last summer on the App Store. The game is called Sqwared and can be downloaded for the iPhone and iPad (iPad version doesn't really work). I never got the game to work perfectly on all resolutions, but it was more for the experience of putting a game on the market.

2. Did you participate in the last jam we held? If so, what do you plan on doing better this time? If not, what's your reason for joining?

I love making games however I often find myself getting distracted with other things and never finish the project. I'm hoping that by entering a Jam that I will focus more and be able to get the project done. I also love challenges.

3. What games are your favorites? Did any of them inspire you, or made you want to make your own?

My most favorite game series of all time is hands down the Jak and Daxter series. My brother first introduced me to this series a while ago and fell in love with it. The story of the games were so amazing, the relationships you build with the characters in the game and the incredible plot twists that unfold later in the series were and still are some of the best I have ever seen and experienced in a game. Anyhow I remember thinking one day that "If I love playing games so much, why don,t I make one myself?" So I started learning to program and and make some art and a few years later hear I am entering my first game jam.

4. Do you have experience with game development? What did you do/with what engine?

I currently use Unity as an engine for making games. I have taught myself various programming languages, however I mainly use C# when using unity.

5. Tell us about something you're passionate about!

I love playing video games, playing the guitar, and skiing.

6. Any advice to new jammers (if you're a veteran)?

This will be my first game jam, I am super excited and can't wait to get started.

1. Hi there! What's your name? Want to introduce yourself?

Hello! My name is Dorothy, but I like going by the name of Player Tu, also.

2. Did you participate in the last jam we held? If so, what do you plan on doing better this time? If not, what's your reason for joining?

I didn't - I think I signed up but the project just fell off my radar. With this being the new year, I'm motivated to create something new :)

3. What games are your favorites? Did any of them inspire you, or made you want to make your own?

The Final Fantasy series really got me into gaming, and then World of Warcraft made me consider myself as a more "serious" gamer. I love RPGs like Mass Effect and Dragon Age. I enjoyed BioShock, Portal, Fallout, Overwatch, Diablo, Life is Strange, and a few indies like Stardew Valley, Stanley Parable, Beginners Guide, and Gone Home.

4. Do you have experience with game development? What did you do/with what engine?

None! I'll be using Twine.

5. Tell us about something you're passionate about!

Baking, books, and animal rescues. And video games of course!

1. Hi there! What's your name? Want to introduce yourself?

Hi, I'm ohfivethirty! I'm 21 years old and a senior in college studying illustration.

2. Did you participate in the last jam we held? If so, what do you plan on doing better this time? If not, what's your reason for joining?

I did participate in the last jam! I want to make something to play rather than only read this time.

3. What games are your favorites? Did any of them inspire you, or made you want to make your own?

There would be way too many games to list but I enjoy most Nintendo games and classic Playstation (like Crash, Ape Escape & Parappa). Mainly games with bright colors and funny dialogues catch my eyes (and heart). I also love rhythm, farming, simulation, puzzle and adventure games a lot. I love games. They all inspire me in some way or another, really.

4. Do you have experience with game development? What did you do/with what engine?

I draft my ideas out on paper a lot but have only really worked in Twine for actual game development.

5. Tell us about something you're passionate about!

I'm really passionate about learning new things and creating stuff. It's amazing to have an idea and then execute it; I love seeing things I conceptualize in my mind come to life through various mediums.

6. Any advice to new jammers (if you're a veteran)?

I'm no veteran but I do want others to know that scope and scale is really important to dial back during your planning stages. Also to have fun with your idea! It makes a great difference!

1. Hi there! What's your name? Want to introduce yourself?

Hi! I'm Classo, but calling me Mika is fine as well! I'm actually kind of making a game with a much larger scope (and more complicated things to do for it), but I thought that joining this jam would be great practice in coding for games!

2. Did you participate in the last jam we held? If so, what do you plan on doing better this time? If not, what's your reason for joining?

I didn't; like I mentioned above, I thought this would be practice for coding for my other game in the future!

3. What games are your favorites? Did any of them inspire you, or made you want to make your own?

I've got so many favorite games, but a few of the ones that will always have a place in my heart are the Spyro the Dragon games, the Fire Emblem games, and the entire Mother trilogy! I'm also quite attached to games like Rune Factory and/or Harvest Moon because of farm simulation, and games like The Sims and the Virtual Villagers series because of the 'playing god' thing going on around there.

4. Do you have experience with game development? What did you do/with what engine?

A little! I mess around regularly with RPGMaker2003, and sometimes with RPGMaker VX Ace.

5. Tell us about something you're passionate about!

I adore writing and bringing to life any characters I've drawn out/conceptualized! Placing them in scenarios, imagining things they'd say and do, and designing themes after them and giving them a 'soul' - that's what makes me really happy!

1.HI, I´m Jaime. MY DREAM IS WORK AS A GAME DEV, but i´m spanish and things here are too hard. BUT I HAVE ADREAM HAHAHAHAhaha....ha.....ha..........I WILL GIVE ALL OF MYSELF

2.Thats my first jam.I want to know people from far places and I love the concept ..........that´s all.

3.I LOVE ROGUELIKES, LIKE THE BINDING OF ISAAC OR ENTER THE GUNGEON. But i like puzzle games too like Profesor Layton or Portal. I love too Dark souls and Mother 3

4.I did little proyect like a Fllapy bird or like a Kolorimpa.I usually use GameMaker or Unity, and for the sprites I use SAI and Pyxel Edit

Here is a video with a lot of my proyects:

5.I LOVE MY FAMILY VIDEOGAMES AND CURRY. But i guess OOOHHH now I stand the question wait wait. I like CATS, ROGUE LIKES, PROBLEMS, ETHERNET AND I LOVE DRAW GAME DESIGN AND I LIKE MY CHAIR.

Here is my twitter : https://twitter.com/Eufrasi0

(@Eufrasi0)

AND HERE IS MY LOVE : http://www.revistaesfinge.com/media/k2/items/cache/e13c4c6b684536ecde3ac77213ca4d80_XL.jpg

BYE BYE

1. Hi my name is Guy, but people just call me 'fergs'. I'm a .Net Developer with a focus on Web Development.

2. This is my first time participating in this jam, and I'm joining this jam because I want to try and build a game idea I've had for awhile.

3. I like playing all sorts of games, I like checking out a lot of indie games and I get the Humble Bundle when they do indie games.

4. I've played around with Phaser, Unity and Love - nothing serious yet, just learning how the tools work.

5. I'm passionate about coding and building web apps.

6. Pretty much whats been said before, just start out with the basics don't try and do anything huge. Try doing what 3d animators do and 'block out' your game, work on the gameplay mechanics and worrgy about the assets later. I would rather play a finished game jam game that's made of rectangles and squares than a game that looks pretty but doesn't work.

1. Hi there! What's your name? Want to introduce yourself?

Jason Terry

2. Did you participate in the last jam we held? If so, what do you plan on doing better this time? If not, what's your reason for joining?

No, this will be my first jam ever.

3. What games are your favorites? Did any of them inspire you, or made you want to make your own?

jrpgs tend to be the most inspirational, I am a system's nut.

4. Do you have experience with game development? What did you do/with what engine?

I tend to do my stuff without engines, using things like SDL, OpenGL, etc, I have worked with unreal / unity before but am trying to stick close to 2d stuff right now.

5. Tell us about something you're passionate about!

Programming!

6. Any advice to new jammers (if you're a veteran)?

1. Hi there! What's your name? Want to introduce yourself?

Hey! My name is Agustin, people call me sugus or sugusin or agus. I live in Argentina (GMT -3) and I'm a little nervous about participating in this jam haha, don't have much experience coding. I'm studying programming, first year

2. Did you participate in the last jam we held? If so, what do you plan on doing better this time? If not, what's your reason for joining?

Didn't participate. The reason for joining is because I'm studying programming and I would love to make games, this could help me start doing them

3. What games are your favorites? Did any of them inspire you, or made you want to make your own?

I have a lot of favorites, all of them inspire me. Some games I love are Earthworm Jim, Gunstar Heroes, Super Mario World, FFVIII, Command & Conquer Red Alert, among others. I love playing platformers lately and Owlboy is a very very good one that I've been playing

4. Do you have experience with game development? What did you do/with what engine?

No, not really, I've done a couple of tutorials with GameMaker and Phaser, but never finished any game with those... (This time I'm looking to finish what I start ;D)

5. Tell us about something you're passionate about!

I'm passionate about music, playing soccer and getting out with friends and have a couple of beers and talk about life, cheers!

Hello everyone! My name is MagicDoogies! I'm a 2D character artist and Illustrator that has a focus on game development as a career.
While this isn't exactly my first time participating in a Game Jam- it will be my first time participating in this one.

My favorite franchise of all time is Pokemon. No questions asked. However when I'm not playing that game I tend to really enjoy platformers, RPG's and JRPG's.
Games that currently hold the most inspiration for me would have to be Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword. The atmosphere, soundtrack, design, atmosphere, and tone hit all the right notes for me.
I don't have any experience in game development when it comes to coding, programming or using game engines. But I do have some experience in creating character sheets and guides that will help inform 3D modelers and animators down the pipeline.

1. Hi there! What's your name? Want to introduce yourself?

My name is Ben. I live in Australia so I'm probably in the future.

2. Did you participate in the last jam we held? If so, what do you plan on doing better this time? If not, what's your reason for joining?

I did but I didn't finish. I think I just burned out last time and got distracted. Using this one as an excuse to work on a project and possibly help out other people using the same tools I am.

3. What games are your favorites? Did any of them inspire you, or made you want to make your own?

I'm a fan of most games. I got into gamedev mostly cause I like making silly little things.

4. Do you have experience with game development? What did you do/with what engine?

Mostly have experience using the Godot engine, and a little bit of Unity.

5. Tell us about something you're passionate about!

I like swords. I do a lot of HEMA cause I'm a nerd about it.

6. Any advice to new jammers (if you're a veteran)?

Scope as small as you can while still having what makes the game tick.

Because the jam is a relatively long period of time, you have the opportunity to scrap things and start again. You will do something twice as fast the second time you do it so don't be scared about having to repeat stuff if you do end up starting over.

You will spend 90% of your time making the game and then another 90% polishing it, so don't expect immediate results.

Hi Everyone!

1. My name is Michal, but online I prefer to use nick klimos.
   
   
2. It's my first ever game jam, never done anything like that before. I joined for two reasons: have fun and learn something new. It's all about this, right?
   
   
3. I don't have any specific game type as my favourite. I play everything that's good in my opinion:
   • RPGs (Baldur's Gate, Elder Scrolls, Witcher)
   • Action RPGs and MMO (Diablo and Guild Wars)
   • Strategies (Heroes of Might and Magic, Warcraft)
   • FPS (Quake, Doom)
   • TPP Action (GTA, Red Dead Redemption, new Batman, TC: The Division)
   • Racing (Gran Turismo, Forza Motorsports, some Need for Speeds)
   • Sports (FIFA series)
   • Simulation (Flight Simulator, Train Simulator)
   • Retro (Super Mario Bros, Super Mario World, Pokemon on GameBoy Color)
   However, I've always been a single player. Except Guiild Wars all my favourite games I played solo.
   
   
4. No, I'm completely fresh. Unless you count a high school project back in year 2000, when I made a 'Who wants to be a Millionaire?' clone. It was written in Pascal, using graphic mode, running in DOS. Long time ago, seems like a Stone Age nowadays.
   
   
5. I'm passionate about everything that's related to gaming. Both video games and more traditional ones (tabletop, card games). Sometimes I love to dive into a good book, movie or TV series. Except that, I have a family and a wonderful son that I'm slowly starting to introduce in the world of games.

Welp uh... hi there! I'm Nine, or Ren, both names are acceptable. ^^; Guess I should introduce myself. I've never participated in any game jam before because...

I'm pretty much entirely new to coding! I've been dinking about with Gamemaker Studio pro since I got it on a humble bundle for ridiculously cheap, and have been having a pretty great time muddling through things with GML and learning to code (I set myself the task to never use the drag and drop interface, or use it as little as physically possible, since it's not as much fun as puzzling out code for some reason! Yeah I don't understand it either ^^; ), and then a friend indicated this jam to me, and I figured I should give it a shot, for multiple reasons.

First: It will help me learn to code.
Second: It'll teach me good time management and goal orientated behaviours
Third: I'll be more motivated to keep on task and not let myself get distracted. ^^;
Fourth: coding games seems like it could be a lot of fun!

I've always liked shmups even though I'm usually terrible at them, and I really enjoy most games to be honest. I crave good storytelling in videogames, and I'm of the opinion that whilst good graphics are a great thing, I'm happy for stunning beautiful backgrounds and eyecandy to take a back seat to an actually playable game and great engaging characters and worldbuilding, though there is always a place for more simplistic, less cerebral and more pure fun oriented games as well, such as abstract puzzlers or weird esoteric stuff :)

I think the only prior experience with gamedev I have other than super recently, is way back when I messed around with BASIC on my Spectrum 128K+2a years back when I was a little kid (for all of a sum total of a day or two maybe), or the brief stint I tried Klik & Play and The Games Factory out (again, many years back as a teen). Neither of those attempts ever got anywhere nor did I make anything that was functional, fun or well designed, and I grew bored of it very quickly. This latest attempt I seem to be having way more fun with, mostly because I'm actually coding? GML's surprisingly fun to use!

as for things I'm passionate about, um... Cats, being a good person, human rights, and really nice cups of tea. Oh and cute things. ^^;

so yeah that's a very brief rundown on me I suppose. um.. hi!

1. Hi there! What's your name? Want to introduce yourself?

Hello! I'm ribambelle, I am a translator, and I'm pretty nervous about this whole thing. But also looking forward to it!

2. Did you participate in the last jam we held? If so, what do you plan on doing better this time? If not, what's your reason for joining?

Nope, first timer here! I found out about this through the GirlGamers subreddit and the more I clicked through those beautiful lists of engines, resources and tutorials, the more I wanted to participate.

3. What games are your favorites? Did any of them inspire you, or made you want to make your own?

I've been playing Stardew Valley since Christmas, so there's that. Otherwise I really enjoyed the worlds of Bioshock or Dishonored, and hugely enjoy story driven games like the Walking Dead series, Firewatch, Dr. Langeskov and that super huge long title, Oxenfree, Her Story. I like to take my time playing a game, that's why I like turn based strategy stuff, especially The Banner Saga and the new Shadownrun games. And Wesnoth will always have a special place in my heart. <3

4. Do you have experience with game development? What did you do/with what engine?

Nope, no experience! I've played around with the Shadowrun Editor, but never finished anything. I will try to work with the free RPG Maker Version, because it seems to be the easiest to start with, having no experience whatsoever.

5. Tell us about something you're passionate about!

Hmm.. worldbuilding would be pretty high up. And good stories and dialogues (comes with the job I guess, I was a literature and film student.)

6. Any advice to new jammers (if you're a veteran)?

1. Hi there! What's your name? Want to introduce yourself?

hi my name is zodi! i love to draw and write stories! i'm also a front-end dev. i'm currently in art school but haven't been able to keep up due to my physical health. i'm still trying to work hard everyday which is why i decided to join this jam!

2. Did you participate in the last jam we held? If so, what do you plan on doing better this time? If not, what's your reason for joining?

i've been thinking about developing a game for a little while now... i was talking about it on twitter and J pointed out their jam was coming up and that i should participate!

3. What games are your favorites? Did any of them inspire you, or made you want to make your own?

i like a ton of different games! i really like splatoon a lot because it's cute and colorful, but above everything else it just feels really good and fun to play. also bloodborne is a really satisfying journey (the animations and art direction are top notch), i also love journey and monument valley... they're very quiet and beautiful and make me think of games like ico and shadow of the colossus. i'm actually thinking of drawing a lot of inspiration from monument valley, since my game is going to be a puzzle platformer. i thought about 3D zelda dungeons at first (twilight princess is my favorite lol I KNOW I KNOW.. but it's so pretty and midna is the best companion), but i'm thinking isometric view would be more practical to solve platform based puzzles. last but not least, i think her story is one of the best indie games out there! most of these games were made in unity, my engine of choice.

4. Do you have experience with game development? What did you do/with what engine?

i have very little experience with game dev, but as a web developer i do know a thing or two about javascript or php. their syntaxes are very similar to those of C languages, so it hasn't been too hard learning how to develop in C# (i use unity). game dev does not have the same purpose as web dev though, so there's a lot i still have to learn!

5. Tell us about something you're passionate about!

a lot of things!!!!!!!!! i think mostly drawing, writing, and interface design, and programming...... i just love designing things in general LOL gamedev is very appealing to me because it involves both technical knowledge (everything related to programming) and creativity. these are two sides of a project i enjoy doing and i want to see them be complementary to eachother even if it means twice as much work.

6. Any advice to new jammers (if you're a veteran)?

IM NOT EVEN CLOSE TO A VETERAN but here's a tip from me to you based on all the learning i've done when it comes to web dev: small achievements are best! don't set your goals too high. i think a lot of others said this but it's true! small victories will keep you going whereas aiming too high will feel discouraging, and if you don't get there by the end you will feel disappointed in yourself... so, even if it's something tiny like getting a script to work or finding out how weightpainting works be proud of yourself and keep going!

also: make a list of all the games you like (or things you like in games you don't like) and write down why that is, try to understand what makes it good/satisfying/etc. try to analyse what media you consume as much as possible. this is more from my experiences with writing. you can even list games or stories you dislike, and try to learn from writing down all the reasons you think it's bad! you might even come up with ideas in the process!

1. Hi there! What's your name? Want to introduce yourself?

Hi, I'm Gogglespeak! Goggles is fine though. I live in the UK, in a house full of game-design nerds (several of whom are also participating).

2. Did you participate in the last jam we held? If so, what do you plan on doing better this time? If not, what's your reason for joining

Nope! This is my first. Mostly I want to motivate myself to actually finish a solo project for once.

3. What games are your favorites? Did any of them inspire you, or made you want to make your own?

Oh wow, so many. I have a soft spot for RTS games (Warcraft 3 being my personal favourite), but I'll play anything as long as it does something interesting. Recently I've been sinking a lot of time into Duelyst.

4. Do you have experience with game development? What did you do/with what engine?

Kinda. Most of my real experience is actually in making and running tabletop/live action/real-world escape room games. My current job is running escape rooms. That being said I've barely touched video game dev in quite some time (mostly due to developing mental health problems at University).

5. Tell us about something you're passionate about!

Games doing something different, making people think, or teaching people something.

1. Hi there! What's your name? Want to introduce yourself?

Hello, I go by Lion Heart! I'm an animator that's always loved games and decided that it was time to give them a shot!

2. Did you participate in the last jam we held? If so, what do you plan on doing better this time? If not, what's your reason for joining?

This will be my first time participating in a game jam!

3. What games are your favorites? Did any of them inspire you, or made you want to make your own?

Games like Paper Mario, Silent Hill, Alice Madness Returns, Fatal Frame, Megaman and Metroid Prime have always made me want to create games of my own.

4. Do you have experience with game development? What did you do/with what engine?

I have no experience with game development, aside from some minor Actionscript coding for web players and a small game project I started a week ago.

5. Tell us about something you're passionate about

I love interactive stories, and hope to create some of my own!

1. Hi there! What's your name? Want to introduce yourself?

Hello! I'm Haley or SleepyWisp, but you can call me pretty much whatever you want (within reason).

2. Did you participate in the last jam we held? If so, what do you plan on doing better this time? If not, what's your reason for joining?

I didn't, this will be my first game jam. :D I've been interested in game jams for a while now, and this one seemed suited to me, since I'm still very much a beginner dev.

3. What games are your favorites? Did any of them inspire you, or made you want to make your own?

Aw man, there are too many to list. Off the top of my head, a few that have inspired me would be Stardew Valley, Terraria, Paper Mario: TTYD... the list goes on and on, though.

4. Do you have experience with game development? What did you do/with what engine?

I have some experience! I mostly use Unity and program in C#, but I also know a bit of JavaScript. I'm better at art and 3D modeling than programming by far, but I'm learning. I've never really completed a game, so I'm hoping to finally achieve that goal during this jam.

5. Tell us about something you're passionate about!

Art! I love drawing, even if it's also the most frustrating hobby I've ever had. Drawing has been a big part of my life pretty much since I was old enough to hold a crayon, but I got more serious about learning when I was maybe 12 or 13 years old.

1. Hi there! What's your name? Want to introduce yourself?

Hello, I'm gogoprog. I'm a game programmer.

2. Did you participate in the last jam we held? If so, what do you plan on doing better this time? If not, what's your reason for joining?

No I didn't. I joined because I really like developing games and also to get more entries in my portfolio.

3. What games are your favorites? Did any of them inspire you, or made you want to make your own?

Doom, Duke Nukem, Mortal Kombat, Command & Conquer, Total Annihilation. They inspired me all the time.

4. Do you have experience with game development? What did you do/with what engine?

Yes I do it professionaly and also as a hobby. I develop a game framework so I plan to use it in this jam.

5. Tell us about something you're passionate about!

I like rock music and violent games!

6. Any advice to new jammers (if you're a veteran)?

Restrict your project scope so you have something "finished" to submit! Have fun!

1. Hello everyone, I am Hamdani. You can call me Hamdani or Dani, it's fine.

2. I did not join the las game jam and this is my first game jam, like the title. I want to make game, I am still new but I am looking forward to make game with you guys and make new friends with other.

3. I love many games actually, it makes me confuse which one to choose, but I love RPG, Roguelike, RTS, And because I am easily bored so I have play many games but not till the end. I like Final Fantasy (I can stay for long time play this), Resident Evil, Minecraft, Grand Knight History, just it I can remember for now.

4. I am Unity user, I have a lil programming exp with Unity, I made some games and prototype and some bugs inside it.

5. I go inside the RPG game world, because it's fun.

6. not an advice I think because I am not veteren but, Let's have fun, guys.

1. Hi there! What's your name? Want to introduce yourself?

I'm elegantblaster. Beauty connoisseur.

2. Did you participate in the last jam we held? If so, what do you plan on doing better this time? If not, what's your reason for joining?

This is my debut into game development. I will create my first game.

3. What games are your favorites? Did any of them inspire you, or made you want to make your own?

The Sims, Animal Crossing, Euphoria, Clannad..I like simulation and visual novel games. My game for the jam will be a visual novel mystery game, and I am working on a simulation rpg hybrid in my spare time [RPGMaker].

4. Do you have experience with game development? What did you do/with what engine?

I am inexperienced. This is my first time. I will be grasping the basics of TyranoBuilder for the project. My team will be learning LMMS and Live2d. Our goal is to learn and to, most hopefully, finish our small project.

5. Tell us about something you're passionate about!

Beauty.

1. Hi there! What's your name? Want to introduce yourself?

My name is Jed! I'm a university student studying English.

2. Did you participate in the last jam we held? If so, what do you plan on doing better this time? If not, what's your reason for joining?

This is my first jam!

3. What games are your favorites? Did any of them inspire you, or made you want to make your own?

My favorite genre is Metroidvania (although I've never played Castlevania before). I want to try and make my own Metroidvania style game for this jam. :3

4. Do you have experience with game development? What did you do/with what engine?

I made half of a visual novel in TyranoBuilder Visual Novel Studio once, but other than that I'm completely new to game development. I'm hoping to learn how to make pixel art and use Stencyl for this jam.

5. Tell us about something you're passionate about!

I really like writing and designing and creating stuff in general!

I'm really excited about this jam. :) Good luck to everyone!

1. Hi everyone! I write, I make interactive fiction, I study literature and classical antiquity, and I sleep a lot.

2. This is my third round of MFGJ! A year ago I made a demo for my first real dev project, and last summer I learned some skills in a new engine. This time, I don't plan to create a solo project -- I'll be here primarily as a mentor! You can email me, DM me, or find me on Discord now and then if you need help or advice. Unfortunately, I can't be on Discord a ton, but I'll still try to pop in from time to time, and I totally encourage you to drop me a line elsewhere if you need to. I'll also be hanging around the forums hollering happily at all of your projects throughout the jam! I'm so excited to see what everyone makes!!

3. Silent Hill, Soulsborne, Drakengard & Nier, Shadow of the Colossus & The Last Guardian, Baten Kaitos, Okami, and Sunless Sea are some of my absolute favorites and I could sing their praises for years. I love horror games (especially indie horror and classic RPGMaker horror like Yume Nikki, IB, Ao Oni, etc), but I also have a huuuuge soft spot for games like Stardew Valley and Animal Crossing. I just really love video games in general; interactive fiction of all kinds has always inspired me.

4. I have experience primarily with Twine (2.0 & 1.4), Ren'py, and RPGMaker (2003, VX Ace). My projects are typically 2D and narrative-oriented. In the last year, I've worked on about a dozen games and prototypes! I'm currently focusing on WDYTYA and a couple of visual novels.

5. Writing! Narrative structure! Character design! Art! Horror fiction! Weird old stuff people dig up in the Mediterranean! Petting cats!!!

6. Don't be too hard on yourself! The initial vision of any project is usually your ideal vision, and being flexible about its outcome is vital. Everyone's said this, but: keep your scope manageable to prevent yourself from getting overwhelmed or discouraged. Don't be afraid to cut, scrap, or rework things. Like if you start thinking you need to switch engines, give it a try as soon as possible. That fresh start can be daunting, but it'll probably make you more productive, efficient, and comfortable in the long run. Remember that developing a new skill takes time, and what you end up making doesn't have to be perfectly polished. As long as you've learned something new, you're doing great.

1. Hi, I'm Innes! I'll be posting about my game dev on my Tumblr.

2. I didn't participate in the last one, though I've done multiple game jams before. I've never actually FINISHED a game to the point that I'd feel comfortable putting it on Itch. This is a kick in the pants.

3. I really liked Sims/MySims when I was younger (and I still glare at Sims 4 longingly cause I don't have it). Christine Love's Digital: A Love Story and Analogue: A Hate Story opened my mind to what a visual novel could be, and Porpentine's various games (especially With Those We Love Alive, with its analogue elements of play) have had a big impact on me.

4. I have the most experience with Twine, I've made prototypes in Construct 2, Ren'Py, and RPGMaker VX Ace, and I have passing experience with Inform 7. If I've worked with something else, it has slipped my mind.

5. Accessibility, especially as it relates to games. With my disabilities, a lot of games are (usually accidentally) rendered unplayable for me -- the developer expects that the player will be able to understand spoken English without visual aid, react to text/images in a short time frame, or perform complex hand movements quickly and precisely. Which are things I can't consistently do, lol. I'm not saying EVERY game has to be accessible to everyone; that's unreasonable. But there are a lot of games that would just need small tweaks to be more accessible than they are.

6. Use the resources at your disposal; that's what they're for. It's a waste of everyone's precious time, including yours, if you're fretting over how to make snickerdoodles, but you haven't looked at the resource list, which includes "Ten Easy Recipes for Snickerdoodles." Or some other example more suited to game dev. I speak from experience!

1. Hi there! What's your name? Want to introduce yourself?

Hi! I'm Carlos, but on the internet, I usually go by Sir Floof.

2. Did you participate in the last jam we held? If so, what do you plan on doing better this time? If not, what's your reason for joining?

I did sign up for the last jam, but I didn't actually do anything. This time, I'm going to actually make something, hopefully. I just hope school doesn't get in the way.

3. What games are your favorites? Did any of them inspire you, or made you want to make your own?

I've always been inspired by indie games that are mostly made by one person. Stuff like Cave Story, Dust: An Elysian Tail, Stardew Valley, etc. Those types of games always make me want to try and make my own game.

4. Do you have experience with game development? What did you do/with what engine?

I have practically no experience in game development. I messed around a bit with Construct 2 in the last jam, but that's about it.

5. Tell us about something you're passionate about!

A couple things that I like are music and visual art, but above all else, I love video games.

6. Any advice to new jammers (if you're a veteran)?

Don't be lazy like me. Actually submit something. Even if you didn't finish it, you can still be proud of the fact that you made something.

1. Hi there! What's your name? Want to introduce yourself?

Hello, everyone! I am David, but I go by the alias, baportabo, online. I am an 18 year old computer science student, but will study game design after graduating.

2. Did you participate in the last jam we held? If so, what do you plan on doing better this time? If not, what's your reason for joining?

This is my actually first time, so I am very excited to see what everyone will be crafting!

3. What games are your favorites? Did any of them inspire you, or made you want to make your own?

Some of my favorite games are Dungeon Souls and Nuclear Throne. There is just something about roguelikes that captivates me. I mean, their pixel art is freaking gorgeous!

4. Do you have experience with game development? What did you do/with what engine?

Well, right now, I'm just beginning my journey in game development. I'm currently using Game Maker Studio as my engine.

5. Tell us about something you're passionate about!

Aside from programming and game crafting, I'm reaaaally passionate in drawing. Not that good but reaaaally passionate. I came to a point where in I was willing to shift my course from computer science to fine arts.

1) I'm Lazy Kiki, I normally go by either Kiki or Byte on the social medias

2) Nope new to practically everything involving game design and development ;;

3) Yume Nikki, Mad Father, Stardew Valley, Overwatch, Skullgirls, Animal Crossing; the first 3 are what made me think I could make something if I tried

4) No, although I have RPGMaker VX Ace and PICO-8, along with a few more obscure maker programs

5) Art, mainly character and story design

1. Hello. My name's Joe. I work in a supermarket, making pizzas.

2. This is the first game jam I've attempted. I joined because making games is a kinda fun thing to do, and it would be good to have a deadline to motivate me to finish something.

3. The game that made me want to make games was The Stanley Parable. The game that made me think maybe I could was Undertale. Neither of them are my favourites really, but they got me into this in the first place.

4. I once made a half-finished Gamemaker game for a live performance about the film Alien. I talked and performed while someone played it on a big screen. It wasn't a game that would work on its own though. The most complex thing it did was move left and right, and other things moved left and right and up and down when you reached certain bits, you know. Sometimes sounds played, but never when I'd wanted them to.

5. I guess I'm passionate about making things that tell stories, and also reading things that tell stories, and watching/playing/listening to them.

1. Hi there! What's your name? Want to introduce yourself?

Hello, I'm Alexandra (you can call me Alex, or Azurite if you want though). I've been talking in the Discord chat but I never properly introduced myself here. I'm currently studying Japanese in college, and I like to draw in my free time. If you'd like, you can check out my art here. You can also find it on my twitter, where I've been posting my art for the jam.

2. Did you participate in the last jam we held? If so, what do you plan on doing better this time? If not, what's your reason for joining?

Originally my boyfriend and I planned to participate in this jam last year, but we found we didn't have the time. We've been wanting to collaborate on making a game for a long time now so when I saw that the jam was happening again, I really wanted to join!

3. What games are your favorites? Did any of them inspire you, or made you want to make your own?

My favorite games are Paper Mario 64 and TTYD, Okami, Bloodborne, Dark Souls, Pokemon, Animal Crossing, Legend of Zelda (Majoras Mask and Twilight Princess are my favorites), Super Mario Sunshine, Persona 3, TWEWY, Katamari, Monster Hunter, and recently Hyper Light Drifter and Undertale. They all inspire me in certain ways which I could probably talk about for hours if given the chance.

4. Do you have experience with game development? What did you do/with what engine?

Not at all! I'm not even the one doing the coding for this project, haha...I'm collaborating with StumpCricket for this jam! I'm just doing the art for it, but in the future I hope to mess around with gamemaker and other programs on my own.

5. Tell us about something you're passionate about!

I'm really passionate about art, and I hope to one day make a webcomic when I have the time to do so. I love video games too of course, and I take a lot of inspiration from them. I really look forward to sharing my own ideas and stories in the future, whether that be through making comics, games, or music.

1. Hi there! What's your name? Want to introduce yourself?

Hey, I'm Jadon, not much else to say other than that! I also study Japanese in college, and I'm planning on becoming a translator, though originally I intended to study computer science. I've been wanting to make games for a long time and I'm finally doing it!

2. Did you participate in the last jam we held? If so, what do you plan on doing better this time? If not, what's your reason for joining?

Nope, this is my first time! I wanted to participate with artisticazurite in the last jam, like I am now, but as she said there just wasn't enough time. Like I said, I've wanted to make games my whole life but I never really found the motivation. Actually, since I can't draw at all a lot of it has to do with having someone to do the art now. Seeing the actual graphics and not just solid color boxes makes the results a lot more tangible!

3. What games are your favorites? Did any of them inspire you, or made you want to make your own?

Pretty much all of my favorites have inspired me both to make my own game and in general. They include Pikmin, Pokemon, Animal Crossing, Bloodborne, Dark Souls, Demon's Souls, Zelda (especially Majora's Mask and Ocarina of Time), Undertale, Earthbound, LISA, Dwarf Fortress, Paper Mario, Morrowind, Metroid (favorite 2D is Super Metroid, favorite 3D is Metroid Prime) The Metal Gear Series, Yakuza, Nier, Ape Escape, Ico, Shadow of the Colossus, Monster Hunter, Okami, Super Mario World, Katamari, and a million others I'm sure I'm forgetting to list.

4. Do you have experience with game development? What did you do/with what engine?

None! I have extremely basic knowledge of Computer Science when I took it in high-school and briefly for the semester-and-a-half I was a computer science major in college, but even then I've never made or attempted making a game.

5. Tell us about something you're passionate about!

1. Hello! I'm Naz, but I go by Hiraja online. I'm currently in college in a game dev related major.

2. I didn't attend the last jam. In truth I didn't even know about this jam until recently. The atmosphere here is fun and inviting, which is one of the main reasons I wanted to join. I also want to create something to add to my portfolio.

3. My favorite games span all sorts of genres. I love S4 League, Borderlands, Transistor, World of Warships, Overwatch, Duelyst, Hyper Light Drifter, and Skyrim. Yea, I'm all over the place x). S4 League stands as my one true inspiration. It was so good before it got taken over by hackers :/

4. I have experience with game development. I'm in that weird middle ground where I'm not a beginner and I'm not a veteran.If veterans were level 100... I'd say I'm level 30 or 40? Some of the engines & languages I use are Unity, GameMaker, Processing, Java, and JavaScript.

5. I LOVE to design. Getting the core concepts and theories down, then improving them. I'm also really good at coding and can do some art (I made my avatar :P).

6. I've only done a few jams before, but I can offer two extremely important pieces of advice:
a) "It's dangerous to go alone". and unnecessary. Find a friend or someone from a forum to join you. Find two (or more)! A jam is much more enjoyable with friends.
b) Beware of scope creep! Write down your idea, list the essentials of it from must-have to it-would-be-nice, boil that down some more, then make the game. Start from the topmost necessary parts, and work your way down.

Let's make games and have fun! <3

1. Hi there! What's your name? Want to introduce yourself?

Heyo! Totally forgot to introduce myself, so here we are ^_^''' My name is Limboneto, you can call me Limbo, Ansley, Ans, or whatever suits your fancy. I'm a Canadian artist/game maker, although I'm by no means a pro

2. Did you participate in the last jam we held? If so, what do you plan on doing better this time? If not, what's your reason for joining?

Yes I did! I'm getting out of my comfort zone slightly and trying a new engine I've never used until now, GameMaker. Hopefully I can get a decent game working!

3. What games are your favorites? Did any of them inspire you, or made you want to make your own?

I have so many favourites. I'm a huge fan of The Legend of Zelda series, Pokemon, Portal, Tales of series, Fantasy RPGs in general, RPG Horror games such as Ib, The Witch's House, Mad Father, Misao, etc. I also love various Harvest Moon or Animal Crossing-type games, and plan on making 1 or 2 (though maybe not for this jam ^_^') As of late, Undertale and Grim Fandango have been my obsessions!

And yes, most if not all of these have been huge inspirations for me, and quite possibly elements from all of these might go into my newest project!

4. Do you have experience with game development? What did you do/with what engine?

A little! I normally use RPG Maker VX Ace and MV, and have been playing around with them for a few years now!

5. Tell us about something you're passionate about!

My OCs and their stories! I have over 100+ OCs for 1 world/story alone out of a possible 4-5, and I absolutely love drawing, writing, and talking about them! I'm always up for telling people about them and for hearing feedback and ideas to help me out!

6. Any advice to new jammers (if you're a veteran)?

Have fun with it! Don't worry, and don't sweat it! Have little stepping stones set out for you along the way (ex: make player sprite, then have them walk around in the environment, have some water and/or a snack, make character interact with something, etc. etc.) and don't be afraid to reach out to fellow jammers for help or just to chill and talk with, I failed to do that last round and I missed out on some stuff ^_^'''

1. Hi there! What's your name? Want to introduce yourself?

The identity I use for game development is Glutamate Dehydrogenase (GDH for brevity). I'm a 25 year old biological science graduate student, if the name didn't give it away.

2. Did you participate in the last jam we held? If so, what do you plan on doing better this time? If not, what's your reason for joining?

I've never participated in a game jam before, I've got about a month off where I'm basically a NEET until the semester starts. Figured I may as well finally go beyond tutorial projects and unfinished prototypes.

3. What games are your favorites? Did any of them inspire you, or made you want to make your own?

4. Do you have experience with game development? What did you do/with what engine?

I've messed around with Unity tutorials, and when I was a child I played around with QBASIC and DarkBasic. I managed to make simple games, even a very simple FPS (one room, constantly spawning enemies), but never anything large scale.

5. Tell us about something you're passionate about!

Science in general, mainly. Get a few drinks in me and I will not shut up about the minutiae of molecular biology in particular.

6. Any advice to new jammers (if you're a veteran)?

Nope. I'm new to this. Good luck.

Hello! My name is Elijah. I'm beginner indie game developer.

This is my first time joining and I'm really want to know what others think about my game.

Many games that I like: Doodle Jump, FEZ, Deadbolt, Swhip, Standby, and many other

To create my game, me inspired my state of mind at the time, and even though the game is not quite polished, but it accurately conveys my internal state at the time when I was doing it.

Bouncing Hell! it's my first complete game.

I love music and design, games has many design and music, I like create games.

Sorry for my English :)