This was my first game jam so a lot of basics, but I think I learned more this past 2 weeks (also entered the Brackeys jam) than I have in the many months I've been learning before! The thing I spent the most time on was character movement, and getting it to feel fair when you die rather than feeling like the game was screwing you over.
P.S. just played your game - I love the mechanic of evolving to adapt against what killed them. The whole thing feels very Zerg-like.
Congrats on your first jam! Cool to someone else going on the game jam circuit, I also did this and the Brackets jam! High pressure and high stress environments like this are when I learned best at the start also, and I hear you on the character controller. Those things are super finicky to get right. I spend so long just fiddling with the variables
PS. The art/ideas was super Zerg influenced, I loved playing through Heart of the Swarm. I'm glad it was noticed
Thanks, hopefully I'll be around for a while!
The Zerg influence definitely shows! I'm Protoss myself so Legacy of the Void was my favourite, but I thought Heart of the Swarm was amazing too.
Any tips on your favourite jams to compete in that I should be looking out for as a newbie? At this point the next one on my list is the next Brackeys one.
Honestly, while big jams like this are fun and rewarding, I also enjoy just joining small jams as well in between them. It let's you get some good practice in a low stress environment where there's no pressure on yourself and you can focus on learning and improving.
My first big jam was the Miz Jam 1 this summer, and I thought it had a pretty cool gimmick where everyone uses the same asset pack, and the rest is open ended. It also had the really nice feature where you had 48 hours you could spend however you wanted over 9 days, so it was a lot more manageable if you had other things you were busy with as well. I believe that the next one happens this summer!
But honestly just look through the jams on itch and if any one has a gimmick that you like, go for it! (There's an MS paint jam that I've been trying lmao)
