I'm actually doing a bigger project of my own so participating in jams everytime would only push me away from my main game
I just entered this jam because the money and the license would be a HUGE help for my project
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Indeed, I'm working on a main project as well. I generally pick and choose which jams to enter pretty thoughtfully, usually when the jam itself is going to encourage me to develop a certain skillset that I need for other projects. In this case, it was shaders, which I've only really dabbled in before. I need a lighting system for my main project, I've been avoiding it because "shaders", so I entered this jam because "neon" just screams shaders and I have a definite time limit as to how long I'll spend away from the main project. I've come away with a better understanding of the tech to put to use in my main project, so I consider it time well spent. But that's just my perspective on jams =)