This is my fourth jam and I learned a lot from my previous jams but I still did some of the same mistakes I did in previous jams:
Things I learned from previous jams and I applied here:
-Think and think and think before you even start writing any codes
-Do not wait for perfect art to start coding, do your codes with squares and circles while the artist do his job
-Ask myself, can I actually do this game within 72 hours [if I can't, can I still submit what I have by the deadline as a final game]
Mistakes that I repeated:
-Did not consider taking the jam seriously until the first day passed
-Only dedicated 5-10 hours for the jam. If we add time spent by the other team members (artist and musician) it would barely be 10-15 hours, which is way less than even the time one person should dedicate for a 72 hours jam