What did you most like/dislike about the jam?
Overall, I really enjoying this game jam. I always wanted to try making a game (and even though I wasn't able to complete it on time), it got me motivated to continue working on the game overall. The community is very supportive and I really liked to play and interact with the other game devs. Everyone have a unique twist and style on their ideas and alliterations of Harold.
I'm not a huge fan of the rating system (as some categories like the Harold one was a bit difficult to judge).
Where did you hear about the jam?
I found it coincidentally on itch.io when looking for a first game jam to try out. Actually, I found out about Harold's Last Stand game jam from months ago when looking through the rpg maker forums and saw how the community had a blast in using the default characters for the engine. I was slightly bummed for missing out on that but then got excited when I found out the game jam was returning. With Theme 6 blasting.
What inspired you to join/submit?
I always wanted to try out making a game (and also had the RPG makers I got that were laying out in the dust on steam for years). I always like learning new things and pushing myself to the limits, and this one had a fun idea of using any version or interpretation of a character and bring that character to life.
Future theme suggestions?
(Oh, you betcha I have a lot of ideas)
- In Media Res
- The Power of Friendship
- Plot twist
- Sequence breaking
- Role Reversal
- Breaking the 4th Wall
- New Game+
- Subverted Expectations
- Progress will make you weaker.
- Deja Vu/Time Loop
- Silent Protagonist
- The road to hell is paved with good intentions
- Uncanny Valley
- Unreliable Narrator
- Amnesia
- One of your party is a
impostertraitor - Hero & Villain Team-up
- A Game within a Game
- Turning a bug into a feature
- Mid-Game Genre Shift
- Isekai
- Playing the game backwards.
- Body Swap
- Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass
- Chekhov's Gun
- Remakes
- Diabolus ex Machina
- Cheat to Win
- You only live once.
- A RPG game that should not be an RPG.
- Add a rule, remove a rule.
- Past vs. future
Do you have any assets you'd like to make available to the community for next year?
I may plan in the future to make art alternative versions (by the rpg maker MV default hero characters) for others who may wish to use other game engines instead for next year.
Any other thoughts or suggestions?
I had a blast working and hope there will be a next year Harold Game Jam.