1. What's your name? Want to introduce yourself?
Hello there everyone ! My nickname on here is Just Gilloo, or Gilloo for short (pronounced as Jilloo, like boo~!). I'm a Belgian-French 20 years old university student.
2. Did you participate in the last jam we held? If not, what's your reason for joining?
I did not participate in the last game jam. I decided to join after a lot of hesitation and a being scared because I've been wanting to make the ability to design my own videogames a reality ever since I was exposed to them as a child. And this seems like the perfect starting point to learn and discover how to do exactly that.
3. What games are your favourite? Did any of them inspire you, or made you want to make your own?
I play a lot of different games, I'm pretty much open to give any game a chance. No matter the genre. Although a lot of my fondest gaming memories were linked to Nintendo games. I think the 3 genre of games who left the biggest impression on me ever since I was a kid are platformers, RPG's and Metroidvania styled games. To this day they are the 3 types of games I tend to play and enjoy the most.
Some of the most influential platformers I played are Klonoa (I dream of making a spiritual successor to this underrated series one day), the early Sonic games on the Sega Megadrive and of course the platforming king himself Mario.
My favourite RPG games (and series) of all time are Dragon Quest, Xenoblade Chronicles and Fire Emblem.
4. Do you have any experience with game development? What did you do/with what engine?
I fiddled around a bit with game engines like Game Maker Studios, Unity and Godot in the past in an attempt to learn myself how to code and make games. Sadly I always gave up after a while because of how daunting and intimidating it is.
5. Tell us something you're passionate about!
Games (obviously), music (I play a lot of guitar, piano and flute in my free time) and literature/writing/languages are my 3 biggest passions in life I would say.
6. What are your goals for this game jam?
My biggest goal for this game jam is to finally have the courage to go for it and learn myself the basics of code and game design (and everything that comes with it) to kickstart my journey into one day realising my dream. Meeting and sharing experiences with other likeminded people starting out like myself is one of the biggest reasons I decided to get past my initial fear and stress and just go for it and have fun along the way. And of course, like everyone participating I hope to be able to deliver some kind of prototype or partly finished product at the end of this. But no matter the result I'm sure it'll be a great learning experience.