1. Hi there! What's your name? Want to introduce yourself?
I'm Sam, but mostly I go by Synzia online. I'm a recent college grad (BA in English-Creative Writing).
2. Did you participate in the last jam we held? If so, what do you plan on doing better this time? If not, what's your reason for joining?
I did not, but I wanted to join because I want to create games for fun and for a living and I figured I might as well get a jump on the process!
3. What games are your favorites? Did any of them inspire you, or made you want to make your own?
Pokemon, Skyrim, Bastion, Transistor, and Overwatch are some of my favorites. Honorable mentions to the Borderlands series and both Portal games. Bastion in particular was the game that sparked my interest in making my own games. I read a review of it and immediately began saving money to get a console to play it on. I eventually got it on Steam and played it all in one sitting. I was in community college at the time, and didn't really know what I was doing with my life, but Bastion gave me the courage to actually pursue a game career!
4. Do you have experience with game development? What did you do/with what engine?
I do not. I've been messing around with Unity and with Twine (I'll be using Twine this jam), but I've never done any extensive work with creating games. This jam is my first step! I've taken programming classes before (Python, a bit of C++, and an intro class to Linux) so I won't be totally lost when it comes to variables and such.
5. Tell us about something you're passionate about!
Writing! I love writing, I love telling stories, I love sharing stories. I write mostly fiction, mostly novels, but I've also worked on short stories and non fiction/memoirs. I tend to be verbose (oops). I also just like learning. I'm that kind of person that spends hours getting lost on Wikipedia and then spends the next few days spouting the random trivia I learned. I also enjoy helping people, as I was trained as a peer counselor and worked with a nonprofit that assisted LGTBQIA+ youth.
6. Any advice to new jammers (if you're a veteran)?
I'm a newbie, I'll take advice if you've got it, I'm incredibly intimidated actually (I'm usually much more of the lurking type, but I'm trying to push myself more!)