1. Hi there! What's your name? Want to introduce yourself?
Ay What's up? You can call me by my discord name, Xian Xian or Li-Fei. I'm a college girl, 21 years old, who's practically a hermit thanks to online school. I spend way too much time on the computer.
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 participated in the last two jams, Winter and Summer. This time I actually plan on using a new engine, which is Game Maker Studio. I want to learn a new engine that isn't Twine. It's always good to broaden your horizons despite the many many hardships you will endure. I'm really slow at understanding coding, so I know I'm in for a challenge as Twine code isn't really all that complex. So I guess this is my answer on planning to do better.
3. What games are your favorites? Did any of them inspire you, or made you want to make your own?
Like last year, the Zero Escape series has been my favorite. If you guys see me on Discord, I've been talking about Phantasy Star a lot and I'm even playing the ones I haven't started, which is Phantasy Star 4, and I plan to actually beat Phantasy Star 1-3. I got halfway through 3 and then stop playing years ago and now I have no memory of what I'm supposed to do next. I also really love Banshee's Last Cry and The House of Fata Morgana. I really love games with a lot of story that hits me in the heart with pretty writing.
4. Do you have experience with game development? What did you do/with what engine?
The only game dev experience I have is Twine 1.4 and recently Twine 2. Twine 2 is sort of easy compared to Twine 1.4 I'm noticing lately. I've also done a little bit of Renpy and I know basic CSS thanks to Twine.
5. Tell us about something you're passionate about!
I'm super passionate about story telling, I've been writing fiction and poetry since junior year of high school and even had some poetry published in zines, but I don't like my poetry anymore so I don't really talk about it anymore. I will say that school work has fried my writing skills recently. Most likely this post is riddled with mistakes and I will go through writer's block in period of time when I have to get some writing down.
6. Any advice to new jammers (if you're a veteran)?
Don't beat yourself over not finishing a project and just marvel over your progress. I know this is hypocritical of me to say, because I complain about not finishing stuff all the time, but this is something that you have to remember when you're submitting a broken ass game into the box.