1. Hi there! What's your name? Want to introduce yourself?
Hi! I'm Sio! I studied Environmental Science and am maybe thinking of studying Library Science (I work in the children's area at my library and I love it! Kids' books are the best). I like being outside and nature, especially plants and trees, birds, and bones. I also do art sometimes. Fun fact: I have synesthesia
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've never been in a jam; in fact I only heard about this today! I wanted to try it out because game design always seemed like one of those things I could never do, but since this is for completely new beginners also, designing a game seems feasible. And why not try it out?
3. What games are your favorites? Did any of them inspire you, or made you want to make your own?
I grew up playing point-and-click Adventure Games like Myst & Riven (Riven's been a big inspiration to me), Day of the Tentacle, Nancy Drew, etc. and I still really love those games. Most puzzle games will catch my eye haha. Some of my other favorite games are Okami, the Dragon Age series (especially DA2), the Legend of Zelda games (especially Wind Waker, another big inspiration), and Mass Effect (I feel like I'm forgetting some hmm.... :T). I really like Journey and Undertale and how different they are from standard games: Journey's storytelling is so unique and different, and Undertale makes you examine RPGs and how you think about them.
4. Do you have experience with game development? What did you do/with what engine?
No experience at all, though in college I took a class on Processing and really enjoyed it.
5. Tell us about something you're passionate about!
I really like art! I mostly work with pencil and pen, but I've worked with a lot of traditional media and I'm learning how to paint and draw digitally. This year I hope to try out a lot of new techniques in new and familiar media. I want to make more paintings, try out new ink techniques, learn more digitally, and sell more things consistently (like setting up a shop maybe?)
I also really like breadmaking, science (especially ecology and related fields), reading (comics!!), playing video games, and watching cartoons :)
6. Any advice to new jammers (if you're a veteran)?
Not a veteran at all haha but I'm really looking forward to learning a lot (and probably making a lot of mistakes haha)