My first ever game jam here and I feel like I am way in over my head due to lack of my general gamedev knowledge. Up until a day ago I've still been trying to figure out what to even make at all to match the theme. I've been stuck between ideas that might match the theme but sound like it would be the most tedious, anti-fun game ever developed on earth and ideas that sound like they would be fun, but either not match the theme at all, or would be way too difficult to make in a single week.
Now with barely 2 days left I'm not really counting on finishing it in time. Here's hoping that by the time the next game jam comes around, I'll have improved my game design and coding skills and won't be so stuck next time. Only time will tell.
Definitely looking forward to what kind of games others have developed, it should be interesting :)
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I'd encourage you to submit something and not overcomplicate things (second jam here, so not an expert by far...).
If you have two days, make a simple project that don't need hours and hours of code. Yes, I know it's so easy to say and not so easy to do and yes, maybe it will not be your best game but you'll submit anything and gain experience on that too.
And who knows, maybe something super-simple ends up being more fun and enjoyable than a super-complicated project. You can keep working on it after the deadline if you see that it have potential!
Cmon! You can do it!