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First off, thank you so much for making this post, I think this is a great idea to help people reflect on the event as a whole.

1. How much time did you spend creating your game/games?

I’m not entirely sure how much time I put into this game. I was kicking around the idea for a little while at least. I think as a ballpark estimate I spent 20-25 hours over the course of several weeks with the idea and creation of the project. I have a difficult time keeping track of time spent on anything, so rough numbers are all I can really give. If I had to break it down it would probably be 

~4-5h Art & Design

~6-8h Story & Theme

~10-12h Mechanics

2. Was there anything useful you learned in developing your games?

Absolutely! I realized here that a design document would have made my life a whole lot easier for keeping track of things. However, keeping a GoogleDoc of my notes and ideas was useful. It gave me a single space to throw everything which I could draw from later in my final product.

3. What challenges did you face while making the game/games?

The biggest challenge for me this time around was overcoming how I felt about the entire process. Thoughts of not being good enough and the thought that my game would be entirely unplayable garbage were a constant cloud above me. God helped me through though. Now I have a real game in my portfolio! I’m so excited to continue making things like this in the future. 

4. Finally, feel free to recommend either a game that you really like, is underrated, or has a cool premise/mechanics. There are so many games to choose from and they all seem so intriguing to me! The first one I thought of came from the first person who commented on my post, The Ravensridge Press’ addition to the jam TCP Foundation looks incredible, I love the idea of taking your phone and making an SCP-like anomaly with friends. I just love the shared storytelling opportunities this game provides. This is just one of the several that I have open in my tabs.

Thanks! I always had decks of cards around when I was growing up, but never had any dice. So, I wanted to try and make a system that could let people play a simple RPG with them. Hope you like it and thank you for commenting!

Hello everyone! I know I'm getting to this rather late (considering the jam is already closed), but I thought I'd make an introduction nonetheless! 

1. My name is Helix
2. I enjoyed playing D&D the three times I've tried it. Currently I'm playing in a Shadowrun game which is a lot like Cyberpunk.
3. This is my first time competing in ANY Game Jam! I absolutely loved it and can't wait to see what so many of you continue to come up with. I want to keep improving too, so if you have any advice or comments I'd love to hear them!
4. I believe I accomplished my main goal which was to actually publish my first game of any sort. I did that and can't wait to try my hand at another jam in the future.

This really was a lot of fun, but I had no idea just how large the community is. I'll have to keep an eye out for boards like these in the future so I can meet new folks like you all.

This is awesome! I never thought I'd see a SCP inspired game! The game seems like it will be a fantastic storytelling game, and I'm going to have to try this out.

Thanks! I really appreciate you taking the time to comment! It was fun trying to come up with something like this, I didn't playtest the game a ton so there may be some things that need to be fixed here and there. All in all, I'm glad I joined and was able to come up with something!