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1. Hi there! What's your name? Want to introduce yourself?

I'm Mark :)

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 joined because I need to learn Unity for an internship I'm beginning in about 2 months, and I work best under pressure and in a community.

3. What games are your favorites? Did any of them inspire you, or made you want to make your own?

I think my favorite games are Animal Crossing and the Lego Harry Potter series :0 but it's mostly games from developers like Porpentine or Brianna Lei that I find inspiring!

4. Do you have experience with game development? What did you do/with what engine?

I have no experience, unless you count using GameMaker for a Technology Student Association project when I was 11 :^)

5. Tell us about something you're passionate about!

telling stories!! also pretty colors!!!!!!

6. What are your goals for this game jam?

To get a handle on what Unity is and what I can make with it, as well as improve my modelling skills in Blender 3D and learn how to use both software programs together.

your idea is so creative!! I can't wait to see your progress! :D

• This is gonna be my first game ever!

• I'm stuck between two ideas right now:
  • Lettuce Farmer - an aquaponics simulator where you grow lettuce and raise tilapia in an artificial ecosystem
    • I worked in an aquaponics project a couple years ago in high school and
      thought it would make a fun game! I can start very simple when it comes to game mechanics (ex. the most basic game would require that lettuce grows and must be harvested, and that tilapia grow and must be fed), so I thought it would be perfect for a first project.
  • i can't sleep - a horror(ish? I'm kind of a scaredy cat lmao) game in which you need to collect clues to figure out which "boyfriend" ringing your doorbell is the real one
    • this is probably too complicated for a very first game--but I'll work on the core first, since it basically functions the same for both games, and then see how I feel about it

Today I made a little concept art for Lettuce Farmer and watched the Intro to Game Dev stream. Tomorrow I'm going to work through the "Create Your First Unity Project" from the Unity website and get started on the "core" that SolaceEternal talked about. Both of my games will take place in a 3D environment in which the character walks around and interacts with objects, so I think this is a good place to start.

As much as I love bullet points, formatting this thing is driving me insane, so I'll leave it at that for today and update my progress tomorrow! :^)