1. Hi there! What's your name? Want to introduce yourself?
Hi! I'm Classo, but calling me Mika is fine as well! I'm actually kind of making a game with a much larger scope (and more complicated things to do for it), but I thought that joining this jam would be great practice in coding for games!
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 didn't; like I mentioned above, I thought this would be practice for coding for my other game in the future!
3. What games are your favorites? Did any of them inspire you, or made you want to make your own?
I've got so many favorite games, but a few of the ones that will always have a place in my heart are the Spyro the Dragon games, the Fire Emblem games, and the entire Mother trilogy! I'm also quite attached to games like Rune Factory and/or Harvest Moon because of farm simulation, and games like The Sims and the Virtual Villagers series because of the 'playing god' thing going on around there.
4. Do you have experience with game development? What did you do/with what engine?
A little! I mess around regularly with RPGMaker2003, and sometimes with RPGMaker VX Ace.
5. Tell us about something you're passionate about!
I adore writing and bringing to life any characters I've drawn out/conceptualized! Placing them in scenarios, imagining things they'd say and do, and designing themes after them and giving them a 'soul' - that's what makes me really happy!
1.HI, I´m Jaime. MY DREAM IS WORK AS A GAME DEV, but i´m spanish and things here are too hard. BUT I HAVE ADREAM HAHAHAHAhaha....ha.....ha..........I WILL GIVE ALL OF MYSELF
2.Thats my first jam.I want to know people from far places and I love the concept ..........that´s all.
3.I LOVE ROGUELIKES, LIKE THE BINDING OF ISAAC OR ENTER THE GUNGEON. But i like puzzle games too like Profesor Layton or Portal. I love too Dark souls and Mother 3
4.I did little proyect like a Fllapy bird or like a Kolorimpa.I usually use GameMaker or Unity, and for the sprites I use SAI and Pyxel Edit
Here is a video with a lot of my proyects:
5.I LOVE MY FAMILY VIDEOGAMES AND CURRY. But i guess OOOHHH now I stand the question wait wait. I like CATS, ROGUE LIKES, PROBLEMS, ETHERNET AND I LOVE DRAW GAME DESIGN AND I LIKE MY CHAIR.
Here is my twitter :https://twitter.com/Eufrasi0
(@Eufrasi0)
AND HERE IS MY LOVE :http://www.revistaesfinge.com/media/k2/items/cache/e13c4c6b684536ecde3ac77213ca4d80_XL.jpg
BYE BYE
1. Hi my name is Guy, but people just call me 'fergs'. I'm a .Net Developer with a focus on Web Development.
2. This is my first time participating in this jam, and I'm joining this jam because I want to try and build a game idea I've had for awhile.
3. I like playing all sorts of games, I like checking out a lot of indie games and I get the Humble Bundle when they do indie games.
4. I've played around with Phaser, Unity and Love - nothing serious yet, just learning how the tools work.
5. I'm passionate about coding and building web apps.
6. Pretty much whats been said before, just start out with the basics don't try and do anything huge. Try doing what 3d animators do and 'block out' your game, work on the gameplay mechanics and worrgy about the assets later. I would rather play a finished game jam game that's made of rectangles and squares than a game that looks pretty but doesn't work.
1. Hi there! What's your name? Want to introduce yourself?
Jason Terry
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?
No, this will be my first jam ever.
3. What games are your favorites? Did any of them inspire you, or made you want to make your own?
jrpgs tend to be the most inspirational, I am a system's nut.
4. Do you have experience with game development? What did you do/with what engine?
I tend to do my stuff without engines, using things like SDL, OpenGL, etc, I have worked with unreal / unity before but am trying to stick close to 2d stuff right now.
5. Tell us about something you're passionate about!
Programming!
6. Any advice to new jammers (if you're a veteran)?
1. Hi there! What's your name? Want to introduce yourself?
Hey! My name is Agustin, people call me sugus or sugusin or agus. I live in Argentina (GMT -3) and I'm a little nervous about participating in this jam haha, don't have much experience coding. I'm studying programming, first year
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?
Didn't participate. The reason for joining is because I'm studying programming and I would love to make games, this could help me start doing them
3. What games are your favorites? Did any of them inspire you, or made you want to make your own?
I have a lot of favorites, all of them inspire me. Some games I love are Earthworm Jim, Gunstar Heroes, Super Mario World, FFVIII, Command & Conquer Red Alert, among others. I love playing platformers lately and Owlboy is a very very good one that I've been playing
4. Do you have experience with game development? What did you do/with what engine?
No, not really, I've done a couple of tutorials with GameMaker and Phaser, but never finished any game with those... (This time I'm looking to finish what I start ;D)
5. Tell us about something you're passionate about!
I'm passionate about music, playing soccer and getting out with friends and have a couple of beers and talk about life, cheers!
Hello everyone! My name is MagicDoogies! I'm a 2D character artist and Illustrator that has a focus on game development as a career.
While this isn't exactly my first time participating in a Game Jam- it will be my first time participating in this one.
My favorite franchise of all time is Pokemon. No questions asked. However when I'm not playing that game I tend to really enjoy platformers, RPG's and JRPG's.
Games that currently hold the most inspiration for me would have to be Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword. The atmosphere, soundtrack, design, atmosphere, and tone hit all the right notes for me.
I don't have any experience in game development when it comes to coding, programming or using game engines. But I do have some experience in creating character sheets and guides that will help inform 3D modelers and animators down the pipeline.
1. Hi there! What's your name? Want to introduce yourself?
Howdy! I'm Walter, 21, graduate, aspiring artist and game developer. You can see my art here:http://theaciscold.tumblr.com/. It's really not great, but I've been making significant strides lately, and I'm determined to continue doing so throughout the year! I work at an ice rink and I love all kinds of entertainment media.
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 participated in a game jam - this'll be my first. It'll be my first real game too! Last year I did a lot of fiddling with GameMaker and had some ideas for games I could make, but lacked the drive to follow through. Starting 2017 by finally biting that bullet seemed like a great idea, so I'm happy to have come across this jam.
3. What games are your favorites? Did any of them inspire you, or made you want to make your own?
Shadow of the Colossus is my all-time favorite. Other favorites are FFXII, Kentucky Route Zero, Read Only Memories - many, many more. Recently, I played through The Last Guardian, and while I still prefer Shadow of the Colossus, this game completely blew me away. Atmosphere in games is really important to me, and Fumito Ueda and his teams have nailed it each time with architecture, music, character design, and everything in between. Those games, perhaps more than anything else, have inspired me to pursue game development.
4. Do you have experience with game development? What did you do/with what engine?
The only experience I have is the aforementioned fiddling with GameMaker, which, Ithink, resulted in enough know-how to make the extremely simple game I have in mind. Hopefully I'll learn more in the process! I'm also interested in Unity, but that's a little ways down the road.
5. Tell us about something you're passionate about!
I like comics, movies, anime, boxing, ice skating, and fishing, but video games are really what I'm most passionate about. Games like The Last Guardian or Kentucky Route Zero are breathtaking experiences for me - I love taking my time and getting lost in that eerie atmosphere.
1. Hi there! What's your name? Want to introduce yourself?
My name is Ben. I live in Australia so I'm probably in the future.
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 did but I didn't finish. I think I just burned out last time and got distracted. Using this one as an excuse to work on a project and possibly help out other people using the same tools I am.
3. What games are your favorites? Did any of them inspire you, or made you want to make your own?
I'm a fan of most games. I got into gamedev mostly cause I like making silly little things.
4. Do you have experience with game development? What did you do/with what engine?
Mostly have experience using the Godot engine, and a little bit of Unity.
5. Tell us about something you're passionate about!
I like swords. I do a lot of HEMA cause I'm a nerd about it.
6. Any advice to new jammers (if you're a veteran)?
Scope as small as you can while still having what makes the game tick.
Because the jam is a relatively long period of time, you have the opportunity to scrap things and start again. You will do something twice as fast the second time you do it so don't be scared about having to repeat stuff if you do end up starting over.
You will spend 90% of your time making the game and then another 90% polishing it, so don't expect immediate results.
Hi Everyone!
Welp uh... hi there! I'm Nine, or Ren, both names are acceptable. ^^; Guess I should introduce myself. I've never participated in any game jam before because...
I'm pretty much entirely new to coding! I've been dinking about with Gamemaker Studio pro since I got it on a humble bundle for ridiculously cheap, and have been having a pretty great time muddling through things with GML and learning to code (I set myself the task to never use the drag and drop interface, or use it as little as physically possible, since it's not as much fun as puzzling out code for some reason! Yeah I don't understand it either ^^; ), and then a friend indicated this jam to me, and I figured I should give it a shot, for multiple reasons.
First: It will help me learn to code.
Second: It'll teach me good time management and goal orientated behaviours
Third: I'll be more motivated to keep on task and not let myself get distracted. ^^;
Fourth: coding games seems like it could be a lot of fun!
I've always liked shmups even though I'm usually terrible at them, and I really enjoy most games to be honest. I crave good storytelling in videogames, and I'm of the opinion that whilst good graphics are a great thing, I'm happy for stunning beautiful backgrounds and eyecandy to take a back seat to an actually playable game and great engaging characters and worldbuilding, though there is always a place for more simplistic, less cerebral and more pure fun oriented games as well, such as abstract puzzlers or weird esoteric stuff :)
I think the only prior experience with gamedev I have other than super recently, is way back when I messed around with BASIC on my Spectrum 128K+2a years back when I was a little kid (for all of a sum total of a day or two maybe), or the brief stint I tried Klik & Play and The Games Factory out (again, many years back as a teen). Neither of those attempts ever got anywhere nor did I make anything that was functional, fun or well designed, and I grew bored of it very quickly. This latest attempt I seem to be having way more fun with, mostly because I'm actually coding? GML's surprisingly fun to use!
as for things I'm passionate about, um... Cats, being a good person, human rights, and really nice cups of tea. Oh and cute things. ^^;
so yeah that's a very brief rundown on me I suppose. um.. hi!
Hey, I'm razorsharpsmile! I'm very new to coding and making video games but I've dabbled in various "creative" stuff over the years like drawing, creative writing, writing LARPs and GMing tabletop RP.
I've never done a game jam before but I'm very excited! :D I got the GameMaker Humble Bundle and that sparked my interest in trying my hand at making games. All I've done so far is a tutorial and the beginnings of a clicker game about bees, so I'm looking forward to attempting something a bit more advanced (and actually finishing something of my own).
My favourite games are probably ES III: Morrowind (and not ES IV), Dishonored, the Zero Escape series and Analogue: A Hate Story. I love exploration and world-building.
1. Hi there! What's your name? Want to introduce yourself?
Hello! I'm ribambelle, I am a translator, and I'm pretty nervous about this whole thing. But also looking forward to it!
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?
Nope, first timer here! I found out about this through the GirlGamers subreddit and the more I clicked through those beautiful lists of engines, resources and tutorials, the more I wanted to participate.
3. What games are your favorites? Did any of them inspire you, or made you want to make your own?
I've been playing Stardew Valley since Christmas, so there's that. Otherwise I really enjoyed the worlds of Bioshock or Dishonored, and hugely enjoy story driven games like the Walking Dead series, Firewatch, Dr. Langeskov and that super huge long title, Oxenfree, Her Story. I like to take my time playing a game, that's why I like turn based strategy stuff, especially The Banner Saga and the new Shadownrun games. And Wesnoth will always have a special place in my heart. <3
4. Do you have experience with game development? What did you do/with what engine?
Nope, no experience! I've played around with the Shadowrun Editor, but never finished anything. I will try to work with the free RPG Maker Version, because it seems to be the easiest to start with, having no experience whatsoever.
5. Tell us about something you're passionate about!
Hmm.. worldbuilding would be pretty high up. And good stories and dialogues (comes with the job I guess, I was a literature and film student.)
6. Any advice to new jammers (if you're a veteran)?
1. Hi there! What's your name? Want to introduce yourself?
hi my name is zodi! i love to draw and write stories! i'm also a front-end dev. i'm currently in art school but haven't been able to keep up due to my physical health. i'm still trying to work hard everyday which is why i decided to join this jam!
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 been thinking about developing a game for a little while now... i was talking about it on twitter and J pointed out their jam was coming up and that i should participate!
3. What games are your favorites? Did any of them inspire you, or made you want to make your own?
i like a ton of different games! i really like splatoon a lot because it's cute and colorful, but above everything else it just feels really good and fun to play. also bloodborne is a really satisfying journey (the animations and art direction are top notch), i also love journey and monument valley... they're very quiet and beautiful and make me think of games like ico and shadow of the colossus. i'm actually thinking of drawing a lot of inspiration from monument valley, since my game is going to be a puzzle platformer. i thought about 3D zelda dungeons at first (twilight princess is my favorite lol I KNOW I KNOW.. but it's so pretty and midna is the best companion), but i'm thinking isometric view would be more practical to solve platform based puzzles. last but not least, i think her story is one of the best indie games out there! most of these games were made in unity, my engine of choice.
4. Do you have experience with game development? What did you do/with what engine?
i have very little experience with game dev, but as a web developer i do know a thing or two about javascript or php. their syntaxes are very similar to those of C languages, so it hasn't been too hard learning how to develop in C# (i use unity). game dev does not have the same purpose as web dev though, so there's a lot i still have to learn!
5. Tell us about something you're passionate about!
a lot of things!!!!!!!!! i think mostly drawing, writing, and interface design, and programming...... i just love designing things in general LOL gamedev is very appealing to me because it involves both technical knowledge (everything related to programming) and creativity. these are two sides of a project i enjoy doing and i want to see them be complementary to eachother even if it means twice as much work.
6. Any advice to new jammers (if you're a veteran)?
IM NOT EVEN CLOSE TO A VETERAN but here's a tip from me to you based on all the learning i've done when it comes to web dev: small achievements are best! don't set your goals too high. i think a lot of others said this but it's true! small victories will keep you going whereas aiming too high will feel discouraging, and if you don't get there by the end you will feel disappointed in yourself... so, even if it's something tiny like getting a script to work or finding out how weightpainting works be proud of yourself and keep going!
also: make a list of all the games you like (or things you like in games you don't like) and write down why that is, try to understand what makes it good/satisfying/etc. try to analyse what media you consume as much as possible. this is more from my experiences with writing. you can even list games or stories you dislike, and try to learn from writing down all the reasons you think it's bad! you might even come up with ideas in the process!
1. Hi there! What's your name? Want to introduce yourself?
Hi, I'm Gogglespeak! Goggles is fine though. I live in the UK, in a house full of game-design nerds (several of whom are also participating).
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
Nope! This is my first. Mostly I want to motivate myself to actually finish a solo project for once.
3. What games are your favorites? Did any of them inspire you, or made you want to make your own?
Oh wow, so many. I have a soft spot for RTS games (Warcraft 3 being my personal favourite), but I'll play anything as long as it does something interesting. Recently I've been sinking a lot of time into Duelyst.
4. Do you have experience with game development? What did you do/with what engine?
Kinda. Most of my real experience is actually in making and running tabletop/live action/real-world escape room games. My current job is running escape rooms. That being said I've barely touched video game dev in quite some time (mostly due to developing mental health problems at University).
5. Tell us about something you're passionate about!
Games doing something different, making people think, or teaching people something.
1. Hi there! What's your name? Want to introduce yourself?
Hello, I go by Lion Heart! I'm an animator that's always loved games and decided that it was time to give them a shot!
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?
This will be my first time participating in a game jam!
3. What games are your favorites? Did any of them inspire you, or made you want to make your own?
Games like Paper Mario, Silent Hill, Alice Madness Returns, Fatal Frame, Megaman and Metroid Prime have always made me want to create games of my own.
4. Do you have experience with game development? What did you do/with what engine?
I have no experience with game development, aside from some minor Actionscript coding for web players and a small game project I started a week ago.
5. Tell us about something you're passionate about
I love interactive stories, and hope to create some of my own!
1. Hi there! What's your name? Want to introduce yourself?
Hello! I'm Haley or SleepyWisp, but you can call me pretty much whatever you want (within reason).
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 didn't, this will be my first game jam. :D I've been interested in game jams for a while now, and this one seemed suited to me, since I'm still very much a beginner dev.
3. What games are your favorites? Did any of them inspire you, or made you want to make your own?
Aw man, there are too many to list. Off the top of my head, a few that have inspired me would be Stardew Valley, Terraria, Paper Mario: TTYD... the list goes on and on, though.
4. Do you have experience with game development? What did you do/with what engine?
I have some experience! I mostly use Unity and program in C#, but I also know a bit of JavaScript. I'm better at art and 3D modeling than programming by far, but I'm learning. I've never really completed a game, so I'm hoping to finally achieve that goal during this jam.
5. Tell us about something you're passionate about!
Art! I love drawing, even if it's also the most frustrating hobby I've ever had. Drawing has been a big part of my life pretty much since I was old enough to hold a crayon, but I got more serious about learning when I was maybe 12 or 13 years old.
1. Hi there! What's your name? Want to introduce yourself?
Hello, I'm gogoprog. I'm a game programmer.
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?
No I didn't. I joined because I really like developing games and also to get more entries in my portfolio.
3. What games are your favorites? Did any of them inspire you, or made you want to make your own?
Doom, Duke Nukem, Mortal Kombat, Command & Conquer, Total Annihilation. They inspired me all the time.
4. Do you have experience with game development? What did you do/with what engine?
Yes I do it professionaly and also as a hobby. I develop a game framework so I plan to use it in this jam.
5. Tell us about something you're passionate about!
I like rock music and violent games!
6. Any advice to new jammers (if you're a veteran)?
Restrict your project scope so you have something "finished" to submit! Have fun!
1. Hello everyone, I am Hamdani. You can call me Hamdani or Dani, it's fine.
2. I did not join the las game jam and this is my first game jam, like the title. I want to make game, I am still new but I am looking forward to make game with you guys and make new friends with other.
3. I love many games actually, it makes me confuse which one to choose, but I love RPG, Roguelike, RTS, And because I am easily bored so I have play many games but not till the end. I like Final Fantasy (I can stay for long time play this), Resident Evil, Minecraft, Grand Knight History, just it I can remember for now.
4. I am Unity user, I have a lil programming exp with Unity, I made some games and prototype and some bugs inside it.
5. I go inside the RPG game world, because it's fun.
6. not an advice I think because I am not veteren but, Let's have fun, guys.
1. Hi there! What's your name? Want to introduce yourself?
I'm elegantblaster. Beauty connoisseur.
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?
This is my debut into game development. I will create my first game.
3. What games are your favorites? Did any of them inspire you, or made you want to make your own?
The Sims, Animal Crossing, Euphoria, Clannad..I like simulation and visual novel games. My game for the jam will be a visual novel mystery game, and I am working on a simulation rpg hybrid in my spare time [RPGMaker].
4. Do you have experience with game development? What did you do/with what engine?
I am inexperienced. This is my first time. I will be grasping the basics of TyranoBuilder for the project. My team will be learning LMMS and Live2d. Our goal is to learn and to, most hopefully, finish our small project.
5. Tell us about something you're passionate about!
Beauty.
