Also known as the "looks like vomit" era.
Learning the craft. I'm not sure why I'm insinuating that I'm better than this now, I've literally not released a good game since Down to the Core in 2020
My first experience of a game jam being a total mess. The game doesn't work, the mechanics aren't well made, the level sucks, and you can't progress past the first hurdle because an enemy always glitches out of bounds. I died a lot towards the end of the jam and vaguely remember playing spelunky two instead of fixing bugs because my brain was coming out of my ears.
Very first game jam, proudly shown off in the Benbonk livestream 2. I discovered the curve of having fun to regretting joining that I have experienced many times since and will experience many times more! The magical part is believing this game jam will be the exception. No game jams are the exception.
Has many gaping errors, is totally jank, and also is impossible. I loved zooming the camera uncomfortably close for some reason in this time of my journey, I guess to mimic how I watch other people with my binoculars at night.
Also, I am super proud to have misused the pause music for the intro cutscene so don't take that moral highground, Harry.
My spin on the platforming genre. A good example why we leave innovating to the experts.
I learnt a lot in this one and have done things I had never before, crazy things like pause menus, settings and composing. I will never compose again, don't worry. It doesn't look like it but this really was a big step up for me, and I employed the lessons I learnt in Seraphim, my magnum opus.
Very first game I ever made. Actually almost proud of this one, except I messed up the camera somehow. Feels juicy and impactful, the loop is simple but engaging, and the mechanics are interesting enough. Only thing is the main idea is terrible, the art makes you cry tears of blood, and I couldn't work out how to do resolution properly. Also, I did not playtest it properly and the level timings are totally arbitrary.
