Did you, or anyone on your team, use AI to generate any aspect of this game?
I did not use AI to generate any aspect of this game.

Did you work on this solo or as a team? What was your team size?
I worked solo.

Did you start on your submission early ?
I started this project 2 years ago, but it remained largely unfinished and was barely a game. I uploaded it to GitHub and sort of forgot about it until this game jam came up, which prompted me to return to its development. When I left it it had only basic player movement, collidable level geo and some placeholder sprites. During the jam I had to add enemy functionality - movement (different for different enemies), health, projectiles that reduce player health, colliders to interact with players and environment, player fuctionality - remastered movement, health, projectiles which can reduce enemy health and increament the score, level assets & level design, score, UI to display score and player health, some animations for set dressing, projectiles, enemies and some UI elements, music, SFX, fonts, menus, win & lose conditions - BASICALLY ALMOST EVERYTHING. The game is inspired by the aesthetics of '90s arcade space shooters (shoot 'em ups), so I thought it might be appropriate for a jam celebrating the nostalgia of a graphical era (the PS1 era).