Take a look at something like Divekick for UI - you’ll need to get creative with assigning buttons to menu options.
You are allowed to use the mouse buttons - just not mouse position or movement, or the wheel, unless you’re stretching the meaning of “button” and using a click up or click down as a button, but that’s pushing the boundaries of the jam’s spirit.
(Although if you aren’t using mouse position, I’m of the strong personal opinion that using mouse buttons is a mistake.)
Consider the effects of double clicking, or tapping a key rather than holding it. Even one button can effectively take on 5+ inputs: tap (1-5 frames), hold1(5->8 frames), hold2 (8+frames), doubleTap(two 'tap' within 20 frames), tripletap(three 'tap' within 30 frames) etc. You should think of 3 buttons as 15, it's too many rather than too few.
one more question. With the “Retro Palette” diversifier, I used python to iterate through 6 bit binary numbers, decode it into 2 bits each for rgb, spit out all the rgb values and open a window with a 16 by 16 pixle square for each color. I have my color palette created in very over-engineered way. Does that count as starting before the jam?
