This is the first time I participated in a game jam, my very first "finished" game,  and it was a very good learning experience... I am considering the one game a week challenge, for at least 6 months. Do you have any advice for a new developer? I do work full time, and study at the university, so my idea is to work two or three hours at night, but I have no idea if that is enough... For my current game I crunched myself 5 to 6 hours until quite late at night... I hope not to need to do that very often. I will participate in the weekly game jams at itch so I maintain myself motivated and that may give me a headstart with ideas.

I'd say it would be good to have a clear aim while making the game and focus on it. All the best😄

Write ideas down, then tackle each one of em. but if you plan on making a game within a week, don't start off with a big idea. come up with small, if not, tiny games. then come up with slightly bigger games if you know you can deal with it.

Thanks for the advice! I will take care of my scope and aim