Now that the Jam is over, I look back on my progress... and boy have I made some! This is only my second game jam, and in the first I didn't even finish my game. Now I made a full game with everything I wanted except for some small additions.  The biggest takeaway is that I actually learned and grew in this jam. I hope all of you guys did too and I can't wait to see what you've made!

Great job. Game jams are a great way to iteratively build your skills. This one is my 6th game jam entry and when I look back my first submission was really so basic. But it starts with an idea, with challenging yourself to learn something new, and ultimately building your toolset up as a game developer. Eventually you get to a point where you know how to do tweening, and 9-slicing, and scene fades - you have a huge repository of sound effects and music etc etc and the quality of what you produce tends to go up. So again, great job, and dont stop! Keep going! This jam is the best imo because the reward for taking part is a course to equip you to become even better.