1. Hi there! What's your name? Want to introduce yourself?

Call me Bliss, everyone else does.

2. Did you participate in the last jam we held? If so, what do you plan on doing better this time? If not, what's your reason for joining?

Yes and yes.

3. What games are your favorites? Did any of them inspire you, or made you want to make your own?

I grew up inspired by FF 4 and 6, and SNES RPGs in particular.

4. Do you have experience with game development? What did you do/with what engine?

Ask me about hilarious crashing and burning in Ren'Py!

5. Tell us about something you're passionate about!

Ruining serious game genres by making them accessible for newbs, like Splatoon is doing for the FPS.

6. What are your goals for this game jam?

Four characters, one dungeon, one boss, a travelling merchant, and a short story.

7. Any advice to new jammers (if you're a veteran)?

SCOPE CREEP IS YOUR ENEMY.  Kill it before it breeds.

1. Hi there! What's your name? Want to introduce yourself?

Hello  everybody, My name is Aleix Rius and i'm studying Game design and development in Girona (Catalunya) 

2. Did you participate in the last jam we held? If so, what do you plan on doing better this time? If not, what's your reason for joining?

I did not participate in the last jam, and I'm joining here to meet with new people interested in videogames and share our knowledge in diferent camps. 

3. What games are your favorites? Did any of them inspire you, or made you want to make your own?

I'm gona say , my favorite game is this one which have something new to show the people. A new way to play, a new way tot tell the story , etc... Also I love very calm games like the new Zelda, Stardew Valley.

4. Do you have experience with game development? What did you do/with what engine?

Yes, i've already programmed a couple of SIMPLE games, I've done from pong to 2D shooter with IA. All those games have been done with GODOT ENGINE, which is free on steam.

5. Tell us about something you're passionate about!

I really love thinking the way to improve a videogame. Sometimes i've got an idea about a game, then i usually spend like 2-3 weeks thinking how to improve that, which levels, which mechanics, which colours, etc...

6. What are your goals for this game jam?

My main goal is to finish an accurate game, i would like to be a sofisticaded game (for a novice). 

7. Any advice to new jammers (if you're a veteran)?

Sure: Done is better than perfect!

1. Hi there! What's your name? Want to introduce yourself?

Why it's little 'ol me, Yuwrenn, Wrenn.

2. Did you participate in the last jam we held? If so, what do you plan on doing better this time? If not, what's your reason for joining?

I have been in every single jam, this is what I do. However, I have only successfully made a game for the last one. I would like to again complete a game for a solid 50/50 participation rate. Makes me look less flakey. I might continue to expand on dialogue trees and conditional responses bc do you know how cool that is, having a character acknowledge that you did a thing. It's real cool.

3. What games are your favorites? Did any of them inspire you, or made you want to make your own?

J/RPGs. Honestly, rpgs are 98% of the games I play. I appreciate storylines and character development. I consider games to be a higher form of expression because they combine so many different types of the arts. Some throw outs would be the Tales of series, the SMT main series, Silent Hill series, and the Rune Factory series.

4. Do you have experience with game development? What did you do/with what engine?

Yes, I do. I am an intermediate beginner imo. I spend most of my time staring at Unity when I know damn well that I could make x thing in 5 other, easier engines. But I feel Unity gives me the most EXP.

5. Tell us about something you're passionate about!

Learning about dialogue tree implementation. Art and music. Growing as a dev. 

6. What are your goals for this game jam?

Make game that does not say [Prototype] because I cut out a lot of things. Maybe work on making good UIs. 

7. Any advice to new jammers (if you're a veteran)?

If you are new to game dev and planning on making something using an engine you've never used before, then don't do anything too extravagant. If you find yourself lingering for hours on only one minor part of your game because of this it's time to say no. This is probably referring to Scope, but you don't realize it's scope until it scopes you.

1. Hi there! What's your name? Want to introduce yourself?

I'm Comet V and I get into more things than I should but it's ok because I enjoy doing it

2. Did you participate in the last jam we held? If so, what do you plan on doing better this time? If not, what's your reason for joining?

I  missed the winter jam unfortunately, but I  did take part in the summer jam of 2016 (despite not actually getting much done)! this year I'll be using a different engine and hopefully a least have some kind  of practice game or playable demo available at the end

3. What games are your favorites? Did any of them inspire you, or made you want to make your own?

I'm a big fan of both visual novels and rpgs, and those are both things I'd like to work on myself in the future! some particularly memorable games for me include  zero escape, shin megami tensei,  and a pretty sizable collection of cute  VNs

4. Do you have experience with game development? What did you do/with what engine?

I have pretty minimal experience, really! I've done a bit of exploring here and there in both Ren'py and RPGMaker, but I've never really gotten past the basic conceptual phase for anything 

5. Tell us about something you're passionate about!

I love my  OCs!! the biggest reason I want to make games is absolutely to share them and their worlds  with other people.

6. What are your goals for this game jam?

I'd really like to get a concrete plot down!it's something I've always really struggled with, oops. aIso, I'd like to do some character portraits for RPGMaker since it isn't something I've done before and just generally get more used to the engine.

7. Any advice to new jammers (if you're a veteran)?

just go for it!! do that thing!! and if you don't have it polished or finished enough for your liking, don't worry about it, because you can always come back to it later! 

1. Hi there! What's your name? Want to introduce yourself?

You may call me Rem or Zeru, either is fine!

2. Did you participate in the last jam we held? If so, what do you plan on doing better this time? If not, what's your reason for joining?

Nope this is my first time. I'm not to good at finishing things  I start (depression keeps me down) so I really want to push myself to make a complete project!

3. What games are your favorites? Did any of them inspire you, or made you want to make your own?

Ive always loved video games of course but more so I've always just wanted to tell a story. TBH I think comics and cartoons inspire me more than games but I really like the interactive elements that video games have so I've been really interested in using them as a base to tell a story!

4. Do you have experience with game development? What did you do/with what engine?

Not really lol I very briefly played with renpy and rpg maker in high school but that was a long time ago and im sure ill have to relearn all of that lol

5. Tell us about something you're passionate about!

Story telling!

6. What are your goals for this game jam?

to complete a well rounded and polished short story with a few minigames (interactive maps) to keep it interesting! I also want to put my all into the art and make all the characters as likable as possible~

1. Hi there! What's your name? Want to introduce yourself?

Hi, I'm Sadie! (Shey/They) I'm in Australia, currently in school and a little worried I won't be able to balance.

2. Did you participate in the last jam we held? If so, what do you plan on doing better this time? If not, what's your reason for joining?

I joined because I had an idea for a game and wanted help in developing it.

3. What games are your favorites? Did any of them inspire you, or made you want to make your own?

I always really like those idle IOS games, like tappy road or that one SU game. They're visually appealing and easy to do. And they're fun.

4. Do you have experience with game development? What did you do/with what engine?

Nope.

5. Tell us about something you're passionate about!

I'm doing a computer science course and I always want to know more about coding!

6. What are your goals for this game jam?

To make a game that's fun, and learn something new.

7. Any advice to new jammers (if you're a veteran)?

1. Hi there! What's your name? Want to introduce yourself?

Matt Pfaff

2. Did you participate in the last jam we held? If so, what do you plan on doing better this time? If not, what's your reason for joining?

No. Programmer interested in learning to implement gameplay systems in Unity.

3. What games are your favorites? Did any of them inspire you, or made you want to make your own?

RPGs, strategy, rogue likes. XCom, Spelunky, Horizon: Zero Dawn.

4. Do you have experience with game development? What did you do/with what engine?

Dabbled little in unity only.

5. Tell us about something you're passionate about!

Science fiction and space exploration.

6. What are your goals for this game jam?

Learn how to make my own prototypes from scratch.

7. Any advice to new jammers (if you're a veteran)?

N/A

1. Hi there! What's your name? Want to introduce yourself?

You can call me Seren! I procrastinate a lot.

2. Did you participate in the last jam we held? If so, what do you plan on doing better this time? If not, what's your reason for joining?

I don't think I participated in the last jam, but I participated in last summer's. Basically, I'm going to plan and schedule much better this time!

3. What games are your favorites? Did any of them inspire you, or made you want to make your own?

Well, at the moment, Breath of the Wild and Overwatch are my favorites. My long-time ones though are Thousand Year Door, Majora's Mask, Windwaker...lots of Nintendo games. It's what I grew up on! I'm also a huge Borderlands fan. They've definitely made me want to make my own games, and inspired me in other areas as well. 

4. Do you have experience with game development? What did you do/with what engine?

No, I've mostly just messed around in Ren'py and RPG Maker.

5. Tell us about something you're passionate about!

I really love media and entertainment! They don't get nearly enough credit. I'd also love to see video games incorporated into education.

6. What are your goals for this game jam?

I want to finish a game, regardless of how short or bad it is. That's all! Every game jam before this, I've quit very early on, but I'm determined to make it to the end this time.

7. Any advice to new jammers (if you're a veteran)?

I wouldn't call myself a veteran, but definitely plan out your game kind of thoroughly. Draw a diagram. That way you can schedule when you should work on what think. It'll be much easier to stay on track that way!

1. Hi there! What's your name? Want to introduce yourself?

I'm Madison! I'm a freelance artist who has always wanted to put my art in a video game. 

2. Did you participate in the last jam we held? If so, what do you plan on doing better this time? If not, what's your reason for joining?

I saw this jam as a reason to work on some of the ideas for visual novel narratives I've had.

3. What games are your favorites? Did any of them inspire you, or made you want to make your own?

We Know the Devil is the game that really inspired me! I love the way it blends audio and visuals to create an atmosphere

4. Do you have experience with game development? What did you do/with what engine?

I've wanted to make a video game ever since I was a kid! I used to make mini games in game maker. 

5. Tell us about something you're passionate about!

I'm really passionate about cool visuals in games. That what usually takes so long for me to finish a game is because I spend so long on what I want the game to look like. 

6. What are your goals for this game jam?

My goal is to, well, just to finish a game with several endings. 

1. Hi there! What's your name? Want to introduce yourself? 

Spencer White, I love software engineering, and even more hardware engineering (Which usually shine through in my crappy game ideas). To be completely honest, I am way too young to be doing this. Oh, also, my Internet alias is sometimes SpencerBeige to reflect how bland the last name "White" is :P

2. Did you participate in the last jam we held? If so, what do you plan on doing better this time? If not, what's your reason for joining? 

No, I did not. My reasoning is that I have learned the basics and some of the intermediate stuff with Unity and can't find any tutorials to fill that void. So, I thought I might learn with others.

3. What games are your favorites? Did any of them inspire you, or made you want to make your own? 

TIS-100 is one of my favourites. It forces people to think, hard, by using such simple concepts. The first game i ever played that made me start thinking about the concepts of games was Minecraft. Before this game, it was just a blur of flash games and kongregate, then minecraft showed me how the core concepts of game design can force players to do something without literally forcing them, and other things. 

4. Do you have experience with game development? What did you do/with what engine?

I started with lua, and soon decided that I needed something more, so I moved to Unity. I have a good bit of C# experience. 

5. Tell us about something you're passionate about!

Electronics. Seeing a nice IC or circuit drawing every once in a while keeps me living.

6. What are your goals for this game jam? 

To learn, and to have fun. 

7. Any advice to new jammers (if you're a veteran)? 

I am not a veteran, have never, ever done any game jams, but I do have some advice. Please, please, don't let your pride get in the way of learning. It is the worst thing for you. Also, pick a language and stick to it. You won't get any learning done if you keep switching to the next best language or the next best tool. Pick something, and just have fun learning. 

1. Hi there! What's your name? Want to introduce yourself?

My name is Steven!

2. Did you participate in the last jam we held? If so, what do you plan on doing better this time? If not, what's your reason for joining?

Did not participate last Jam, but helped out as a mentor for Unity. Will continue to do so during this Jam!

3. What games are your favorites? Did any of them inspire you, or made you want to make your own?

Puzzle games and action RPGs are my favorites. However, puzzle games more or less inspired me to make my own games.

4. Do you have experience with game development? What did you do/with what engine?

I have 3 years of "non-professional" experience as a game developer. I have participated in many game jams, made a couple games with other people and I also went to school for game development.

5. Tell us about something you're passionate about!

I'm really passionate about games. Both making them and playing them.

6. What are your goals for this game jam?

Help out newcomers!

7. Any advice to new jammers (if you're a veteran)?

If this is your first jam, understand that your vision of what you want your game to be may not show in your final build and that's okay. The fact that you're willing to put in the work is an achievement in itself. (I've mentioned this last years thread but this still holds up today) 

1. Hi there! What's your name? Want to introduce yourself?

Here there I am Charles aka RLChibi or Reallifechibi. I've just started to learn Unity even tho I have messed around with Gamemaker for quiet a bit. Looking forward to this

2. Did you participate in the last jam we held? If so, what do you plan on doing better this time? If not, what's your reason for joining?

Sadly I entered but I was unable to =/

3. What games are your favorites? Did any of them inspire you, or made you want to make your own?

I enjoy almost any game haha card game, board games, video games. I guess I love the classics more than anything. SMB, Kirby, Sonic, FF, DQ, Tetris

4. Do you have experience with game development? What did you do/with what engine?

I did some Udemy courses for Gamemaker but never went and tried to make anything on my own. I switched over to Unity because I wanted to learn C# and also do 3D. I've started to make my own assets with Blender and MagicaVoxel as well.

5. Tell us about something you're passionate about!

I am actually passionate about magic and music!

6. What are your goals for this game jam?

my goals is to make something in Unity either it be 2D or 3D and finish it on time. 

1. Hi there! What's your name? Want to introduce yourself?

Hello everybody, the name's Joey, but you can also call me Kirgio cause I use that name everywhere online. I'm a software integrations engineer in Milwaukee, WI, USA.

2. Did you participate in the last jam we held? If so, what do you plan on doing better this time? If not, what's your reason for joining?

Nope, this will be my first game jam.

3. What games are your favorites? Did any of them inspire you, or made you want to make your own?

Oh jeez, that's a tough question. I'd have to say that in general my favorite types of games are some mixture of action, shooter, and RPG. Some of my all time favorites are Doom (the original, though the reboot was awesome), Ocarina of Time, and Sonic the Hedgehog 2. Pretty much from a young age I've always wanted to make my own games, 20ish years later I'm finally trying to realize that dream.

4. Do you have experience with game development? What did you do/with what engine?

I've tried before in the past, I've played around with some HTML5 based engines before, even messed with Unity for a bit. But for now I've settled on GameMaker because I currently have a desire to focus on 2D games, there's something about good pixel art that always captures me.

5. Tell us about something you're passionate about!

Besides having a passion for playing video games and trying to fire up that passion for making them, I really find myself enjoying conversations on "design". And by that I mean talking about the concious reasons behind why decisions were made, whether it's game design, household object design, UX design. I don't really know why, I think maybe it's cause I get enjoyment from exploring why we choose the things that we do.

6. What are your goals for this game jam?

My main goal of this game jam is to create something that is based on my own ideas and contribution. Before now everything I've done has been through a guided tutorial where I'm making someone else's game as an example. Now I want to create something myself and face the challenges that come with that. I also want to try and participate in the community aspect of the game jam (hence why I'm filling this out). I'm a pretty shy person and I want to feel more comfortable being able to jump into a community and start engaging. Actually, as I'm writing this I'm currently lurking on the Discord chat, at some point I'll say hello.

7. Any advice to new jammers (if you're a veteran)?

Nope, cause I ain't new.

1. Hi there! What's your name? Want to introduce yourself?

My name is Douglas.  Game dev and computers, in general, are hobbies I've had since I was a preteen. I've decided recently that I want to take it seriously. Now, I am in university going for a four-year degree in game design.

2. Did you participate in the last jam we held? If so, what do you plan on doing better this time? If not, what's your reason for joining?

This is the first jam I have ever joined! I see a lot of awesome and interesting ideas come out of these sorts of things, so why not? I am always looking for a reason to practice my skills.

3. What games are your favorites? Did any of them inspire you, or made you want to make your own?

Breath of Fire, Starcraft, Diablo, Skyrim, Civilization, Final Fantasy, Metroid, and Legend of Zelda. (to name a few)

4. Do you have experience with game development? What did you do/with what engine?

Since being in uni, I have made an horror-like RPG Maker game based on 'escape rooms' and an "Asteroids" clone with "Space Invader" sprites in Unity.

5. Tell us about something you're passionate about!

I am becoming more and more passionate about telling stories and creating experiences in the most immersive ways possible. I'm also really into politics, music, and cooking!

6. What are your goals for this game jam?

I want to test myself and see if I can produce a fully realized concept that works (and is fun, of course!) under a short time constraint.

1. Hi there! What's your name? Want to introduce yourself?

I'm Hub! I'm a software development student.

2. Did you participate in the last jam we held? If so, what do you plan on doing better this time? If not, what's your reason for joining?

I've never done a jam before! This one starts right after school lets out for me, so I'm excited to give it a try since I'll have time!

3. What games are your favorites? Did any of them inspire you, or made you want to make your own?

I LOVE RPGs. Megaman Battle Network is my favorite game series and I love other RPGS such as The Witcher, Stardew Valley, etc.

4. Do you have experience with game development? What did you do/with what engine?

I do! I've dabbled in Unity and XNA. I've made text-adventure games in C#.

5. Tell us about something you're passionate about!

Megaman! I love megaman sooo much.

6. What are your goals for this game jam?

To make a fully functional (and hopefully fun :P) game!

7. Any advice to new jammers (if you're a veteran)?

I'm new! Ahah..

1. Hi there! What's your name? Want to introduce yourself?

my name is Jacob but you could call me what ever you want.  I'm a senior in high school, and I think I want to go to college for programming but not too sure because i don't really know any programming. 

2. Did you participate in the last jam we held? If so, what do you plan on doing better this time? If not, what's your reason for joining?

I did not participate in the last jam because I did not know this was a thing.

3. What games are your favorites? Did any of them inspire you, or made you want to make your own?

right now i'm really into Overwatch, I was really in to pokemon and splatoon, but I will play almost anything. 

4. Do you have experience with game development? What did you do/with what engine?

I have zero experience with game development, but I have unity and game maker studio 2.

5. Tell us about something you're passionate about!

video games, that is about it. pretty sad

6. What are your goals for this game jam?

make something. I just want to get the ball rolling for me.