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

Hey, I'm Eddie.

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.

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

Portal 2 seems to be a good game.

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

Back in the days I used to experiment with Game Maker.

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

Making the world a better place.

6. What are your goals for this game jam?

Learn Unity basics and publish some kind of simple game.

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

I'm a new jammer.

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

My name is Norman B. Lancaster. I work as a software engineer doing business and industrial software. Wanting to make games is what got me into programming at the age of 12, although I've only finished one game in my whole life - a Snake clone :(

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.

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

My all time favorite game is Secret of Mana for the SNES. I still remember the moment sitting in my room playing that game when I thought, "I bet I could make something like this". I spent hours sketching out a plan on paper before realizing I had no idea how to get those ideas into a cartridge. Teachers and mentors would point me toward programming.

Today I mainly play games of the 80's and very early 90's with a few modern Rogue-likes and Rogue-like-lights in there. Games like Metroid, Zelda 2: The Adventures of Link, Ultima 5: Warriors of Destiny, and Nuclear Throne.

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

I've had more aborted attempts than I care to admit. My one minor success was an XBox Live Indie release of a Snake clone called Snakeman. It sold about 2000 copies. I was very pleased with that. I would have given it away but the terms of the platform did not allow that.

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

I am very passionate about software engineering. Not only the technical side but also the people side - the soft skills. I am a student of everything that needs to happen to help a team come together and solve complex and interesting problems while still enjoying their job.

6. What are your goals for this game jam?

Complete a game! But it has become more than that. Thanks to the theme - and a recent concussion - I finally see video games as a means of self expression. Am am using this jam to explore and express what my dreams mean to me. And it's not very pretty.

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

This is my first jam but I know a thing or two about time management. Two phrases I like to keep in my head are, "Perfect is the enemy of the good", and "Perfect never ships". Make it good, not perfect.

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

Hey my name is Rick and I've been a software dev for almost 10 years now. I recently started trying to make games with Unity because I've always wanted to since I was a little kid.

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 didn't but I am now because I saw this theme for beginners and I thought I might have a chance to meet other people who also want to make games and maybe learn some stuff while getting feedback to help me improve.

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

I've been playing games as long as I can remember so I'm not sure which inspired me to want to make games haha. But my current favorites are the Binding of Isaac and 4X games like Civilization 6.

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

I've played around in Unity and I have a mobile, arcade style shooter I plan to release soon but it's only partly finished so I'm putting it on hold for 2 weeks to try and get a platformer out for this Jam!

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

Truthfully? Computers, specifically programming. I love learning new programming languages, technique, and skills. I started programming when I was 12-13.

6. What are your goals for this game jam?

I want to finish a game, meet people, and get feedback even if it's just something like: "Your game is bad" I'll take it to heart and try to make a better game next time!

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

I'm not a veteran game designer or Jammer haha but I am a veteran programmer. My advice is get some basic design documents and maybe even prototypes before starting on your final version. It will help keep everything matching your theme/goal/idea.

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

Hi! I'm Rastabon, a weird nerd who loves videogames and gets bored extremely easily.

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 this before and I've wanted to be an indie game dev for many years now. Plus, you know, I got really bored.

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

Toby Fox and Scott Cawthon are my ultimate game design heros. They designed and created Undertale and Five Nights at Freddy's respectively. I'm amazed by their work, and I want to make something that effects the world like their work has some day.

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

I made a really, really bad RPGmaker game called Guilt that I put on steam greenlight. It bombed withing the first hour, and I didn't even put out a demo. I took it down after about the fifth or sixth negative comment in a row.

Recently, however, I started learning how to use Clickteam Fusion. I got it in a Humble Bundle a while ago and became intimidated by it a bit. Once I fought past the beginning, however, I found its quite simple to learn! I even made a little game demo and posted it on this website!

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

I feel that many people need to explore the issues in their life at times and let themselves be taken away in a distraction other times. It's my fondest dream to make a game that truly helps people in their lives some day. I have a long way to go, but I think that with hard work I can do it.

6. What are your goals for this game jam?

I want to gain experience and recognition! The earlier I start, the better chance I have of accomplishing my dreams!

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

Nope! I'm not a veteran! Sorry!

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

Howdy! My name is Brenden and I have my company, not a real company though, Peaceful Illumination that I made with my friend Justin. I program the games while he makes the sprites.

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, we were busy with other stuff. We always want to participate in a game jam for once and now should be that time.

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

I relay enjoy Paper Mario and Thousand Year Door and Super Mario Sun Shine. But This small game called Adventure Bar Story for the Nintendo 3DS inspired me to make a game similar to it.

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

I have a mild experience with game development but have never released a game nor have made a really good game. I use Game Maker Studio that I was taught with in high school.

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

I am very passionate about programming and learning new technics to make my games even better than they once were.

6. What are your goals for this game jam?

To turn in a finished game. In school I never turn in a game on time.

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

Hello! I'm Sir Floof, but you can just call me Floof.

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 participate in the last jam. I want to actually submit something this time.

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

Asking me to choose my favorite games is like asking me to choose my favorite child.

4. Do you have experience with game development? What did you do/with what engine?
In the last jam, I made a short, 1 level platformer called The Forest Treasure with Construct 2. I didn't submit it because I finished it after the jam had already ended. You can play it here, if you're interested.

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

I'd say video games, but then "passionate" would be an understatement.

6. What are your goals for this game jam?

Make something better than what I made last time, and submit it. I'm proud of The Forest Treasure, but I want to improve upon it.

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

I'm only technically a veteran, but I still have some advice.

If you're watching a tutorial on how to use an engine, try to get through it quickly so you have more time to actually make your game.  I spent way too long on a Construct 2 tutorial last time, and as a result, I wasn't able to finish my game on time.

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

Hi, my name is Eren and I am from Turkey. 

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?

To meet people who like making games, doing some teamjob and learning things. 

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

I like adventure games and RPG games. I love most of LucasArt adventures but what inspired me most was some Turkish freeware adventure games like Rapstar series. 

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

Well I am a newb, I like to work with Adventure Game Studio. I also tried Godot to make some adventure game but that didnt work.. . 

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

Something! I just don't know yet. 

6. What are your goals for this game jam?

Getting a dream 

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

I'm Sam! I don't have the spare time for this, but here we are.

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 remember thinking about it really hard last time it rolled around, but I saw it this time and decided: I have Twine downloaded, and I'm going to make a game! I can't code, I can't draw, I don't know any artists or coders who could help me with this/I would feel comfortable asking for help with this, but I can write.

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

I always thought I wasn't any good at video games that weren't, say, Pokemon. Then I played Dragon Age 2 and Mass Effect 1 at a roommate's urging, and  I realized: okay, so I'm just not good at shooty video games, who knew games could have stories like this!?? So I love the Dragon Age series, I love Journey,  Transistor,  and Child of Light, and  I'm struggling through Prey at the moment. There's a lot of shooting in it. It's hard.

For text-based games that I've loved and have inspired me: Fallen London (it will always be Echo Bazaar to me!!!), Sunless Sea, the OG Choice Of games (Broadsides/Romance/Vampire), and A(s)century  and A Good Wick . Also, the forests of CYOA books I read as a kid.

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

Not at all! I gave Choicescript a shot, but I was very bad at it. I have one half-made Twine game lying around, and after I gave that up I started using Twine for my D&D/DungeonWorld notes, haha. 

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

This is a hard question!!! How about: I love to read. 

6. What are your goals for this game jam?

Finish the thing.  

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

Hey my name is Luke Costello. I'm finally have have the courage and tenacity to start making games like I have always wanted to.

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 my first game jam. I've heard about them but never knew how to get involved. I found itch while watching  a Mark Brown video of him reviewing games made on it for a game jam he had. 

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

Pretty much everything Shigiru Miyamoto and Johnathan Blow. I probably have spent more time playing video games than just about anything else. My favorite game of all time has to be Super Smash brothers (4 is my favorite). I like games that bend your spatial and temporal reasoning like Fez, Tri of friendship and madness, Puzzle Dimension, and Portal.

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

I have 2 games under development one on Game Maker the other on Java. I went to school for Computer Engineering for 2 years but most of the things I've learned have been self taught.

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

Other than Smash bros? probably puzzles, both of the games I have in development are puzzle games that are about spacial reasoning. 

6. What are your goals for this game jam? 

To put myself out there,  to be able to go "see Im a game developer, look here is a game that I have developed"

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

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

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 love share things that I made with others

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

4. Do you have experience with game development? What did you do/with what engine?
yes with costruct 2

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

6. What are your goals for this game jam?
people will love my games

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

I am not a veteran

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

hi! i'm lily.  nice to meet everyone!

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 - this will be my first jam. i've always been interested in making games, especially rpgmaker and visual novels (kinetic and dating sims) but i always felt scared to do it. i figured if i joined a jam, maybe a deadline will finally get me started on my indie game career.  :3

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

hmm, i've been an avid fan of pokemon and ace attorney but i'm also starting like rpgmaker games. my favorites include mad father and corpse party!

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

i wouldn't say that i have but i like to tinker around with rpgmaker (2k3, xp, vx ace) and ren'py. all i've done is create maps and just stared at it hoping it'll finish on its own... and ren'py stories tend to get over complicated with me except, hopefully, this time.

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

i love writing so much! there's a reason why people like certain games (like ace attorney for example) and i really want to tell my stories through multiple formats! i'm also a big fan of game music - i would like to create my own music one day but one step at a time...

6. What are your goals for this game jam?

i really want to start something fresh and new - and actually finish something. as in, there's a beginning, middle and end.

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

even though i'm a newbie, one thing that always tripped me up was the fact i over complicate things. please keep things simple! make life easier on yourself...