Welcome to My First Game Jam: Winter 2020! For those of you just joining us, it's been a tradition to kick things off with a little getting-to-know-you questionnaire! For the first-time game developer, things can be pretty intimidating... which is why we want to show you you're not alone! This is not a required activity— it's just meant as a way to break into the community for returning jammers and newbies alike.

We'd love for you to share your influences, passions, and jam goals with the rest of us. Who knows — you might meet a potential team member, or even a new friend!

(These questions are entirely optional; they're just here to warm things up, so feel free to skip them as needed!)

Onto the questions!

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

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?

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

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

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

6. What are your goals for this game jam?

For returning jammers:

7. Any advice to new participants?

8. What can the admins do to improve your jam experience?

9. What are some of the past works you've made for the jam? Show off your favorites!

10. Bonus: Got any question suggestions? Let us know for next year!

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

Hello! My name is Roman, i'm from Russia :3 (idk that's all lol)

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 didn't. Well, i joined this jam to learn something new for me, because that's my first game jam. I made small games before in Game Maker Studio, now i'm working in Unity so i  hope this expirence will be fun!

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

Yeah! Great example is Underatale and Heartbound. Also i like a lot of indie games!

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

Yes, Unity and GameMaker Studio.

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

I like write code and draw pixelarts, but i still beginner.

6. What are your goals for this game jam?

I'll try to make platformer game, but also i'm here to have fun and learn something new )

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

I am Wiki, age 22 and in a comp sci program at the moment. 

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 thought maybe throwing myself into a jam were I can interact with others and ask questions might be a good way to get my ADHD/Depressed ass to do something.

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

I really like story based games, especially, but not only, ones where you control the outcome

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

Not at all, this should be very interesting.

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

Stories! I love writing and telling stories and games are such a cool way to do that!

6. What are your goals for this game jam?

To just make a little story focused game, maybe have 2 or 3 endings if things go well, but I honestly even having half a game would be nice. 

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

Hello I'm Alex! This is my third MFGJ, and I'm hoping to make a text adventure this year!

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 done My First Game Jam Winter 2018 and 2019! Last time I submitted a prototype puzzle game which I never got around to expanding on (maybe someday, though). This time, I'd like to make a complete small game without any big plans to expand on it. (Outside of bugfixes, of course.)

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

This year I want to make a small piece of interactive fiction. I've been getting into text adventures over the last couple of years, and I've found myself drawn to the big puzzly games - that is, the classic style "> get ye flask" kinds of games.

Two of my favourites so far have been A Beauty Cold and Austere (by Mike Spivey) and Curses! (by Graham Nelson.) There's a lot of really good interactive fiction out there, but these two share something inspirational between them, I think. In both games, the authors wanted to share their passion for something with the player - ABCaA is Spivey introducing the player to the history of mathematics, and Curses is Nelson giving the player a tour of British history and mythology. They're both really fun games (albeit super difficult, in Curses' case!) and they both left me sharing the authors' passion.

I'd like to put a similar amount of love into my games, if I ever make more. That said, I'm going to use the theme as a prompt this year, so I have absolutely no idea what my jam entry will be about yet!

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

I know my way around Game Maker Studio 1.4, and make my previous MFGJ entry with it, but that's not what I'm planning to use in this jam. I've been taking a course in Unity, but I'm not confident with it yet. I have some very slight knowledge of Inform 7, which is the engine I'm trying to very quickly learn for this jam.

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

Since the last time I answered this question, I have gotten a lot more interested in sports, particularly football (i.e. soccer). I used to write football off as just overpaid athletics, but I had a moment of clarity this year after I got fed up of professional wrestling. I had enjoyed wrestling because it was more about the soap opera than the actual sport, and I eventually realised that a lot of organised sports are like that. It's not about the football so much as it's about the atmosphere of a match, the community that forms around it, the big personalities that pass through and shape your team for better or for worse. Such a fascinating and weird part of human culture; I think I've fallen in love with it.

It also probably helps that my team, Sheffield United, are doing well at the moment. Maybe a few years from now Sheffield United will collapse again, and I'll decide that football is for idiots after all.

6. What are your goals for this game jam?

• Finish something! I want to end up with a complete game and a cohesive story or atmosphere, no matter how small. Other than bugfixes and better testing, I shouldn't feel like I ought to add to the game after submission.
• Learn Inform 7. I've been poking at the engine and documentation recently, trying to learn my way around the program ahead of time. I would like to gain more familiarity with it, and hopefully write more text adventures after the jam.

7. Any advice to new participants?

• Give yourself days off. Build days offinto your timetable, if you're planning that far ahead.
• Scope as small as you can, and don't be ashamed to make your scope smaller if time isn't on your side. You can always add those optional features back when your core game is done if you have a bit of time left.

8. What can the admins do to improve your jam experience?

Nothing - always had a lovely time in this jam!

9. What are some of the past works you've made for the jam? Show off your favorites!

I had to pull out of the Winter 2018 jam because of computer trouble. But I made a puzzle game called Arcane for Winter 2019! (Windows download only, sorry!) I still want to return to this someday, but building levels in Game Maker was a bit of a kludge - I think Unity would be better for turning this into a long-term project.

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

Hey im Luis, im a software engineer student and want to be a game developer in the future. Excuse me for my english if i misspell something, im not a native speaker :)

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, as i said ive always wanted to be a game developer, so im always interested in this things, but i never join because of fear, i dont know how to draw even a circle so thats a big problem for me when making a serius game.

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

I can start with Undertale, The witcher 3, Grand Theft Auto 5, going back a little when i was younger is tloz: Skyward sword, Guitar Hero, zelda ocarina of time, to the moon.
Ive always enjoyed games and new i wanted to be with them, but what really made me know i want to be a game developer was the time i was playing To the moon crying, and i go to my uncle who sees me and ask whats going on, and i just say: the game... is too good.
After that whith undetale in the final fight, grand theft auto 5 with its worl, they all made me make my choice: i want to create storyes and emotions too, i want to make people cry or smile with my stories, my own moments.

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

i have some experience with game maker studio 2, but outside that not much to tell, i did used unity but did not learn much, i dont think im capable of using it yet.

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

Videogames, they are basically the very reason im alive, if not for them depression would have killed me by now im sure.

6. What are your goals for this game jam?

I wish to practice a little, hopefully learn new things and if everything goes well maybe find some partners to make my game studio a reality and make a game that i have in mind.

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

Hey, my name is Dmitry. I am 34 years old. I am a musician (guitar is my main instrument for 15 years or so) with a passion for composing music. My dream is to get into GameDev industry.

At my main job I work as a support manager in IT company, so I have understanding of technical stuff as well. And I am good at brainstorming :)

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, never. I would like to join for the first time and see how it goes in GameDev world

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

I have a lot of favorite games, I can start with my all time favs: Metal Gear Solid series, Uncharted series, GTA5, Half-Life 1&2 and Diablo. Not to count numerous 8 bit titles (Darkwing Duck, Duck Tales, Terminator 2, Tiny Toons, Battletoads, etc.). Speaking of indie games - VVVVV, Do Not Feed The Monkeys, Curious Expedition, Cook Serve Delicious. In overall, I like story driven games with interesting characters OR something that can make you feel relaxed with a strong atmosphere OR challenging games

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

I do not have any experience with game development. Although I composed 2 short tracks for a mobile game, one of them is available in my portfolio in SoundCloud (http://soundcloud.com/defremov85/sets/portfolio)

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

Music is my passion. Even though I am a fan of heavy music genres (like metal, thrash, djent, etc.), I try to stay diverse and do not limit myself only with these. That relates to both listening AND composing music. I am keen to develop myself further as a diverse composer in GameDev industry.

6. What are your goals for this game jam?

I would like to get more experience as a composer, and see what it means to be involved in developing a game project. I am also interested to see how game design works in reality.

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

Name's Mario, from Spain. Not much to say, studiying computer science in Oviedo although I've been programming for a while on my own now.

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?

Didn't participate, but I'm excited! I have participated in another jams before, and I just feel like programming a little videogame for fun. Thought might as well join this and have a little extra fun!

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

Puzzle games, although I have absolutely no idea about how to program those. Might try on this jam though. The game that actually inspired me to start programming was minecraft though.

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

I used unity in 3 game jams before (one here on itch and the other two were presential). Also, I have used Phaser a bit before and made some easy and mostly text-based games using pure javascript and c++.

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

Programming! Loved it almost from the start. The process of making a thing of your own and watch it grow before your eyes is just so good. Although there are a lot of things that can give you that same feeling (Drawing, woodwork, sculpting...) programming is the one I like the most because it is the one that has less physical work involved.

6. What are your goals for this game jam?

Nothing special. Just have a nice time.

1. Hello! I'm Anu and honestly I'm not the best at introducing myself :'D  I'm a college student and when I'm not dying in a class, I'm either doing art or dancing.

2. I didn't participate in last year's jam. Honestly, I never even knew game jams existed until I stumbled across it on an otome game blog I follow! I wish I had known about these sooner but there's always a time and place to start and I guess this is mine! I joined because I've always wanted to create a game, even something small, but I never had the motivation. I also tend to stop once things get hard so I hope this pushes me past that block! I was always unmotivated because I always thought there was no way I could create a game in general or alone,, but I hope this opportunity proves to me that I can as long as I put in the effort. I've played many RPGs, Rhythm, and Visual Novels so those are what I'm most interested in!

3. The idea of favorite game is hard but my most recent games that I've played/or play very frequent are Osu!, Final Fantasy, any Shall We Date! game, and Jubeat.

4. I wouldn't say I really have game developing experience but I have played around with Ren'Py. That's where I first learned how to write in code language and so even if I've never finished a project on there, I feel my most comfortable using that engine!

5. Hmm, hard but I guess I'm most passionate in story writing, dancing, and art! I'm still improving in all of my passions and it has been a fun journey! Recently, I started an art account/enamel pin design account and that has helped motivate me in learning.

6.  My goal for this game jam is to finish a project, even if its tiny. I am okay with it being more of a demo, but I want to work through and not give up at the beginning. I also hope to meet new people and use others as inspiration!

1. Hey I'm George, 15 y/o. Before I started game developing I wanted to learn a programming language for my future job, tho they seemed quite boring so I decided to make some games, it'd be great way to learn how to code and pretty fun as well.

2. Nah, I never participated in any game jam before since I've been around unity for like a month, that's my first one.

3. My favorite games are mainly 3D shooters and no they definitely didn't inspire me. But there is one developer called Dani who really got me started, he made such a cool games in such a short amount of time but most importantly he did them almost without drawing something, which means a lot to me since I can't even draw a proper banana without pixelation.

4. I've been using defold to create 2D games before (main language is lua) for over a year.

5. Game developing, I simply love it, and now that I know how hard it can be to create a great game with nice music, art and programming my way of looking other games have changed a lot.

6. I want to get experience out of this jam and test myself how well I can do under pressure, also watching brackeys game jam videos got me excited so I decided to enter this one.

Heyo! Time to introduce myself here real quick!

1. My name is Joni, and I am known for being able to talk for 30 minutes in a row without feeling out of breath or words, rocking in Medieval Mode in TF2, and coming up with a ton of ideas for.. Things! I have made creative things on computers since I was like. 9!

2. I have been homebound because of an injury, so I wanted to do something to fill my time with that can help me finish my future projects. 

3. My current favourite games are Team Fortress 2 and Stardew Valley! These two games have not influenced my gamemaking aspirations, though. My first inspiration for making a game was Yume Nikki, and I started thinking up a project that was a fangame to it, made in RPG Maker, but then I played Hiveswap and Sally face and desided, you know what? Point and click  or  sidescroller  is probably a better way to execute my idea! So now I am making a point and click spooky game using GameMaker Studio 2! (Funny story about that: I just bought a 1 year subscription to the basic desktop version like. A day before I found out the proper no subscriptions needed version was on sale on Steam. I contacted support for a refund so I could get it on the sale, and I thought they did not reply. Then after the sale was over, I went to tinker with GM2 and found I didn't have a subscription. They really did refund me and I did not notice! I should turn on notifications for Gmail.)

4. I mostly have just messed around with RPG Maker and GM2, but never made anything that isnt just a few rooms to test the code and stuff. I have a little test of my big game project in RPG Maker, and it is just the player characters room, a long hallway, and a balcony. It looked bad, and that made me rethink what kind of game it should be.

5. If you want to hear me rant about my passions, you will be here all day. Just know that I could talk endlessly about the Team Fortress 2 mercenaries. Give me a mercenary, I will talk to you about them.

6. Make something fun and functional! Not a long game, but like. A short and fun thing!!!! With cute colors!!!!

1. Hey guys !

My name is Sneaky, I am an audio dude looking for some nice encounters, getting experience in gaming production and most of all having fun ! 

I have worked on movie stuff (students projects) and live performances in theater as a light and audio technician. But what I want is to work on something that I loved my whole life, videogames.

2. I have never been on a jam before, I'm pretty much a noob  for that and that's why I gathered the courage to try this one out. I feel like this is the right place to get started and everything I have seen about this event seems very wholesome and made in order to make shy people, as I am, feel great and motivated. 

3. As far as I remember, I always see myself playing videogames, starting from the gameboy to the pc masterrace  with a lot of consoles between. I discovered only recently that I wanted to work on videogames because I had teachers in my audio school who introduced me to unity, Fmod and Wwise which I absolutely loved. As a huge kingdom Hearts since I am a kid, to only name one game I love, what I want to do now is bringing to players what made me love videogames, a great adventure filled with dreams and passion !

4. As said ealier, I have a bit of experience on unity, Fmod and Wwise and more common audio softwares like Protools, Reaper and ableton live. Of course I have a lot to learn and that's why I'm here 

I did students projects on unity (only the audio of course) like replacing the soundlist of the 2D Gamekit  with a new one made by me and some friends. I actually work on the Wwise Adventure Game in order to get knowledge to use Wwise better.

5. I love everything that is about sound which can be physics stuff, music, sound design, anything about it. I want to learn everything that can be learn !

6. My goals for this Jam is to meet awesome people, get some work done and learn new thing in order to get better and better !

I'm looking forward to meet you guys on discord when i'll work up the courage to come say hi with my baguette accent !

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

Hi. My name is Anton. I am 18 years old, from Ukraine. I am interesting in game dev and 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?

No, i didn't. I have more free time.

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

My favorite game is Warcraft 3.  I started make games because i wanna create my own world as Warcraft as well, so i think so.

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

I have some games prototypes, but i haven't complete any game yet.  I am using  unity, why? There  are 2 reasons. First I know C# and JS. Second Unity good work with 2D, 3D games. 

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

VideoGames, Horror films, books.

6. What are your goals for this game jam?

Complete him XD)

7. Any advice to new participants?

You should be ready to hard work

9. What are some of the past works you've made for the jam? Show off your favorites!

I have only 2 works, My favorite is second and i hope complete its down the road. It's just a terrible prototype, maybe i show  off next time. 

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

Hello, call me Note!

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 tried to participate in the Winter Game Jam but college got in the way. I'm working on going into Game Design, so I want to get started early.

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

Dead Cells, Celeste, and Hollow Knight definitely influence the kinds of games I want to make.

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

Nothing other than a bit of learning 3d Unity

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

I'm super passionate about accessibility in video games, making it possible for as many people to play games as possible.

6. What are your goals for this game jam?

Get started on creating video games myself.

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

Hey! My name is Caleb, I'm a software developer in Maryland, US, aspiring to get into game development.

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 tried a game jam before. I always thought they were a waste of time, since I always had more projects than I had time for. Recently though, I'm finding that something small and quick would be fun to work on, to improve skills and stay motivated.

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

I love sci-fi, one of my favorites is Space Engineers, which is very inspiring. As was Minecraft, back when it was a new idea.

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

I've created several prototypes and unfinished games (unfinished usually for lack of art). I don't use engines, I like to develop the internal functionality myself, as that's the part I really enjoy.

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

Automation, multiplayer, getting in over my head and having to think outside the box. I love technical challenges.

6. What are your goals for this game jam?

To have fun, but a big part of it is curiosity, to see if I can pull off making a game in a short period of time. It'll be a fight against not only available time, but also my perfectionism, so this will be interesting!

1. Hi. I'm Mike or you may also call me DogEgg. I'm a Unity3D game developer from Hong Kong. I'm not new to this engine but I didn't make games a lot before. My company I worked is for ship autonomus so I'm kind of using Unity as a software interface. I sometimes want to pick up my game develop skills so I tried to join some game jam.

2. No. I'm new to itch.io which only joined one jam before. Anyway my goal is to develop a game that really playable.

3. I love minigames such as Minesweeper. Also almost all Voodoo and 111%  games are my favorite. For PC, I love Minecraft. I believe simple game is much suitable to me.

4. I have experience on Unity3D. My graduation project games was made with Unity. However my experience on making game is less.

5. Board game, TRPG, are my passion. But as I said, I like simple. So I rather like games like Call Of Cthulhu instead DND. My life goal for the future is make or participate in a VR game that using rules of TRPG.

6. In this jam I hope that I can make a complete, playable, fun and interesting PC game.

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

Hello There, My name is Richard Waterer. Im from a small country called Latvia and Im 12.

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 This is my First Time in a Game Jam. My reason of joining is because of fun and my loneliness...

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

I Still dont have a favourite game because every game is fun.

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

No I dont have but maybe, just maybe, I will get some experience! : )

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

Because Im here on Itch for the first time EVER

6. What are your goals for this game jam?

I dont have any goals, just some experience and (possibly) some friends!

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

Hello, hello! I’m Kayleigh (Omulette), your friendly neighborhood soft egg. I’m a 25-year-old illustrator/game developer completing my MFA degree at Columbus College of Art & Design (CCAD). You can usually find me knitting up little yarn friends, reading graphic novels, or doodling characters for my video game projects.

(I use she/her/hers pronouns.)

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 haven’t participated in the previous couple of jams (full plates of schoolwork kept me quite busy), but I joined MFGJ in Summer 2018 and Winter 2017. This time, I’m hoping to keep things simple so I can properly submit a game!

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

In terms of genre, I pick up and play casual games the most. Animal Crossing (New Leaf) is my obvious favorite for its coziness and quirkiness. I’ve loved the series since its GameCube days, and I can’t wait for March 20th and New Horizons!

The most recent game I’ve finished (and adored) is GRIS on Nintendo Switch. Everything about it is beautiful and evocative, from the artwork to the soundtrack. It’s definitely one I’d recommend!

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

I’ve worked with RPGMaker MV extensively in the past, and released a couple titles on itch: "Walk With Me" and "My Friend Melon" (demo). Briefly tested the waters in Unity 3D for a small VR project. I’m currently working in Unity 2D (with the Fungus plugin) for my MFA thesis called "Apple & Worm’s Day Out". I’ve also switched my sprite creation workflow to Aseprite, which has been VERY beneficial! For $15, it’s a super-handy tool if you’re looking to make animated pixel art!

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

I enjoy lots of different fiber crafts! Right now I’m really into knitting and embroidery, but I also crochet, hand/machine sew, and needle-felt. Most don't have patterns since I freehand 'em. My favorite projects have plenty of colorwork and smooshy textures, like this little alien below!

Her name is Pleesh and she’s the perfect size for hugging.

6. What are your goals for this game jam?

* make at least one functioning minigame level

* experiment with UI design

* keep things simple!

7. Any advice to new participants?

Don’t feel pressured to make something perfect. Game jams (especially this one) are for learning, connecting with other jammers, and having fun!

8. What can the admins do to improve your jam experience?

Just keep up the awesome work! I’ve always appreciated the hosts’ engagement with their jammers, as well as the inclusivity of the community they’re building here.

9. What are some of the past works you've made for the jam? Show off your favorites!

Haven’t submitted anything to jams before, since they were very rough and unfinished, but you can find my devlogs for MFGJ at the links below!

Winter 2017: “Little Room: Snacktime”

Summer 2018: “My Friend Melon”

1. Hi. I'm talkyon. Like many of you, I have been playing video games for a long time.

2. This is my first game jam. I want to know if I have aptitude in making games, and if so, what area(s) of the game development process.

3. Pokemon and Rune Factory are my favorite game series. Specifically, Pokemon Heart Gold and Soul Silver are my favorite games. The way the games give you freedom to roam around while still maintaining structure is what inspired me to want to create my own games.

4. I have no prior experience with anything. I've only just started pixel art.

5. I'm very passionate about player choice and freedom in game design, and the challenges that come with combining it with storytelling.  For that reason, I am very fond of adventure games that do both well.

6. My goal is to figure out what my strengths are in the game development process.

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

Hello, my name is Oscar but I also use my nickname Acero.  My native language is Spanish, so i apologize if I make mistakes while writing in English. 

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. I went solo in the last jam. I would like to work in a team this time so I can learn from the experience of others as well as learn teamwork. 

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

I like most kind of games but RPGs and visual novels inspire me mostly for their stories. 

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

The previous game jam I used Unity and I have more experience in this engine. Recently I have started to look into using Renpy. 

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

Videogames and puzzles. Also, I love the good stories and lore of fantasy worlds. 

6. What are your goals for this game jam? 

I would like to share a more polished work than last time and also met some people (I'm introvert so this is something I'm working on) 

7. Any advice to new participants? 

Don't expect to make a perfect and flawless game, because you'll get unmotivated when things dont go the right way. If you get stuck with something, better work in something else and come back later to resolve the issue. Small and steady progress keeps you motivated. 

9. What are some of the past works you've made for the jam? Show off your favorites! 

This was my entry for last jam. https://oemc.itch.io/marble-maze-maker 

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

I'm h0wser from Sweden. I'm currently in the final stages of my masters degree in computer science and engineering.

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 jam in a while, I used to develop games for fun and did a few Ludum dares. Got out of it for a few years but now I want to get started again and this Jam seems like the perfect place to find inspiration and just get that first buggy prototype out of the way :p

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

I really like competitive games like starcraft and csgo but I also really love  competitive but casual "couch-multiplayer" games like towerfall ascension. Those games are more what I like to play but as for inspiration for creating games I think FEZ is one of the biggest inspirations, I love how the art and music come together with cool gameplay mechanics to create a cohesive world. That's what I wish to achieve with my games.

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

For a long time me and my friends made small games with C++ because we thought it was cool. I have strong programming skills but have realized that most of those games where more about the code than about the games. That is why I've decided to switch to using Unity so that I don't go around implementing rectangle collisions for the 34th time and can focus on gameplay instead.

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

I'm also really into music production and music overall. So for my game music will definitely have its place. I'm interested in creating a world of music that interacts with whats happening on screen. I would someday like to produce soundtracks for games as well.

6. What are your goals for this game jam?

Build a simple but fun game that feels good. One of the most important things for this Jam is that my game gets to a proper finished state. I have too many projects that just get forgotten, I really want to make sure this one is finished. 

1. Hi there! What's your name? Want to introduce yourself?
My name is Oliver, I live in Germany. I am new to game dev etc, just set up itch account and twitter, you can follow me here: @Oliver16406648

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, not participated in any game jams at all. I joined because I want to start making games.

3. What games are your favorites? Did any of them inspire you, or made you want to make your own?
I like 'Night in the Woods', Gris, Undertale.

4. Do you have experience with game development? What did you do/with what engine?
Not yet! At the moment I try to decide which game engine to learn/use between Godot, Unity, GameMaker Studio.

5. Tell us about something you're passionate about!
I am passionate about learning new things, I want to learn about illustration/graphics/game development/music/sound design.

6. What are your goals for this game jam?

My goals are:
- to learn about game development, sound/music design, animation, graphics
- to connect with people who are also learning/creating games
- create a diary/log throughout the jam, documenting my ideas/process, connect with me on twitter @Oliver16406648
- to produce a playable demo/prototype of a game

7. Any advice to new participants?
Work hard!

9. What are some of the past works you've made for the jam? Show off your favorites!
No past works yet, this will be my first.

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

Hi, my name's Cody. 

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 participate in the last one. I'm joining now because I'm just getting into game design as a hobby.

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

RPG's and Strategy games are my favorites. I've been on a Medieval 2: Total War kick recently. I can't point to any one game that inspired me to make my own, but I love games that can tell an interesting story.

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

I've only messed around in Godot. Done a few tutorials here and there.

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

Umm...math and science. I've lost hours working through physics concepts for fun before. And reading! Currently reading through the Dresden Files.

6. What are your goals for this game jam?

Finish and submit a complete, if rough around the edges, game.

01. Hey, I'm Kane RayNov and I am a little crazy Guy from Germany. My English is pretty bad, at least the writing, but understanding and reading is very good, so sorry if you have to read misspells or typos written by me.

02. No, this is my first game jam. My reason for joining is the fact I heard that this can help many people to reach their goals and get cool infos about the own project and what can be done better. And also that I can give my experience to others, if this is appreciated.

03. My favorite games are RPGs, RTS and textbased adventures. But the games that inspires me are only the textbased adventures, because they can build whole worlds only with words ;)

04. I have some experience with game dev, I've programmed prototypes of TDs, adventures and FPS. I've worked with the Unreal Engine, Blender, RPG Maker (XP, VX, VX Ace and MV), Game Maker Studio and Unity. Currently I use Unity.

05. I'm coding very often, I write Stories and I like to draw and sketch

06. My Goals are for this GameJam the following Points:

 - A "Roguelike Textbased RPG" in a little Environment where I can build upon when the jam is over. I want to code a basic Script for the World Generation, where the player can interact with every in the text marked object through commands. Maybe, if I have the time, than I want to add a little combat system in it, and a little quest should be very nice. This are my goals for this jam, seems legit I think.

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

Hi. I am Ibrahim. I am 16 years old. I consider myself a beginner. I have many ideas. But I am not  experienced enough to make 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 didn't. But I participate in other game jams

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

I always loved sandbox games. And games that have level editor mode. Like Minecraft, Super Mario Maker, Geometry Dash. And at some point I wanted to  make my own game 

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

I use Godot Engine. I started many project. But I barely finished them. Mainly Because I lost motivation. Most of the Games I made were  platformer. And Shoot them  up. 

6. What are your goals for this game jam

I want to challenge myself. And get out of my comfort zone. And try to make another game genre that I never made before

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

Hi, My name is Saulo and I'm 21 years old.

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'm in the end of the Summer break in my country, so i want to participate of a Game jam.

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

I love Super Mario Galaxy and Final Fantasy X. I don't remember when I decide to make games, I only remember that I was young and I was inspared by online games that fillled the empty space in my life.

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

I did little school's projects but I have a lot to learn.

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

Volleyball!

6. What are your goals for this game jam?

Complete the challenger.

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

Hi my name is todaysblip. i'm a musician, dog walker, and web developer in NYC

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 participated in any game jam. ive never made an original game!

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

Cave story, baba is you, mario odyssey, DOOM, katamari damacy, ape escape... the list could go on! I like games that are social, fun, and strange.

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

i've only done a few unity and game maker tutorials from youtube..so not very much!

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

I love music, sculpture, and film

6. What are your goals for this game jam?

to build something thats playable!

1. Hello, I'm Michael (AKA Arylos). I am 6-year developer starting originally with Pokemon style games. My specialty is C#/Unity programming and systems and gameplay programming.

2. I have not; this will be my first time actually in a game jam.

3. God of War, Final Fantasy XIV, RuneScape, Frostpunk, Oxygen Not Included, Horizon: Zero Dawn are among my favourites.

4. I've been making games for about 6 years now. My specialty is Unity and specifically with backend systems.

5. Games, music, and food pretty much sums up my life. 

6. Trying to clear my head from my current project while trying something new and trying to work on my concept work as well as work on focusing on the minimum viable product.

1.Hi! My name is Stompie and I've been making games on and off since I was 12 .

2.No i did not, i had been using GameMaker to create my games, until i discoverer Unity and c#. I want to learn more and get better at creating games. Also I've never shown my games to anyone and i think its high time i do :)

3. My favorite video game of all time is The Elder scrolls v : Skyrim and boy did it inspire me! I played it relentlessly to the point that i felt like i had done everything of note there was to do. Naturally i gravitated to using console commands to squeeze every bit of fun out of the game , then I started to see how mods worked and how they where made. That was  in 2012 and I've been in love with game development ever since.   

4. I downloaded GameMaker Many years ago. I was way to young to understand the ins and outs of gamedev but i did get a basic understanding of what was going on so for a 5th grade business project i made a game called "Dude" (really not worth describing ). I worked on and off on games till i was 18 and then switched to unity and started to learn code creating fun little projects that i kept secret and hidden out of embarrassment.

5.Playing video games . video games are my life through and through, i have no other talents or aspirations, its all i know its what i'm best at and they have thought me many may life lessons. No matter how bad quality a game may be i always get immersed, they made me cry like a little baby more times than id like to admit :D. I hope to one day spread my own  kind of message through my projects and inspire people to do the same.

6. Like i said I've never shown anyone anything I've created , I've just been doing this on my own ,the reality is that I've wanted nothing more in my life than to  be involved in this community, but i have always been afraid to show myself. I hope that by finally showing people what I'm capable of that it might cause a sort of snow ball effect where i make game free from the fear of judgement  and thinking i'm not good enough or i don't belong. Above all i want to meet people and make friends i love every aspect of this and i cant wait to play all the awesome games you guys come up with :)

1. I'm Aleksandr. I have more 4 years of web development (Java in backend and Angular in frontend). I dream to develop games for a long time. Now I learn LibGDX framework and hope I can make something playable and fun. :-)

2. Nope, this is my first one.

3. I like some TBSes (Heroes III, Civilization IV, Eador: The broken world), RPGs (Neverwinter Nights, Morrowind, Titan Quest, Mount & Blade). These games have inspired me, gave me much fun and ideas, that I would to implement in some great day in my own games.

4. Very little. When I was learning a programming I created a very simple HTML game in Heroes III style. I did not use any engine or library, but only pure HTML+CSS+JavaScript. It worked even without canvas! Its code was awful :-) More later I've created Minesweeper using PixiJs. I want to use LibGDX in this game jam but actually I have not yet decided finally. Maybe I'll choose something else.

5. Programming, looking for solution of difficult tasks, and of course games!

6. To make a game, to learn something new, to get a feedback and an advice from experienced game developers, and to get fun! :-)

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

My name is Wesley Coomans i'm a solo game developer and indie freelancher for over 10+ years now. I love to code and that also my speciality. I never really join a game jam because i'm terrible with blender. But im willing to give it a shot and hope to learn a lot more :)

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 but i love to do more of those because i want to discover what i can do more.

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

I haven't seen the other games yet for this jam i want to be surprise with what people may come up with.

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

I'm skilled in Ue4 and Unity for many years now and i mostly use it for apps or games.

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

My passion is the make great things and let people enjoy those things my dream is that one day i will make something special that everyone will enjoy. Making games is a passion in it self :)

6. What are your goals for this game jam?

To have fun no focus on being the best or worst but just enjoy making games.

For returning jammers:

7. Any advice to new participants?

Im new comer so not yet.

8. What can the admins do to improve your jam experience?

Have to see.

9. What are some of the past works you've made for the jam? Show off your favorites!

Nothing yet i hope it will grow in strenght :)

10. Bonus: Got any question suggestions? Let us know for next year!

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

Hello! I am Red Lily. There’s not much to say, other than I love mythology, art, stories, and games.

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?

While this is my first jam from this particular category, this isn’t my first ever game jam. I participated in the Scream Solstice Jam a month ago with my entry Kraehe. My main reason for joining this jam is to add another game into my repertoire. And hopefully develop my own skills in the meantime.

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

My all time favorite games are the Final Fantasy series, Parasite Eve, Kingdom Hearts, Haunting Ground, and the Mario Bros. More recently, Bloodstained and Child of Light have entered the list of favorites. I’ve always wanted to make my own game for as long as I can remember.

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

I have some experience working with game development. I’ve developed a 3D solo project titled Equinox, and I’ve worked on a team game. Both times have been for school, though. And both times, I’ve used Unreal Engine 4. I’ve since switched to Unity and RPG Maker. For the Scream Solstice jam, I created Kraehe while TheWalker, someone else, created the game’s original music.

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

I’m passionate about art and storytelling. And video games in general.

6. What are your goals for this game jam?

My goal for this jam is to develop my teamwork skills, and hopefully polish off old ideas I’ve had laying around forever. 

1. Hey guys I'm BDP_01, and I would like to introduce myself.

2. Very first game jam. I hope to learn more about the process of creating games and to have fun as well.

3. Where do I start? Skyrim, botw, Smash Bros, Minecraft, and plenty more to list. Games overall have inspired me to learn the game creation process.

4. I am currently at San Jacinto getting an Associates degree in game design/simulation. I have touched Unity and Tiled(a 2d level editor)

5. Video games is pretty obvious, but also to learn different things, even if they are not game related.

6. My main goal for this is to actually create a game with people, regardless of how bad or unfinished it is.

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

Hi! I'm a Carrot! Not much to say, except that I'm new here.

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, this is my first jam. Basically, I joined because I have toyed with bits and pieces of video game creation, so I want to see if I can gather it all together to make a whole video game.

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

My favorite game is Undertale, my favorite game series is The Legend of Zelda. And yes, they are in part responsible for my desire to make games.

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

Experiences? Kind of. I never published any game, so this would be the first time, but I did write a couple of very small ones. The usual, really: Snake, Sokoban, a square that can jump on another square and can reach the "exit", which is also a square, working on a space invader clone then dropping it halfway in...

As for engines, well the ones I use regularly are SDL and Godot. All of those projects (both finished and half-finished) have been made with either one of these two.

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

High fantasy litterature. There's just something about a Magical world filled with Elves, Faeries, Dragons that clicks with me.

6. What are your goals for this game jam?

Have a playable game by the end of it. And have fun, of course.

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

Charles, aka chaslinux. I'm 50. I dabbled in game development in the 80's trying to write games in assembler on the Commodore 64, but ironically got stuck because I couldn't slow down my sprite movement enough in assembler (you'd pull down on the joystick and the sprite in the middle would become a ruler-sized blur in the screen). Gamedev seemed really difficult then. A couple of years ago I started getting the itch again watching Youtube. I bought GameMaker 1.4 on a Humble Bundle not long after, but didn't start any kind of development until several months after.

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 been working on the same "small" game for 2 years, declared it finished, then worked on it some more.  I'd like to finish a different game. Recently I've learned quite a bit more about GameMaker so I'd like to try out some of the things I've been looking up. I've also found there are a lot of really great, supportive game developers on different forms of social media and this appears to be another chance to get to know others with the same interest.

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

The Youtuber responsible for helping re-scratch the gaming interest was ThinMatrix. Watching him build Equilinox in Java was really inspiring. I played a lot of games in the 80's that were really fun back then but have been lost in the flash and glitz of today's AAA titles.

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

Very little. The development I've done on my 2 year project has really been spread out. There was at least 6-8 months where I did almost nothing on the project. Going back to it was very difficult at first, but it's been a lot of fun for the last few months. I've decided to stick with GameMaker (I bought GMS2 after buying 1). I'm more into drawing sprites than modelling, but I don't have an art background.

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

Family. This is one of the reasons game development has been a challenge, trying to work and spend enough time with family, but also develop games.

6. What are your goals for this game jam?

Use some of the techniques I've been learning to create something a bit more dynamic, but keep it small in scope. When I came back to my project I started re-editing some of my existing code, improving things, finding bugs I didn't know existed, and organizing things better (#region - thank you FriendlyCosmonaut).

Finishing something very different from my main project.

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

Hello! My name is Nikita and I am from Russia. My English may not be very good. I apologize for 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?

This is my first jam and I want to try my hand at this business. And also share your project with other people. Get criticized and evolve. 

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

I love Blizzard games. Especially World of Warcraft. And I also like to play various indie games because of their beauty, simplicity and unusualness. 

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

I have little experience in developing games. I have not finished yet even my first project. I make games on Unity. 

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

I think that my passion is game design. I can generate two ideas for games in a day. Ideas are enduring. Due to a lack of experience, I am still not compiling documentation well. 

6. What are your goals for this game jam?

I want to get experience in game development. Finish the project. And make yourself known to the community of game developers.

What was the point of that entrance poll?

1. Hi all! Chain here.

2. I did join the last jam. This time  around I want to make a platformer instead of a turn-based RPG. And I'll try to make more original assets this time.

3. Favorite games? I'm not sure... There's too many titles from  so many genres. :D. Some of them are Digimon World, Patapon, and Monster Hunter. For the game I want to make for this jam though, my #1 inspiration (and I guess you can call it a reference) is Tomba 2.

4. I have so little experience in game dev that I'd say it's non-existent. The only gamedev-y experience I have is messing around with RPG Maker-like engines. I don't have much skill in arts and programming either.

5. Lately I don't feel really passionate about anything...? Some ideas do fly around my head every now and then. This time I want to catch some of them.

6. My main goal is being productive. That's it. The game would be an added bonus. The technical goal would be copying the grappling mechanic from Tomba 2. Something clear that I can reference. From that point I'll add my own twists and make assets if I have the time.

7. Try to start small and do -or at least plan- things evenly. Also, rescoping in the middle of the jam is totally cool! 

8. None that I can think of. Keep up the good work, admins. :)

9. Making this actually took me a good 2 weeks... Haven't touched it since last jam but I still have ideas for it brewing in my head. Here's my submission for last jam... "Just Annother RPG"

Good luck everyone! Here's to all our fruitful journey for the 2 weeks ahead!

1) Hi! I'm Mirus! I'm an 18 year old...

2) Participating in my first game jam! I happened to see it at the right time. I was just thinking that I needed to derust my gamedev skills and out came a nice beginner's game jam!

3) I enjoy a lot of games with unique movement systems, such as Mirror's Edge and Frostrunner. Their momentum-based gameplay inspired my idea for this game jam!

4) Yes! I've only used Unreal Engine 4, but I've made two games with it (one test first game, and another year-long game made with a team called Konzentra). I was the leader of the project, but I mainly did programming. However, I also helped with modelling, art, level design, music and some other stuff.

5) I love music and maths, as well as computer science! I'm currently applying for CS and Applied Maths majors for college, and am really looking forward to it. I enjoy problem solving and especially like working on the creative aspect of mechanics creation. I also like making levels, (simple) modelling and music making!

6) I want to learn about making "feel-good" movement mechanics primarily. Of course, I also want to derust. Additionally, I want to practice my 3D level design and get experience with first person games.

1. My name is Miguel Pimentel, the words in bold are my answers. The words in italics are my teammate's. 

2. I joined, but I didn't participate. Hopefully, we can remedy that this time! I didn't participate last time, I joined because he told me to.

3. Yes! My favorites to this day are the Portal Series, but I grew up around video games. I always wanted to bring smiles to people the way video games did to me. This is a light foray into attempting to do just that. The idea for our game came about from a TTRPG that one of us runs. Final Fantasy 7 and Xyst MUSH are my favorites that also inspired me to try my hand at programming in the first place.

4. Not really, the closest I have is a Russian Roulette game that was text only. It very easily led to a bloodbath because I ran the 1-6 for each "player" which means the same round could take out every one. I played with Tiny MUSH, RenPy, Construct 2, and Twine, but I don't have any real experience.

5. I really, really enjoy programming. That, and video games. I enjoy writing and art.

6. Make a client / server connection, and make a final product. 

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

Heya! Name's Jill, livin out in rural Uruguay lookin at birds and loving games, sorry if my english sounds kinda awkward

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! I decided to join because this seems like a really sweet way to get into game development, I've also been having issues making anything lately and learning something new alongside a set deadline feels like it'll help!

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

Most of my inspiration and love for gaming comes from indie games, ever since I first learned about Cave Story when I was 11 up til' now my steam library is fill ot the brim with the love projects of small teams. my favorite games fluctuate quite a bit but ones I can always remember will be things like Iji, Copy Kitty and the previously mentioned Cave Story 

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

None whatsoever! This will be my first time making any kind of playable project, and although a bit nervous, Im excited!

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

Writing! although I've hit a bit of a brain-block lately, I love developing characters and worlds of my own, but I don't have much of a "literary genius". Other things would include cooking, always have, if it weren't for the $$$ needed for applying for the course I probably wouldve studied it, and lastly, I've tried my handful at drawing! though maybe I need a couple more bags of disposable hands.

6. What are your goals for this game jam?

Mostly? Just learn! Learn what goes into making a way, learn the way I enjoy this process, honestly just have fun with it! I'm obviously hoping to finish something, but my set goal is learning.

(Sorry I'm late but I forgot about this whole thing until today :I)

1. Hi! My name is Jacob and I'm 16 years old. I want to get into gamedev, and figured a 2-week deadline would be a good place to start! 

2. This is my first game jam ever, and I'm excited to see how it goes, making a game from nothing but my skills(and google)!

3. I like to play a variety of games, but my favorites have been Zelda: BOTW, Skyrim, Starcraft 2, Hearthstone, Pokemon, Geometry Dash, Minecraft, Factorio, 7 Days to Die, and Super Metriod. I'm honestly inspired by all genres, and I've made board games based on some when I was younger. 

4. I have some experience with Unity, which I'm using for the jam, and I'm OK at programming (aka googling a ton)

5. I like designing concepts for games in my head, or on paper, and I love playing games and appreciating the game design and balance that the game devs worked so hard on. I also play music on my bass, and am a "music kid" at school.

6. I really just want to see what I can make in 2 weeks as I've never finished a project before in Unity. I also want to try and compose at least one track, and try my hand out at some pixel art for my game. Overall, I'm really excited for my first game jam!

1. Hi! I'm Kara~ There's not much to know about me except that I'm a 17 year old girl.

2. Nope. Joining because I've never done a game jam before (or finished making a game) so hopefully this will be good motivation! Also I'm hoping to learn a lot.

3. Indie games like Celeste and A Hat In Time are some of my main inspirations when it comes to making games. 

4. I have (very little) experience with Unity!

5. Simple pixel art and making people smile.

6. Make something that people enjoy!

1. Hey all! My name's Kenna, I live out in California, USA, work part time at a makerspace/library, and run two weekly D&D games! (maybe that'll change to bi-weekly at some point...) I'm doing something a little unusual this jam and making a tabletop game, instead of programming a video game.

2. I didn't participate in the last jam, but I did participate in a MFGJ a few years back (winter 2017 I think?) and it was super helpful! I made a simple RPG Maker demo, got to learn the program pretty well, it was a really good experience! Honestly, I'm just hoping this time I learn half as much using this new game style.

3. Specifically thinking of tabletop games, some of my favorites are (besides D&D) Blades in the Dark and the Cypher System. I rarely get to play them, since you always need people willing to learn new games to play with you, so I'm planning on going more the solo RPG route. While I have a ton of solo RPGs saved up to play when I have time... I haven't actually gotten around to many of them. The one I've played the most is this unfinished game called Swords of the Skull-Takers by Joe J Prince. It uses a tarot deck as the main game mechanic, and I love getting to use new tools to play games.

4. Generally, I've used Twine, RPG Maker, and I've written campaigns and one-shots for D&D. I've submitted a few Twine games for the Interactive Fiction Competition, and the RPG Maker demo game I made for the last MFGJ I participated was fully playable, if short (and heavily reliant on pre-made assets).

5. Uhhh I'm passionate about stories! And storytelling! And how humans are able to use the different tools around us to tell stories - like games! And how games are such a unique style of storytelling because they put the audience directly in the role of the characters of the story, making them directly responsible for the characters' actions even while the stories are pre-programmed (usually) to move in a certain direction. I could talk about that for hours!

6. I mostly want to have a fully playable solo tabletop RPG game. I'm trying to be realistic, though, and recognize that I might only have a v.05 or something, instead of a finished product I'm willing to share. With that in mind, my realistic goal is to learn all the steps I need to follow in order to go from a basic concept to a playable game (even if that playable game takes more than 2 weeks to develop).

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

Howdy! I'm Mitch, but I also go as raykinu as well (and on twitter!) 

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?

A friend and I actually tried to do this game jam a couple of years ago - sadly we didn't submit anything because we were both a little overwhelmed with the workload. However! This time I want to create a very small and basic prototype of a game that I've been conceptualizing for a while, I'll try to make it as basic as I can, but I'm also very excited as well! 

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

I'm a huge fan of fighting games and games with really rich stories. Games like Va-11 Ha-11-a, Indivisible, Skullgirls, Streets of Rage 2, Mamoru-kun has been Cursed, Undertale/Deltarune and Touhou Project and Nier: Automata  really inspired me to make a video game and create my own.  Also the fact that almost all of those games are made by indie / solo developers is incredibly inspiring!! 

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

I've worked with Game Maker Studio 2 for the longest time, but I've only worked with tutorials, I understand a lot of the concepts of what I want to do, but I'm still a huge newbie despite everything (putting everything into code is the hardest part for me haha) - but I'd love to take this as a huge learning experience and make something out of it!! 

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

Robots and protags! If the protagonist is a robot, then that's a huge bonus. I love writing really rich and well written protagonists and deep relationships between characters and intresting stories to go along with it. 

6. What are your goals for this game jam?

Build a very rough prototype of the game project I want to create.  Just some basic platforming into a transition room where the "Fighting Game" styled (think Street Fighter and Skullgirls)  fights take place and once the fight is over, and then have a transition out of that room and back to the platforming segments, much like Indivisible. I feel as though if I really break it down and have a start then the rest of the game will shape up in time, and I can refine and tweak with time.  Like I said in one of the earlier questions, I have a really good idea on what I wanna do and how to do it based on tutorials that I've watched, but I'm not really sure how to put this system into code, so I'd love to figure that out during this jam, and hopefully it's smooth sailing from here on out! :D 

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

Hi, I'm PandaIzumim but just call me Izumi. Panda's fine too I guess.

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'm joining because I really need to sit down and just make a game no matter how small it is.

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

I tend to like RPGs, The Final Fantasy games are some of my favorites, particularly 12, 6, and 8. I also play a lot of Stardew Valley and enjoys games like it and Harvest Moon/Story of Seasons. Final fantasy is definitely what made me want to make games though.

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

I used to mess around with an engine called RPG Toolkit but but I think It's pretty dead now. I've also played around with C++/SDL2 for a bit. I tinkered with Godot for a bit but the engine wasn't for me. Recently I bought RPG Maker VX Ace when it was last on Humble Bundle and did a few tutorials but haven't played with it much aside that. For the past few weeks though I've been learning Cocos Creator and have been enjoying it.

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

Honestly art. I love to draw even thought I don't do it as much as I should.

6. What are your goals for this game jam?

For this jam I want to get more comfortable with Cocos Creator and JavaScript RPG Maker VX Ace, maybe figure out pixel art. But really I just want to finish a nice small game.

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

I'm Sal, otherwise known as Leaflens or "Salad" - a nickname from an autocorrected message that's stuck for years. I'm a 20 year old games art/design student who's definitely on the more artsy side. 

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 time joining a jam! A previous MFGJ participant (mythridate) shared news of this jam, so I thought why not? I've been having a hard time at uni due to my health and have never been one to finish projects. I figured this is a great place to get back into creating again! 

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

I've got a varied taste in games - from Animal Crossing and the original Harvest Moon games to God of War and the Yakuza series. I'm a big fan of character-focused/driven games and stories, like the Ace Attorney and Danganronpa series. Visual Novels, namely Ren'py games, probably take up most of my game library. I've wanted to make games ever since I first picked up a DS, but due to poor time management and my short attention span, they all remain as unfinished outlines and scattered lore documents on my desktop.

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

I've dabbled in many engines and none really stuck. My personal favourite is the Wolf RPG Editor despite the lack of English tutorials. I ended up reverse engineering some existing games which stuck more than following steps.

I've made a demo of a game I'm planning to complete called "One Way Trip", a survival RPG. It was an assignment for uni but I had loads of fun with it regardless. Maybe one day I'll release that demo to the public...

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

Farming simulator games and OCs! I've been making original characters for as long as I can remember. I've never been able to stick to comics or writing long enough to share my OCs in those ways. Farming games took up a lot of my time as a child, mostly the Harvest Moon and Rune Factory games. Not much has changed as I still play Stardew Valley regularly, haha.

6. What are your goals for this game jam?

Understanding time constraints. I'm a very ambitious perfectionist to the point I've failed multiple classes in my life due to not submitting things that weren't up to my standard. It took a year but I'm in a much better place now and I've learnt many things since then. I mostly just want to have fun, honestly!

Not as big but if I have time, I'll try to compose some BGM mysekf. I always feel a little bad for using other people's work, even if it's completely free to use. 8')

No matter what, I'll be happy with submitting something I put effort in, you know?

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

Hi, I'm Michael / gruebite. I'm a professional software developer (ML, cloud infra), and do gamedev on the side.

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 not participated in previous jams. I have more time available, and one of my goals is to join more game jams.

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

I grew up with Rogue and it was one of the main motivators for learning programming. I tend to like open-ended simulations and strategy: Rimworld, Mount & Blade, Minecraft are some of my current favorites.

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

Yes, most of what I've made has been in jams or prototypes. I've worked with SDL, Unity, Godot, and Love2D. My Itch games have used PICO and SDL.

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

I love games, especially as an artistic medium. Other things I am passionate about are learning, cooking, chess, backpacking, traveling, and teaching.

6. What are your goals for this game jam?

Prototype another idea and mentor others. :)

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

Hello, my name is Ovais and I'm 27 years old and I enjoy drawing, programming, and video games so it only made sense to try and put those passions together and build my own game - which I've been working on for about the last 3 years. I currently work as a software dev/ business analyst in a completely different industry so I do what game dev I can on my free time.

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 not joined the last one - actually this is my first ever game jam and my reason for joining is to 1) take a small break from a game I've been working on, 2) to start becoming more involved in the indie game dev community, and 3) try to start making a name for myself in this community

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

I love God of War as a series for its amazing story and I also really enjoyed the mmo genre, playing things like Silkroad Online, Tera, 9dragons, and Runescape. Lately I've lately been playing league here and there. Mmos really got the idea in my head that I'd love to make my own game because of the friends I made when I ran one of the strongest guilds on the server in silkroad lol

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

I've worked exclusively in Unity for about three years and my current project is a tower defense style game called TIDE. I also made the card game uno in unity just to see how fast i could implement it (took me about 3 days for a single player with 3 *dumb* AI)

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

Along with my answer in #1, I really enjoy reading the One Piece manga atm. The world building and story is just soooo good. I really enjoy trying to crack the mysteries that Oda has written into his world 🤩

6. What are your goals for this game jam?

Pretty much #2 - But I'd also like to see how much I've learned from working on TIDE and how quickly I can create a relatively simpler project. Plus - it's always nice to have something you can say you've finished. So I look forward to working on something smaller, but to the end.

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

Hi there! My name is Kayla, Computer Science student at moment. I really enjoy gaming, anime, and cartoons mainly. I'm from Brazil, so not native english speaker, and trying to experiment with game development as a potential career in the future.

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, this is my first jam. I'm joining because i want to learn more about game development and develop my programming skills.

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

I would say that civilization V, Celeste, Persona 5, the Tekken, and the borderlands series are my favorites at the moment, at least they are the ones that i sank more hours in. I wouldn't say that an specific inspired me, i've been playing all kind of games since i was a child and i think that the presence of games in my life is what really inspired me.

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

Not at all. I do have some experience with c++ mainly, though i don't have any really major project. This game is my biggest project so far.

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

Games of course. I enjoy all kinds of games from tabletops to videogame(though i'm not that good in any), but mainly RPGs, turn-based strategy and fighting games.

6. What are your goals for this game jam?

My goals are to learn more about game development and improve my programming skills mainly. But doing at least a base for a real piece of software is a more concrete goal.