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.