i just want to make a game and atleast somehow participate but im completely new to making games, what do i have to do?

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Hi!!

1. Start with something very very easy. A tiny idea with some interactivity. Not necessary to be awesome, only something playable.
2. Think about what your strengths and weaknesses are. At the begining, use your strengths to make something interesting. Later on, with more gamejams, try to explore your weakness and view how to improve these parts.
3. Use a motor you control. If not, there are some tiny little programs to make simple games in itch.io to start (maybe this: https://the-l0bster.itch.io/pocket-platformer). Also narrative games (Bitsy, Twine, Ren’Py…). I use GDevelop because I know only a little of programming. But, in order to use to make a couple of cool prototypes, it was necessary to see a loooot of videos and tutorials (and sometimes is frustrating not to get what you want hehehe). Other with no code experience is Game Maker, for example.
4. Think about the theme of a jam. Try to search something that you might like to explore.
5. Your games will be played only a few times. Don´t worry about that. The main goal is to learn and to make something truly yours.

Hi:) 

I'm also fairly new to game development(Only 4 jam projects lol) and stumbled upon Trijam for my first actual project! In my experience on learning I made some mini games(like two player tag) for my first projects, and that helped me learn the game engine and basic programming skills.

I would choose a game engine that fits your strengths and focus on creating something first, and it doesn't have to be great--one of my worst mistakes was focusing on creating large-scale projects instead of just smaller practice projects. Trijam is a great place to practice skills & try out new stuff. 

Good luck! 

im so bad at programming i cant even just make something extremely simple i dont expect i will ever be even able to learn how to