I honestly felt the developer's desire to stretch the theme of jam to fit their idea rather than work with the established theme.
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I believe that Game Jams are made for developers to bend the theme and to think for unique ways to make something fun, while also learning in the process. I chose my game's idea because I wanted to try something new that I wasn't familiar with, just to learn new things, while still delivering on the theme