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

I'm Kyle , 

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.  I only started learning programming a few months ago.  

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

My favorite games include Cave Story,  most of the Platinum game series, and RPG's like the original Paper Mario.  So naturally I'm making visual novels. 

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

I've played around with Renpy, but haven't completed anything yet. 

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

Stories!  Especially with LGBT characters!  I am an absolute Lore Whore and story nut. 

6. What are your goals for this game jam?

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

I'm (at this point only formally) a CS student and I normally work with Kubernetes. Also English is not my native language and I'm trying my best, but sorry in advance for any language mistakes.  They're not a result of laziness.

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 before.

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

My favorites are the Mass Effect and The Witcher trilogies (yes, both as trilogies, I don't count Andromeda). But I won't use them for inspiration now, because I want to keep the scope reasonable :)

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

I've once made a game as a student group project, using Unity. The game itself was barely playable, but making it helped me discovered how much fun game development can be.

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

Music and music festivals.

6. What are your goals for this game jam?

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

You can call me Pseud. I'm 22. I have ADHD. I'm terribly nearsighted and currently have no glasses, so reading is very squinty right now and I don't anticipate being on the forum very often.

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 joined this jam because I'm a bit bored, I'm having trouble holding myself to self-set deadlines, and I want to finish a creative project to get that sweet, sweet dopamine and validation.

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

I've sampled so many games that it's hard to say what exactly inspired me to make one for myself. It's kind of a cumulative effect from thinking games are neat since I was a kid. The games I've stuck with and/or keep coming back to include the Animal Crossing games, almost any Legend of Zelda games, DDLC, Minecraft, Bioshock.

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

I've tinkered with Python and Ren'Py before, but never made something meant for other people to play. About as far as I've gotten before is making a shark trivia quiz in Python, and sticking my childhood scribbles in Ren'Py for "teh lolz" (as I'd probably put it then).

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

I'm not sure what I'm passionate about because ADHD hyperfixations come and go so quickly, but a pretty general theme is video games. The current aspect I'm fixated on is that video games are a medium, not a genre, and that some of my favorite games come from matching up themes and mechanics that aren't expected. Kind of like fusion cuisine, I guess? 

6. What are your goals for this game jam?

Hey, just signed up for the game jam :) 

1. Hi there! What's your name? Want to introduce yourself?
Hi, I'm Melanie from Germany. I have a background in IT but never have done game developing or similar. In my free time I like to draw and paint (analogue and digital) and have lots of story ideas. I did some Unity basic coursesbut have near to no idea what I am doing :D 

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, I like to have a timeline for creating a game and get some feedback. 

3. What games are your favorites? Did any of them inspire you, or made you want to make your own?
I love horror games (Layers of fear is epic) but also like atmospheric walking simulators, puzzle games and Point&Click. Firewatch did inspire me but also e.g. Caligo and The First Tree.

4. Do you have experience with game development? What did you do/with what engine?
Just really (!) basic experience in Unity with Playmaker.

5. Tell us about something you're passionate about!
I love to create stuff (writing, painting,..) and to convey feelings and emotions with athmospheric animations and fitting music.

6. What are your goals for this game jam?
To have a functioning small game :)

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

I'm Mark :)

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 joined because I need to learn Unity for an internship I'm beginning in about 2 months, and I work best under pressure and in a community.

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

I think my favorite games are Animal Crossing and the Lego Harry Potter series :0 but it's mostly games from developers like Porpentine or Brianna Lei that I find inspiring!

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

I have no experience, unless you count using GameMaker for a Technology Student Association project when I was 11 :^)

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

telling stories!! also pretty colors!!!!!!

6. What are your goals for this game jam?

To get a handle on what Unity is and what I can make with it, as well as improve my modelling skills in Blender 3D and learn how to use both software programs together.

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

Hello! So "Team Shave" is made up of me and my boyfriend ([Sh]ell and D[ave], see? Hilarious I'm sure). We're pretty nerdy and both enjoy learning new things, this seemed like a fun way to spend some time together.

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 the first time for both of us. We're joining the jam because deadlines help to stay productive, and also because it's just more inspiring to do things along with other people! This jam specifically because we're beginners and most others sounded a bit scary ;)

3. What games are your favorites? Did any of them inspire you, or made you want to make your own?
I love games that are a bit more chill, puzzlers and story-driven experiences. Anything that gives you a sense of exploration without requiring mad gamer skillz. He loves Metroidvanias, so we're going to try and meet in the middle somewhere for our first project together!

4. Do you have experience with game development? What did you do/with what engine?
We're using Unity for this project because it just seems like an easy platform to get started with and has a solid helpful community. So to that end, I've been learning the basics of the engine for about a month. He's only been learning Unity for a couple of days, but has released a game once before (for the Spectrum Next, of all things!). That said, we're both coders by trade so a lot of the concepts come easier to us than to a lot of beginners, plus I have graphic design experience and he's a talented writer.

5. Tell us about something you're passionate about!
I suppose there's no point saying gaming here, since that goes for all of us. But it is a shared hobby and we really enjoying "playing" together even if that means one of us controlling a single-player game while we both give input on where to go or what to do next. Other than that, I'd say a primary passion for both of us is making things, and learning new skills that help with making things! Various crafts, woodwork, 3d printing, we tinker with all sorts of things really.

6. What are your goals for this game jam?
Honestly just to have a fun time creating something together and learn some new things. Game-wise I suppose the goal is to have a completed project that is very small scale but reasonably polished. Bonus points if it makes us laugh.

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

Hello I'm mj... Sorry I don't do well with introductions

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 joined the jam because I was really interested in game development and I wanted to see how well I can do on my first time.

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

It's pretty difficult to say since I don't have any, ONE game that I like in particular... I think all games are unique in their own way.

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

I have completely no experience in game development, well maybe a little when it comes to code but that's about it.

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

Making stories and learning more stuff

6. What are your goals for this game jam?

My goal is pretty much simple, make a game and maybe learn new stuff and get more experience.

Hi everybody! You can check out my recently-made game in here: https://nestorherre.itch.io/fountainoflife

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

My name is Néstor and I'm from Colombia.  Glad to be 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?

This is my first game jam, started playing around with Godot a couple of weeks ago and decided to try making a full game. 

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

I used to play a lot of games but nowadays I rarely play; currently intersted in making them. I enjoyed mostly platformers, topdown arpgs, 2.5d rpgs and mobas.

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

I developed 2 games around 8 years ago for a college assignment. Used android and coronasdk. 

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

Passionate about self development and achieving the best self that I can within my life.  Martial Arts practitioner (currently Muay Thai). 

6. What are your goals for this game jam?

Finishing a game within a reasonable scope that I'm satisfied with, learning more about godot engine, practice programming and achieve a high rank! I already completed the first 3 goals, waiting for the last one. 

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

Hello everybody, my name is Pasha. I am beginner game designer from Russia. I just finished my master's degree in China, and now trying to find job in game industry. I'll hope I can make something to this 3 days, but if not, I'm just glad to join this awesome jam. Good luck for all, and hope it's gonna be fun.

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 jams before, but I've watched a lot of videos about them. Finally, I decided to participate myself. I hope this will give me a lot of new experience. 

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

Legacy of Kain series forever in my heart. I hope someday Square enix will make the next part or remake of the series. I'm also a big fan of Arkane studio games. Dishonored and Prey was really awesome

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

Actually, not so much. I followed some gamedev tutorials and courses, but I think I need more practical experience 

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

Drawing and little bit sculpting. I'm also trying to develop as a graphic designer. Currently creating t-shirt designs.

6. What are your goals for this game jam? 

My main goal is finish the game in 3 days. I plan to create a simple game about space to learn about how unity works.