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No way! Its very charming! Super pizza tower in a way, remember art is subjective!

Sick! This looks great! Not far at all! I dont even have gameplay yet. Lol. I usually do art first cause it takes soooo long. Haha. You got this!

Woah!!!! This is a brilliant concept! I can already tell its going to be gorgeous too! Haha. Really great work! Very excited to see where you take it!! :D

Thanks! I enjoy juice. Haha. Although no amount of animation can hide bad gameplay, so hopefully the game is actually fun. Lol. 

Your only cooked if you dont enter! Best of luck! :)

Yooo! This sounds awesome! You dont sound cooked at all! It may be us who are the cooked ones! Haha. Really cool idea! A checkers deckbuilder sounds immediately interesting! Haha. Cant wait to see it! :)

Nice! Best of luck! Can't wait to check it out! :D

By all means steal away! I didn't invent shape packing. lol. Yeah, people tend to be scared of "thieves" but are more than likely also "stealing" some idea or concept from another game themselves. lol. If someone steals my idea I would be excited to see how they implemented it differently / better than me personally! No worries at all! I actually got the idea from dicey dungeons myself. haha

And the packing is mostly as a way to create meaningful strategy consideration when purchasing new coupons / selling coupons. Do you want this super good one? Its gonna take up some awkward space. haha. My game is basically going to be a balatro style rougelike, but since your "deck" is always available (e.g. no 'card drawing') I felt I needed some sort of challenge for players so they can't just load up on good coupons as easily. haha. 

Looking forward to seeing what you make!! :D

Woohoo! Hope it helps! Its always fun to see what others are up to and get inspiration! Best of luck with your ideas! Make sure to come back and post some stuff!! :)

Thanks! Im hoping I can get it finished in time. Haha. So much to do!

Woohoo! Best of luck! :)

Yooo! This looks fantastic so far! Very fun concept too!

Nice! I like the vibe so far! Keep it up!

Woohoo! Share it! And yeah, the internet be like that. Haha

Best of luck! Cant wait to see some stuff!!

That sounds super fun! Ive wanted to make a sim tower game for soooo long, and something like that would be perfect for this jam! You should do it so I can play it! 😅

I always just use Gizmo199, even for my private resume stuff. For me its more of a "branding" thing (and ive been using it forever). I treat it like an "artist" name. If you win / they need legal stuff you will need your real info but that is usually handled via email. 

All that to say, personally I think its really just up to you and what you prefer. :)

This looks amazing!!! I love big bean liam! Haha

This is awesome! Great to hear you are challenging yourself with all asset creation too! This is a good jam for it since you get much more time to really experiment with things! Haha. Great work!! :)

Oh yeah!!! That sounds super fun. I miss crazy taxi. Haha. You should definitely do this so i can play it. Lol

Thats usually the best way to go about it! haha. Easier to change the graphics than the gameplay. haha. Make sure its fun first and all! I'm just an idiot and do things backwards for lord knows what reason. lol. Best of luck! Can't wait to see what you got going on!

Nice!!! I love the cute little pig in it already! haha

Okay, this looks awesome! Sounds like you habe a super solid concept! I love tower defense games too. Very excited to see how it comes along! Great work!

Nice! I still dont have any gameplay so it sounds like your taking the smarter path. Haha. Cant wait to see more!

Not that fast ;)

Nice!! Im sure youll find it along the way! Haha

Oooh! That sounds like a fun concept!

👀 nice! That sounds pretty awesome! and yeah I think with itch you have to upload it but not sure if it works works with threads like this. Ill probably just use imgur and link them if I cant get it working myself. Haha. 

Cant wait to see it though once youve got something going!! :)

Woohoo! Nice! Thats awesome you got a solid idea already!

Nice! Im kind of at the same point too. Got some good boilerplate done yesterday (code wise) but havent started anything major yet besides planning. 

Woohoo!

Oh nice! Gives you a good amount of time to come up with a solid idea though!

Nice!

Since there is no discord/forum (from what ive seen anyway) I figured it could be fun to see what everyone has working so far! How are your games coming along?

Let's see some screenshots and hear about your game! :)

May 19th, 2026
Whew, okay so I woke up at 3:00am this morning and just went right in. Took me FOREVER to get the shop art in (at its still not quite finished) but now I have SELLMA the shop keeper! I also added all of the various categories for actual gameplay as well as effects and stuff.

(the previous edits to this post will be available in a devlog when the game releases!)

Hello! I am Gizmo199! I help indie developers ship polished, feature-complete games
Github | Itch | Soundcloud

Portfolio
Tinkerlands Implemented netcode and steam integration for initial demo release.
Retromania Wrestling Implemented signature moves for licensed wrestler IPs
Mittens Descent Featured on Jacksepticeye's channel. All aspects of the game hand made by myself. Won 7th place in the jamsepticeye game jam.
Fauxton3D A 3D sprite stacking framework made specifically for Gamemaker Studio
Hooded Drifter 480+ downloads on itch.io showcasing sprite work and 8-directional character animation style and environments

Skills

• Shaders and GLSL
• Systems and architecture
• 3D systems and implementations in gamemaker
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• Great with tight deadlines and stretch goals
• 2D pixel art and sprite work (see hooded drifter for style reference)
• Deep technical audio production, composition, mixing and project implementation experience

Bonus Skills
I am also a highly skilled video editor, an example being the Strong Guy video essay for sticks & spoons.

Rate
$35/h but open to milestone based projects as well

Status
OPEN

Contact
discord @gizmo199
gamedev.gizmo199@gmail.com

Oh Thanks! Its pretty old. haha

Thanks! :)

Well, 1 programming the ai for a shared wheel was spotty at best, and with more complex items it made it even more difficult to balance. Also i think the game is at its most fun when its more of a "rube goldberg machine" of items interacting with each other, and having potential enemy slots complicates builds I think. For example, boomerang is a much more interesting item when all slots are yours since you know it will at least hit something beneficial. Basically just a way to reduce some of the RNG. There is already the "spinning the wheel" which is a major RNG focus, so ive just been trying to reduce the amount of randomness as much as possible. Also having enemies telegraph singular attacks/moves allows you to strategize what items you want on the wheel better. Haha. 

Sorry for the novel, just my thinking. Haha. Basically think slay the spire, but instead cards you get items and the whole wheel to yourself instead.

oh thanks! I have been working on a bigger version of the game but the gameplay doesn't share a wheel anymore and enemies just do basic attacks / moves now. haha. Definitely messed up in that regard. haha. Thanks for playing though! :)

Wow thats awesome! Thanks so much for taking some to play it!! That is a cool card idea! I dont think ill probably expand the game any more at the moment, but I will keep this in kind if I ever do! Haha. Thanks again!! :D

w player :)