Doing the Compo

When I participate, I usually take part in the Jam, but this time I'm going to try to finish the Compo portion. I get my second Pfizer COVID-19 booster tomorrow so hopefully that doesn't completely take me out of the competition 🤞 (I've heard it can be pretty rough and the first round made me really sleepy for a few days).

Honestly, all the themes seem pretty cool, and most of them seem pretty open enough to not be too restrictive. I'm personally hoping for either Parasite or Generations, but I really think any of them would be pretty fun to design for.

Tools

As far as tools go, I'm fairly sure I'll end up using either Unity or Game Maker Studio 2, but I haven't fully decided. I'm leaning more towards Unity at the moment. I tend to do all my work in 2D so I'll be using Aseprite for sprites and animations as well as any tilesets (excited to try out the new tile support the Aseprite team has added). For sound effects, I'll probably make use of BFXR mostly. For music, I'll be using my synthesizers and recording music with Garage Band.

TL;DR

• Unity or Game Maker Studio 2
• VS Code
• GitHub

• Aseprite
• BFXR
• Garage Band