Because of the whole "bot-situation" you probably haven't had much incentive to post over here. Which is a shame, because more seasoned LDers love to play your games too! So, if you are new, please comment on this post. Then I will put you on my "to play list" :-)

Also, here are some tips :-)

• You are the most important this weekend, so take care of yourself (drink/eat enough, sleep enough, use a good chair, etc)
• Be aware of 'feature creep', a good way to do that is to plan something that should take half of the weekend to create. After that is done, and there is more time, you could add some extra features.
• Make sure the game is easy for you to play: you know the mechanics very well as you are the designer. For other players it should be harder to play, as they did not spend an entire weekend to design it :-)