Last year, I took part in Ludum Dare 53 as my first gamejam (with DETOUR which took 8th place in Innovation)

Since then, basically the world turned upside down for me: I opened a tiny game studio with my wife (https://nozomugames.com), we made 6-ish games in 2023 (4 of which were made on gamejams) and working on 2 more now, even participating in showcases with our games and talking to publishers!

And LD53 was what made me think that we can go bigger. Happy to hop onto the upcoming LD55. Hopefully many more gamejams to come!