Since I made the game in my own engine and I REALLY LIKE JAMS, I made my engine keep track of a bunch of stuff, such as THE ACTUAL TIME spent making the project... :smile:

It took me exactly 13.5 hours!

(in the engine)

Unfortunately it does not track the time spent on Audacity and Blender (I made the art myself too), so you can probably multiply that by two or something.

It also does not track the time spent editing the engine. My engine is already very stable and "matured", we are currently working on a huge game in it here at our studio, but I still like to improve stuff in it during jams to facilitate workflow.

The game is a Relaxing World Building Experience, so it is relatively simple without complicated mechanics or characters, so that facilitated a bit. If you haven't seen SANDTOWN yet, those screenshots can help you to get a better picture:

Since this is my 20th ludum dare (and probably 30th or 40th jam, I have a decent expectation on the time spent. It usually goes like that: - 24 hours of sleep (8 hours a day times 3 days) - ~33 hours of actual work (averaging 11 hours a day) - ~5 hours for food, bath and rest.

I think I'm getting older, because this is reducing over time... Nowadays I think I'm closer to 7 hours a day than 11. :smile:

Anyways, if you haven't played my game yet, you can check it here:

Take a look at Sandtown!