Hi hi! Just a heartfelt appreciation post towards the community-

I've been actively participating in LDs the recent years, but this one- I was going to skip! (Yes, it's crazy!) Today, it would've been my ex's massive birthday party- I had prepared for big surprises, treasure hunts with riddles and snacks, hired a small bouncy castle for us (and her daughter) to unleash our inner childs in, among other things! I was going to make sure she had THE birthday of her life, for THE woman I was going to grow old with- and it was worth skipping LD over.

Unfortunately, she decided to break up just a week prior to this birthday.

Didn't see that one coming, hurt quite a bit, but at the same time I thought to myself "Hey, at least I can join LD now!"

Turns out that doing a game jam while coping with such grief is really just copium haha. My brain's running blanks, and my thoughts are just drifting off the entire time. Even though I'm working on a game, I'm afraid I'm going to have to take tomorrow off and maybe just let this LD slide after all without submitting anything, simply not satisfied.

HOWEVER, I do want to give a big shoutout towards y'all in this community. This is by far my favourite jam community, and the wholesomeness of y'all, the support from everybody, the amazing progress posts on the feed... keep it up! This is what I'm here for! Those things alone have been helping me get through today, a day that until recently I expected to be completely different. Thank you all <3

And if anyone else is struggling with grieve, whether it's from some sort of breakup, or perhaps someone passing away- keep it up. You're doing great, and things will get better!

Good luck to y'all jammers and looking forward to seeing your submissions.

Goodnight!