Well, here we are, less than 24 hours away from Ludum Dare! For a while there, I was convinced this one wasn't going to happen. With the website being unreachable for so long, I'd all but given up hope of the event going ahead. And yet, here we are!

Once again, I'll be participating as part of a team, marking my 8th consecutive Ludum Dare jam (7th as part of a team)! We're one member short this time around, as our fourth teammate from last time has decided to tackle the solo Compo instead. :) @philstrahl, my dear sir, we wish you the very best of luck, and all the coffee and Kaiserschmarrn your heart desires!

Without further ado, here's our team for this jam, along with a few words from each of us:

Biz - @bizzybee - Audio Genius

So, who else is paranoid that every LD is going to be the last? Well, as always, I'm looking forward to seeing what we make this time around with whatever horrible theme we get. Lately I've been working here and there on my own game, LoveBites on itch.io, which has had a long timeline. I very much appreciate a few short term projects like this jam to break things up. I've already babbled on many times about how wonderful creative constraint is, so I'll leave it at that. — Biz

Frank Gevaerts - @frank-gevaerts - Programmer and Bug Squasher Extraordinaire

Time to get going again. I'm sure the theme will be fine! This will be my sixth jam with the team, and I haven't regretted leaving Compo yet. This last month has been a bit rough for me personally, and I'm hoping that LD60 will mark the end of that! -- Frank

BalimaarTheBassFish - @balimaarthebassfish - Programmer and Professional Bug Creator

I always look forward to these events. Not so much for the competition itself, but for the whole experience of working together to create something, and then getting to see what everyone else has come up with afterwards.

I'll admit, though, that I've struggled a bit mentally during the final 24 hours of the last couple of jams. There's something about watching the to-do list and feeling like it's barely getting any shorter, even when we're actually making good progress. I start worrying that we're not getting enough done, then the time pressure starts creeping in, which makes the to-do list feel even more daunting... and around we go again!

This time, I've come up with a few ways to remind myself that things aren't nearly as bleak as they might seem in the heat of the moment. Not least of these is learning to recognise how much I've actually contributed, acknowledging the progress we're making, and reminding myself not to panic just because the clock is ticking. -- Balimaar

Good luck to all our fellow jammers. Remember its supposed to be fun - even if the theme sucks :D