My second-favorite part of Ludum Dare starts soon. Last time I participated I played something like 200 games, and had so much fun trading game design comments with all the incredibly talented developers. You learn so much by having to rush from concept to release in 3 days and you learn even more by finding out what other people liked/disliked about it. I look forward to judging and getting judged!

Shameless plug for my team's entry: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/eine-kleine-insektmusik