Alright, this’ll be my first-ever game jam (and really my first REAL attempt at game design), so I imagine I’m about to go through a living Hell and have fun in the process!

I’m not exactly a code monkey, so I don’t have the fanciest programming tools in the world, but here are my weapons of choice:

-Pen and paper (seems like everyone’s doing it, makes sense to include it)

As for design programs, I plan to use one (or two, if possible…) of the following, depending on the theme:

– Twine

– Stencyl

– GameSalad

I’m looking forward to the competition, and I wish everyone participating good luck!

I’ll admit that I think the Connected Worlds theme isn’t the best one to have for a Twine game, as it’s a bit too general for my tastes. Something like Potato Salad? I can come up with three or four ideas right off the top of my head. But it’s not that simple with as general a theme as Connected Worlds.

Nevertheless, I’ve finally got an idea. I’ll try working on the Twine game for the Compo and (time permitting) try to translate that into Stencyl. My idea is the kind of thing that might read really well AND has the potential to have interesting gameplay implications.

But first, I’m gonna get some sleep.