In the latest game jams, the themes have always been "mechanic-oriented". "Delay the inevitable", you need to implement some delaying mechanic. "Every 10 seconds", you need to have a mechanic that happens every ten seconds. "Harvest", well harvesting might be part of your mechanic here.

I would like to try to promote themes that are actually thematic and not constraining the design. This is why I am promoting strange machines as I think it has an extremely high level of creativity potential and I'm looking forward to see what machines are created!

I wanted to share my ongoing gamedev journey with everyone. I hope this video helps you find inspiration to participate in LD53! If you enjoy the video make sure to subscribe.

https://youtu.be/rk9vEnjvi54

I will be using C++ with our custom SFML fork!

Here's a compilation of my previous projects:

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https://youtu.be/rk9vEnjvi54

Personally, we will be using Bevy. I strongly suggest you don't use Unity and learn something new and open-source like Godot, LibGDX, SFML or Bevy.