This is my first game jam, and while I have some previous gamedev experience I've never developed anything alone, nor within such a small timeframe. I'm excited to see how it goes, but also nervous because I have no idea how quickly I can make something that works.
I'm aiming for the compo, using SFML for the first time, and have no codebase to start with. Let's see how it goes!
Not a whole lot to show yet, but I've gotten lots of coding done. It's time for a lunch break, and then I'm going to work on drawing some sprites!
I'm not sure if I knew what I was getting into when I started this. Trying to make something in such a short time is intense! I'm glad I decided to stick with a simple idea.
Most of the coding is done now, just need to implement a menu and some other minor stuff.
Asset creation is eating up a lot of time right now. I normally take hours to complete a small drawing, and now I'm trying to pump a whole spritesheet out!
I'm having lots of fun, both creating and watching everyone else post their progress. Keep up the good work!
A question for those of you who have done this before! Does the countdown for the compo include the 1 hour "extra" time for uploading your stuff (mentioned in the rules), or can I keep coding until the timer ends and still submit after that?
Thanks <3
I cut it way too close, but I made it and I'm proud of myself!
First game jam in a while and only around 8h per day, so naturally I decided to go far out of my comfort zone and try to make a web based game! I'm glad I went for a simple idea and am actually quite pleased with the outcome.
It's been so cool seeing everyone's blog posts during the weekend and I'm excited to try some games out, but first; sleep!
Stepping out of my comfort zone trying to do some art (besides my usual basic shapes and barebones pixel art). My respect for all the beautiful art posted here is growing by the minute while I'm realising how easy it is to sink hours into a basic sprite or animation. Going to have to cut most of my planned features, but I'm having fun and that's what counts right? :)
Anyway here's another one for club soul harvesting!
Keep up the hard work everyone :tada:
After lots of brainstorming I think I accidentally decided on making the first phase in spore. I'm not sure if I actually have time for a game jam this weekend, but here's my "I'm in" post for accountability!
