The player's time is valuable, in my opinion. If you have to include a speed-up button in your game because it's a grindfest, maybe you should take a look at why it's really grindy and tweak a few things to make it a bit smoother. You can definitely make the player work for things and reward...
I'm definitely a fan of getting your starter Pokémon and getting the adventure started sooner rather than later. Even if the player is railroaded into a bunch of plot events afterwards, it at least feels like they have a little bit more freedom and that the game has "started", so to speak...
And a big congratulations to @SmokedPaprika who won the Community Choice Spotlight! with Banette & Guilmon It was definitely a very close vote! Thank you to everyone who voted this year!
Community Choice Spotlight: Banette & Guilmon by @SmokedPaprika
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Thoughts
Another year has come and gone! Our third game jam here at Relic Castle was our best ever...
Judging is going well! We're starting to finalize what we feel the spotlights will be. Hoping it won't be too much longer.
I've also given out the first wave of badges, if you win a spotlight we'll swap your regular jam #3 badge out for a spotlight one. I also may have missed some team...
Played it on stream today! (I'll get you a link soon if you want it). I really enjoyed it, your writing and eventing are as on point as ever my guy. I'm very excited to dive into the rest of it and finish it off on my own time, your charm is shining through at full force in this one!
That...