Game Jam Winter Game Jam 4: Discussion

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Welcome back to the Relic Castle Winter Game Jam! For a fourth year in a row, winter has settled in (at least in the northern hemisphere) and now it's time to jam!

For the uninformed: a game jam is an event where developers will get together and make a game. It sounds simple at first glance, but making a good game is much more difficult and time consuming than you might think. Participating in one is a great way to challenge yourself, learn new skills, and polish your overall experience as a game developer.

With eight summer game jams and three of the winter variety, game jams are a tradition for us on Relic Castle! Welcome to the newcomers, and welcome back to the returning game devs! I'm already excited to play through your entries! If you're interested in seeing what previous entrants have created, check out Fox's archive thread.

The fan game community has space for everyone, including you! Be proud of your hard work, but don't push yourself too hard! Overworking isn't fun and just leads to the jam scorching. Take breaks and keep a good sleep schedule! It's okay to have a half-finished game, as long as you've made friends, learned new skills, and most importantly: had fun!

Discussion Thread

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Welcome to the discussion thread! Here you can discuss the game jam, show progress off on your entry, get feedback on your entry, get hyped about other entries, and all that good stuff! Make sure you're only recruiting in the recruitment thread. If you need prompting, what do you think of the challenge this year?

POG!!!

Wow I have no words for the pixel logo. It's phenomenal...
Good luck everyone!

YOOO

It's time to begin!

Excited to Jam!

Welp... With the exams rolling in as well, this is sure going to be a Jam!

I'm so excited to work on this one! I already had an idea before the challenge was revealed, so I'm glad I can see ways to incorporate it into that idea, even leading to some potential worldbuilding. :)

Btw, out of curiosity, what if something just so happens to qualify for multiple adjectives? Do you only count the intended one or what? I just wanna make sure cause I could see myself accidentally reusing one in an area where its not meant to be the primary theme for it (I.E.: I could accidentally make two areas someone could consider "cozy" even if the second isn't intended to). Obviously I'll try not to, but I could see myself not catching something like that and I'm just curious if there's any room for error with that.

Cuprite (Kyu) said:

I'm so excited to work on this one! I already had an idea before the challenge was revealed, so I'm glad I can see ways to incorporate it into that idea, even leading to some potential worldbuilding. :)

Btw, out of curiosity, what if something just so happens to qualify for multiple adjectives? Do you only count the intended one or what? I just wanna make sure cause I could see myself accidentally reusing one in an area where its not meant to be the primary theme for it (I.E.: I could accidentally make two areas someone could consider "cozy" even if the second isn't intended to). Obviously I'll try not to, but I could see myself not catching something like that and I'm just curious if there's any room for error with that.

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It's no big deal at all! As long as that second cozy area also fulfills one of the other adjectives, it's fair game!