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Weiqing Teh // CG BOSS's avatar

I won't recommend game jams as a family person. I did a game jam before but I felt it had nothing to do with the game I wanted to make and it was a different theme, so its not a priority for me.

But making my own game i use the idea of Game jam constraints idea to make and test features for my game, similar to a sprint in Agile software development, though faster.

I spend say like 3 nights trying to see if I can make a feature or just test some idea in my engine or in a game doc writing or drawing things out just prototype.

I do feel game jams are nice if you are single and young exploring game dev.

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3rd Path Game Development's avatar

I thought about a game jam, but I never tried one or knew when or where they were.

My 20 yr old single son does art jams. It's a major focus for him w everything else shoved aside because of the tight deadlines & piling requirements in round after round of qualifications.

These all seem to be single, unemployed young people focused events.

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