Personable Thoughts

  I recently wrote and submitted an adventure for the Worm Jam . Ignoring the danger of exposing myself as a lazy hack, I thought I would write a little bit about my thoughts on game jams in general, as well as my process for this adventure. Personally, I think game jams are great, and for me this can be boiled down to three main reasons: Inspiration: Game jams generally come with some theme, which can serve as inspiration for what to make. Constraints: Game jams usually come with some constraints, in particular in time, that limits the scope and forces you to finish. Community: Creating for a game jam means that you are writing for, and with, a community. I usually have more ideas than I know what to do with, so the latter two are more important to me, and I will spend a bit more time on them. While game jams are often constrained by theme or form, the hardest constraint is generally in time. From the start of the game jam, a clock starts counting down to the end, by which time a