Comment by newswasboring
Comment by newswasboring 5 days ago
Currently, just making a game. I have finished like one game in my life. There is something about the huge scope of things I need to know from music to UI to art that just seems daunting. I tried to do a couple game jams but I am now of the opinion that is too much stress for me.
I think game jams are a bit overrated, but when you're feeling stuck they're great for getting unstuck. For my big passion projects I get hung up on all the peripheral things you mention like music and art too, but game jams force you to move past those things quickly and learn the value of terrible placeholders and horrific hacks in service of maintaining momentum.
Check out the Week Sauce Jam [0]. You still make a game in seven days, but it can be any seven days of the month; there's no voting or ranking either. Jams are typically too stressful for me too, but this one is deliberately as low-pressure as possible, you can take on as much or as little accountability as you want, and release whatever you have done with no judgement.
[0] https://itch.io/jam/weeksauce