If you don't have any plans for this weekend, how about participating in the Ludum Dare game jam?<p>You get 48/72 hours to make a game according to the theme. You can use any (or no) game engine, work alone or in a group, use pre-existing code/assets or not. At the end, participants will rate your game and provide feedback comments.<p>The strictest form of the competition, the "Compo" is 48h, you work solo, make everything from scratch (if possible) and publish the source code.<p>I've been participating in LD on and off for many years now. The compo is a risk-free limited-scope event that helped me develop and hone skills like prototyping, time management, and overall creativity. Also, if you're not already a game developer, it's a great opportunity to code something "fun" and different.<p>https://ldjam.com/
I grow up as a kid in wishing to have sufficient experience to join Ludum Dare one day. 15 years later, with kids, I now wish I have free time to join Ludum Dare. Not to mention experience.
I enjoy some guides out there about game jam survivalism. But I found a brief post for those interested in the key points for game jamming <a href="https://medium.com/@nikpantis/game-jams-a-survival-guide-written-by-the-internet-a9a55d7d1e27" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://medium.com/@nikpantis/game-jams-a-survival-guide-wri...</a>
For those unable to create a new account, this may help: <a href="https://jammer.social/@ludumdare/111101977964204731" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://jammer.social/@ludumdare/111101977964204731</a>
The shortest jam I've done so far was a week (PyWeek) and although my team won we barely finished. 48/72 hours seems tough but I really want to try it.
I'll probably do this! I never finished a game but sounds like a fun challenge and I some free time this weekend. I'm a composer so I'll keep everything very light and just focus on the music and programming in order to practice Rust.<p>Thank you for the heads up!<p>Do we need to register right now? Or can we just submit when we're done? Anything I have to submit today at 6PM, or can I just start working on it at my time?<p>EDIT: Created an account!
Highly recommend taking a shot at LD. Games are great fun to make and doing one from scratch in a rush is a fantastic way to learn a bunch of things quickly. Also, I haven't done an LD for many years but I still have some online friends I met there. I suggest giving it a try!