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Hey all, to say we as a team running and modding this jam are thrilled and humbled with how our jam community has grown in the past few jams is an understatement. When we started this jam back in 2016 we had no idea then that we would get 500 participants or that we would choose to continue running it 7 years later to multiple jams, the last of which was over 6x that size (and is currently standing as the top unranked jam on itch.io ever).

At this size however, the amount of work required to moderate the community has grown somewhat exponentially, and despite some attempts we haven’t quite gotten been able to grow the moderation team along with it. To stick to our own values of avoiding burnout and make running the jam more sustainable in the long term we decided (like many other jams of its current size) it would be best to swap to an annual format, which means the next jam will be in summer/mid-year 2024.

Thank you for joining us this far, and we appreciate your understanding!

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myfirstgamejam
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🌱 My First Game Jam: Summer 2023 is finished! 🌱

Go play some games!

Over 600 really awesome games have been submitted for this jam! It’s an incredible effort to learn something new and create a project under a two week deadline–especially for first time (and learning) game creators! Also, thank you for joining us in

🌱 Play some games!

Your fellow jammers made some incredible games! Be sure to check them out and leave constructive comments. We’ve also created a playtesting thread if you would like some specific feedback!

🌱 Watch your game get streamed!

Our community mod Browntul will be streaming some of your games. Check out the Discord for upcoming info!

🌱 Fill out the exit poll!

If you participated in the jam (even if you didn’t submit a game), remember to fill out our exit poll! This will help us improve the next jam! (And yes–you can still participate if you’ve done previous jams!)

🌱 Share your game!

If you get the chance, be sure to post your game to the #MyFirstGameJam, #ScreenshotSaturday and #gamedev tags!

🌱 Fix some bugs?

We’ve gotten this question a couple times: Yes, it’s perfectly okay to update your game post-jam! Feel free to continue working on your jam games.

🌱 Continuing a project or starting a new one?

It can be tough to keep up your productive momentum after a deadline. Check out these suggestions for wrapping up your game or continuing it in the future!

Great job everyone! See you next jam!

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Anonymous asked:

will there ever be another my first game jam? i was planning on joining but it sadly caught me at an unfortunate time

Yes, this jam is recurring.

Normally I would mention that this jam is twice a year, but after running the largest jam so far (and also the largest non-competitive jam thus far on itch) I’m actually going to use this ask to announce we’re considering potentially moving to an annual format to account for the amount of work that is added for its current size. We want to make sure we continue to run the best jam possible and ensure that as little falls through the cracks as possible (aforementioned resource guides needing updating, running a Discord of 4k members with 3 active mods, etc.).

The alternative is that we may move to freezing the Discord server and moving to using itch community only, since moderation accounts for the bulk of the work of running the jam. We’ve never done this before though and it would definitely present some challenges as well, but it’s an option we may experiment with.

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🌱 My First Game Jam: Summer 2023 is finished! 🌱

Go play some games!

Over 600 really awesome games have been submitted for this jam! It’s an incredible effort to learn something new and create a project under a two week deadline–especially for first time (and learning) game creators! Also, thank you for joining us in

🌱 Play some games!

Your fellow jammers made some incredible games! Be sure to check them out and leave constructive comments. We’ve also created a playtesting thread if you would like some specific feedback!

🌱 Watch your game get streamed!

Our community mod Browntul will be streaming some of your games. Check out the Discord for upcoming info!

🌱 Fill out the exit poll!

If you participated in the jam (even if you didn’t submit a game), remember to fill out our exit poll! This will help us improve the next jam! (And yes–you can still participate if you’ve done previous jams!)

🌱 Share your game!

If you get the chance, be sure to post your game to the #MyFirstGameJam, #ScreenshotSaturday and #gamedev tags!

🌱 Fix some bugs?

We’ve gotten this question a couple times: Yes, it’s perfectly okay to update your game post-jam! Feel free to continue working on your jam games.

🌱 Continuing a project or starting a new one?

It can be tough to keep up your productive momentum after a deadline. Check out these suggestions for wrapping up your game or continuing it in the future!

Great job everyone! See you next jam!

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starstabberzirc
starstabberzirc

I FINALLY DID IT

I'm working on the demo, if I'm taking part in @myfirstgamejam it's due in two days, and I've been struggling with Zirc's knife not sticking to him when he bumps into things, and I FINALLY SOLVED IT after trying for all of one week out of the two week project. (If you want details, basically I was misunderstanding the use of the parent-child object relationships, and instead I just set the knife to always be on Zirc's Y and X+100. Just trust me here)

Anyway HAHA the game is officially playable. Now I've got all of Friday to refine some levels, enemies, and sound, and this small-scope demo is DONE.

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brylockdelux asked:

We have a team of 7, is there anything special that everyone has to do to submit the project? It looks like only one person does, but one of our teammates said something about getting a code for their submissions.

Nope! Only one person needs to upload and submit the game to the jam, but if you would like to add more contributors to the page you can do so by editing the game project under More > Admins.

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kasparsiricenko asked:

Hey, I am a developer, but a newbie in game dev. Is there a team who might need me? I tried to add some info to introduce myself in itch io community thread, but nobody responded. So I wonder if you might know someone or a team who might need free spare hands. Also I tried to join Discord servers but all the link invites are invalid.

Sorry you’ve been having trouble! Unfortunately, we don’t pair up teams for you. Something you could try is also replying to other teams in that thread to ask if they need help. Also try this link to the Discord server. If not, you can always try jamming a small project on your own and use asset packs from itch.io to fill in the rest!

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echochamb3r asked:

Hello there! I wanted to ask about the current game jam. Prior to the beginning of the game jam I made some of my game, however I have not finished it. I am aware that you have to make the game inside the window of the game jam, but can I still submit if I've done some (being the key word) of it prior to the start? Thank you very much!

For the sake of fairness + consistency the game should be made within the jam timeframe, so we’d prefer a new game for this jam!

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