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This is too bad... I am in the same situation. Not everyone needs to know everything and even if we did, we can't do everything by ourselves. What is the difference between an AI and a helper or a friend? After all, we want to make a game and we use an assistant to help us make a game... I am developing a game by myself. Is using AI forbidden in all GameJams?
Thousands of games have been made by people alone before. Solo devs work hard even on their weakest skills to make games.
This is a jam for beginners. You LEARN. You MAKE MISTAKES. You IMPROVE. The skills you’ll learn by making things by yourself will carry over to your next projects, that is the point.
By letting an AI do it for you, you’re missing the goddamn point.
Look at the submissions in this jam. Dozens of games made by first-time devs. Are they perfect? Are they the best thing since sliced bread? Maybe not. But someone put hours of work into learning how to make a fucking game.
‘What’s the difference between a friend helping’ - you’re exchanging ideas and learning together. You’re bonding. Spending quality time together doing something you both enjoy, creating memories. That is the difference. That is something genAI will never be able to replace - the human aspect, the fact that we’re social beings who thrive in the presence of our loved ones.
Do better.
'i think soccer sucks too but i like to exercise in general, so how does this work?'
By your godawful defensive analogy, you make something in literally any other medium than a coding-based one
Seriously, don't pigeonhole yourself into one medium if you hate one of the most central aspects of creating something in that medium. You're a soccer hater complaining about playing while standing in the middle of the soccer field when you could be doing literally anything else
no, for this jam we’re looking for specifically the experiences of a road trip (cars/vans, roads, gas stations, questionable road food, stuck in a small vehicle together, flat tires, etc)
a train trip would offer completely different dynamics and experiences, which while very interesting does not fit what we’re looking for sadly
final fantasy xv does a section where you they go on a brief train trip, so entries could have that too, but the main focus should be the road trip
We're currently working on a road trip game that's still in the early stages of development. Would it be acceptable to use this game jam as motivation to complete a demo / prototype ? Based on the FAQ, it seems fine, but we want to be fully transparent about what was created during the jam versus what was done beforehand.
Interesting question… so, for this jam we’re looking for the experiences of a road trip (questionable road food, stuck in a small vehicle together, travelling from place to place, meeting new people/food/cultures)
So I don’t see why you couldn’t have an ufo in space, as long as the story has the characteristics of a road trip! Could totally have the characters go on trip around an alien planet or something like that. I’m fascinated by this concept now omg
Hey this is my very first game jam, I'm trying to branch out of my comfort zone of becoming a game dev and thought I should challenge myself and saw this, I'm super excited about this, although I have a question, does walking/running count for road trip or does it have to be in car or something? just getting into the specifics before I start prepping. as an example, could I have like 60% on car and %40 on foot or does it all have to be one. sorry if this questions comes across as stupid or is already stated in the description of the challenge. :)
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