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Is it ambitious to make a game by you're self?

A topic by Murbunny created Jun 12, 2025 Views: 319 Replies: 9
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This is my first game jam if I join and I'm wondering if it would be a good experience to make a game by my self?

I have almost 2 years experience but 3-5 moths of godot experience for refrens.

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It's totally doable! Especially for a 10 day jam!
Just make sure you go for a simple mechanic that you can start testing and get working early - then you can build on top, adding stuff to make it fun! If you scope too high from the start, it can become really overwhelming, so keep it small at the beginning!

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Thanks for the insight!  

I'm going to try my best to make a game and to have fun while doing it  :)

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The biggest hurdle I found when creating a game alone was knowing when to stop.  I kept on coming up with ideas and learning new ways to make things more efficient that I wasn't  making real progress on completing the project.  I had to edit myself and say "I'll write it down and add it later AFTER I get the basic components I planned for complete". 

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Thanks for the heads up to keep the idea simple. 

Then add more to it after the main premise of the idea is finished.

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Murbunny, don't sweat it. The best thing you can do is to start, and keep working until you are finished. 10 days is more than enough time to get your ideas ready, and even if you have to cut a few of them, it's totally ok!

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Thanks :)

No problem. Again, if you are really scared about it, then you can practice a bit

I'm doing the same myself! Nervous about doing my first Game Jam, especially with so little experience under my belt, but I'm looking forward to it!

Good luck!!

Good luck =)