Daym. Kinda felt similar here. I do doomscrolling in day 1 to 3 of the jam depends on how fast I can come up with an idea that is simple yet have some twist in it. And the fear of not making it on time is spot on. I mean look at my game, incomplete, no sounds, no title screen, no lose screen. But I still submit to entertain you all and a chance to som meneh lol.

I like the animated slides, visual novels I see are usually static images so this one is new to me. I also like the drumming mascot. :)

Awesome game! Hits me right in the heart 😥

emotional way. thanks for sharing your feeling. so appreciate it.. its relateable (to me), i think

its feels like reading someone diary.

the narrative hits me close lowk. i'm very bad at sticking with something that i've started, i don't know whether its undiagnosed mental disorders or if that's just how i am, but its always something i've struggled with and it feels like i will always struggle with it. because of that, i told myself about two years ago that i was going to participate in a bunch of jams and build up a portfolio. 

i have only done three. 

i've started about twelve, and thought about starting much more than that. 

i saw this jam as an opportunity to put something out there without worrying if it was perfect, and this time i really did push myself to work on it every day and not give up. i ended up with something i'm actually really proud of and might even work on in the future. 

this game isn't the longest, or most replayable, or had the most gameplay, but its still a game. and i think you interpreted the theme in a way that nobody else would have and made something even through your troubles. 

and thats all not to mention that the art is stellar!

i really hope you decide to make more stuff in the future, i think it would be a waste of your talents to not.

This was very clever, and the drawing were so cute. Glad you submitted it!

I loved the animations so much! I think most people have this feeling of "wasting time" or that it's not good enough, and this game captures those feelings well o(TヘTo)  and it fits the theme well too, very relatable.

Very relatable game with a good message. thank you for sharing

If you download my game, the Unity file is called “Risk It for the Biscuit”, which was actually the theme for Brackeys Game Jam 2025.2.

 I originally started building a project for that jam, but halfway through, I got cold feet. I kept overthinking, doubting whether I was good enough, and eventually dropped out. Then I came across this Jam, and then  just decided to make something, anything new. I guess the name of the jam put less pressure on me.

I genuinely thought I was the only one going through something like this. Thanks for making a game that says otherwise, really, really love it.

I would definitely love to make a game with you someday :) 

The visual style is crazy. Not that fun, but it tells a good story. Great interpretation of the theme!

Went through the story.

The narrative approach with scrolling text and animations on the screen representing your "doom" scrolling work to tie the narrative together and give variation to the visuals.

The unpolished nature of the visual style fit the story about what it's like to try to start in a game jam and make something.

If all of these decisions where intentional, I think you definitely have a talent for connecting game visuals to narrative story telling.

While going through it, I couldn't help but think that you could probably do a narrative driven game around doo scrolling and mobile gaming.  Where maybe you have sections of narrative and doom scrolling mixed with minigames that prompt with fake ads, micro transactions and artificial limits (like pay x amount to continue now or wait 2 years).

very relatable