Hello there!
Intro - Who am I?
I'm a software engineer with 10+ years experience in desktop application and backend web development, but I'm looking to challenge myself to grow in game development. I've done 2 solo game jams so far, one where I completed a small 3D platformer, and a 2nd one where I completely over-scoped my project and didn't finish on time... Whoops! (I learned a lot though, so it's still kind of a success)
What am I doing here?
This will be my 3rd game jam, but I'm hoping to build something fun and reasonably small with a team this time. I can build small games on my own, and I can continue to develop my skills on my own, but I'm hoping to force myself outside of my comfort zone by working with a team on this game jam. I'll be very available during the week of the jam (except on Saturday) and I don't mind if we undershoot or overshoot the size of whatever game we try to develop so long as everyone on the team is on board with whatever kind of project we decide to undertake.
What am I looking for?
I think my strengths are programming and game design, so in terms of what I'm looking for, I'm really hoping to find one person or two people with some of the following skills:
- 2D or 3D Artwork
- I can do a little work in Blender myself and I've made a few sprite sheets, but I have extremely limited artistic skill and this game jam attempt would definitely benefit from anyone who can do sprite-work or Blender-work on the team.
- Music and SFX
- I have pretty limited ability to compose decent music, but I've made a song before and managed to transcribe some existing game-music into my DAW of choice. I can improvise SFX when needed as well. However, I think a game submission would probably benefit from someone with more experience here or else I'll likely use creative commons music/SFX to fill in the gaps.
- Level design (and writing, maybe?)
- You'll notice this is lacking in the previous game jam submission of mine. Making engaging levels for a player in a short period of time is hard. I can sort of work through it, but this is an area I feel like I need to get better at, and for this game jam, I'd be happy to find people who can help fill in this skill-gap for now.
Outro
If this sounds good and you feel like trying to build something cool with me, let me know that you're interested and then we can talk more on Discord!
Thanks for reading this and I hope to hear from you soon!