I’ll go first:

1. Brite Palette (You can call me Brite)
2. I like lyrical ttrpgs and dark aesthetics
3. My goal is to make - a fourth game for Medusalaire along with everyone else. It’s still percolating in my head, though.

And I want to comment and review each submission for the Jam. That’s my biggest goal!

hey its AL [not A.I.]!

I'm a big fan of dark, hopeless ttrpgs with little hope for winning when I play... but I'm not sure if that's the kind of game I'm going to create.

I'm fixing to write a Space Station based Medusalaire game. Trying to decide if I'm including aliens. 

Thanks for hosting, Brite!!

Well, hi there! 🧡 I (Beth) will answer for us both.

1. I'm Beth. Technically Elizabeth, but Beth is my chosen name. Angel (Angelique) is my partner in life and in games. 
2. I think I can safely say we both prefer cozy games. Being farmers, running shops, managing loving communities (or even just being part of them), etc. But this'll split a bit:
   1. We love PLAYING video games like Assassin's Creed, Life is Strange, Remedyverse (Control/Alan Wake/Quantum Break/etc), Stardew Valley, No Man's Sky...
   2. We love MAKING TTRPGs/zines that are uplifting and encouraging, but we also touch on darker stuff... I've been making more based on my depression, Angel has several zines and games about identity and loss and her disabilities, etc.
3. With this jam, I wanna make my first blatantly trans game. The system is SO closely tied to being trans: others seeing you a monster when you're just trying to live your life, etc. I make a lot of stuff steeped in queerness, but I've never had the player actually play as a queer character. So maybe I'll be brave enough this time. Angel has already read all three games and the SRD too, and loved it all. She's excited to play the games so she can understand the mechanics better and then see what she wants to make, too 🧡 

PS: BRITE THIS ALL LOOKS INCREDIBLE OMG. Congrats on the SRD, the games, and this jam. It is all INCREDIBLE and you should be sooooooooooo proud!!!

- ✨Beth (and on behalf of Angel)

Hello, I'm Dallas (they/them).

I like games where you make a world and watch something over time. I think that'll be my starting point for the jam concept, but I am not 100% sure yet.

Howdy, I'm Mysticchocos (or just Choco). It's been a minute since I've done a jam, but I'm here to give it a shot again.

Favorite genre is hard for me, but I have to go with beat em ups and hack and slashes for video games, and definitely stuff with collaborative storytelling implemented with a decent mechanical base for TTRPGS (think fabula or blades in the dark).

My goal, I know this sounds simple, but just making and releasing something. I have a hard time focusing sometimes on a project, especially when it gets to visual department and pdf making. I'm pushing myself to make a list of what needs to be done, and just do it in segments. I also want to take the time to improve my "playtesting" phase, as I feel some of my previous projects needed more time to cook.

Best wishes for everyone participating!
PS: I almost forgot to mention what I want to make. Well, I know I want to spin the formula up a bit, and have some ideas (day/night cycle, arranging rooms in a tower, making regular enemies have archetypes as well as the bigger enemies). As far as theming/dressing, I'm still thinking.

Hello, glad to be here and excited to join this jam!

1. My name is Nik!
2. So far I've been really enjoying solo TTRPGs, especially cozy and contemplatives ones. Big fan of your work too, Brite! Your game 'The Lost Roseville Stage' is what inspired my game, Midnight Kopitiam. I've always adored Omotenashi and didn't even think to hack it until I saw your game!
3. I actually worked on two different drafts but they didn't seem to work out. Then I remembered Shrek and how his swamp cottage is literally his lair and he tried to keep people out of it in the first movie. So I decided to make a fangame that takes place after the last movie where he's tired of being a celebrity and just wants some peace and quiet with his family.

Guess I'll actually get around to introducing myself since I'm 10 pages and a tracker sheet template into this now!

My name is Quibbleflux but I also go by Quill (in my head the two names are linked because of the Qui- even though that doesn't make any sense)

I'm a generalist when it comes to games. I have the kind I like in theory (games with complex build crafting and lots of mechanical exploration such as Ironsworn) versus the kind I like on practice (Final Girl). Also like every video game.

I'm working on a rather unique premise that gets most of its inspiration from the High Noon Gothic skins of League of Legends. Not based on those, but I just like the idea of yeehaw in Purgatory. I personally think I have a really interesting twist on Medusalaire so I can't wait to unveil it once drafts are done!

Hellooooo all, I'm Aug!

I most love solo games that strike a balance between building a narrative and some simple mechanics, especially when I get to have fun with the characters or setting. I'm willing to try any kind of setting/aesthetic but I do tend to gravitate toward fantasy stuff.

For this Jam, I've brainstormed a lot of ideas mostly inspired by a *very* old setting of mine. But I'm still wrangling how well they and the system actually mesh together, what my real themes and meanings are, how to tailor the mechanics, etc. Still, I'm very excited to work with the opportunities the system offers.

...The downside of this is that now I'm attached to every idea. So it goes. I'll figure out something! What's taking the most shape in my head is, in short: you've succumbed to a curse and been confined to a haunted forest, and while fending for yourself against the Outsiders you're also hoping to close off the forest for good.