Last day ended at 03:40.. Tons of placeholder sprites to test the basic mechanics

Forgot to post, but I'm in and this is the state as of last night/this morning :)
I'm using pico-8 to code my game as a solo dev

3 hours in. Make an (okay) start but oh boy tomorrow is gonna be a grind

Can you prevent the hydro plant from breaking and keep the villagers safe?

Wanna try it yourself?
ssh -p 2222 pi01-thedreamweb.ddnsgeek.com
Note: at this time, no commands other than create_user, login and close work.

We are a team of three from Stuttgart, Germany! One dev, a game designer and a game artist. Let's do this!

Going to use Godot 4, I see RC5 just dropped! Let's see how many bugs are still left :)

Fortunately River was one of the few themes where I had a more or less concrete idea. Let's see where it takes me.

Have fun y'all!

With the theme now revealed, the 17th Alakajam! has started. Let's make games :)

If you're entering the competitive, ranked jam, and are unsure what you're allowed to do, please check this page for the detailed rules of the jam (in particular the "What is allowed?" section).

Submission times

The end of the jam is depending on whether you pick ranked or unranked. You can create your game page at any time during the jam (and update it any time after it's created):

• Ranked: February 26th 7:00pm UTC, which means you have 48 hours (+1 hour for late entries to create their page).
• Unranked: February 27th 10:00pm UTC, which means you have a bit more than 72 hours.

Big thanks to @alyphen for hosting the launch stream! If you missed it, you can still find it on the Twitch channel.

Cool things to do during the jam

• Write a blog post: Share your thoughts on the theme, post your progress, images of food or gifs of cute animals. You can also free to use posts for advertising live jam streams.
• Tweet about #alakajam and follow the alakajam Twitter account
• Initialize your game page early!

Have a nice week-end all of you, and see you on the other side!

I do not expect to finish since there are other demands on my time this weekend, but I at least want to put in some effort, so maybe I have enough of a portfolio to join a team next time around.
Not a seasoned game developer by any means, but I have some solid all around IT knowledge plus a bit of an artistic streak that I plan on neglecting a little less in the future.
I plan on using Godot for the engine and any tools that I can get my hands on during the weekend to create my assets.

Good luck, everyone and may procrastination strike at some other time.

@thrainsa and I will be back for the upcoming jam! We'll make our game with Unity as usual. Heres our last few entries:

Regarding the ChatGPT thing, I've been experimenting a bit with it to see how it could work as our creative director of the jam. Honestly it could be fun to leave the AI in charge of all big decisions while we do the dirty work :,-) I have pasted below my current version of a prompt, feel free to play with it! Here's an example exchange I managed to get. Not sure if we'll actually use it during the week-end but it's tempting.

We are going to role play a team trying to create a video game from scratch in a week-end for an Alakajam event. You will be GPT, the team leader and creative director of the project. The echange format will be as follows:

Wan or Thrainsa: <a question>

GPT: <your answer>

You will only write GPT's answers and their eventual followup questions, while I will write messages from team members Thrainsa & Wan. GPT will offer good advice taking in account the skills of Thrainsa & Wan, the limitations of making a video game in a week-end, the current progress and obstacles, and the remaining available time. GPT will make sure the game scope remains reasonable. GPT may ask relevant and pragmatic questions (but only one at a time) to gain better insight on the situation, and will take decisions accordingly. GPT is full of imagination and has creative ideas to share about game ideas & game design.

Wan: The Alakajam has just started, and the theme is "XXX". Any idea what kind of game we should make?

Hi,
I've got a bit of experience in Python, which is the language I plan on making this game in, with pygame as my main "engine".
I hope to pick up some useful skills (although, let's be honest, I'll probably crunch to the last minute) and finish a project for once.
Good luck!