This is my first Alakajam but I'm a jam veteran for last 4-5 years doing various jams.
Can check my jam games and other experimental projects here:
https://nettleflap.itch.io

Will make a 2D Unity game for sure.
Dev stream will be on and off for this weekend. Follow to get notified when I go online!
https://www.twitch.tv/nettleflap
https://twitter.com/nettleflap
Might be with or without mic & cam.

Just come and say hi!

I don't always make a mind map, but when I do, I make it self-referential.

I haven't decided, but am just posting this here in case anyone is stuck for ideas. I'm leaning towards something plant-based right now.

WoooHoooo! Thanks to @DaFluffyPotato for suggesting such an awesome theme!

I'm done brainstorming with this cool idea. Its very special and inspired by one of my favourite PC games! Also done with a one-page game design document. Its 12:30 AM here. I'll probably work for one more hour (just the concept and stuff) and then sleep till 7:30 AM. If you want help with your game design document, take this template! Short and to the point. (I'm using google docs by the way for the document)

Mantra: 1 line sentence refering to the UX to always remember throught development (ex: Epic robot battles with multiple story paths)
Summary; A short brief
Features: List of mechanics and unique characteristics
Target Platform: Where do I intend to publish my game
Target Audience; Profiles of who's going to play my game
Game: Layout of every detail of the game (this usually branch on more points specific to that game, like story, power ups, multiplayer, etc)
Interface: This includes player controls and how's the input (mouse, keyboard, controller)
Artstyle: Mostly reference to the art people of your vision
Music/Sound: What kind of music/sound you want and how is going to play
Development Plan: A very crude layout of the needed task to develop the game with a time estimate

Extracted from http://gdu.io/topic/game-design-documents. All credits to josehzz!

The 3rd Alakajam has started! Let's get cracking!

Submission

The deadline depends on whether you want to enter the ranked or unranked category:

• ranked: June 24th 7:00pm UTC, which means you have 48 hours
• unranked: June 25th 9:00pm UTC, which means you have a bit more than 72 hours

For both categories, you have one additional hour to submit your game.

We all enjoyed the awesome opening ceremony created by @Aurel300 and @DanaePlays . If you missed it, you can still find it at Danae's Twitch channel.

And the theme is Always growing!

Lots of things are always growing…

Cool things to do during the jam

• Write blog posts: share your thoughts on the theme, post your progress, images of #gamedevfood or gifs of gameplay (or cute animals!)
• Follow the Alakajam Twitter account and tweet about #alakajam
• Check out the streams and videos

Most importantly: have fun! Good luck!

I'll be using Game Maker Studio 2 and see how things go.

Better late than never.

Our team is the same as last Alakajam:
@bradur
@M2tias
@Juutis

Am I supposed to say what I'll be using?
Okay then.

• Game: Gamemaker: Studio
• Music: Beepbox
• Sfx: Bfxr and maybe beepbox, too. I don't know.
• Everything Else: Uh…

Good luck to all!

Yeah, I know I shouldn't be doing this at the last hour, but I'm gonna use ENIGMA instead of pygame because I just have a little more experience with it. That's it. My headphones are charging. They want to say hi to all of you.

i'll be using gamemaker studio and whatever tools i deem necessary for what i'm making. it depends.

We'll be using the following:

• Engine: Godot
• Graphics: Aseprite and the GIMP
• Music: Bosca Ceoil
• Sounds: SFXR

We may also mess around with using tiled for making levels.