So… I've been thinking about using Pico-8 to make my game.
Is there anyone that's used it before? I wanna know if it's worth buying.
(O3O)/

=====Thanks!=====

~Toffie

Hi I'm fhrean8 and this will be my first Alakajam!

I'll be using clickteam fusion 2.5 (free version) or learn to use LOVE2D this week before the alakajam!

Good Luck to everyone!

this is my first one ever

i know gamemaker:
some code
basics
intermedate

The theme submission phase is over! Thanks to all who contributed to it, with about 200 themes and 7000 votes sent throughout the week. A lot of great ideas were suggested!

After one week of voting, only 10 themes have qualified for the final phase of theme selection: the shortlist. Discover the final list and rank the theme ideas by order of preference, so we can have THE best theme for the jam! Feel free to comment to let us know your favorites :)

Preparing for the jam

1. If you'd like to join a team or recruit people, make sure to look into our CrowdForge Jams page ;
2. If you haven't already, introduce yourself with a blog post, letting us know your background and what you plan to use for the jam! Since the event is not too big, it will be fun to know each other a bit and follow other people's progress during the week-end ;
3. And of course, get your tools ready for next Friday :D If you're not sure what to use yet, we have a list of resources you might be interested in.

Hello, my name is Jacob_V. I'm an amateur game jammer (this will be my 3rd overall) and I wanted to try out something a bit more official. My past jams won 4th and 2nd place, but I have a feeling this one will be quite a bit tougher. Good luck to all the entrants and I look forward to participating!

Hey everyone, my name is Antares, I'm an artist, composer and game designer, and I've also taught myself a bit of coding and 3D modelling.

My jam experience consists of the last two LDJAM events which I did solo.

My LD38 entry: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/keypuppers

My LD39 entry: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/39/project-sunspot

I'm considering joining a team for Alakajam, to see how much I can accomplish as part of a team where I don't have to handle so many tasks on my own. My primary area of interest is the concept design and asset creation work.

Here is some of my character design work: https://www.artstation.com/antares_valdemar

These are the quick concepts I put together for the environment in my LD39 entry: https://i.imgur.com/HxgMML4.jpg

Some other bits and pieces: https://imgur.com/a/LpXtD

I'm looking forward to the start of the event!

Hey everyone, Volvary here!

I always find it interesting to see why people join jams and where they come from, background wise.

As far as background goes, I am a Game Designer at heart, with a Game Programmer training.

My past reasons for joining games jams were multiple (experience, fun, etc), but this time my reason is simple: As a team lead in the medical simulation field, I do not have a lot of time left for Game Dev. So for me, Game Jams are now a reason to drop everything for a weekend and indulge in what I like the most: Game Development.

This time around, I will be potentially joining alone as I do not have a team. However, I would not be against joining a team as one of the programmers if someone is interested.

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Im participating in the first alakaJam with a game made in game maker studio. Im going to go for team, but if there is no one who wants to be on teams by the 21st i'll be going in solo. I know programming and basic game design. I suck at music but im even worse at art. So art wise i'll have to go minimalistic. If anyone wants to jam with me here is my link. Hit me up at rdg922@gmail.com on email or @LinkaDonk on twitter. https://crowdforge.io/jams/alakajam/teams/390 if you want to join

In-between the main Alakajam! events, we're planning to run smaller, but regular events to help the community practice various aspects of game development. Kajams are month-long events, hosted by community members, where we focus each time on a different, specific aspect of game making!

The topic of the first Kajam will be announced at the start of the event, soon after the 1st Alakajam ends (hint below!).

Until October 13th comes by, feel free to check the detailed event rules, and follow us on Twitter or Reddit to stay tuned.