So there was another game jam this weekend, and I didn’t participate this time around. And there’s a jam coming up in January, and I’m not sure I’m going to go.

It’s not that I don’t enjoy game jams; they’re fun and intense and I learn things I’m not expecting to learn, which is the best kind of learning… but it’s a little like, I dunno, binging on chocolate. Sure, I love chocolate, but if you really love chocolate, you won’t allow yourself to be in a situation where you’ve eaten so much of it that you kind of want to throw up and never see chocolate again.

You know, like there’s a PSA in my head saying PLEASE EAT CHOCOLATE RESPONSIBLY.

Anyway. I guess I’m just not real into the jam kind of environment where you’re plugging away at one thing, to the exclusion of all else.  I’d much rather, ya know, spend any given weekend with Marie or friends or whatever, and do game dev stuff when I’m home alone.

However, there’s this other thing coming up called One Game a Month, and that sounds more to my liking. I could work at my own pace, on my own terms, without having to block off a whole weekend.

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You need a Twitter account to sign up for One Game a Month. I had one for a while, but kinda hated the whole Twitter experience — I think it’s fair to say I just didn’t ‘get’ it — so I killed my account entirely.

But I went ahead and signed up again. Guess it’s worth another shot.