We began this project with a lot of ideas and interests. As such, I rushed to create many concepts, tiles, and sprites to align with those multiple possibilities. Reflecting on this game jam, it is important to identify the goals of each member, the vision, and timeline before diving in. This will save time and effort.

As my first game jam, I was not sure how to work on tiles and environment assets. I learned quickly the importance of ensuring file sizes and sprite sheets organization. One example of this, some sample assets would overlap within a 16x16 space. This caused issues when uploading the assets/sprite into the game engine.

Towards the end of the game jam, we pivoted from trying to have a full final product to a demo. This was because our project vision was too big for the time we had for the game jam. Applying what I have learned for future game jams, my goal will be to ensure that the projects are scalable, specific, and simple.