Our Game Jam Top Picks (Inspiration OVERLOAD)

[@awesomestuff7261]

Thank you for hosting the jam. Even though my game was not featured, I lost the fear of submitting a gam to a game jam. This was my first such submission.

[@eGregiousGames]

Tell me about it. Took me a while to muster up the courage to commit to a jam.

[@MuriloLuzPD]

Same for me

[@Trumpetguy1.0]

Yes! I'm so happy to see all those beautifull games in one video! I'm especially happy the game "Handshakes" 2:00 is in it (I'm the guy who made the music and sfx)! It was realy fun to work on this project and jam.

[@premedlynxgames]

Thanks for making this game jam! I had a fun time trying to finish my entry on time.

[@HomeGameCoder]

Thank you for the opportunity, the featuring and the things said about my game! (15 light-Minutes Away). I'm super happy and for sure the game will be improved. On a side note: By coincidence, my game is after and before the games I loved the most! (Benson and Handshakes). Congrats to all!

[@HomeGameCoder]

By the way, all of the other feature games deserve to be there! I guess you made excellent choices!

[@microdavid7098]

your game was really cool

[@HomeGameCoder]

@@microdavid7098 Thank you!!!

[@DeividRay]

Congrats!! Well deserved!!!

[@HomeGameCoder]

@@DeividRay Thanks!

[@Tomo-nd5kb]

Awesome Picks. It was fun to participate in the jam. The most important part is I finished my game and submitted it in time. My game wasn't interesting enough to play, but I'll try my best in the next jam.

[@clapostrophy]

Wow, a lot of wonderful entries - definitely going to check the majority of these out (as I am a sucker for pixel art, some make it extremely easy, but beside that I can not deny the great visual appeal of entries like “15 light minutes away,” and “Energy Crisis” - the latter giving the impression of a very charming board game). Handshakes is the only one I played yet (as I commented under another video already, it was the first entry that I checked out after I had uploaded mine). Though, really, I am so glad that I participated in this jam, that gave me the kick to finally try my own hands at game making. Also special shout-out to the other 1st-time-game-creators that participated! I would have loved to particiapate way more in the second half (the voting part) of the jam, but I basically just worked on refining my entry, as I wasn’t happy with its state when I eventually uploaded it - and from countless examples I knew when once set aside it would most probably not go anywhere. Next time I try to get that balanced better and also socialise more… that loner path wasn’t exactly satisfying. (And… to no surprise… pulling 2 all-nighters was pretty devestating and hardly of any help.) Absolutely impressive what the contestants came up with here. What a weird thought that all these new games just came so suddenly into existence! P.S.: That “combination of Spelunky and Get Over It” quote had me chuckle… this might be the first one I am going to check out - it checks many personal boxes, while I still hope it is more of a 80/20 ratio of that described combination. :)

[@Tarim06]

The Sun Flower - reminds me of a game on the zx spectrum from years ago called PSSST! by Ultimate - Where you had to make a sunflower grow whilst keeping bugs off it... Although the game Jam game takes this premise a lot further. Just gave me a flashback of nostalgia thats why I mention it.

[@HomeGameCoder]

Me too! I was 9yo last time I've played PSSST back in the 80's!This game gave me a nice nostalgic moment...

[@Tarim06]

@@HomeGameCoder back when games were priced at 7.99 and you had 0 lives and 0 continues... just had to do it! To think people say dark souls is hard... Nostalgia can be both good and bad I suppose. :)

[@eGregiousGames]

Thank you so much for the feature! It was me and Popuri's first game jam so there was a lot of nervous energy and we're both just glad to have gotten through! There's a reason the song is about finishing what you started :P Huge shoutout to SometimesSkeptic for the art, and Popuri for all the amazing sound, you guys really deserve the credit. My top games of the jam were probably Handshakes and Soulmates. Also enjoyed the atmosphere and weirdness of Wanderland. Also huge thank you to John for putting this jam on. I learned so much through the jam and met some awesome new people. It's really instilled me with energy and confidence.

[@sullynoone6252]

It's awesome seeing all of these games! They all look so cool, just seeing them makes me want to play them! I'm a person who loves art direction and clever gameplay so being able to witness all these cool concepts are amazing! Of course, none of this would have happened if it weren't for you guys. Thank you!

[@4X4NAV]

Glad to see you sorted out the problems! I wanted to submit a game but got caught up with Uni assignments.

[@nschaitanya]

I'm so glad my game Rockets at 3:48 is in here! Thank you for picking it !! I thought Sev! would be here too. But there are other games in here that I liked playing!! Awesome!

[@DeividRay]

Congrats!! Well deserved!!

[@allalonegamez1995]

I am happy for you.

[@TopShelfCookieJar]

Great concept and well-executed!

[@imnotsmiling7585]

Good game

[@MyPing0]

I'm a little sad Our Galaxy didn't make it, I was rooting for them xD I think they made a really fun and well designed game. Anyway, I had a ton of fun this jam. It was my first jam, and to he honest I regret some decisions I made. I think if I fixed just a couple of things, my game could've been a hundred times better. I loved working in a team for the first time, meeting talented game developers who made incredible games, playing the amazing games made by so many talented people, and of course, making my own game. Thank you John for the amazing opportunity and experience, I seriously can't thank you enough for the time you put into dealing with the ratings, for the learning experience this gave me, and for the amount of fun I experienced these past 2 weeks.

[@CosplayZine]

There's loud meow at 0:39 seconds that had me thinking my cat was wanting in the house lol

[@developRHUNT]

Thank you for hosting this jam! Although my game Slotzee Connect didn’t get mentioned, I had a ton of fun as this was my first jam and first game release! It was a nice break from my main project!

[@TaffyTrain]

So exciting to see Sprocky mentioned, however briefly, next to some of these phenomenal submissions. Thanks again for hosting, John! It was a blast.

[@branidev]

Some of these ideas for this gamejam just blow my mind, I don't know where these devs getting such a smart and cool ideas for their games... and so many was executed and polished so well... i definitely have to group up with some other devs for upcoming gamejams i have to lot to learn how to developt something small and cool in this tiny gamejam window... Great Jam!

[@Mattline1Blogspot]

Thanks for running this jam! it was a lot of fun. There's so many great entries in the top picks, Benson and 15 Light-Minutes away were two of my favourites. I'm grateful that you thought Wanderland belonged amongst them. I need to fix that tiling bug on 4k monitors... those seams D:

[@HomeGameCoder]

Thank you and congratulation for your game also... it's really different with a very strange ambience!

[@3dartninja]

So many awesome game ideas and fun gameplay! I had so much fun participating in this jam as it was my first one and a pleasure to work with so many talented game devs!

[@Chubzdoomer]

These results are really humbling. It goes to show just how many incredibly talented people there are out there, and that I still have oh so much to learn.

[@Silentstrike46_]

This was such a fun game jam, had such a great time participating in it - thank you for organizing it! Congratulations to the top picks, you all deserve it! I am seriously impressed by what you managed to accomplish :D

[@sasquatchbgames]

DANG, those all looked really cool! So inspiring to see people's creativity from jams, blows me away every time. Thanks for sharing John!

[@vitbull88]

Had a lot of fun with this jam! Thanks for organizing!

[@MagnalityMusic]

Thanks for putting in all the effort for hosting this Jam, looking forward to the next one!

[@sullynoone6252]

Same here!

[@justteresiah]

I really enjoyed the games that the participants were able to come up with. I look forward to videos on the rest ❤

[@MatthewDadoun]

Thank you for hosting this jam! it was a fun experience to get to work with a team I never worked with before and I'll definitely take what I've learned to improve for next time :)

[@SethFunk]

Good work off pulling off such a large game jam. You and your team went above and beyond to make sure the experience could be as fair as it could be for all entries.

[@theonlycatonice]

Damn a lot of these are just miles beyond my current skill level and I'm glad such passionate people are participating in these GJs. The sunflower game is really cute and reminds me of bubble bobble, the networking game is very relatable as I'm a programmer, the last game seems really fun and kinda arcady/mobile appy. These node connection type games make me sweat 😅

[@daviddeedev]

This jam was great! You inspire all of us devs out here every week. Thanks for hosting

[@niju7489]

Really learnt new things in this jam .Love to see how people have different ideas and approaches.The featured game are really nice

[@ayushbhardwas]

Oh my god I had that leaning language idea on my notepad, lol this feels so wierd that it's no longer original but thanks a lot to the devs for making it I think I'd make my version and then play their's to see how the uproach twins and seperates ✨ that'd be fun

[@lyingpancake95]

You could always pursue the idea anyway! Every dev puts their own twist on a concept :)

[@LostRelicGames]

What were some of your fav picks? let us know! ➤ Play the Games Here - itch.io/jam/lost-relic-games-1/entries ➤ Join the community - discord.gg/yeTuU53

[@MarushiaDark316]

Some of these, I'm not at all surprised made it into the top of the charts. I could tell right away they were special. John's own game reminds me of a title called "The Last Cube," which has a similar mechanic.

[@Brwitunsky]

Everyone was so awesome in this Jam! great time and opportunity to grow as a developer starting their journey!

[@canuniverse3367]

these are so cool, jams always makes me feel refreshed after seeing games full of creativity and fun

[@emreunal2366]

Thank you for the jam. Clearly there are lots of good games in participated in the jam. My favorites are The sun flower and Toy Cavers, simple yet effective gameplay. Repetitive but challenging it is awesome!!

[@FlatThumb]

Wow, they all look great. Congrats to everyone that participated!

[@noisyether9211]

This game jam really ment a lot to me personaly. My game was called CONNXTION. While making it I really learned about myself and the very fact I want to make creative ideas and stories. I recently droped my day job to get my name off the ground.Thank you for this game jam!!. I going to play some submissions myself and make videos. If you have give the game a try ill be updating it soon. Noisy Ether Sakura Games

[@olive5636]

Every one of these games are so gorgeous and clever and everyone involved should be so proud. I love game devs sm T-T

[@agent-33]

Many cool concepts. I will definitely try these games. I want that Benson game is kinda cute how he push his face.

[@XionBrown]

Thank you for hosting this jam, it was so much fun.

[@pourmydrank]

I'll have to participate next time because I wanna be apart of this whole community. Love what you're doing

[@TheAlison1456]

I'm here because this video is featured in this award in the Steam store page of Handshakes, very cool.

[@milesparker557]

Tons of great looking games here. I'm gonna try them out soon. I'm especially excited for that last one.

[@lakemonstergames32]

Thank you for hosting this awesome jam! So many great games came out of it. Can't wait for the next one!

[@error17_]

Congrats to the featured games! I forgot what the theme was, it wasnt reminded in the intro.

[@timbailey2771]

These are some high quality games, especially having been created in a blinkin week! It's amazing what the right hands can do with Unity! Well done to all!

[@pedropc5824]

Wooow amazing games

[@isaacsutton1162]

Great recap. Toy Cavers looks so cool!!

[@LostRelicGames]

A real stand out! I just discovered Kotaku wrote an article about it

[@zelos666]

I highly (and I mean HIGHLY) doubt that most of these were created in a week. A lot honestly look like they have been in development for multiple months already. I mean, it's nice to see all these great games, but for me this kind of sours the experience.

[@ninjamonk]

100% agree, there are no way most of theses were done in a week. There are some great games here but they look a little too polished for a game jam.

[@agent-33]

The unspoken rule in game jams is to have a prototype ready to be recreated to fit in the game jam theme. Remember there is no actual way for the judges to check when the game was initially created. No documentation whatsoever so it should make sense to take it as a strategy despite how unethical it looks.

[@LostRelicGames]

I can't speak for every game shown here; but I and the mods followed the development of many, who were streaming progress live in our discord. These are all mini games, some with teams of 4 people. Don't underestimate what can be achieved in 9 dedicated, adrenaline and caffeine fueled days.

[@nicksherman6337]

Rockets definitely has more than a passing nod to a Ludum Dare game called 'Paper Planes' which I recently ported to the C64.....

[@LostRelicGames]

0:23 Lawn & Order jonasmortensen.itch.io/lawn-order 0:52 Benson studio-haiku.itch.io/benson 1:29 15 Light Minutes Away homegamecoder.itch.io/15-light-minutes-away 2:00 Handshakes petpumpkin.itch.io/handshakes 2:24 Wanderland martinkearl.itch.io/wanderland 3:08 Mininet kitchen-games.itch.io/mininet 3:48 Rockets nschaitanya.itch.io/rockets 4:21 Desynced Katana blue-peanuts.itch.io/desynced-katana 4:53 Lost in Translation featurekreep.itch.io/lost-in-translation 5:32 The Sun Flower jannycorp.itch.io/the-sun-flower 6:00 Energy Crisis werdnalt.itch.io/energycrisis 6:40 Connect All the Bots allalonegamez.itch.io/connect-all-the-bots 7:10 Marv's Open Mic egregiousgames.itch.io/marvs-open-mic 7:44 Constellar Express redpickxel.itch.io/constellar-express 8:28 Toy Cavers ismaelrodriguez.itch.io/toy-cavers 9:40 Face 2 Face lostrelicgames.itch.io/face-2-face

[@allalonegamez1995]

I was so hyped to have my game featured in your video that i forgot the essential. Thank you for everything. For hosting the jam. For the work of your team. For giving us a platform to be seen.

[@cosmic4453]

Toy Cavers Is a reference to Ice climbers 100%, its more of a mix between spelunk and Ice climbers I would say

[@TheSpidermint]

DO you remember Devil Dice? A game on the PlayStation. Very similar to you face to face game. Great entries here, very inspiring.

[@Lugmillord]

Wow, how are they all so incredibly polished? I can't pick a favorite. They were all to good.

[@trumtrum5136]

Post more, you're awesome!

[@xic777]

omg these games are so damn unique i am mad impressed

[@michaeldiaz4285]

wishlisted!!

[@emeraldskelly]

Wow these games are amazing. They show some true mastery over game design and teamwork. I forget, how long was this jam?

[@sullynoone6252]

It was a week! It's amazing to me that they were able to make such polished games in such a short amount of time!

[@emeraldskelly]

@@sullynoone6252 in hindsight I should have totally done this jam! Missed opportunity. I’ve only participated in 48-hour gamejams so I definitely can’t miss the next one

[@sullynoone6252]

There's always next time! Can't wait to see you there!

[@ty-xq7bl]

the second game is so cute

[@MaxOakland]

Congrats to all alone games

[@andrewbyrnes6389]

It’s cool. I feel like sometimes the game has no connection to the theme and makes me wonder if it’s a game they were already working on before announcement.

[@mayankbhaisora2699]

It was my first game jam and first so called “complete” game ever…

[@sullynoone6252]

Same here. Hope you learned a lot from it!

[@mayankbhaisora2699]

@@sullynoone6252 Yess man… and the motivation I got from this game jam is exactly what I needed at this point in my life.

[@mayankbhaisora2699]

@@sullynoone6252 what is the name of your game?

[@sullynoone6252]

@@mayankbhaisora2699 Mine was Tower of Time! What's yours?

[@RandyVie86]

i could have sworn you said you would get to every game though :p

[@LostRelicGames]

I'll get there! :)

[@omgimnot6738]

I have a question. My game (the mission of the geometric shapes) had some problems. The HTML resolution was fine at my pc and at my brother's laptop. But when I asked someone else to play it the screen was half. Do you know why? Or can you make a video for it??

[@HomeGameCoder]

Yes, I know! The canvas is not configured to fit the screen. Adding a canvas and starting to put things in there is a recipe for disaster! In a new scene, add the canvas. Set it to 'Screen space - Camera', drag the camera to the variable (or script to do it automatically), On canvas scaler change UI Scaler Mode to 'Scale with screen size' and set a reference resolution (eg: 1920x1080 or 4K or ....the bigger screen you imagine your game running/needing the resolution) Now, the interface is draw where the camera is, with the size of the camera and it adjusts to different screen sizes... sizes, not aspects! Just keep a horizontal margin of safety if you set Match to 'Height' so that the difference between 16:9 or 16:10 doesn't affect the elements! You are good to go!

[@omgimnot6738]

@@HomeGameCoder Thank you very very much!

[@CRUMVIII]

Glad I never joined. These entries are so damn good and clever, I'd be embarrassed to even compete against them.

[@HomeGameCoder]

Maybe you would be surprised!

[@sullynoone6252]

Reminder: This game jam is for fun! It's about testing your creativity and skill to make a cool game using the theme. I joined and made a, to be blunt, buggy and clunky game (For reference, it ranked around 250-350 in most categories), but when I see and play all these cool games, I only feel awe and wonder at how amazing they are! Even if there may be prizes and rankings, the real prize (in my eyes, anyways) are all the cool games that come out from this! Plus, these are the top picks. I guarantee that a lot of the games on there (like mine) are not nearly as polished as the ones shown here! Sorry, ended up rambling a bit. Though, I hope to see you in a future game jam!

[@zeldinus]

Same, my impostor syndrome is off the charts now!

[@namelessnameless6631]

I recognize that song in the very beginning but I can’t remember what it’s called, can someone plz help

[@vincn9760]

Cool

[@Konny031-game-developer]

I am so sorry I didn't had time to participate.

[@KoltPenny]

What happens if Benson connects to himself? Is the game still appropriate?

[@tacticolfire]

4:56

[@BrainSlugs83]

What was the theme of the game jam?

[@saddestgoose]

constellar is the best game there ngl

[@charleslamb6500]

I know you don't have a ton of time, well, I have a channel, it has some ideas for buddhist, some christian stuff, sort-of philosophy, and, some ethics over game - dev . . . It might be a bit boring, but, it might be a bit inspiration, for the channel here, make your version, also, fix any mistakes you see, in my videos, again, if you have the time . . .

[@allalonegamez1995]

Hi. I made the game at 06min40. "Connect all the bots". A great thank you to all the peoples involved in the jam. It's an honor to have my game amongst such talented devs. A great information that I forgot to say about my game: this is a real Gameboy game ported to be played in the browser. Thank you for playing. allalonegamez. Peace.

[@microdavid7098]

great work

[@allalonegamez1995]

@@microdavid7098 A great thank you.

[@petpumpkin]

Thanks so much for featuring Handshakes! ❤ We've since updated the game with some new levels and we're starting work on a sequel with even more handshaking goodness :) if anyone from the future is interested, you can check it out at petpumpkin.itch.io/handshakes ❤