Comments on: MiniLD – how about making it every week?

By: Daniel X. Moore

Daniel X. Moore — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 08:03:59 +0000

I do a 1 hour game jam every day. Feel free to join in anytime. https://plus.google.com/104138221626061560232/posts

By: Puzzlem00n

Puzzlem00n — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 00:03:56 +0000

Yeah, I know I’m new here, but even I think that sounds like a bad idea. It’s just overdoing it. Eventually, you’d end up having some competitions without any entries, because things will overlap all over the place. It’ll become a mess to maintain.

By: digital_sorceress

digital_sorceress — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 10:27:55 +0000

Some people do create their own contests, for example the 0hgamejam was announced here, even though it was not associated with LD. We also have “Warm Ups” which have recently been occurring each month. These are like miniLDs in themselves.

All in all I feel there are plenty of game jams happening. If not here then elsewhere. In fact I would say there are more game jams happening than one person could possibly commit to.

By: Madball

Madball — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 09:11:13 +0000

Just IMO:
I can`t imagine myself entering LD every week, even every 2 weeks. It`s too often. In fact, MiniLD is set up by community members. 2-4 submissions is not in spirit. Remember it`s a competition, you can`t compete with 1 opponent. It will be the same as making games alone. And the phrase “nobody is forcing nobody to participate” will push away people from participating. If you want to make a contest, it can have nothing about LD. Just start your own somewhere, the result will be same. And your English is OK (IMO too )