User blog:Frostyflytrap/My Thoughts on the Nitrome Jam

I've been following #nitromejam on Twitter and a lot of cool stuff's happening there. I'm surprised that Bart Bonte himself is joining the Jam as well. I was a fan of his games since I was 10, or at least I think I was 10 back then. He seems to be making a space themed dream game now it seems.

On the other hand, Ryan Carag is making a monochrome retro themed game that reminds me of Tower of Heaven. No new screenshots from him it seems.

Speaking of Tower of Heaven, Askiisoft has surprisingly joined the Jam as well! Yay. They're not revealing anything about their current submission it seems, theyr'e keeping it secret for all of us I guess.

Halfbot on the other hand is making "Slumberland", which supposedly takes place in a slumber land. I like the RPG dungeon theme to it reminds me of the old games I've played before. The graphics are detalied very nicely too.

From Giuseppe Longo are a lot of Vine videos showing the interiors of Nitrome Towers. I just love pausing every time to see the place. And by the way, there are some people in Nitorme Towers whom I don't recognize, probable the developers' assistants. There are also these skits of a snoring man's mouth which is "almost like an asshole" as said by the voice in the vid. Oh and also his game has a character that has a bald head and creepy eyes, kinda reminds me of a movie character. His asked his son to help him with some of the assets, because my word, it sure is frustrating and tedious to make a game. I've done that a couple of times before. I just didn't join the Jam because I didn't have the time to in the given schedule. It isn't always hard to make a game, but if you have to do something easy over and over again, it sure starts to feel annoying. Oh and since John Kennedy's sneaking behind him he needed some defences. And also, he shows Markus Heinel and Peter Grodzki's very well-designed side-scroller. I love the sprites in that game. Jon Annal and Marcin are working on a Rockitty spin-off! Now that's fancy!

Sinclair is making a retro and colourful game that gives everyone the nostalgia.

Lucien Fatima has made a countdown timer 'till the end of the Jam to prevent procrastination it seems. You've got 2 days left everyone!

Former Nitromian, IggyZuk has revealed colorized landscapes in his game. What comes to my mind seeing this is LSD Emulator and 2001 Space Oddesy. Looks like it's gonna be a good surreal game.

Vinicius Bruno has been making a serious plan on his game. Ooh I wonder what it'll be, looks like a platformer.