Game jam postmortem: How joining Paint jam taught me to be messy.

This entire endeavor started because I wanted to challenge myself to complete a game jam by myself.  That means doing everything by myself: art, code, design, music, promo and testing. I have joined game jams before, but this was a daunting challenge. While browsing Itch.io I found the Paint Jam and it seemed perfect for my first solo jam.

The strict art limitation was unforgiving: Only art assets made in Microsoft Paint. While limiting it also turned out to be very liberating!

Liberation Through Limitation

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