Humble Beginnings

GAME OFF 2022. One of the biggest jams to be hosted on itch.io. It's a test of grit, determination, and in my case, no idea what I'm doing. 

The theme for this year is cliche, which is a complex concept in its self. At first I had an idea for a game where you play inside a box and you have to get the box somewhere, based on the cliche "Think outside the Box". This lasted until early development until I realised it wasn't fun. Then I had the idea to just get a bunch of cliches and turn them into mini games inside a bigger game, but that didn't stick either, considering I couldn't think of an idea for one game, let alone several. I also tried a game that was kind of a cliche of those mobile game that have a ton of ads, but realised once again that the idea didn't lend itself to a very long or interesting game idea. 

I scrolled through the long list of cliches that had been given at the start of the jam. Then, at long last, I had an idea that could be interesting. "There's plenty of fish in the sea". I know this cliche is supposed to be about love, but the first thought I had was about a fishing simulator. And then, because why not, I thought "Wouldn't it be cool if instead of just a lame fishing game, it was a fast paced aerial combat game". 

So here we are with a half baked idea, a couple coloured squares on a screen, and 6 days until the submission date. Go gamedev!