Finally learned with Game Jams..
This will be my second Ludum Dare, but I have attended others - including the Global Game Jam, and a couple of smaller local Jams in years past. I've finally learned it's best to have options and come in prepared - especially as a single person developer.
This time and year, I have at least three possible ideas and pathways to take, and several assets ready to go - and I'm hoping to at very least have produced a working prototype!