I've seen many posts about people giving up or not being able to make it. It is OK! Many of us won't. But here are a few suggestions to make it worthwhile.

• If you can't make it in the 48hr for Compo, just aim for Jam
• If you can't make the 72hrs for Jam, keep going and just post it for Extra, which is 3 weeks.

Why? Because one of the best things you can do for yourself is finish something. Not only will you have finished something, but it will give you experience of how long things take, where you can save time, build up shortcuts, templates, or anything else.

So that come April or next October, you can have a better plan of attack and something to look back on from previous attempts.

And many of you are learning something new, be it first time game development, a new engine, new tools, or how to work on aspects out of.your comfort zone (art, audio, etc). So it's worth seeing it to the end.

The goal is to have fun, learn, and grow.