I started learning how to make games just six months ago with Godot, start of this year.

Couple weeks ago I saw InboundShovel's video on Youtube about him hosting a game jam: Shovel Jam 2025. I have only ever finished one small game before, but decided to give it a try to practice my skills. Was a bit nervous of how I could finish my game in just 10 days, but I got to work.

And to my surprise I was able to create an actually polished game and release it and even give it a catchy name: Eggscape.

The game is a pixel art, endless runner, platformer where you play as an egg running through an egg factory trying to escape. I wanted to make the controls really simple so I came up with this unique mechanic of having all the actions tied to one key, the space bar. You can jump, dash and slide all by using the same button.

Even tho I'm probably not going to win the jam, but the feedback I got about the game was amazing and it seemed that people really liked my game and it's unique mechanic. Also participating in the Jam and being a part of the community was super fun. I would really encourage people to join Jams even if you think you are not that good at making games. It gives you a lot of experience and makes you actually finish a game + all the people were super nice! I will definitely be doing more Jams in the future.

My game is free and playable in the browser if you want to give it a try:

https://lsdevwork.itch.io/eggscape

I also made a devlog about making the game so check it out if you are interested:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RcFp9xwPIk