Game 12: Big Ambitions (aka: I Started 2 Hours Before The Deadline)

This game is the best joke I've ever told.

I wasn't planning on participating in this jam, but 2 hours before submission time I had a fun idea for a joke game that would only really "make sense" in the context of a school game jam.

Let me set the scene:

At the end of the jam, all participants gather in a classroom on campus and are each given 5 minutes to present their game.

I was remote, only communicating with the jam organizers through Discord. In fact, I was living 2 hours away from the school at the time, so my options were literally attend the jam presentations or submit something.

The original title of the game was "Big Ambitions," the itch page had the title and no other details. I told the organizer that they could present my game without me, but let me know when it's about to start so I can "setup the server." I warned them the game would not run unless the server was setup.

So, a college auditorium of game jammers are a captive audience and on the projector they see... this game. As a "game" it's not terribly interesting (bad, even), as a prank to play on a bunch of college kids, it was perfect. My only regret is I didn't get anyone to film it.


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