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I tried to make a game jam about something specific and ended up making a second game jam

Sometimes inspiration is a blessing, other times... it's a somewhat more exhausting blessing. 

I was supposed to set up a page for my unconventional mechanics game jam. and I was. I had the page open, I clicked the title field and thought, huh. I can't help but think of "Hack the Planet" right now, weird. "Game-ify the Planet" would be fun. That reminds me more of what my friends describe as my tendency to game-ify my life. Look, I have ADHD, I have No Medication for it and I have to entertain myself somehow constantly. If you've ever heard it you'll know I've often said "if you've ever entertained a kid you're a game designer." Sometimes (often) the kid I have to entertain is myself. 

So far, I've game-ified listening to music (my Spotify Wrapped is a year-long game I play against myself and I almost always lose, but it's SO much fun to play literally all year long)(game link to come), watching TV (First Impressions, which I absolutely need to overhaul, give a new layout and rerelease, bleh), watching movies (B-Movie Bingo, as played on To B-Movie or Not To B-Movie), designing games (10 Minute TTRPGs), cuddling (Snugglebug), self care (Low Magic Weekend) and Being Trans (EUPHORIA)

But I'm not satisfied. 

I want to game-ify more of life, because why not?  And I think others should, too. Life can always be more fun and seeing other people create has always been a great joy and source of motivation and inspiration to me as well.  (And sure, I know technically you can say 'gamify' instead of 'game-ify', but gamify looks so wrong to me I'm sorry I am ignoring it) ​

So, as a birthday present to myself later this year (I'm turning 30!), I'm gonna run this jam (June 1st to the 31st, 2025), challenging whoever wants to to try their hand at gamifying a part of everyday life and creating a small game to do so!

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