This was my first game jam, and it was quite the experience. I’ve never had to put aside so much of my life before just to focus on creating one game in such a short amount of time. It was an exhilarating experience.

As the programming lead, I introduced the rest of the team to basic GIt workflows and developed the backbone of the code. I did significant work in developing the trade route systems and generating the random cities and resources that appear at the beginning of the game.

Trying to create the sphere was quite a struggle. Originally, I and my group of four other teammates envisioned a sphere made of hexagons. Of course, through research, we quickly discovered that it’s mathematically impossible to do this. With only a week to work on the project, I experienced first-hand how something as simple as a sphere can become so complicated.