I love participating in game jams, with their flurry of creativity and fast failure.

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Tea Time

Nintendo Labo Competition 1

Tea Time is a cardboard-based time management game where you fill and pour 4 different types of tea for thirsty customers. Each teapot has a joy-con under the lid, which detects the when the teapot is open or pouring. It has both a single player and a co-op multiplayer mode.

One of the Six Winning Entries 

Hydra

Ludum Dare 33 (Competition)
Created in 48 hours

Play as a hydra who has gotten himself a nice snack of a Princess, but then has to deal with all the knights who wanted to rescue her.

2nd Place In Innovation, 18th Overall
out of 2724 entries

Play Online | IndieGames.com Review

Last Wights
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Ludum Dare 37 (Competition)
Created in 48 hours

Play as a medium tasked with putting spirits to rest - but they all have to be in the same room.

Play Online | Competition Page

The Princess and the Pea Part 2: A Peas-ful Night's Rest

Ludum Dare 29 (Competition)
Created in 48 hours

Ride atop a swaying stack of mattresses, ferried along by a sea of peas to win the heart of the prince.

4th Place in Humor, 22nd Place in Innovation 
out of 2497 entries

Play Online | Competition Page | IndieGames.com Review

Necronomnomnomicon

 Ludum Dare 28  (Competition)
Created in 48 hours

Katamari + H.P. Lovecraft.  As the smallest of the Elder Ones, you'll have to eat your way up the food chain before bringing impending doom.

Play Online | Competition Page

<3 U

Global Game Jam 2013
Created in 48 hours

Players condense messages into as few characters as possible, then use their cellphones to text the messages over a custom game server.

Innovation Award

Rules | Cards (pdf)

Pet Mr. Snugglebutt

Ludum Dare 25  (Competition)
Created in 48 hours

As an evil villain, you just want some quality time with your most adorable minion.  If only those secret agents would stop sneaking in to assassinate you.

Competition Page

#Occupy: The Card Game

MolyJam 2012 
Created in 48 hours

It's time to rise up against the 1% and their oppressive game rules.  A one-versus-everyone card game where the 99% try to pass amendments to the rules of the game.

Cowroboros

Global Game Jam 2012
Created in 48 hours

Feeding cows to other cows will propagate mad cow disease across the UK.  Hurry and profit before the FDA finds out!

Game Jam Page | Rules (pdf)

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