Procrastinate the Pain Away

About the game

There are so many times I start doing something and suffer from impostor syndrome or anxiety. And then there’s failure! What if I join this 1-hour game jam and don’t make something? That’d hurt and might even be embarrassing, oof!

But guess what? You can’t fail if you never try! And if you bury yourself in fun stuff, you’ll never deal with negative emotions! Except maybe hunger; that’s what snacks and microwave meals are for.

The thing is… I find myself doing this a lot, for real. Without even realizing it, my day passes and that thing isn’t done. Maybe I played mobile games instead, or I did everything else on my to-do list aside from that thing.

Procrastinate the Pain Away is all about burying yourself in anything-but-what-you-”should”-do. But psssst: we’re going to be using some reverse psychology to rock your day. Or actually take a day off, because taking time off is productive!

To-Do List

Maybe I'll do these things one day, maybe I won't lol.

• Edit and rewrite this again, polish it up (it's quite long right now and I barely edited it)
• Create a business card version of this with the "#1 thing to do" to avoid on one side and your actual to-do list on the other

The Hyper 1 HOUR Game Jam

This game was created for Hyper 1 HOUR Game Jam #35 (Dodging Pain), which means I literally made it in an hour! WHEW! I highly encourage you to check the jams out 🧡 They're every Friday at 6 pm Eastern, and Lýz livestreams them, including the theme reveal and playing entries after. She's super fun and encouraging and awesome!

You can watch Lýz talk about and play it in the video to the right (it starts right when she's getting into the game).

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More Hyper 1 Hour Games

And you can check out all of the games we've made for previous Hyper 1 HOUR Game Jams on this list, and some of my favorite releases below :D