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GMTK Game Jam 2025

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A jam submission

Heartbeat HeroView game page

You play as a heart, that can only attack in sync with its beat, and has to survive hordes of enemies.
Submitted by berkh4s — 4 hours, 25 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Narrative#20122.8073.200
Audio#41392.7193.100
Enjoyment#43142.8073.200
Creativity#53852.8943.300
Artwork#57622.5432.900

Ranked from 10 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

How does your game fit the theme?
You play as a heart that beats in a loop, but you can only attack in sync with your beats. You also defeat hordes of enemies and buy upgrades, doing basically the same thing over and over again with scaling difficulty, until you reach the end (there's a surprise if you manage to get there).

(Optional) Please credit all assets you've used
Sprites:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1J5EydrnIPs

Tile Set:
https://opengameart.org/content/the-field-of-the-floating-islands

Font:
https://www.pentacom.jp/pentacom/bitfontmaker2/gallery/?id=3780

Music:
https://opengameart.org/content/battle-theme-a
https://opengameart.org/content/old-city-theme

Sound effects:
https://opengameart.org/content/8bit-death-whirl
https://opengameart.org/content/heartbeat-sounds
https://opengameart.org/content/player-hit-damage
https://opengameart.org/content/talking-synthesizer
https://opengameart.org/content/level-up-power-up-coin-get-13-sounds
https://opengameart.org/content/won-orchestral-winning-jingle

(Optional) What would you like to be called if GMTK features your game?
Pederzini

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AkashThePhenomenalSubmitted1 year ago

Wow what a thought , Loved the Game , 

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Bingo Quest
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arsanaySubmitted1 year ago
a wonderful allusion to immunity
the mechanics of upgrading the main character are well thought out and good
the theme is conveyed very well by the "beat" of the heart as a cycle, together with the mechanics of the waves of "bacteria" and "viruses"  
the game is captivating, the dialogues and narrative are good  
the sound design is amazing.
well done!
Submitted
[GMTK - 25] Skeleton №486
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glitch craftSubmitted1 year ago

 i love the game idea soo good

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again
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gui01031 year ago(+1)

The idea behind the game is really creative and peculiar. The waves system and upgrades make the game progress cool to experience. I'd like to see a full version of this game, it would be a great indie game. Also I'd like suggest an improviment: When the heart shrinks, the animation stays the same as when it expands. If it was just a little bit different, it would be easier to attack in the right time.

It's a good game with a lot of potencial. Congrats to the developer!

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PederziniSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

Awesome idea, love the effort you put into the dialogues and growth system.

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No Time to Sprout
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