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A jam submission

HeartAche - Loop Through Four PacemakersView game page

The game is for GMTK 2025 game jam. A fun topdown shooting game.
Submitted by Fragile Star Studio — 3 hours, 56 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Enjoyment#8033.7893.789
Creativity#13713.8953.895
Audio#22563.1583.158
Narrative#28342.5792.579
Artwork#30563.2633.263

Ranked from 19 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?
The player is a nano-robot looping among 4 pacemakers to activate the heart.

(Optional) Please credit all assets you've used
All art assets except UI icons are self-made.
UI icons are from
1. Mouse & Keyboard Icons Pack
2. Clean Vector Icons

The music is from Ultimate Game Music Collection (Unity asset store).

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Comments

Submitted

Well done! Good concept, well executed!

Submitted

Had a lot of fun playing it. great job.

Also loved the visual effect and movement controls

Submitted(+1)

cool idea and power ups! there is this eyeball looking enemy that i didnt know deals dmg on player as well. i thought its just the walls

Developer

Thank you for playing! We should’ve introduced it more properly. Thank you for the feedback!

Submitted(+1)

Interesting and surprising spin on the theme. Liked the game feel and also the visuals.

It also gets harder than expected, but the unlocked abilities balances things out, gj on the game :D

Developer

Thank you for play!

Submitted(+1)

Really nice audio and graphics (particularly the lighting), and very smooth controls - I really liked it! I think future updates could add more challenging gameplay, but it has a lot of potential. Oh and the laser SLAPS :)

Developer(+1)

Thank you for playing! Yes, more elements/type of enemies/goals can definitely help the gameplay.

Submitted(+1)

Wow, a very unusual take on the theme. The controls feel smooth, and the gameplay is relaxed. Maybe adding more variety and some intermediate goals could make it even better — just some ideas for improvement :)

Developer

Thank you for playing and thanks for the suggestion! If we have more time, intermediate goals are definitely good things to add!

Submitted(+1)

Very Interesting game

Submitted(+1)

Great concept, really fun and unique!  Only complaint is that I couldn't read the upgrade descriptions.

Developer

Yes, we should've made the UI larger. Thanks for playing!

(+1)

Love the concept ! It's really easy to understand how to play and that's a great point. The game is really fun and challenging, I love the mess and the atmosphere.

Submitted(+1)

Awesome game, breaking things feels so good! Nice take on the loop theme :)

Submitted(+1)

The audio sounds super nice, and the core gameplay loop was pretty satisfying. Great game!

Submitted(+1)

Interesting concept! Gets chaotic pretty quick!

Submitted(+1)

cool concept and i like the powerups