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LÖVE Jam 2026

Hosted by Pablo Mayobre, Keyslam, Vornicus · #lovejam2026
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Counter SpellView game page

Fast fingers win when words are your counterattack.
Submitted by z0isch — 5 hours, 23 minutes before the deadline
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CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Gameplay#53.8503.850
Audio#163.0503.050
Overall#173.2753.275
Mood#273.0003.000
Graphics#283.2003.200

Ranked from 20 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

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Mohammed SinanSubmitted177 days ago

I liked the concept and its execution is well done.. its quite hard but I liked it.

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Broadcast Dungeon
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FNiconSubmitted179 days ago(+1)

dragon difficulty is really hard :"D

I got into dragon after many trial and error but I can't beat dragon at all X"D

I really like the concept tho

makes me think fast about any words.

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Technical demo: Bibliotheca
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ConwaySubmitted180 days ago(+1)

Holy cow this was more intense than I thought!  The Dragon is a menace to the spelling society

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Deadly Encounter
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Cartread180 days ago

I gave up vs Dragon; not enough caffeine in me.  Game played well.  Ever play "blocksum"?

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z0ischDeveloper180 days ago

I meant the dragon to be tough, but I think the randomness just makes it really swingy. I haven't played blocksum, I'll have to check it out if it's similar! I was actually inspired by the game bombparty which is a ton of fun with some friends.

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TheRulerMeasureSubmitted181 days ago(+1)

Very interesting concept, I may be bad at vocabularies, but I beat all except the dragon. This was fun.

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Ants Run Clone Battle
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ShinuTokiSubmitted183 days ago

It's entertaining and the idea is good, but a bit unfair. Sometimes you only get consonants and you can't form any words.

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Don't drown
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z0ischDeveloper182 days ago(+1)

Thanks for playing! You can actually use letters not on the board! The idea is that only letters that deal damage are ones on the board. I should really make that more clear somehow 😬

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ShinuTokiSubmitted182 days ago(+1)

Hah, that makes a lot more sense! I'm replaying it, and now that I know that, a whole new world of possibilities has opened up. It's a shame that english isn't my first language, though.

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z0ischDeveloper181 days ago(+1)

Thanks! I wonder how well this concept could work in other languages, I'm sure it ports well to some and might not work for others

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massette.Submitted183 days ago(+1)

Really enjoyed it once I realized you could use letters not on the board. The dragon was a real challenge.

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Pit Game
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z0ischDeveloper182 days ago(+1)

Thanks!! Any ideas on how to make that more obvious? Seems like others are having that same problem

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RodmodSubmitted182 days ago(+1)

I'm not them but I would change "Type a word using the letters on screen" to "Type any word that contains at least one falling letter" or something along those lines

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ianspaulSubmitted183 days ago (1 edit) (+1)

Ok so I managed somehow to get to the dragon but just got hardstuck there for a long time. Really nice game ,  chill and doesn't get in the way  when trying to come up with a word, no unnecessary pressure. Had a real fun time playing but maybe adding some difficulty configuration or something would be awesome. Great job overall, nicely done!

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ParryKnight Jam Build
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ianspaulSubmitted183 days ago

I really wanna play but it seems like Enter is not working after I input the word. Tried running through love directly and windows build with wine, any known issues with that or am I doing something wrong?

Linux Mint 22.1


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ParryKnight Jam Build
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z0ischDeveloper183 days ago (1 edit)

Hmm... I can't repro it on my end (Windows or Mac with the .love build). I don't have access to a Linux box to try it there though. Are you sure that you are typing real words? I notice in the screenshot you are trying `SRHT` which should let you submit but won't deal any damage

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ianspaulSubmitted183 days ago

Ohhhhhhh.. I missed the whole point! I thought it was just typing the letters, well now it got a whole lot harder :)

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z0ischDeveloper183 days ago

Oof- bad instructions on my end then! Thanks for persevering lol

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8BitLlamaSubmitted183 days ago

Really clever game! I like all the different constraints. I would say that the bosses leading up to the final boss could be more difficult. The Dragon was the only one that took me a few tries. Great that there is an endless mode as well!

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Counter Counter Counter Counter
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z0ischDeveloper183 days ago (1 edit)

Thanks for playing! I didn't get enough time to balance things and wanted a chance to tutorialize before throwing you in the deep end, but I think you're right that they could be harder! I also think the randomness is really swingy and can make things way easier or harder depending on your luck.

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