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I WOKE UP WITH A BOMB IN MY CHEST AND NOW NINJAS WANTS TO KILL ME's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Creativity | #3245 | 3.531 | 3.531 |
| Narrative | #3384 | 2.688 | 2.688 |
| Artwork | #4550 | 3.062 | 3.062 |
| Enjoyment | #4555 | 2.938 | 2.938 |
| Audio | #4870 | 2.719 | 2.719 |
Ranked from 32 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?
Building on the idea that a countdown essentially represents anxiety, I took it a step further and strapped a bomb about to explode to the player's chest. Mechanically, however, it’s a top-down action shooter featuring a countdown that triggers a puzzle every 20 seconds; you have to solve it to regain the ability to move and shoot—all while enemies keep attacking you.
(Optional) What would you like to be called if GMTK features your game?
Lipe Corrêa
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I couldn’t scroll past this title, definetively a movie i would totally watch.
The game was great it made me stress out before the puzzle solving phase!
Good job!
HAHA THANK YOU!
I made it to wave 7, but there was so many ennemies that my computer started to slow down, maybe wind back a little the spawnrate, haha. Otherwise, fun Jam game
Thanks for the feedback, I haven't playtested it outside of my own PC; Wave 7 is the record, aside from my own.
Really great way to make the puzzle solving feel tense! I managed to make it to wave 5
thank you for the feedback, i'm glad you liked it
Like many others, wave 4 had defeated me. It took me a while to understand that WASD controls the defusal. Artwork is super duper cute, I love the player character's design so much. I think some proper juice would help this game s'more but hey 96 hours so who can be mad. Good work!
Thankss!
I like it, the shooting feels good and the bomb defusing is definitely stressful. I reached wave 4.
I probably didn't get this, but what do coffins do? I kept opening them but I didn't notice if those did something. And are all puzzles solvable? I'm bad at puzzles though (specially when you are getting shot at), so I'm sure I missed the solution in half of them.
Thank you for the feedback!!
The coffins were originally supposed to give you items, but I didn't manage to implement that, so they just serve as barriers. All the puzzles are solvable, but there's a tendency to always start the same way, and some are already wrong from the very first moves.
I like that you have multiple mechanics mixed together, really adds to the stress.
It took me a bit to understand how to solve the bomb puzzle and what the coffins were for.
I would have liked to see more elements to the shooting itself, since I spend most of my time in that section. It currently feels a bit empty.
And a bonus for long game titles because I think they're funny :D
Thanks for the feedback! Yeah i think the game needs more enemy variety, weapons and itens. was the inital ideia for the coffins. Maybe in a further version.
very nice very coooooooool!
I will keep an eye out to your next projects, Lipe Corrêa!
Thank You, I will do my best!
Well i died on wawe 4 due to puzzle skill issue on my part.
Its an allright concept. But there is no progresion or story and the gameplay is too simple to really be fun playing it just for that.
Thanks for the feedback
I think it really should have an upgrade system and more enemy variety, but time has prevented me from doing so. The fact that people are replaying it has positively surprised me.
Whoa, ninjas, wait, I am stuck on a puzzle here! Amazing game!
They're brutal haha —thanks!
I love how the game's title couldn't be a more accurate representation of the gameplay.
I really like the concept, even though it's incredibly challenging. I couldn't make it past the second wave. Definitely a skill issue on my end.
Great job!
Thanks, it's definitely hard; even I can't get very far
What a title lol! Cool game overall
thanks a lot!!!
This happened to me once!
It's pretty common, it happened to a buddy of mine
This was a fun fast game. I liked it.
Thank you my friend
How do you do the puzzle?
use WASD to move and complete all the squares
When the title spoil everything in the game :(
Joking, of course, it was a really fun game with quite some fun. Couldn't do, so I will ask here, is it possible to gain some ammo by opening coffin ?
Best I did was Wave 4, but I may had not chance when opening my coffins.
Good game nonetheless !
Keep the good work !
Thank You for play and comment!!
The coffins are just an activatable low wall; I wanted to add upgrades to the game as a whole, but that ended up being out of scope.
It’s The bomb.