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A jam submission

Every Breath CountsView game page

Short atmospheric puzzle game for GMTK game jam 2026
Submitted by 5 Thumbs Up Games, Gibs&Eggs, JosephGadd, Bentontennae, JJruss88, KadenKitsune (@kadenkistune) — 9 hours, 45 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Narrative#39982.5503.250
Artwork#46813.0403.875
Enjoyment#63992.5503.250
Audio#64622.3533.000
Creativity#76522.5503.250

Ranked from 8 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?
Limited number of respirator charges that count down each time one is used. The threat of running out of time is always present. Combining the pressure of holding a breath in to add to an atmospheric puzzle game.

(Optional) What would you like to be called if GMTK features your game?
5 Thumbs Up Games

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Comments

Submitted

I like the ideas and also really liked the visual style, great job there! Managed to barely finish it on first try (won't mention the crash on start because it's already known). My only complaints would be:

- Second puzzle is more awkward to figure out than the first: only thing suggesting what you should do being running out of air. Also didn't help that one ring had a symbol either in common with another ring or just very similar (with the artstyle it's a bit hard to figure out sometimes!)

- Third puzzle I've no clue what I was supposed to do beyond just going through it like a maze. I did notice some symbols also became red like in the second puzzle, but I was already on short time left

Submitted

Cute puzzle game once you get it running, I like the art style!

Submitted

Got the game to work after a bunch of restarts. I love the artstyle, unfortunately I suck at puzzle games, and the time limit is not conducive to alleviating that. Either way, neat game!

Developer

We have found a bug that crashes the game upon starting the level. Reattempting to launch the game a few times will eventually make it disappear and it should not happen again after. We plan to push a fix for this after the game jam voting period has ended. Thank you for your understanding!

Submitted(+1)

My game crashed as well, but after I reopened it, it worked! I really love the atmosphere of the game; the audio design is 10/10, reminds me of Amnesia: The Bunker. I got stuck on what to do at puzzle 2, but from what I played, I really enjoyed it! 

Submitted(+1)

Crashed on startup :(