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A jam submission

Take Down the CountView game page

Counting-based typing bullet hell. Submission to GMTK 2026
Submitted by afkpuezo — 7 hours, 51 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Creativity#16013.8803.880
Enjoyment#19103.5203.520
Narrative#37452.6002.600
Audio#50252.6802.680
Artwork#60752.7202.720

Ranked from 25 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 fight the Count by counting down numbers

(Optional) Please credit all assets you've used
see description for full credits (will update before deadline)

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

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Submitted(+1)

Woah its so hard, but it really improved my typing skills! i think the only thing should have been changed was the speed of the projectiles. other than that, its perfect!

Submitted(+1)

As others have mentioned, having to be all over the keyboard was pretty difficult. However, the idea is very unique, and "neighs numerically" in the intro sequence gave me a good chuckle, so it was pretty enjoyable overall :)

(2 edits)

Given that you only had 4 days to make this game, it is impressive what you were able to do in that time!

However, there were some weird QoL things that I disliked, such as having to take my hands off of home-row to input directions. The numbers were more-or-less fine, but having my fingers all over my keyboard made the experience a little uncomfortable.

I honestly thing the game is fine without needing the blue things you need to dodge because aside from dodging there's no counter-play for them.

Actually, just focusing on getting the typing done in time might have been fine? Not sure.

But the other thing that annoyed me was the 'targeting'. I really wish I could just look at the number that I know is next and type it out as opposed to needing to target it by being close.

Still, this was fun! It seems like a great Streamer rage-bait game :3

Submitted(+1)

The concept is really unique, having to manually type down what the guy tells you to while simultaneously keeping track of what number you had previously typed before the new one.

It gets hard on the later levels, which I love because it manages to keep the game fun while simultaneously pretty difficult to deal with, the movement mechanic being needed to complete certain countdowns sometimes caused me to mess up as well, but I don't really mind.

The humor's quite funny as well, I liked how the developer did it here using the fact that the attacks are colored textboxes that can contain anything in them.

Submitted(+1)

Really fun idea and writing. Music was good but I don't think it loops. 

Solid game!

Submitted(+1)

That was really hard to play, but the game looks good.

Submitted(+1)

I thought our game was hard :D good one.

Submitted(+1)

Cool concept! This game reminded me of The Typing of the Dead but with numbers! Also, liked the indicator in the top right corner, though maybe it could've been made a bit clearer! If it weren't for that, I probably would've still been stuck at level 3 typing dodge, lmao.

Submitted(+1)

Fun game, I was surprised when the numbers started flying in from the sides and got mixed in with the words, good idea to also force a dodge and have to move closer to the right numbers to count down correctly. It kind of reminded me a little bit of undertale dodging, good idea!

Developer

yesss that was what I was going for, thanks for playing!

(+1)

Fun game!I liked I had to dodge at the same time as I had to type, it's pretty challenging!

I was a frustrated by the selection of the numbers and felt I was at the mercy of where I was when they spawned. Add to that you have to count down, I wish I could just type whatever number I want to type that is on the screen. 

Good work!

Submitted (1 edit) (+1)

Super fun! Really enjoyed the last level, a good level of difficulty. Only got to 20, partially due to the humor of the texts thrown at me xD. Charming art but the pixel consistency seemed a bit weird. A great and unique game, I would want to see more of this numerically neighing horse!

Submitted(+1)

i unfortunately did not understood the mechanics until i read the comments - "dodge this" was very clear tho lol

Developer

thanks for playing! yeah, it didnt occur to me until very late that the game doesnt actually tell you how to play it...

Submitted(+1)

That was really fun! The hectic dodging while typing made me forget how to do math

Developer

thanks!

Submitted(+1)

wow that was hard lol, but very creative and fun, i like it!

Developer(+1)

Thanks!

Submitted(+1)

The count was no match for my numerically tapping hooves. Fundamentally silly game, and I loved it! It has way more depth to it than I expected from the description, and was surprisingly difficult. Great work

Developer

Thanks for playing!

Submitted(+2)

hard AF boys, but very enjoyable and fun

Developer

lets gooo

(+1)

I cannot prevail, the count defeated me.

Cool take on the theme!

Developer(+1)

Ah ah ah!

Submitted(+1)

This looks very cool, but unfortunately I don't seem to be able to get the controls to respond. :(

Developer(+1)

Hmm, it should just be mouse for the menus and keyboard in-game. What isn't working? Do you have a qwerty keyboard or something else ?

Submitted

I have a QWERTY keyboard. I tried the numbers on the top row, the numeric keypad, and then tried typing the numbers alphabetically (e.g., "five"). Nothing seemed to register a response in the game.

Developer(+1)

Damn, for the first level just typing the number should work. Must be something I screwed up in the input logic

Submitted(+1)

Great art - escpecially the horse (horses are hard) :D. It was a little hard for me when typing the name of the numbers came in. Though, I liked the game.

Developer(+1)

Thanks!

Submitted(+1)

First few moments: Oh, cute, typing down in order
Second level: Oh-HO having to type words as well, clever, I like it
Last level: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

I made the mistake of thinking, oh, this is gonna be easy. Then once I realized there was running away from the numbers so you can get close enough to the right one to count, properly, then having to take my hands off the arrow keys (or type one-handed) and then the audacity to give me MATH?! Well played! 

Developer(+1)

Thanks! That was the feeling I was going for

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