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A jam submission

Soul TickerView game page

My project for the GMTK 2026. Small, first solo project.
Submitted by Xamost — 5 hours, 24 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Enjoyment#38053.0943.364
Audio#54232.5922.818
Artwork#76632.3412.545
Creativity#90832.1742.364
Narrative#91331.5891.727

Ranked from 11 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 health is a countdown. If it goes to 0 the player dies.

(Optional) Please credit all assets you've used
See description for full credits (textures has been created by me just inspired by the style)

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

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Comments

Submitted(+1)

Managed to get over 2 minutes! Love how I can dash through a swarm of enemies and escape. It feels great!

Developer

thank you ! 

Submitted(+1)

It's a really fun game! I especially loved the thrill of killing a huge wave of enemies right before the timer ran out and watching the remaining time shoot back up.

A few small suggestions:

I think Enter on the title screen could be replaced with Space, or Press Any Key.

It would also be nice if the shop upgrades were clickable with the mouse instead of only being selectable with the number keys.

The condition for entering the shop isn't very clear. I think it's every 30 seconds, but making that trigger more obvious would help a lot.

Developer

Thank you for your feedback ! For the game jam I wanted the game to be only one hand playable so the shop is not clickable but I'll fix it after the Jam. And yes the shop is up every 30 second, I'll think about giving a feedback for the shop comming up.

Thanks again for you feedback and ideas ! 

Submitted(+1)

This is a fun little arena game, I like the pickups extending your time - it's a nice little variation

Developer

Thank you a lot for your feedback ! 

Submitted(+1)

Survived 02:29. Great little game! Wish it had a bit more juice to send my dopamine flying :D

Developer(+1)

Thanks you for your feedback ! I didn’t have Time to add more animation for the feedback but i have ideas for after the jam !

Submitted(+1)

I  got to 02:54. Neat little first solo game.

Developer

Thanks for the feedback !

Submitted(+1)

Wait whats your dev record?! I got 2:57 and was feeling like I did a good job :) This felt super well made

Developer

Thanks ! My best Time in this build is 3m20 the dash can cary if used wisely :)

Submitted(+1)

I NEVER DASHED!! OHM..

Developer(+1)

You're time is really good without dash !

Submitted(+1)

Great job for a first solo project! I think the concept is really clever regarding the theme and your constraints. I liked the idea of sharing time and life as a resource! But maybe you could make it more obvious that this is what's happening. I only understood it way later. Maybe making it a bit more explicit (maybe writing how many seconds you lose on impact) would be good.

Developer

Thanks for the feedback I apreciate it ! That would be a great add indeed. Noted :)