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A jam submission

The Count Is DownView game page

The GMTK Game Jam 2026
Submitted by DonMaklesso — 1 hour, 25 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Enjoyment#18563.5293.529
Audio#20693.2943.294
Narrative#24012.9412.941
Creativity#30073.5883.588
Artwork#53202.8822.882

Ranked from 17 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?
Every level counts down the time needed to complete it. The player starts on the highest floor of the skyscraper and they go down a floor after beating each level. The main antagonist is named The Count and he is down early on.

(Optional) Please credit all assets you've used
My brother and I did everything.

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Comments

Submitted

Nice and challenging!

Developer

Thank You!

Very satisfying, and a bit of a challenge as well! Very enjoyable, and pretty well made! This is beauty in simplicity.

Developer

Well, thank you very much!

Submitted

Killing people was very satisfying. Fun Game!

Developer

Thanks a lot :)

Submitted

Fun and gets more complicated as you progress. Felt a bit like curling. I feel so sorry for the Count's janitor!

Developer(+1)

Oh, the curling reference is spot on! As for the janitor - that's what you get for working for a mob.

Submitted

I like it. I don't really think the theme was well utilized, but I had a lot of fun with it, it's very satisfying to play and it was a weird movement mechanic. I think you should think of more mechanics that would work well for that mechanic, since it just felt like a slightly slower way to just click to where you want to go. Maybe something simple like you only have a few moves, or the radius changes size depending on some things. Fun game.

Developer

You have some good points. I'll consider them if I improve the game.

Submitted

Super fun and creative idea. It is very addictive too.  

Developer

Thank you very much!

Submitted

Quite a fun game :)

Developer

Thank you!

Submitted

Well executed little game, it did feel like I could kinda of just spam click though. The kills were really satisfying.

Developer(+1)

Thanks! We kinda rushed the testing part... haha

Submitted

Really clean and fun little game, would have liked to see more or harder levels but overall really cool

Developer

Thanks!

Submitted

Haha YEAH we killed those goons! Shame you couldn't get to work on it more.. :\

Developer

Shame indeed, but there's always the next year.

Submitted

Yo this is so sick, reminds me of Hotline Miami in the best way possible. I would for sure play a non game jam version of this on steam.

Developer(+1)

Thanks! I only wish I had more time this weekend, but a lot of things came up.

Submitted

I really like the game. The kill crunch was very satisfying. Maybe some mechanic wise twist would have elevated the gameplay instead of only the timer as the obstacle.

Developer(+1)

Thank you. We had many ideas, but the timing of the jam was quite unfortunate time-wise.