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A jam submission

The Maze Is Counting On YouView game page

Game made for the GMTK Game Jam 2026 on the theme "Countdown"
Submitted by Aerkaos — 1 hour, 38 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Narrative#13023.3163.316
Enjoyment#16633.5793.579
Creativity#18023.8423.842
Audio#26383.1583.158
Artwork#52532.8952.895

Ranked from 19 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?
Each time you enter a room, the countdown goes down by 1

(Optional) Please credit all assets you've used
Fonts :
https://www.dafont.com/edit-undo.font
https://www.dafont.com/pixeloid-sans.font

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

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Comments

Submitted(+1)

The concept is so cool! I love the puzzle and the mysteriousness! My only complaint is the movement is slow. Great job!

Developer

Thank you so much ! Yes, I'm so sad I messed up something that easy to fix :'(

Submitted(+1)

A fun puzzle game. played it through all the way. Really liked the atmopshere & music, reminded me of the original zelda game playing through and figuring out the puzzle of which path & flower to start at. Also I really liked how cute the rolling animation looked like!

Submitted

I really enjoyed this! It was strangely captivating with the ethereal soundtrack. I played until I beat it! My only gripe is that the player movement was a bit slow, but other than that it was a good puzzle game.

Developer(+1)

Thank you ! I changed the movement speed last minute to fix a bug, it was a bad idea :(

Submitted(+1)

This game is beautiful! I enjoyed it sooo much! Nice cohesive puzzle! When things clicked together it was amazing!

Submitted(+1)

Cozy, beautiful, and a creative use of the theme. Everything clicked and it was a joy to play. Thanks for making it!

Developer

Thank you so much for the kind words !

Submitted(+1)

Whoever did the art on the game, it is incredible and I love it! I do suggest using WASD instead of arrowkeys (or both) since it allows you to use the mouse and keyboard. Just a small suggestion though

Developer

I did it myself, thank you ! Yes, I forgot to add WASD controls, you're right. 

Submitted(+1)

Great game, the way the mechanics and rooms requires taking longer path and sometimes backtrack to previous checkpoints is interesting. Even if the movement is a little slow.

Developer

Thank you ! Yes, I found a bug last minute and the only fast way I found to fix it was to slow down the movement a bit (my code is a mess ahah).