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A jam submission

Count Me DeadView game page

Face five cowboys in quick-draw duels where every countdown plays by different rules.
Submitted by Lope, Zumate (@tomatofeverr), Frovio — 2 hours, 36 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Narrative#504.3764.376
Artwork#514.6934.693
Audio#704.2114.211
Creativity#1594.3994.399
Enjoyment#2474.1424.142

Ranked from 218 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?
Count Me Dead uses the "Count Down" theme as its core mechanic. Each duel is a race against a ticking timer: players must wait for the countdown to end, then react instantly to outdraw their opponent. Shoot too early and you lose. React too late and you lose. The countdown creates the tension and defines the entire duel experience.

(Optional) Please credit all assets you've used
All assets were created by the development team, except for the third-party assets listed below.

Audio assets:
- Public domain audio assets from Freesound and OpenGameArt.
- "Western" — Tunetank, available through Pixabay Music.
- "Retro Surf Rock" — Tunetank, available through Pixabay Music.
- "Upbeat Surf Rock Adventure" — Tunetank, available through Pixabay Music.

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Submitted(+2)

Take the 5/5, the style is unmatched. Surprisingly fun gameplay as well thanks to all the modifiers and gimmicks.

Submitted(+2)

beautiful simple game! the art is stunning and the diegetic interactions with the counter are very creative

Submitted(+2)

One of the best entries of the jam for me!

Submitted(+2)

Love the twists on keeping the timer challenging. The bank one stumped me, though, can't figure out how to beat that.

Submitted(+2)

i really like the chat bubble covering the timer very nice game

Submitted(+1)

The graphics and sound design are really cool. The characters are memorable, and the sheer number of sprites is impressive for a game jam entry. The minigame offers fairly varied gameplay, though the execution is a bit clunky. You have to lose to learn how to handle an opponent, and sometimes the outcome relies on RNG. A particular downside is that restarting after a loss sends you back to the map screen instead of the start of the minigame. Otherwise, it’s a high-quality production—thanks for the game.

Submitted(+2)

Love the art style on this! Great gameplay : )

Submitted(+2)

Amazing art and sound and everything tbh. Really nice game and so polished! 

Submitted(+2)

This game is amazing! The artstyle is very nice, coherent all the way with such distinctive characters for each round. The way you build up with new twists around a very simple mechanic was so entertaining (even though I struggled a bit for the last character) ! I'm very impressed with how polish this is, well done! 

Submitted(+2)

the art was very good and the game was overall pretty polished! pretty impressive for a 4 day jam!

Submitted(+2)

This was a super well-polished game. I really liked the artwork, and I especially liked all the twists in the countdown for the duels. They certainly kept me on my toes, and I was tricked more often than I would like to admit. Great work putting something like this together in only 96 hours!

Submitted(+2)

THIS WAS AWESOME, I kept replaying to try and beat them, each bosses gimmicks were cool and unique, and the dialogue was funny! 

Submitted(+2)

wow. That is an awesome game for jam.

ART is awesome,  game ready for Steam, in my opinion!

Submitted(+2)

insanely immersive! i love the art the story the sfx the everything! i feel like a real cowgirl HEEHAW! One More Minute!!! by birdyowl

Submitted(+3)

presentation is immaculate

Submitted(+3)

One of the only games I gave 5 stars all around for. This is incredible. It is so creative and so enjoyable. I love it so much. Great job. I love the characters too!

Submitted(+3)

I really loved how unique all of the characters' twists on the mechanics are. I didn't know how you were gonna escalate it from the first outlaw's speech bubbles covering the timer, but you sure did!

Submitted(+3)
Honestly could win it all. Incredible all around.  

5 STARS DOWN THE LINE EASY

Submitted(+3)

oozing with the sauce, great characters and fun minigames. well done to all members of the team, really enjoyed my time being The Best Player Of Count Me Dead In History Ever

Submitted(+3)

Very good iteration on the "tap as close to 0 as possible but your enemies are rude mfs" concept because I frankly can't put this any other way. Art slaps, narrative is hilarious and charming, got us to draw a pillow don't ask about that part.

VOD: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2832753587

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