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Deadline Inc. 死线公司's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Creativity | #3737 | 3.429 | 3.727 |
| Artwork | #4443 | 3.094 | 3.364 |
| Enjoyment | #5029 | 2.843 | 3.091 |
| Narrative | #6576 | 2.091 | 2.273 |
| Audio | #7875 | 2.007 | 2.182 |
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?
Everything in Deadline Inc. counts down. Your valuation burns toward zero every second — the bigger your company grows, the faster the countdown runs. Every building on the grid is itself a countdown timer, ticking down its cooldown to the next payout. And the whole run is one big race against the deadline: push your valuation up to 8,000 for the IPO before the burn counts you down to bankruptcy. Growth buys you time, but growth also speeds up the clock — that tension is the game.
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Fonts: Noto Sans SC & Noto Color Emoji by Google Fonts, licensed under the SIL Open Font License 1.1
Symbol icons: Unicode emoji rendered via Noto Color Emoji
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It feels difficult at first, but once you understand the flow and what you need to prioritize, it becomes much more fun and the difficulty drops significantly. With the right buildings, you can keep your burn rate low and reach the valuation goal without too much trouble.
I really liked the theme, and I think the idea of creating a countdown game centered around company valuation is very creative.
its a cool idea I think A it can be hard to start out I would consider giving the player a higher starting valuation like maybe 500 or smth and B its hard to rely on only one symbol in the game letting you expand the board i would consider giving the player to buy a random tile for 1.5x the cost of the current draft in BP or smth, all that aside its a fun game:D
How do I not bankrupt? Am I that bad?
Cool game! It is quite hard to start but once you figure it out it is fun to play!