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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Narrative | #2131 | 3.000 | 3.000 |
| Audio | #3834 | 2.923 | 2.923 |
| Creativity | #4373 | 3.308 | 3.308 |
| Artwork | #5198 | 2.923 | 2.923 |
| Enjoyment | #6841 | 2.462 | 2.462 |
Ranked from 13 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 Count is Down, Cursed by a Countdown
(Optional) Please credit all assets you've used
See description
(Optional) What would you like to be called if GMTK features your game?
RetroBreak
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It’s a really good idea, but the start of the game is very difficult (at least, to me). The story would also probably benefit from having images along with the text, but idk that’s just a suggestion. The letter tiles are very fun to try and get!
I really get the idea of the game and I love the artstyle with the implementaton of the music into the gameplay, but I am simply to bad at rythm games. The narrative is funny and unique, but I just couldn't get fun out of this.
Genuinely banger backstory
This is such a creative take on the theme and I liked the challenge of trying to time my movements just right. Unfortunately I have no rhythm but whatever it was fun! :D
I really like this one, very hard and challenging but thats where the fun is. I REALLY wanted to finish the levels! Great artwork and music fits the feeling sooo good
Hello! I joined from the stream to check out the game.
Idk if it's me, but I am unable to progress from the first spike area. My jumps don't feel high enough to go up at all. It feels interesting and I do wanna play more if I can figure out how to reach ahead
Thanks for catching me on stream! Did you manage to fix the jump issue? I have no idea why the right would be different for you :(
I'm not the greatest at rythm games but once you get the hang of it this games shows to be very enjoyable, artstyle/pixel art is very charming and the lore is so random i love it lol
I love this game a lot. I am bad at 2d platformers and even worse at rhythm games but the beat of the music helped a lot, and the the art is well done as is the unhinged lore with some heart. I really enjoyed it!
I love the idea of the jump on the beat ! A beat (eh) too hard for me, especially with the music going out of sync with the jump after some time (yeah im making excuses)
Also wtf is it with the lore HAHA I was rolling on the ground XD
Last word : maybe going a bit (dodged it this time) easier on the beginning, i took me litterally 20 tries to get past the smasher
But please more of this ! Please keep refining it !
Thank you! I probably had more fun writing the lore than making the game haha. I wasn't sure how hard to make it, in the end I decided to basically turn it into a rage game.. Maybe I went a bit too far too early though! Thanks for playing :D