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A jam submission

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Not even pawns can outrun the passage of time.
Submitted by skrib — 8 hours, 16 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Enjoyment#5313.9663.966
Creativity#6084.1724.172
Artwork#22653.6213.621
Audio#25973.1723.172
Narrative#67012.0692.069

Ranked from 29 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?
There is a board clock where every tick decrements each tile's counter by 1, each player having to predict the board accordingly.

(Optional) Please credit all assets you've used
All audio is licensed as Creative Commons 0 from freesounds.org. I used Pixel Comic Sans for the main font from fontmeme.com.

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

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Submitted

really fun idea of a game. super cool when you get the hang of it! the art is cool and the game's super creative with the theme. amazing game

I liked the art because it fits the theme. The way the paws' face shakes as it gets low health is funny. The concept of the game is innovative to me and fits well the theme, both for the timer countdown, both for the tiles countdown. 

I would like the game to explain more clearly how it works to the player. I believe I had to play 4 times without understanding much before getting it. Basic control explanation like "click to choose which tile to go to" would greatly facilitate player learning, especially because there is a lot going on on the screen since the beginning of a match. 

If the player had a different color compared to the opponents that would help visual clarity. In that vein, tiles should be clearer on whether their effects damage the player or the opponents

Overall, I see potential in the game, it has a solid foundation on which to build on.

If you would like to check the game I make with my friend, here is the link: /jam/gmtk-jam-2026/rate/4815614/jam/gmtk-jam-2026/rate/4815614

Submitted

A great little idea and amazing implementation, from the art and the way turns work to the power-ups. And I love the humor with which all these things are infused.

Submitted

The game is really really good! The art style is very unique, too. Would love to play this with friends. Great job!

Submitted

Hooooly, one of the best games I've played this jam! Art style is giving me OG Henry stickmin vibes. 
Gameplay loop is addicting. Only downside is there is no music, but that is miniscule in comparison to how good the game is!

Excellent job!

Submitted

Very chaotic but fun game especially when you involve 5 CPU players. There's just something hilarious about falling down the void only to be finished off by an unlucky anvil drop (even if you're on the receiving end of it all)! The sfx also adds to the humor. Fantastic work!

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is good? very. good very good good good even great very very better gaemjam win gridtick win win good good gaem good gaemjam win gaejam good very great fun

Submitted

I was about to give up on this one, and then it clicked and let me tell you, I've been playing this for 30 minutes and I'm seriously addicted lol. The graphics are great, the sounds are satisfying, and the gameplay is insanely good. In fact, this is the first game in this jam that I have nothing to complain about, I could play this for days. 

Submitted

Really addictive, indeed sending back to old school flash games. Would be very funny as a couch coop multiplayer game, with a bit more depths.

I need more of this game really bad, this with a multiplayer mode would be damn awesome, overall a great time! realizing what the effects on the special tiles were mid match and the combos that would happen sometimes had that special feeling of doing something in Mario party and just sending someone back the whole board without realizing it would happen. Highlight was a bot, punching another bot out, that landed on an advance tile, knocking out the first bot. Good job :)!

Submitted

Very enjoyable little game! Kind of like that Fall Guys game but in Mario Party / Final Fantasy Tactics form. I could see the concept really expanded out in a lot of directions, like more powers or even different strategic things. A fantastic base, and love the style you came up with for it.

Submitted

im so bad at it but i keep playing because its very enjoyable and has a good bit of customization and content. neat concept as well!

An enjoyable experience. I suck at this game. Though, if these are pawns, I am so worried on what the knights are possibly doing.

(+1)

maybe maybe me maybe good good good very good good game good like good fun fun fun good no bad no no no no bad good no no yes bad bad very no

Submitted

Love this, the special tile system makes this very addictive, great job!

Submitted

Creative gameplay and lots of interesting contents in such short development time, well done !

Submitted

Fantastic! I wish the speed was a little slower, at least at first. But man it's addicting, keep going!

Submitted

very fun game!!

Submitted

Very fun! Once you fully understand the mechanics its a fun challenge to try to take down your opponents!

I think this game would be best as a multiplayer party game (similar to something like bomberman) I think If i were to expand on it I would try adding more interaction between the players (like the laser special tile.)  


Submitted

Realy fun. A little confusing even with the explanation. 
I also liked the artstyle realy much

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