I usually hate puzzle games cause i suck, but playing this one was so satisfying i loved the experience! Really creative interpretation of the theme as well :D
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Ten to Goal (GMTK Game Jam 2026)'s itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Creativity | #607 | 4.173 | 4.173 |
| Enjoyment | #2328 | 3.423 | 3.423 |
| Audio | #3354 | 3.000 | 3.000 |
| Narrative | #3695 | 2.615 | 2.615 |
| Artwork | #3987 | 3.212 | 3.212 |
Ranked from 52 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?
See "Inspiration" in description for the full story. You assign numbers 10 to 1 to your ten players and build a final passing sequence. The ball follows the countdown from 10 to 1, ending with the winning shot.
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(Optional) What would you like to be called if GMTK features your game?
Nguyen Duc Nhat
Comments
Haven't seen Scratch pop up in years! Was my first ever language way back in 07... happy memories!
Absolutely incredible puzzler, one of the most unique concepts of the jam easily; tough but fair brain-teasers with a super intuitive and friendly UI, love the small details like the little crowd movements, really adds to the immersion! It's the sort of thing I could imagine being in a printed puzzle book, or even a sort-of Wordle-esque daily website puzzle. It's such a great "drop in and play" medium!
Love Love Love it.
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BLOWOUT.Creative execution upon the game's theme, and a good puzzle game overall! Some puzzles are very difficult, and I think a difficulty curve or slower onboarding process may have helped with this. Level 1 is very difficult, and many of the levels after it are much simpler.
Regardless, this is a great puzzle game and very impressive!
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Egg-xtreme Humpty JumptyOne of the unique puzzle games I played in this jam so far and the fact that this is made in scratch (I assume you made this in turbowarp because of the high quality pen?) How did you even manage to create 104 levels in the span of 4 days? Nice job! I was a bit stumped at the 1st level because i thought you cant overlap arrows and was confused why level 2 was easier but then I saw the solution for level one aand i was dumbfounded. I'll play more of this after the jam ends. Added it to my collection. Nice one!
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BAWKtrackingThank you so much! I actually built a playable level generator, played a ton of the puzzles it produced, and gradually figured out what made certain boards fun, difficult, or deceptive. I used those patterns to improve the generator (while it's still not perfect yet).
Really glad you will comeback!!!
Hey i love strategy games, and the world cup spinoff made me really happy idk why. Its satisfying when you figure the puzzle out and that fact you made this on scratch makes it that much better as I remember I loved that platform!
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Beat The Count Down⚠️ SPOILER WARNING ⚠️
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/13Se5j39kjEq-A1_xdQGhyHb-1mdmJg8L?usp=sha...
This folder contains one solution for each of the game’s 104 matches.
Try the in-game hint first. Only open this if you’re still completely stuck… like me 😭
Really great presentation! From the art-style to the UI the the sounds effects it was all stellar.
Great work!
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Naumachia: Colosseum Countdown!This is really well done and easy to understand, but it was also more challenging than i expected.
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One More ScoreI was truly impressed by your story and I totally get it. Really well done !
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The Final Datevery on-theme with the world cup that just finished, i like it... wondering if the red card can be any of the 11 existing dots, or is that preplanned
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Srood Gnitnuocinteresting interpretation it was quite challenging and the timing considering the WC finals great idea nice execution
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LAST SHIFTOne small suggestion would be to show the game jam logo first and then the game intro afterwards.
The concept was easy to understand, and I liked the simple art style. It stayed consistent throughout and worked really well.
Outstanding work!
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Illegal CatNip LabVery interesting and unique interpretation of the theme. I found the game to be quite challenging.
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The Game Jam ExperienceLove me some strategy games, I immediately clocked the world cup connection, that was a nice spin on the idea and scratch games always have a special place in my heart, so nostalgic!
my game technically needs some strategy and a bit of luck technically, if you wouldn't mind taking some time to give it a look, one note tho that I didn't have time to fix a bug that summons you in the middle of the hallway each time you go to the hallway, it's a bit confusing at first but once you get the layout it's not so difficult to navigate
Thank you sm for reading and good job on your game! :D
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Touch Grass, Count!Really cool game idea! Took me a good few minutes to solve each of the puzzles I played (I did the first 12, but very impressive to have over 100 in such a short time!).
I was a bit thrown at first when I realised that the ball doesn’t always start with the goalie, the first few puzzles made me think it had to. But other than that, a really cool idea! Would make a great mobile game.
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44 Seconds Till Death
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