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A jam submission

Count Down CardsView game page

Math has never been more confusing.
Submitted by Games By Nemiz — 22 hours, 25 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Audio#16893.3813.381
Creativity#16943.8573.857
Artwork#38283.2383.238
Enjoyment#40553.0483.048
Narrative#70582.0002.000

Ranked from 21 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?
Cards counting and going down that you count and calculate while your level counts down.

(Optional) Please credit all assets you've used
- Game Engine - Usagi - Brett Makes Games
- Sprites, music and sfx - Kenney
- Design, Code, Cover Image - Me!

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

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Comments

Submitted

It´s a great idea! I see myself playing a full version of this game.

Note: At first I was kind of confused about certain combinations of symbols, like I didn´t know exactly what outcome was x9 and /2 was going to have

Submitted(+1)

I never thought I could get addicted to doing math.  Great work!

Developer

I know right?! It's fun to try to match as many cards as well as possible especially towards the end :) Thanks for playing!

Submitted(+1)

I got 11445 points. At the end it felt like I was dodging cards like a math bullet hell!

Developer

Well played! Thanks for playing :)

Submitted

Well that woke up the brain up this morning! Great feel to the game that could do with a bit more clear instructions I think. Or did I miss them in game?

Developer

Waking up brains is tight! Ehrm, I mean, nah, mate, you didn't miss it. Definitely needs better explaining in-game as well as some finetuning of the point system :)

Submitted

Math innit. 5 stars either way

Developer

Thank you! :)

Submitted

My brain wasn't ready for this much algebra ðŸ¤£

Developer

Haha :) Fair enough.

Submitted

Definitely gets your brain working! The extra multiplication rule threw me off a bit, even with the new description (which was otherwise super helpful btw). The audio is also really nice, although switching the background music before I even realized the level changed was a little off-putting at first. Love the intensity toward the end, too; it put me into all-out panic mode trying to manage everything. Amazing work!

Developer(+1)

Thank you! The extra multiplication rule even confused my friend who teaches math, so it's not just you :) I added that because I wanted multiply on multiply to "do more" than multiply on plus :)

Submitted

Hey I enjoyed playing! Interesting idea, like others commented took me some time to understand how the score worked.

Developer

Thanks for playing! After all the comments about the confusing point system, I have updated the game page now with a bit more game and point description and examples ;)

Submitted

Oooh actually very helpful thank you. I'm going to give this another go.

Developer

Great! I just noticed an error in the Points screenshot though. I have corrected it. Ax -> Ax gives many more points that the 169 I had shown first.

Submitted

I think there’s a really solid idea here, it takes a bit to get into but the concept is great and I think with a bit more polish it has a ton of potential!

Well done and keep it up! :D

Developer

Thank you so much! I just watched a streamer play it, who was not into it at all :/ Good to hear that you liked it :)

Submitted

I feel too dumb for this game, I am very confused

Developer

Completely understandable. The rules of the game aren't explained very well and some of them I've just made up. Thanks for playing :)

Submitted

Very fun and cool! I love the music, the art. However I find it a little confusing. What is my goal? What do the syboles mean in relating to the numbers and the order they are in? I think its a super duper great game, just needs a bit more explanation! Also, I just want to emphasize again about the art, its clean and simple and is very cute! It fits well with the game. Good job guys!

Developer(+1)

Thank You! I agree that it is confusing - definitely needs more explaining :) The art and sound is from Kenneys Asset Pack 1.1.71 - I just changed the sprites a bit to fit the math theme of the game :)

Submitted

The game is really fun! I had a really good time sinking my teeth into it! The gameplay loop is rewarding and fun, and I really appreciate the polish on the menu. I got a high score of 9843 :D! The only thing the game is missing, in my opinion, is the ability to store your current card to use later, like in Tetris. I had quite a few times, especially in the early game, when I didn't have anything to use a minus/divide on. Overall, incredibly polished entry with lots of potential!

Developer(+1)

I'm glad you had fun :) You can actually "cheat" a bit, if you get a minus card that you can't use. If you launch it at "nothing" you'll get the value of the card. The menu is built-in to the game engine I used - Usagi - Shout out to Brett Makes Games, who single-handedly made the Usagi Game Engine!

Submitted

interesting, imagine this game with trignometry, calculus and linear algebra!🤯🤯🤯

Developer

Good suggestions :) There's definitely potential for adding more complex math! Thanks for playing :)