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GMTK Game Jam 2026

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A jam submission

Every Step Counts - GMTK 2026View game page

Can you escape when every step can kill you?
Submitted by muhaimmedu — 19 hours, 57 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Narrative#14543.2613.545
Artwork#27053.5123.818
Enjoyment#30443.2613.545
Audio#42252.8433.091
Creativity#49583.1783.455

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?
Every step the player takes counts down his health until he dies.

(Optional) Please credit all assets you've used
Art: finalbossblues - LoBit, Maragumi-8-bit Retro
Music: pegonthetrack & ELV Games - 8-bit Battle Music

(Optional) What would you like to be called if GMTK features your game?
Muhaimmedu - Or just Muhai

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promitosSubmitted7 days ago(+1)

Oh wow, amazing stuff! Actually managed to beat it with 1 HP remaining (IDK if that's scripted lol) but congrats! Great game

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SYSTEM RECOVERY PROTOCOL
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muhaimmeduDeveloper7 days ago

Yaaay! You finished it! Thanks!
Did you get the ring of fire?

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biboteurSubmitted7 days ago(+1)

I liked the idea of health decreasing even if it might become a bit frustrating sometimes
Good job !

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Stagehands
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muhaimmeduDeveloper7 days ago(+1)

Thanks a lot for playing my game. :D Glad you enjoyed the idea but yeaaaaah it's not well balanced yet.

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joelb293Submitted8 days ago(+1)

I completed it all the way through! It feels a bit unfair sometimes, like how the garden wastes your key or messing up a puzzle and you have to start all over again. 

I would have played more, I actually went back in the dungeon with 1 HP and went to the desert gate but it wasn't opened. 

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T-1 Quantum
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muhaimmeduDeveloper8 days ago(+1)

Thanks a lot for playing it! Yeah it's a bit unfair at times and I contemplated adding an extra key to make up for the one the garden consumes if you don't figure out the hidden puzzle there. 

The ice gate is the final gate to go through. 

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joelb293Submitted8 days ago

Was the other gate a sneak peak of an upcoming level ?

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muhaimmeduDeveloper8 days ago

Well the first garden actually has a secret that leads you to what was behind the gate. So yeah :D

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joelb293Submitted8 days ago

Ahh interesting, I tried killing the plant enemies or examining the bush but couldn't find anything. 

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muhaimmeduDeveloper8 days ago(+1)

Try... pushing the plant in a specific direction to complete the pattern. Thinking back... I should have used the pots for this. Bad design on my end there.

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joelb293Submitted7 days ago

I just tried and I think it's fine like that, it's a nice secret and if you get it it makes the game pretty easy

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MagiSubmitted9 days ago(+1)

This one is hard, and i wasn't able to beat it. It was a lot of fun though, and i liked how steps taking life made decision making more complex. It did make exploration more punishing, however. Good job!

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The Count is Down!
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muhaimmeduDeveloper8 days ago(+1)

Thanks for playing the game. :)
The game was meant to be casual to pick up but hard to complete.
Looking at how people play it makes me think  having either a checkpoint system or having a level system would have worked better for retention. 

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