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Life's not a Strawberry | GMTK Jam 2026's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Artwork | #1708 | 3.791 | 3.791 |
| Audio | #2625 | 3.163 | 3.163 |
| Enjoyment | #2969 | 3.279 | 3.279 |
| Creativity | #4851 | 3.209 | 3.209 |
| Narrative | #5435 | 2.279 | 2.279 |
Ranked from 43 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?
You have to beat the greatest countdown of all time, your life, making the one thing that really matter: a lot of money.
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SFX:
A bunch of CC0 sounds from Freesounds
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Comments
Pretty cool idea but I feel like it goes on for too long, I was mostly doing the same thing over and over again, it felt like it needed something new. Other than that, great job!
Very good, great to see a Brazilian here! The first time I saw the spiders I was a bit shocked, not knowing what to do. Anyway, really cool! Tmj :)
I enjoyed this, cows for sure need a nerf lol. Got to age 200 before stopping.
I'm not sure why my results screen showed "null year" and "null money." It might be a bug... or maybe I'm just that broke. I really loved your art style! One small piece of feedback: the outline of the drop area felt a little subtle, so at first I thought I couldn't drag things into it. Once I realized I actually could, everything worked fine.
Really satisfying game with clean pixel art and juice game feel!
as a wise man once said "a vida não é um morango". Great game and love the reference. I did run into some bugs with my pesticida staying in my inventory even when I used it, which lead me to run out of space, but, overall was fun and beautifull. Verdadeiramente foi o só o Filé
Spreading the beautiful palavras brasileiras world over. Thanks for the bug report, there were a couple. Valeu por jogar!
it's so peak... i was supposed to be studying but i was playing this instead T-T
this a well engaging and polished game , liked the lil comment above , especial child labor one and the concept is great and take life as the countdown , GG
Really enjoyed this; the art is great, the music is great, and the gameplay loop is pretty good! My only gripe is that it starts to get a bit repetitive after a little bit. I felt like I was repeating a lot of the same things, and I couldn't lose. Otherwise, wonderful entry! congrats on submitting
Fun farming game. I liked the pixel art. Good job!
This was a fun little farming game! Died at 75, had a good life and a good farm! Lots of cows!
Cool idea and very polished for that time! You should try to develop this further after the event, when you have more time :D
Cute little game !!!
Cute game! Ended up dying at a ripe old age of 78 with 330 in the bank, just as expected.
Liked this game! However it was somewhat buggy, things like the pest images staying on tiles and invisible plants being harvested, but the concept and gameplay were really fun!
Many bugs besides the intended ones haha, thanks for playing
The only bug i saw was the <null> thing which is irrelevant, beautiful game i really enjoyed it, leaves also some room to think a bit about how fast life goes by
Life is short, thanks for taking a little bit of it to play and review our game.
Hahaha made a <null> amount of money and lived for <null> years, couldn't ask for more. Neat little game! I think it was a bit buggy I believe the yield went into the negatives alot of times and I wasnt sure if I was playing right but what did work was enjoyable!
Yeah, that’s was a bug, thanks for reporting and playing it!
fun gameplay, i would have liked to see a way to discard a toolbar item, i got myself stuck a couple of times
Great suggestion, a small garbage can icon would be nice indeed. Thank you!
Very enjoyable. The economy felt satisfying and I lost myself for a few moments in the min-maxing of it all. Well done!
Nice! That was the intention, thanks for playing it!
A fun little game! i wasn't sure what eating the produce did but i couldnt help myself.. kept munching on that delicious melon
Yeah, we decided to hide it but it affects max possible age. Thanks for playing it!