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A jam submission

Zero SumView game page

GMTK2026 GameJam Project
Submitted by AOIGameDev, Nasakidesu, ZzzWannaSleep, YIGENG, Sleepynekooo — 1 hour, 36 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Artwork#19823.7063.706
Audio#23113.2353.235
Narrative#28482.8242.824
Enjoyment#37373.1183.118
Creativity#44293.2943.294

Ranked from 17 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?
HP = Currency = Action Points = Score. All resources are unified into a single "Point" system. Every move costs points, every attack costs points, every hit you take loses you points — every decision you make is a Count Down.

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Submitted

Love the characters ! The combat system is a bit unbalanced, but it remains fun. Great job, keep it up !

Submitted

I was able to beat this game on my second attempt, or at least I think I was. It's a bit odd that the winning message was "you died" with subtitle "You saved everyone beneath the ceaseless tolling of the clock." It makes me wonder if there's some kind of "true ending" that I missed.

Regardless, this was a neat game. The turn-based resource management makes for an interesting challenge. I felt like taking the gamble was the right strategy most of the time, although I think I lost the first four 50/50s on my first attempt.

Submitted

Tad unbalanced, but good.

Submitted

Great art! I learned a lot from this game, especially that I should stop gambling...

我很喜欢它这种带点怪诞的复古美术风格 玩法也很有创意

Submitted

It is very nice, I loved the art style

总共打了三周目,一周目通关时间差不多是十分钟

很喜欢标题逐步变强又戛然而止的bgm和黑暗童话的风格

最喜欢的部分是遍布的随机感,不仅是地图探索也有怪物的攻击方式,最重要的是打败怪物之后的贪婪鉴定!每次都会选贪恋鉴定,特别发现还可以追加贪婪…

不过一周目体验时感觉攻击之后文字显示时间太短,基本来不及看清楚,这种情况在二周目之后就变得好多了。

Very cute game! All characters have animation ! Every move cost life point, so you need to carefully avoid enemies. If you want win this game, you have to choose the risk option to get more point, then go direct to the final boss. I think maybe add more power to items and skills can make this game more interesting.

Submitted

This is a very cool twist on the dungeon crawler format. It makes me think of old pokemon games when your pokemon were poisoned and every step you take would drain their health. I liked being able to gamble whenever the option was offered. I think I probably netted being lucky overall lol. The art and character designs are really standout in this game! The animations especially give it so much charm! I do wish I had some way to guide my way through the map instead of going around blindly. Rather than exploring leading to finding new things, it tended to just lead to dead ends and missing health. Overall though, I liked this jam game! Great work!

Submitted

I like that you slowly discover the board. Not sure why it's called zero sum. Good game

Submitted

this was a pretty cool game. i enjoyed it from my bit of time playing, although i gambled every single time which uh kinda made me die but it’s fine.