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A jam submission

Even or Odd? - GMTK 2026View game page

ghosty the ghost has a curse in the afterlife! he has cool abilities now, but he can only count down!
Submitted by knivesonfire — 13 hours, 59 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Creativity#11883.9863.986
Audio#27783.1373.137
Enjoyment#28683.3013.301
Narrative#29652.7952.795
Artwork#65762.6032.603

Ranked from 73 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?
the ghost has a number on it. each ghost (which corresponds to a number) has a special ability, like double jump, or interacting with tools. You can only COUNT DOWN the numbers and use the abilities however you want to get to the end of the level, so it follows the theme count down. Odd numbers get separate abilities but even numbers have the same ability.

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Submitted(+1)

Very fun and creative take! the puzzles felt well made, I wish there was more!

Developer(+1)

thank you so much! was also planning for more than I published but you know how the time constraints are haha!  glad you enjoyed!

Submitted(+1)

Great game!

I love the whimsical feel. The music and art brought it forth really well.

The concept is really great too! Counting down the forms, each having their own abilities, has a lot of potential you can expand on.

The collision could use some improvement because the player sometimes falls through the floor and interacting with things such as the trampolines don't work sometimes.

Really really great job for a first jam game.

Developer

appreciate your feedback and thank you! will make sure to tell the artist and musician about your lovely comment for sure! 

Submitted(+1)

Nice game.

Good music, interesting levels.

The colliders are a bit lousy :)

But they're not too distracting.

There's even a narrative. Good job!

Developer

lol thank you so much! spent way too long trying to handmake the colliders and I’m sure there’s a better way to do it but that’s probably why haha. i really appreciate your feedback!

Submitted(+1)

very creative take on the countdown theme! Love the different abilities! I kinda like not being told too much about these abilities and having to try out different things. But I also see that new players/non-gamers could have issues with this. I know from other games that double jump exists so I could figure out what the winged ghost did. It depends on the playerbase you wanna reach.

Lovely game, good job on this entry! Was fun to play :)

Developer

thank you so much! i liked the vibe of not having a tutorial since i personally thought learning through the game gives you that spark of “oh THATS what i do!” glad you enjoyed!

Submitted(+1)

beat it! very neat mechanic, and i bet it could be expanded in so many ways with more numbered ghosts and all, so great work!

Developer

glad you enjoyed! thank you so much

Submitted(+1)

I was really confused what to at level 2 with the button because it said even and I thought it had to do with my ghost's number? but it didnt do anything? I also can't really see how the #2 ghost is "skinny" and it confused me a little at first. Other than that though I think the concept is pretty cool how you have to use multiple forms to progress through the level while having to deal with the obstacles and making sure you use each ghost strategically.

Developer

you gotta use an even number to activate the button that’s why. also the number 1 ghost is skinny lol but thank you so much for playing i appreciate it 

Submitted

oh.... ok ty

Submitted(+1)

This is such a unique idea! However, I was quite stuck on lvl 2. Only after a while did I realise I had to backtrack to find the door at the beginning of the stage. Some indicator to tell the player to return would be good!

Developer

thank you soooo much! appreciate the feedback!

Submitted(+1)

Loved the idea and overall the game and its puzzle nature are a lot of fun! The puzzle design is also surprisingly good for only really having 3 different types of characters in 3, 1 and the evens! I think my only suggestions would be to also allow the 'Up Arrow' Key and/or 'Space jump and make the double jump 3 character a little more floaty as there were a couple jumps I needed to use the arrow keys for in moving the character to allow myself to be able to both jump and press a button or switch characters whilst in the air. Though overall I really enjoyed it!

Developer

thank you so much! will add arrow keys and space bar compatibility for future projects for sure!

Submitted(+1)

I really like this game! Its a neat concept, but sometimes I would phaze through walls and the main issue I thought was that the game wasn't that intuitive, like what ghost does what, but once I understood it the game got a lot of fun tho I also think there's joy in trying to figure out what does what like a puzzle, thats why I continued playing lol. So all in all I really enjoyed this game and congrats on your submission!

Developer(+1)

thank you so much! yeah not sure about the walls thing but the art might've been covering some stuff lol. 

Submitted(+2)

Really cool idea for the theme !Trying the differents abilities was fun, I enjoyed the different levels. The movement felt unfair sometimes but with some more polish it could be a really fun puzzle game ! Great work for a first game jam, congrats !!

Developer(+1)

thank you so much! will make sure to fix the movement next game!

Submitted(+2)

Cool idea of different ghost abilities counting down.

W cobblestone.

Developer(+1)

thanks twin :D

Submitted(+2)

Really creative use of the theme! The gameplay was really enjoyable. Level 3 was slightly confusing, I saw the note in the description and it did help, but took me a while to realize I could jump higher on the trampolines by holding W lol. Fun game, great work! 

Developer(+1)

thank you so much!

Submitted(+2)

I love the concept however the jumping for character 3, I have difficulties with. It might be because my lack of platforming skill.

Developer(+1)

thank you so much! the gravity was a bit high so that’s probably why. thank you for playin!

Submitted(+2)

Nice game ! I loved the different puzzles and the use of the countdown as different mechanics. The only issue I have was that in level 4 the jumps were a bit too challenging

Developer(+1)

thank you so much! yes I agree I should've made it easier

Submitted (1 edit) (+2)

Good entry for the jam! ^^

I love the way you interpreted the jam's theme through this game and I enjoyed a lot playing it :3

I liked the music a lot and for the pixel art, you should put more attention on avoiding mixels, some collision were'nt totally adjusted to their sprites but all that didnt really lowered my enjoyment of the game. :)

Congratulations !!

Developer(+1)

thank you so much for playing! unfortunately, i had to rush the art so that's probably why the collisions might've been a bit wonky!

Submitted(+2)

Wow this game really impressed me I like how you took the theme and made it in such a fun game!
Really enjoyed playing it.

Developer(+1)

thank you so much!

Submitted(+2)

I really loved how the powers were left for the player to work out whereas I know a lot of devs might feel the need to explain the whole thing; like I'd get to an obstacle and then think "ohhh I know what I need!" and then get that serotonin from nailing it the second go, big up even gang! Really enjoyable puzzler!

Developer(+2)

thank you so much! also congrats on your games success i saw it yesterday 

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