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A jam submission

Insomniac CountdownView game page

Submission for GMTK 2026
Submitted by Smug_Duck — 1 hour, 32 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Narrative#20373.0513.667
Enjoyment#67202.4963.000
Audio#78052.0342.444
Creativity#85612.3112.778
Artwork#94421.8492.222

Ranked from 9 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 game features a man with insomnia. His dreams are controlled by a countdown. Many other countdowns are present.

(Optional) Please credit all assets you've used
jsuite22 (freesound.org) - Whitenoise
InspectorJ (freesound.org) - Bone Cracking
Jovica (freesound.org) - Wind 20.flac
ben347 (Myinstants) - Nuke Bomb!

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

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Comments

Submitted(+1)

Interesting story! What stood out most to me was the horror elements at the second half of the game. Congrats!

Submitted(+1)

Great job!I love the poppy imagery! I also really liked the bomb in level 1  

Submitted(+1)

Great job! I had a good time with this. Another commenter called it “jank charm” which I agree with; I like this one

Submitted(+1)

This made me fear insomnia

Submitted (1 edit) (+1)

Okay this was fun and I never laughed and felt so concerned all w/ in the same time

It's so charming in its own way, and I loved how the sequencing has gone. My poor boi phil going through literal hell, the death anim for the spike was so funny... (even if i died multiple times as I'm not that good)

The music placements was appropriate...

Using the death animation at the end during the boss fight was so damn funny, I was dying of laughter for quite a while...

I liked the story overall, its pretty sweet, and it has its own jank charm that I love. Thanks for submitting to the game jam.

Submitted(+1)

Cool story. Starts out simple, but gets more interesting later on.