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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Enjoyment | #3268 | 3.208 | 3.208 |
| Audio | #5286 | 2.625 | 2.625 |
| Creativity | #5636 | 3.042 | 3.042 |
| Narrative | #7497 | 1.938 | 1.938 |
| Artwork | #8081 | 2.250 | 2.250 |
Ranked from 48 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 is a legally distinct but shameless rip-off of Countdown. It requires players to race against the clock to find the highest scoring word possible, and likely makes them count down the seconds until it ends because it's a bit rubbish.
(Optional) Please credit all assets you've used
Audio (Music) - SomeWhatGood: flowerhead (https://flowerheadmusic.itch.io/somewhat-good-beach)
Audio (SFX) - Kenney.nl (https://kenney.nl/assets/category:Audio)
https://godotengine.org/license/
(Optional) What would you like to be called if GMTK features your game?
Rhys Waterman
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I’m not a native English speaker, so it was too difficult for me. I actually had a similar idea for this game jam, but I decided to go with a different one. I think you executed it really well!
came for the silly word games, stayed for the goofy music
really fun! definitely "countdown" hahaha
well done!
I wasn't really good at it as my first language in not english lol, but it's a nice idea!
This is your first jam? Damn!
Congrats on your first jam! Commend you for pulling together something that works and is decently fun to play even after having to abandon another project.
Wow solid first game jam!!!!
We had the idea for this interpretation of the theme while brainstorming, so I'm glad someone went and made it!
I had as much fun as a dyslexic guy can and learned some new words! Good job!
It is a excellent idea bring this up but as someone who has weak vocabulary it can be challenging.
But overall i like this game. Good job!
I liked the the last mode the most, I think (I only tried that and the first). There are some QoL improvements that could be made (would be nice to not have to use the mouse at all, clearly showing what the limit is) but with the way you had cheats in the final one also got me thinking of how this game could play out if rogue-like…
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Fun game! Pretty simple but I really like the concept and love word games in general, with a bit more presentation and polish I could see this being a banger I come back to frequently.
Good job on your first game jam! Would like it if the UI were much bigger to see, need to squint my eyes lol. But, overall a nice game! :D
This is really solid for a few hours of work! I'm quite bad at coming up with words under stress as it turns out, and the host feels unbeatable with the crazy words that they pull out. But getting anything complete to submit in a few hours is definitely impressive, especially in your first jam. Great work!
Congrats on your first jam! This is a really fun little word game!