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A jam submission

Not Now Mom, I'm Gaming!View game page

Created for GMTK 2026
Submitted by jamss_fr — 3 hours, 54 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Artwork#4844.2754.275
Creativity#5974.1754.175
Narrative#7413.6003.600
Enjoyment#8923.8003.800
Audio#21663.2753.275

Ranked from 40 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?
Mom is counting down the time, and you need to try to play for as long as possible!

(Optional) Please credit all assets you've used
Art, music, code, & concept by me (jamss_fr)!
SFX from Pixabay
Fonts (Bowlby One, DM Sans, Micro 5) from Google Fonts

(Optional) What would you like to be called if GMTK features your game?
jamss_fr (pronounced jams-for-real)

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Submitted

Very cute and fun little game! Feels and looks super polished! :)

Submitted

been in this exact situation a bunch of times haha

Very cute. Love the difference in art style between the game and mom. When I'd level up in the game I'd often accidentally pick one of the options before being able to read what they were since I was trying to shoot enemies.

I love how the game device shakes when you shoot, so that interaction is juicy, but other interactions could have a bit more feedback. I also would like if the fan had a sound effect when you use it to cool down mom. Would also like a sound effect for when she starts to get really angry, or when you are hurt in the game (particularly useful while looking at mom). Maybe a sound effect for when the player is low on health as well, or a visual change on the game screen to help add intensity (like a vignette and heart beat or alarm sound or something like that). 

Moving around inside the game also doesn't feel very useful since enemies spawn at the edge (so being close to the edge makes you more vulnerable while fanning mom) and you kill each enemy so quickly anyways, so it seems easier to stay still and just shoot enemies as you see them. Movement not being useful also makes a lot of the power ups useless. Moving would be more useful if you could fan mom at the same time, so you can actively dodge enemies while fanning mom, but that would require having both mom and the screen visible at the same time.

Submitted

Mom Really need to get those AC or Fan man keep disturbing my gaming time. FUN GAME AND TAKE I LOVE IT!!

Submitted

very creative, cool art and well polished, great work! :)

Submitted

Amazing story line, a tale as old as time (kinda). The art style is really nice and I love the little sound effects in the game. Juggling between appeasing mom and the game is a very clever idea. I was wondering if it might be good to have another indicator for the player to know mom is about to kill them like an audio cue or slight visual change. But I think as is its pretty well balanced and I'm just not giving mom enough attention lmao.

Submitted

Why won't mom just let me play? :D I can see the Asian influence. 

Submitted

It’s really fun! Enjoyed it a lot, but for some reason, on web, when you fullscreen, there’s a huge black bar on the top of the screen obscuring everything? It worked when not in full screen so idk. I love the art though!

Submitted

Cool idea! reminds me of that one wario ware microgame

Submitted

She's staying there all the time...

Game is cool, ahah

Submitted

lol relatable.

I like how intense it can get between constantly checking on mom and surviving in game.

Submitted

Hilarious. Taps into a feeling we all know too well as gamers. I didn't exactly understand what the timer was doing though? The core loop was pretty fun and I loled every time I looked up and saw mom freaking out.

Would have been nice to have a little more visual feedback on how the fan worked. I didn't realize it was doing anything at first and had to scroll down to check the instructions to be sure. When I whipped my mouse around fast enough, I saw that she changed into a calmer state, but maybe a basic particle effect and a sound when you mouse down would give the player a bit more of a hint that what they're doing actually has an in-game effect before we actually see mom start to calm down.

Submitted

The game is well polished good job!

I noticed you can fan her while she's mad XD, also I couldn't been able to make the sound settings work.. they where fine at first but once I started the level they reset to full volume.

Submitted

Stressful (obviously), but also very polished and well made!

Submitted

Awesome game!! She killed me when she wasn't mad once but I really enjoyed playing!

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