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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Narrative | #372 | 3.894 | 3.894 |
| Creativity | #1197 | 3.979 | 3.979 |
| Artwork | #1596 | 3.830 | 3.830 |
| Enjoyment | #2498 | 3.383 | 3.383 |
| Audio | #2602 | 3.170 | 3.170 |
Ranked from 47 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?
Threefold: Main character is called Count Down, thematically, his nearing death feels like a countdown and the game literally counts your down inputs
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Clever puzzles and a clever narrative. Well done!
Very fun game to figure out, took me a sec to realize that going down was what was causing me to age, and that I couldn't go under 0 years left, though that makes perfect sense. Really enjoyed the puzzle design and pushing stuff around with my limited amount of inputs, though.
man Count Down is so greedy
Nice game! I was able to complete all of the puzzles. I would say the puzzles do involve a good bit of thinking and planning. However, the puzzles did require some trial and error. I don’t really think that was a big deal though because I enjoyed every puzzle. I had a lot of “aha!” moments throughout.
I like the art style, it reminded me of those games they’d have installed on our elementary school computers (educational games) and also Pizza Tower.
I would find a way to make the mechanic more obvious in the first level, but I was able to figure it out after a bit of experimenting.
Good work!
Nicely done! I really like the artwork—the way that every single year lost makes you visibly older is really well done. It makes a big difference—the whole thing is much more visceral when you see yourself hunching toward death and then suddenly spring back with all the color back in your beard again. The puzzles are fun (though I skipped the two where you have to push your way through solid walls of boxes, I just didn’t wanna math it out), and I like the “victory lap” level at the end and the final cutscene. Really great work.
I had to skip some parts, but it's a solid puzzle game with a good narrative.
Clever name, clever(and very enjoyable) puzzles, clever story, clever interpretation of the theme. This is probably the most clever game on the Jam lol. My life needs more of these puzzles. The sounds effects need a bit of work tho. But, the screams are perfect.