Really polished and easy to get into. The visuals are clean, the sound work ties everything together, and the controls feel smooth.
Simple idea with a nice style that makes the whole experience stand out. :) ⭐
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The Viral Countdown's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Audio | #503 | 3.774 | 3.774 |
| Enjoyment | #1440 | 3.645 | 3.645 |
| Artwork | #2296 | 3.613 | 3.613 |
| Creativity | #3631 | 3.452 | 3.452 |
| Narrative | #3866 | 2.581 | 2.581 |
Ranked from 31 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?
You must stop a virus containment breach. But the virus will spread after the Count down reaches 0, making it harder and harder to do so.
(Optional) Please credit all assets you've used
Most of the tile set comes from Kenney: https://www.kenney.nl/assets/pico-8-platformer
Also, most of the music and SFx comes from the OpenGameArt.org.
The rest I did myself
Comments
Really engaging game! Too bad I suck it it :P Loved the art and sounds a lot!
Only complaint is that, after pressing the down arrow to manually move, it doesn’t reset the timer for automatically dropping, so sometimes I’d press to move down and then it would move down again immediately.
But asides from that, this was excellent. Well done!
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44 Seconds Till DeathInteresting take on the theme i liked the old arcade game vibes this game brings i loved the design of the menu and the main room itself well done!
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TICK-TACK - platformerI really liked the idea of the game, and the game play is simple but also rlly enjoyable, the SFXs and the music are great, the controls are also really smooth.
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Help Us, RC Car!?Great game, the visuals look good and the sfx really bring it together. I have no clue how to play well but I see the vision. Good job!
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Escape Clandestite's MonsterCool concept, I can see myself playing again and again, and definitely its not as easy as it looks lol. I thought that when timer reaches 0, virus will spread and game will over, but its nice that we get few more chance to clear the board and great thing about this mechanic is, that since it spreads with same color, it becomes more easier to remove, but there are more of them to remove, so it doesn't get too difficult but strikes perfect balance!!
Good game and great work
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TimedThis is easily the best game I have played in the jam till now! The concept is so cool, and the execution is brilliant! And I see so much scope here, I am telling you, you should expand this game post the jam, add fun mechanics, twists and variants. Reminded me of Pandemic! (It can even have a fun 2 player coop mode with multiple pills)
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Exploding TurretsThe music fits, the sound effects are very well picked and the art fits the game really well! The theme of the jam is a bit loose, maybe the bugs themselves could spread to adjacent cells after an independent countdown rather than them appearing all over the place after a single one? Or maybe the tank could mutate after a few pills, shuffling some rules around? For what it's worth it was enjoyable though, a jam game having achievements too is really cool to me
I am pretty bad at it though, half the time I was fighting my own placed pills rather than the bugs. I guess that means I shouldn't be hired at a medical institution
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WundonThis was great! A really thought out tetris like with a great twist.And the music getting faster as the virus countdown was nearly over is fantastic.
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Every Bullet CountsCaptured that Dr. Mario feel really well, love the graphics and the countdown spreading the virus feels both punishing but fair, really nice interpretation of the theme and a fun game :>
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TransylmaniaNice Dr.Mario game. But there's a twist after count down.
It was fun game nonetheless.
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Grount CountFun game! It was a little tough when you accidentally trap a virus, but I managed to win in the end. Well done! :)
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Number DashThat was tough! Once a virus got stuck it was a pain to get it. It was satisfying to win though!
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Ticky Tiles
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