I’m currently making another platformer for the GMTK Game Jam 2026, with the theme of Countdown.

What I’ve done so far:

Basic movement and jumps for platformer
- Includes coyote time and double jumps
Set up the main mechanic of time always counting down
Made the HUD (shown below)
Got some basic sprites (reused for now as placeholders)

Some notes on what I’ve completed down below.

The main mechanic and idea of the game is that you have to save 4 different cities, and time will always be counting down. You have to save every city before the clock reaches 0, or you will lose. I’m making it so every city has different platforming that you have to complete, since I’m better at making platformers compared to other games.

For the basic movement, there were always problems with coyote time and double jumps, especially in my last project. Since I know more about the code, it didn’t take too long to implement them both without bugs. Or with bugs, but no major ones so it’s fine.

My goals for the future:

Make the movement better and more controlled
Add a shop with different upgrades
Add a starting cutscene
- Hopefully I can add some details and not just make you start from the main menu
Get a background
Add a main menu
Finish creating all the levels

I’ve written these all down for future reference, and I hope that I’ll be able to finish these goals before the deadline (which is by Sunday afternoon). Currently, even though it looks like there are many tasks, I think it’s possible since they are easier, less code heavy tasks. Thanks for reading.