Manage a hero work agency as your city counts down to the calamitous eruption of the Eternity Volcano. Solving the city's problems is one things, but can you teach your heroes the right skills to face the true crisis in ten days?

Gameplay

Main Loop

Countdown to Hero has a straight-forward loop:

  1. Look at the job board to figure out what skills are needed.
  2. Drag a hero's business card onto a job to assign them.
  3. Wait for the job to complete... or fail. If your hero is particularly suited to the job (or lucky), they may finish early!
  4. If a hero succeeds, they will gain badges on their card indicating the skills they've learned.
Tips
  • There are seven skills: strength, medicine, charisma, speed, study, fire, and water.
  • It's up to you to determine which hero is the best for each job. Read each posting and hero business card carefully.
  • The countdown does not start until your first hero is assigned, so relax, take your time, and study the job board.

Credits

  • Art: Kaya Loe, Mermeid Designs
  • Music, SFX: TheLuzical
  • Programming: Jordan Deagan, Hunt Sparra
  • Fire Guy, Valkyrie, and 2 Fst voiced by: Ronan
  • Musclehead, Worm, and Looker voiced by: TheLuzical

Created for the "Countdown" GMTK Game Jam (2026)

More information
Published 6 days ago
StatusReleased
PlatformsHTML5
AuthorsH_Labs, JordanD
TagsGame Maker's Toolkit Jam
ContentNo generative AI was used