Cactus Countdown

Controls

Mouse position controls horizontal movement. Click to jump.

Count down from 9 by collecting the correct numbers in order.  Avoid the wrong numbers, or you will have to start from the beginning.

Credits

Made in Construct 3 by VeryLukely

Music and SFX from Pixabay

Thumbnail made by Chloris

Made for the GMTK 2026 Game Jam with the theme "Count Down"

Number Gimmicks

I didn't have time to add a title screen which would have contained an in game dex of special number gimmicks, so I'll include them here.

0 - Freezes midway down the screen

1 - Large and slow

2 - Blinks, then splits into two 2's (I apologize for this one it's mean)

3 - Three times as many 3's will spawn, but half size

4 - Fast Fours

5 - Has an orbiting zero shield

6 - Flipped, to appear as a 9 (Line denotes the correct orientation)

7 - Each 7 spawn, spawns seven 7's. Has a short cooldown to avoid you getting absolutely swarmed

8 - Rotated 90 degrees. Expands over time while on screen

9 - Nine 9's, vertically stacked on top of each other