Zero Sum

A game of math-under-pressure. Do you have the brainspeed to go all the way?

Made by @corey_hardt over a few weeks for #ChainLetterJam. Music by Antti Luode.
May 2021

Thanks to Le Slo for nominating me for the jam, in which you make a small game somehow inspired by the game the previous participant made. Here are all the games in this chain:

1. Wordman Saves the Day by miziziziz (the original)
2. Word Bounce by Vimlark
3. Word Bounce 3D by Niborious
4. Arithmetic Bounce by patrickgh3
5. Add to Odd by Le Slo
6. Zero Sum (this game)

More information

Status	Released
Platforms	HTML5
Rating	Rated 3.0 out of 5 stars (2 total ratings)
Author	Corey Hardt
Genre	Action, Shooter
Made with	GameMaker
Tags	2D, GameMaker, Math, Pixel Art, Singleplayer

Comments

sunil.3 years ago(+1)

This is good fun, the idea of staying in the acceptable range is clever - and it gives you a chance to rectify any mistakes you make. I don’t think I have the coordination to use WASD and arrow keys independently, so I didn’t get all that far…but I’m diving in again. Wish me luck : )

Corey Hardt3 years ago

Thanks for checking it out sunil! I definitely knew that the unusual feeling of selecting your number/weapon with WASD while shooting with the arrows would take some getting used to... but during testing I found that eventually I had learned a flow and it felt pretty good, so I decided I was ok with a bit of a learning curve.