GMTK Gamejam 2026 submission for the theme "Countdown"

Short, almost kinetic Visual Novel about a teacher going to space

Credits:

Code, design + most assets by me

Some UI still uses the default assets from Ren'py

Cat purring sound effect by freesound_community from Pixabay

Background Music - "Reverie" by Scott Buckley

Music at the End - "The Waiting" by Guillermo Guareschi

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Thanks to my sister and my fiancé for playtesting and helping to find suitable music and sounds, even if last-minute <3 

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Found some typos, the weekdays not always working how they should, as well as some slightly mis-moved frames, but it overall runs fine.

If you find any typos and/or things that seem to not match up: let me know, so I can fix them after the Gamejam :)

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When downloading and unzipping the file, make sure to not take the executable out of the folder structure. 

You can open it in there; it's named "countdown" and has the Ren'py logo (see below) as icon.

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Trigger Warning List (Beware Spoilers!):

- a tragic event resulting in character death, brief portrait grief, very abrupt, not happy ending