Hickory
This game was made in its entirety in 96 hours for the GMTK 2026 Game Jam to the theme "Count Down". All art, music, voice lines, and code were made during the jam and are entirely original.
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- 3 stages and 1 boss fight
- Hand drawn storybook style graphics (100+ illustrated assets)
- 4 minigames to master
- Over 20 minutes of original music
Check out the album HERE
Hickory, dickory, dock,
The mouse ran up the clock.
The clock struck one,
the mouse ran down,
Hickory, dickory, dock.
The Clocktower, maintained by the clockwork dolls, has become infested with rats! Your fellow dolls are down for the count and it's up to you, Hickory, to repair the broken machinery, fend off the pests, and settle this once and for all. Be careful! The clock is what keeps you wound up and ticking. Time slows down for you as the clock counts down so don't let it fall into disrepair!
Daniel Graves - Lead Programmer and Developer
Jonathan Xu - Programmer and Designer
Emiliano A. - Art Director
Coco Wang - Artist and Illustrator
Yishan Liu - Artist and Illustrator
Wirovin - Environment Artist
Benjamin Wang - Composer and SFX
Desolo Zantas - Composer and SFX
47A - Vocal Talent
Jason Li - Producer
Additional Credits
Special thanks to the folks that helped playtest and provided advice, support, and feedback over the course of the Jam:
- Members of the University of Waterloo Game Development Club
- Audrey, Yulian, and Michael
- Jasmine and Matthew
- Josh
Known Bugs, Errors, and Missing Features
- [WebGL/Web Browser]: Game will only work on Chrome/Chromium-based browsers and Firefox.
- [Windows]: Quit button does not work. Alt + F4 or Task Manager must be used to close the game.
- [Windows]: Some displays that are more narrow than a 16:9 aspect ratio (i.e. 4:3) may not have content scaled appropriately.
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Game so good, I doodled fanart :3
This is a beautiful game, and each of the minigames you run between are really fun. I love Hickory's design and the music. The effects of everything slowing down as time lowers are incredible.
Gorgeous art, this looks really good.
I also liked the voice acting and SFX, pretty cute.
Such a beautiful unique art! The game looks, sounds and feels amazing! Big Bravo to the team!
Great Stuff!
this is amazing! very fun game!!
this is beautiful well done
Nice :3
Some jam games are silly.
Some jam games are masterpieces you wouldn't believe have been made in 4 days. great job you guys!
Absolute cinema!
What a great game, music is so well done, i tried to do a similar clock themed instrumentation but yours came out so nice! Very inspiring!
Crazy art <3
Just wow
Just wow!
The art is so cute, the soundtrack is truly stunning and i really like the concept and theme.
My favourite of the jam so far!
Super fun I was unable to beat it but overall excellent puzzles.
Loved the extras page with the behind the scenes! That is such an amazing idea. Loved the game and the story. Great work everyone!
Incredible effort and artistic choices - and it fits the GMTK theme so well - great job!
I have never wanted a game project to go viral more. This is beautiful.
super fun game, very impressive work! blown away by the art and gameplay!
WOAH THIS IS SO COOL
Thank you thank you! Really appreciate you checking it out!
Split Second was a lot of fun too! Took some time to get used to the controls but after that it was a lovely (yet very slippery) precision platformer
Outstanding work, I'm really floored! The art style is so good, the sound design is so crisp!! And the way you interpreted the countdown idea is truly inspirational!
Good job!
I could say the same for y'all with Count Downcula! Your game speaks for itself as well! I love myself a good precision platforming challenge and it was really fun giving your work a try!
Thanks so much for checking us out!
WHAAAT THIS WAS MADE IN THREE DAYS??? Great job to all of you! You guys should be really proud this looks, sounds, and plays so well! Good luck!!!
Thank you thank you! One Last Jump was really clever as well and I had a blast getting called out for missing my jump and thinking myself smart! Fantastic attention to detail there!