Your ducklings are missing!

Fly to find them, but remember: you lose down with each flap. 

Overview:

• Find your missing ducklings scattered around each level and return to your nest. 

• "Double jump" to reach higher platforms. This will use up down. 

• When the down count hits zero, you will no longer be able to flap!

• Collect more down to double jump again. 

Controls: 

• WASD or Arrow keys
• Spacebar also jumps
• 'R' to reset the level 

Inspiration: 

• My kid wanted to enter the 2026 GMTK. Last year we created our first game together and we had a lot of fun. Once again,  I offered to do the programming if they came up with the idea and created the graphics. 

• The year's theme "COUNT DOWN" had us thinking about alternative meanings of the words. We have pet ducks and wondered if it was even possible to make an interesting game about literally counting (duck) down?

• Sticking with the old-school aesthetic,  we decided to build a puzzle platformer with a unique double-jump flap mechanic. 

• Initially called "you get down off a duck", we talked about many different names.

Credits:

• Art and design: Ronin Nagmay
• Programming: Gabriel Nagmay
• Additional resources:
  • Graphics
    • Simple Tileset (BeyonderBoy)
    • Free Sky Backgrounds (Craftpix.net)
  • Audio
    • Retro music (Fictium Sound Design)
    • Sound effects (Brackey)
    • Sound effects (DASK)
    • Sound effects (LazyChillZone)
    • Sound effects (JDWasabi)

And a big thanks to our ducks for the inspiration: