Ghosts have invaded this boy's dreams! Help him evade & spook them away using light in this on-rails action game!


Gameplay:

You move automatically on a looping track ladled with ghosts all around. You can halt your movements using the interact button.
For each loop you finish, you get a candle that allows you to spook a ghost away with a well-timed halt.
Spook away all the ghosts to clear the level, but the longer you take, the faster things can get...


Controls:

The game only takes one button to play, which can be:

LMB - (Mouse)
Z - (Keyboard)
Spacebar - (Keyboard)
Xbox A - (Controller)
Shoulder Buttons - (Controller)

Note: Mouse still required to navigate menus.



Credits:

A game by CosmicStrobe
for the GMTK Game Jam 2025

Font "Poco" by Font End Dev: https://fontenddev.com/fonts/poco/

Background shader from: https://godotshaders.com/shader/earthbound-color-swap-double-elice/

Made with Godot Engine: https://godotengine.org/

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This was my first game jam, and the first game I've actually finished and publicly released in a while. Unfortunately I lacked a lot of time to put this together due to life, but it was fun and something I always wanted to do!! Feedback is greatly appreciated - be it positive, or critical.

Download

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TopsyTerrorsWin.zip 36 MB
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TopsyTerrorsLinux.zip 29 MB

Comments

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hi, can you explain the issue further? was the game stuck on the godot loading screen? were you just given a black screen? were you playing on windows, linux, or web?

There's an entire legal document in the credits lol.