NOTE: Some audio may not play properly in the WebGL version of the game. For the best experience, please download the standalone version if you are on Windows

Welcome To The T-Minus Game Page

About T-Minus

In T-Minus, your job is to launch rockets. The only issue is that a malware named the T-Virus is infecting our launch codes!

The T-Virus adds extra Ts to launch codes.

Letters in the launch code are represented in the console by two buttons that containing the half-bytes that make them up.

Turning these buttons off can remove the letter in the code.

Turning off one of a letter's half-byte buttons will cause the remaining one to pair up with another available button and form a new/letter character.

Submit launch codes by removing extra Ts, or form new non-space words to increase your score multiplier.

Letters are worth 10 points each, attain 3000 points or more to successfully launch the rocket and explore the cosmos!

The above table provides a reference for the ASCII Binary codes that represent letters.

NOTE: You DO NOT need to know ASCII Binary to beat the game, but it does help in getting a really high score :)

See how far you can launch into space and collect all the achievements in the game!

GMTK Game Jam 2026 Submission

This game was originally submitted for the 2026 GMTK Game Jam.

Adherence To The Theme

T-Minus addresses the theme of the 2026 GMTK Game Jam, 'Count Down', by featuring themes/concepts often associated with a countdown. Rocket launches often have countdowns, with the terminology of 'T-Minus' being often used to express the countdown.

This ties into the design of the game, where not only does T-Minus refer to the literal launch countdown present in the game, but also the core gameplay mechanic of removing Ts from erroneous launch codes to correct them.

Changelog

v1.0.1

- Fixed a bug where binary codes for letters being provided were for the lower case versions of the letters instead of the upper case.

v1.0.0

- Release & GMTK Game Jam 2026 Submission