Last Words

It's All Gallows' Eve, and the skeletons have come out to play their favourite game! Save them from the noose by solving their word puzzles,  racking up a huge score multiplier and using wild perks in this puzzle roguelike.

About the Game

Last Words is a roguelike word game based on the classic paper-and-pencil game of Hangman, but this time, you have to solve multiple puzzles at once. The more puzzles you can solve together, the higher your score multiplier. 

To get the most points, you'll have to take a gamble on guessing difficult words, and hold on to easy words till it's the best time to finish them. If you can get enough points, then you'll advance to the next round and get a perk which can completely change how you play. How many rounds can you get through?

This game was created for the GMTK Game Jam 2025.

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How to play

You can see a full overview of how to play with screenshots here.

Click on a letter on the keyboard to reveal all appearances of the letter. You can also click on the area above a word to try and guess the word by typing.

If you guess a word correctly or reveal all the letters in it, you get points. Every word you score increases your score multiplier by 1, but making an incorrect guess or clicking a letter that doesn’t complete a word resets the multiplier to x1.

Your points must equal the Score to Beat to win the round. 

Skeletons lose lives if they don’t have the letter you clicked or you guessed incorrectly. If a skeleton loses all 11 lives, then you can’t score the word any more.

Controls

Use the mouse to click buttons in-game and your keyboard to type an answer when guessing a word.

We have tested the game on mobile and found it works with Firefox, but the mobile keyboard may not work on other browsers.

Credits

Code by Eddie Dearden

Art and UI by Argo Ashton and Melissa Wilkinson

Game design and balancing by Jim Huxter

Main sound track by Sam Possible

Pixel Font by Glyphobet Font Foundry

Made with Godot Engine (godotengine.org/license)

Copyright © 2025 Alackaday Productions

Sound Effects

• ClipLoad1.wav by BMacZero -- https://freesound.org/s/94118/ -- License: Creative Commons 0
• Wood sticks 1 by SuperSoundEater -- https://freesound.org/s/761875/ -- License: Creative Commons 0
• Typewriter - single key - type 2.wav by yottasounds -- https://freesound.org/s/380137/ -- License: Creative Commons 0
• Bell 010.wav by Kyster -- https://freesound.org/s/79431/ -- License: Attribution 4.0
• Party Pack, Horn Coil 01, Long, 01.wav by InspectorJ -- https://freesound.org/s/484267/ -- License: Attribution 4.0
• Tada Fanfare G by plasterbrain -- https://freesound.org/s/397353/ -- License: Creative Commons 0
• remix of Benboncan__Sad_Trombone_more_wah_bright&de-clicked.wav by Timbre -- https://freesound.org/s/73750/ -- License: Attribution NonCommercial 4.0