"Dear New Employee...

Welcome to your new job at THE POWER PLANT!

The job is simple. Stop the highly unstable core that powers the entire planet from exploding. Keep the core temperature at healthy levels, stabilise the core every now and then, keep the rats at bay using a button that produces an ultrasonic noise that deters rats, it's all very simple. My bud Kevin could do it in his sleep.

Oh, and you better meet the energy quotas. If you miss even two, you're fired, and that's that. We have an energy crisis right now.

Respectfully,

John Boss, Vice President of Power Co."

A game made for the 2026 GMTK Game Jam under the theme "Countdown". In this game, you must prevent an unstable core from exploding for as long as possible as more mechanics that make the job harder gets piled onto you. Made in 4 days. Had great fun whilst making this, so there's a big chance I might remake this game.

CREDITS

SFXR - Most sound effects

Other sounds pulled from freesound.org

NORMAL CONDITION MUSIC

https://opengameart.org/content/background-space-track

Yd - Background space track

UNDER 500 CORE CONDITION

https://opengameart.org/content/space-boss-battle-theme

Matthew Pablo - Space Boss Battle Theme