Excuse The Mess was made in 4 days for the GMTK Game Jam 2026.

How to Play:

Tidy your house before your family get's back from the airport. pick up clothes, garbage, dishes, and use various tools to help you get the house cleaned in time.

Dishes must go in the dishwasher, clothes in the washing machine, and garbage in the trash. Remember to keep an eye on your inventory space as you can't pick stuff up when it's full.

Use the vacuum to clean the floor and the window cleaner to clean windows. You can only hold either the vacuum or window cleaner at any one time and neither take up inventory space.

Controls:

Main menu can only be navigated with mouse, the rest of the game can be played with either a keyboard or controller.

Actions	Keyboard	Controller
Move	Arrow Keys or WASD	Left Controller Joystick
Pick stuff up/select	Space Bar	South Gamepad Button
Pause	P Key	Start Button

Credits:

Sole Developer: Doodle Duck (Joshua St John)

Art Reference: Raou (https://raou.itch.io/)

Music/SFX: All CC0 from Freesound (https://freesound.org/)