Pyrecipe does show a visual alarm and yes, alarmd is enabled.n

I'm downloading wmctrl now to try with nspeed. I know I've had this game before but I don 't think I had this issue at the time.

Edit - Here's what I get when using wmctrl on Nspeed:

Fatal signal: Segmentation Fault (SDL Parachute Deployed)
X Error of failed request: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter)
Major opcode of failed request: 129 (MIT-SHM) Minor opcode of failed request: 3 (X_ShmPutImage)
Resource id in failed request: 0x1c0000c
Serial number of failed request: 60801
Current serial number in output stream: 60804

It's not too important. It is just a game.