Really nice puzzle game. At first I was wondering how you were going to increase the difficulty and quickly found out. However, it's very well balance and I don't have any real criticisms regarding the presentation. Congrats on creating this in such short time 👍
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I Want to Hold Hands's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Enjoyment | #80 | 4.324 | 4.324 |
| Creativity | #296 | 4.296 | 4.296 |
| Audio | #436 | 3.803 | 3.803 |
| Artwork | #616 | 4.155 | 4.155 |
| Narrative | #827 | 3.394 | 3.394 |
Ranked from 71 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does your game fit the theme?
Every hand must be held, creating closed loops of people holding hands, loops of friendship.
(Optional) Please credit all assets you've used
Font - Cute Dino by Khurasan
Music - Mellow Puzzler by Eric Matyas (www.soundimage.org)
Comments
Lovely puzzles! It's simple, effective, and gradually gets more challenging, while keeping simple rules, very efficient for a game jam! :D
I don't know if it was deliberate, but I felt like the webs of friendships evolved, and there was a story behind all those little handshakes, I found that very cute :')
Also, ALL HAIL JASON, until I realized he was a pain in the a**... Why does everyone love Jason, and not Bob :((((
Good job! Thank you for making the game :D
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In the LoopEasy to pick up and very fun! The subtle cue of them dancing, made it so much easier. However once it game to the overlaps, it got a lot more challenging (in a good way). Keep up the good work!
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Die to Level upAbsolutely loved it. That head bob animation after holding hand was really cute. Also really loved the overall art style of the game. Had so much fun playing it. Great work!!!
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Whispers Left BehindA very cute puzzle! This was cleverly made. Puzzle were challenging enough for me to sit and think about it carefully! Also, everyone wants to hold hands with Jason. I WANT TO HOLD HANDS WITH JASON TOO
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Flock 'n' LoadVery creative interpretation of the theme! The puzzle and level design is also great where additional elements are introduced gradually after each level. The art style and audio design complements each other well with a more comedic tone. Great job!
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Mission ImpawssibleGreat game and idea! I don't know if you thought about this explicitly during when designing the game, but if you enforce that every character has only two hands, then the resulting graph from connections must always form a loop (as it would be a 2-regular graph). This is a very clever mathematical application of the theme. Unfortunately, this is not true if people can have >2 hands (which your game allows).
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Mini MerchantsVery cool from all sides!
Additional thanks is for pleasant animations in all elements)
I will be very glad if you play our game too :)
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Swing to the MOONSuper cute and polished game! It got surprisingly difficult for such a simple mechanic but I liked it a lot. And I'm glad that everyone universally loves Jason, as they should.
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Snake Eat SnakeThis game is so cute, challenging and polished, it basically feels finished. I agree with everyone else, I hope your game gets featured!
Thanks so much for making this, I had a lot of fun!
I do want to ask why you didn't make a WebGL/browser build as playing in browser is a big incentive for a lot of people reviewing games?
Thanks a lot for the comment, I'm glad you enjoyed it too!
I also wondered if I should make a browser build, because you're right, people are more inclined to play games with web versions. But I finally decided not to since the web version often have (very minor but existing) issues compared to a desktop build, so to ensure the experience matched the quality I tested over and over in a dekstop build I decided not to make a web version. (and since it's a jam I didn't have/take the time to work around the web issues to provide a good experience).
Despite that, thanks for still playing the game!
This deserves to be featured! I love it! Super polished, great art and theme, Jason, challenging level design, and a great take on the theme! I could play this forever.
btw, how did you do that scene transition animation?
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Looping For LoveSo cute. Really loved the game, the puzzle were just hard enough for me to pass them easily but having to think a bit prior. Really nice and cozy experience overall.
Everything is so well done, it's very unique and yet, so easy to pick up, all the mechanics are very well implemented. Awesome job !
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Enlighten meGreat job! The game is super well rounded in all the categories. I also haven't seen a game like this in the jam yet, (and I've played a lot) 😂
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Sushi Loop
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