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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Creativity | #54 | 4.444 | 4.444 |
| Overall | #256 | 4.037 | 4.037 |
| Enjoyment | #558 | 3.750 | 3.750 |
| Style | #910 | 3.917 | 3.917 |
Ranked from 72 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?
To play, you walk around on a built-to-scale model of your actual keyboard. The player character is your actual hand!
Development Time
48 hours
(Optional) Please credit all assets you've used
Assets from Kenney. See description for full credits!
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Interesting game, well programmed, congrats!
I really loved the concept of this game — it's clever, reactive, and satisfying, even if a bit simple. The polish for two days is exceptional, particularly for a solo dev'ed game. Thanks for sharing it with us!!
I think I'm gonna need a bigger a keyboard.
Super fun game! I really liked pretending my hand was a little man strolling around on my keyboard!
Funny game - I got to 42 points. It’s simple, yet enjoyable. A larger dictionary would go a long way. I think the best strategy I found was sadly not walking but sliding across the keyboard. Still, great entry, and impressive for 2 days!
This is such a clever idea! I like how it's almost second nature after you get the hang of it. Great job keeping the player hooked :)
Such a fun game!! Love the idea and interpretation of the theme. Amazing job!
Amazing, what a great idea! And well executed too!
Awesome, this game has made me spend quite a lot of time trying to conquer it
Very hard to play on a french (AZERTY) keyboard unfortunately, even when switching the layout in windows.
I wouldn't say if fits the theme super well, but it's incredibly fun to experience a videogame in such a different and "tactile" way!
It's a unique and very joy-inspiring game you made here, congratulations :)
You should be able to play the game on AZERTY, as the game is only looking for the physical position of the keys (Q would be A, Z would be W...) but that definitely would add an extra layer of difficulty. I wanted to add better support for different kinds of keyboards but you know how it goes with jam games :p
Thanks for playing! I'm glad you enjoyed it :)
Yeah, it works enough for me to see how great the game is, but not enough for me to be good at it ^^'
I know it's hard to make a game like this one compatible with all our weird ISO layouts, especially in such a short timeline :)
Great looking game, everything looks very smooth and put-together, a 5-star unique concept. I played it on hard mode with my Microsoft Sculpt keyboard, tough to get my fingers to walk across that gap. 🖖
52 points! You may have to nerf dragging your finger across the keyboard :)
This is an insanely well-polished game (the juice is amazing) with a clever mechanic I haven't seen before in any game. The only bug I experienced was that whenever you died in browser mode, the game would freeze. But other than that, this game is perfect!
Amazing!
Oh wow! I did encounter a bug if I ever accidentally took my fingers off the keyboard (It wouldn't end the game and I'd be stuck), but this is really good! I wish I wasn't so bad at it haha
Mmm, there's a little grace period where you can take your finger off the keyboard without dying but I didn't see anyone else get stuck! Did you play the web version?
Yeah I did. It might have something to do with using incorrect keys? I was able to recreate it by spamming the general area around where I was and that was something I did. I can send you a video if you would like to see what it looks like.
If that's not a problem for you I'd appreciate it! I'd like to work on fixing bugs like that after the rating period ends :)
Here you go!
Just to clarify, the long periods where I'm not moving is me not holding down any keys on my keyboard.Thanks! I had seen this while playtesting but was struggling to reproduce it reliably. This video really helps!! I'll investigate it later
Could see myself playing again and again at some point. Really creative and fun!
The main movement mechanic has potential to come up with unique strats in moving around
Genius
Very cool and polished game! I really love the art and how smooth the animation is. The game was very enjoyable as well. Nice Work! 🙌
This was a playful concept! I had a fun time playing around with adjacent keys to walk and dodge. It would be nice if there was a slightly longer window between key inputs, but I thoroughly enjoyed it :)
unique and really fun! I don't know if you made the hand animations or if that from Kenney, but they are really smooth and good looking.
Thank you! The hand is made from a single image from Kenney's cursor pack while the fingers are made by procedurally animating two lines. The effect is simple but I think it turned out really convincing :)
Super creative! I'd love to try this on a keyboard with smaller key travel.
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2229739863