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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Overall rating | #29 | 3.515 | 3.515 |
Ranked from 33 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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Unique concept and inventive take on the shadow theme. While it's currently a simple memory game, adding a second hand to make combined shadows could make for a challenging, speed-based, puzzle game. I really like the intuitive use of each finger being its own input, it'd be cool to see it expanded upon somehow!
Thanks a lot! Your idea about two hands is great and I might start working on that one day.
I pressed D and F for the first level and then pressed enter as you said in cheat but nothing happened! am I wrong?
Oh fock. You're right about that. The first three objects in the cheats are in the wrong order. The order is paper(all fingers), rock(no fingers), scissors(d,f) like in real life when you play rock, paper scissors.
aw! I got the idea just now! pretty cool👌🏼
Simple but fun !
The speed mode is really great to challenge yourself or others ^^.
PS : My best is 65 in speed mode ^^
Thanks and great score
Actually very good, but quite hard, some puzzles were quite hard to understand, so I had to cheat, but except for that, very nice
(Also some music would've been nice)
Agree with everything you said. Thanks for playing.
I really neat+creative idea
The funny method of interacting was actually really good.
The downside was that communicating this to the player was tricky :S This can be an awkward problem with really creative ideas, unfortunately
The main menu wasn't obvious - maybe it should have said "Press ASDF SPACE to move your fingers" on the menu screen so that it also helped teach controls, and had options jiggle when you were pointing at them so there was a hint that that would be the interaction.
Hitting enter when you'd made the shapes wasn't obvious either, as this wasn't really communicated clearly. I'd likely remove this altogether, and just have it proceed when you held the right shape for a few seconds.
The second game mode of time trials was actually a lot more fun imo. This felt like your strongest foot for the game, but unfortunately it was locked behind progression.
Not meaning to be negative though - your game is actually one of the most creative I've seen so far; The graphics and presentation were really nice, and the controls were goofy but entertaining, with fitting sound effects. Creatively it was really neat, game-wise it just needed some streamlining so players weren't so lost.
Hope you continue to make neat creative things!
Thanks a lot for your comment. I know there are many things to improve and make clearer, but I unfortunately ran out of time. If I happen to make an updated version I’ll be sure to add your suggestions.
I really enjoyed playing this and trying to crack the code for each symbol, figuring out 6 on my own made me feel extra smart lol
Thanks for submitting!
Thanks for playing!
Really cute idea! I feel like this could be turned into a family game. Like charades, but with hand shadows. Great job!
Yeah I might expand on it one day. I have many different shadows that I wanted to add but I just didn't have the time.
Nive idea! I just discovered that i don't have coordination xD.
Also, how i pass the 6 D:!?
You can check the cheats if you press esc. Many of the puzzles were quite nonsensical and I realized it only after submitting the game. On the number six you're supposed to form VI by pressing a,s,f which is six in the roman numerals. If I had had more time I would have made the puzzles easier or give some hints or something.
Super cool idea!
I had a little difficulty understanding how to get into the game (pointing the finger at the desired option), but after I got it it was easy. I just needed to test the memory. I missed music.
Congratulations!
Thanks. This was the first game I've made so I kind of forgot that I can't be standing next to the player advising them while they play.
I know music would have been great, but I ran out of time. I also have no clue how to make proper video game music so there's that as well.
The idea is very good, i wanna play more of this.
What was your highscore?
Really love the idea and the controll scheme :)
Was not expecting a game like this. Nice idea. Good use of colours. Hand shadows, interesting. Well done making this for the jam. Nice control mapping also.
nice idea and fun gameplay
This was cool idea! Graphics and gameplay was really enjoyable.
Great response to the jam theme. :3
Nice stuff .. great " Out of the Box" concept. GL
This had my attention. haha
Really original concept with a speed run feature and everything :) Highlight the past where you have to confirm the shape, that wasn't very clear to me when I started, and I can see some folks not knowing what to do.
https://gyazo.com/3f46cb2321c97b0204590dd2a3123763
This looks really original and I have no idea how to play! Somehow pressing keys and clicking the screen made a paper appear... and now i'm stuck. really interesting looking though.
Yeah sorry about not making the controls clear enough. Basically you control your fingers with (a,s,d,f,space) and press enter for selecting. You're supposed to make the gesture that could represent the shadowy object in a way. You can also check the cheats if you get stuck. I hope this helped.