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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Originality | #5 | 4.158 | 4.158 |
| Fun | #6 | 3.789 | 3.789 |
| Design | #12 | 3.316 | 3.316 |
| Overall | #14 | 3.474 | 3.474 |
| Art | #22 | 3.053 | 3.053 |
| Sound | #22 | 2.842 | 2.842 |
Ranked from 19 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does your game incorporate the theme A Helping Hand?
You use a astral hand to interact in the world and boost the player upwards
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Interesting idea, I thought I was playing it wrong as it was really difficult but after looking at the controls I realised I could move the player and not have to only rely on the hand slapping haha. I wonder if the game would have been better off if you removed the player controls completely and made the hand-slapping the central movement mechanic. I liked how slapping would decrease your health, it made things interesting when I was only slapping to get around. Can imagine this being really fun if you lean more towards a comedic feel, but overall it was quite fun to play, good job!
the jumping and hand slapping is very satisfying!! bit frustrating having to jump offscreen and have no clue if i'll make the broomstick jump, but the idea was fun and the mechanic of slappin ur wizard around is a unique twist!!
The physics are funny, but it’s definitely a good game and interesting take on the theme! I loved having different mechanics.
Fun little game!
I wish there was a reset button at the end of the credits to speedrun the game haha. (In general, a button that resets the game, so I don’t have to refresh the page to get a better time)
The gameplay feels good or the speed and jumping feels smooth, the enemies are fun and I liked the little monster/machine with the button at top haha. Also I don’t know if it’s intentional but you can bounce off the slime if you touch it from below.
I really liked the physics of the hand hitting the player to jump again, sometimes it go faster or slower depending how you hit the player and it’s a creative way to give double jump to the player, if you want to cheese the level, sometimes you can’t because you ran out of life and that’s good.
(But if you wait, the life regenerates and can skip the levels going above the walls haha, I skipped the last part of the 3rd level like this, going offscreen and to get a fast time later on.)
I can’t replicate an error right now but in the second level I could go through the last lever block with the hand and jump, like I hit myself so hard that I went through the obstacle lol.
My 1st time was 4:30 and lowered to 0:54 and I want to go lower. I had fun :D
Also, I liked the mood of the game, the visual and song go well together.
wow what a extensive review, thank you so much
I'm glad you found a lot of fun in my game! I honestly forgot you could just go over lmao, should have thought of that
I think I know what error your talking about, I came across it once but couldn't replicate it
thank you so so so much for playing my game, means the world. its really cool to hear someone not only play it once, but play it so much they wanna reset button, such an amazing feeling! if i make a post jam version ill be sure to include it!
Keep being an absolutely fantastic!
fun game, it is a little difficult to see the levers with the background and took me a bit to understand the hand bounce mechanics, some contrast and effects to make it pop, otherwise pretty nice game
Thanks for playing my game
That is some good advice, i agree with you and can see your point
Hope you enjoyed it
Keep being a boss!
Awesome job! Concept was great and ultimately good art too. The only thing is maybe some indication for when you lose health. At first I didn't know why i was dying. Otherwise amazing!
Thanks for the feedback, ill keep that in mind for future games
Keep being brilliant!
Great game, love the concept!
Thanks for the support, glad you enjoyed it
Keep being amazing!
This was my favorite game from the jam! The idea of you being able to throw yourself upwards with the mouse is really fun, level 2 was a bit hard due to the platformer controls being a bit difficult at first but I really liked the game, the idea of some enemies only being defeated by your hand while other only by your own character is really interisting! The speedrunning aspect of this game is also really fun as I replayed the levels it was fun to try to optimize the routes! Overall fantastic game, the only negative I can think of are the platformer controls which are a bit difficult at first
OMG THANKS FOR THE KIND WORDS <3
Glad you liked my games, a lot of people struggled with level 2 so I think if I do end up taking this somewhere (don't think I will but hey) ill change it up
The platforming controls definitely needed more time in the oven I will agree
Thanks for the support
Keep being a legend
Yo this game is a cool simple game :D da wizard is so cute man
Thanks for the comment Angelo, glad you liked the wizard, trying to get better at art!
Keep being awesome