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This is my absolute favorite game of the jam. Really great idea for a game. Reminds me of "Just One" which we play all the time when Corona allows us to meet our friends and family.

Out of curiousity, does there exist a similar game like this on mobile devices because that might be a great idea that could go viral? I'm thinking about a similar system like Quiz Duel which was a ton of fun playing with all my friends or random people. Was playing it for hours on end 😅

Right now there is only one minor issue with your game. Some of the symbols are not displayed correctly and are either just consisting of very thin outlines with transparent fill or if that symbol can't be loaded a simple rectangle. Also some of the (I guess) job symbols are just displayed as male head with an additional job related object next too it like so 👨🎨

And you can drag multiple icons into the same field if you are fast enough, but only the last one counts 😅

Thanks for your feedback!

We initially planned to design a game that you can play together with your friends and not alone.  As you said, especially in times like this, where you cannot meet IRL.

I can only recall that there are book/tv-show guessing games using emojis. I actually haven't searched for similar games to ours. Anyway, "What's in the box" got heavily inspired by the Jackbox Party games - that is creating and joining rooms, round-based gameplay where all players can do something.

Yes the bugs... You probably know it best at first hand, lack of human resources, limited time and little play-testing 😅. The thing with the emojis is, that it's up to the browser how to display them. Some do it correctly whilst other display them as separate symbols or not at all. Not to mention that emojis are displayed differently depending on the font, browser, OS.... That adds another layer of flakiness on top 😄.

Finally, the dragging. I guess you should not depend on 3rd party components - lessons learned. Also, dragging does not work on mobile which is rather sad. Unfortunately there was not enough time to fix all the issues...