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FULL CLASP : Clasp Warfare

By ragtagradical and thos10son

Percentile
CategoryRankScoreCountLD59Ever
Overall1224.002185.592.6
Fun1003.922188.992.5
Innovation154.372198.499.0
Theme4313.742149.468.3
Graphics4273.752250.668.3
Audio1733.872173.887.6
Humor154.472198.199.4
Mood1794.052181.693.1

Comments

tolviere 2026-04-20 02:38 ♥ 2

I don't think they liked my handshake. handshake.png

Got a decent improvement, but I think the world is still getting nuked to smithereens. I absolutely love the idea for this game. I'm pretty terrible at it, and I'm still not totally sure what makes a good or bad handshake, but this has some serious style to it. Great work! improvement.png

yueyao-wang 2026-04-20 02:39 ♥ 1

This idea is incredible! I love it, especially the way to start this game! I tried a couple of times but couldn't figure out how to please them though

ternarycat 2026-04-20 16:56 ♥ 1

It's hard and fun to me, good job 👍

charles-mossius 2026-04-21 08:22 ♥ 1

Despite receiving thermonuclear annihilation 3 separate times, I loved this! The sounds are satisfying and the controls are responsive and snappy. Amazing use of the concept and just a lot of fun. Amazing work.

jnur 2026-04-21 12:27 ♥ 1

Took me five tries to avoid thermonuclear annihilation and achieve tepid peace. I'm not sure if I can ever go back to playing Civ without them adding in this hand shaking mechanic to them. Learning how to shake and read the other guy felt natural, I'm sure I would've achieved peace way sooner if I didn't try to play this with a trackpad and mouse acceleration turned on. The graphics and sounds felt like a perfect fit for the vibe.

nordin 2026-04-21 17:08 ♥ 1

haha great game, took me 2 tries before i got the hang of it :)

schizoid2k 2026-04-21 17:40 ♥ 1

Very unique. My handshaking skills need work I think. Good job!

lizelive 2026-04-21 19:41 ♥ 1

cool concept! is it possible to get positives?

ragtagradical 2026-04-21 19:58 ♥ 0

@lizelive yes! There's just a small trick to it that suddenly makes the game is pretty easy. Listen for the audio cues and shake up/down vigourously. Thanks for playing!

guardaro 2026-04-22 00:06 ♥ 1

I have gotten... a lot of thermonuclear annihilation. Great entry! I love that it's something out of the ordinary but very intuitive. The music is pleasant, the graphics are adequate (and funny), and overall it's good times.

geeni 2026-04-24 09:22 ♥ 1

What a fantastic weird game that i have no idea how to play. But besides that i actually really enjoyed the "learning" process (which was futile in the end, cant avoid thermonuclear annihilation). Charming graphics, crazy idea and excellent execution.

camden-obertop 2026-04-25 02:31 ♥ 1

i got thermonuclear annihilated 😭

deraxus 2026-04-25 17:03 ♥ 1

an interesting and fresh idea, haven't seen games like that before. I like it)

bobap 2026-04-27 05:47 ♥ 1

The handshake sound is very satisfying. The reactions on the faces are so good. Simple game with a great scope. I actually found myself getting better at the shakes after a few rounds. Managed to get up to a "simmering" response. As for the mouse issue: most game engines have a "limit mouse to window" option. As a stopgap it would be simple to have the option to fullscreen the web build and then it becomes a non-issue.

grizwhirl 2026-04-28 14:32 ♥ 1

Incredibly silly and I love it.

wallted 2026-04-28 21:25 ♥ 1

Holy moly, I could not understand this game at all :D But thank you for the debug options, it told me well what I did wrong, allowing me to achieve world peace. Nevertheless, I am fully delighted and this idea is totally brilliant. Much congrats, truly

jiawen-hu 2026-05-07 23:43 ♥ 1

The design and the sound in this game are good, I like them!!! though I still a little curious about the mechanism, but keep going!