Spectral Fingers

by boddiul
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.46
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.27
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★4.21
Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.20
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.50
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.38
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.47
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.88
A short narrative game where you play as a spirit trying to escape its dimension during a séance. Use the left mouse button to guide the participants' hands.

Developed by:

boddiul - Game design, Code

Alisa Zelinski - Game design, Graphics

zwonkybeats - Music

Comments21

Spica
Spica16 Apr 2024, 08:42
Very fun(ny) one xD
RIP to everyone who tried to type "A"
Nanaschi1984
Nanaschi198416 Apr 2024, 10:46
Ohh no the spirit is writing this comment... Booooooo....
BlackCat508
BlackCat50817 Apr 2024, 02:35
very interesting take on the theme!
Alexandru Barbanoua
Alexandru Barbanoua17 Apr 2024, 23:14
Very well made and the graphics are very good. I like the innovative gameplay that allows many development paths what also provoke a lot of fun playing. very well done success further
LDJam user 284287
LDJam user 28428720 Apr 2024, 11:07
The gameplay here was surprisingly novel; I can't think of a lot of other contexts off the top of my head where you're "fighting" the game for precise placement of a cursor like this, and it's a pretty fun implementation of mouse controls for what's otherwise a narrative-focused game. I ended up developing some pretty dramatic strategies for swinging the planchette around to ensure it ended up where I wanted it to; anybody using a Ouija board in real life would probably have been scared stiff by how furiously it was moving around, but it made for a fun experience. Nice work!
brainles etertainment
brainles etertainment20 Apr 2024, 12:51
The mechanics is pretty unusual and somehow innovative. Never seen games like this before. But the controls are too inconvenient.
LDJam user 24574022 Apr 2024, 04:08
How fun! I liked that we had to wrestle with the people to actually communicate. It took me a minute to catch on to the indicator, but that's mostly on me. Great little game.
jpbash
jpbash30 Apr 2024, 11:56
Pretty original concept, frustrating to control - but then, I bet communicating from beyond this mortal realm is difficult! Well done.
LeBossMax2
LeBossMax22 May 2024, 11:28
I like the concept, it is very innovative. I also like the controls but I think there is something missing to make the game more interesting/fun
samh
samh3 May 2024, 15:23
I had a lot of fun playing as bacccbdulehramanaltl from MffsqqpomiahNOYESesopppotamia! Quite hard to master on a phone, because your finger hides the screen, but it worked :smile:
Japayne
Japayne3 May 2024, 19:21
This is my favorite submission for ld55. Good job!
Rob6566
Rob65663 May 2024, 21:32
Interesting idea! Was very tricky on a touchpad. I liked the audio - very atmospheric.
Aaron Hart3 May 2024, 21:54
This is a solid entry! Very creative, well done!
Romulo_Developer
Romulo_Developer3 May 2024, 21:55
This game was hard to play in the touchpad but was a hell-lotta fun.Fighting against the hands force was really tricky and the sound creates such a great atmosphere. Hope you get all the ratings you need before the deadline
khaotom
khaotom3 May 2024, 21:56
That was a fun little experience!
andruid
andruid3 May 2024, 21:59
When I got the date wrong and it said I was from the future I cracked a good laugh! I loved it.
Hope you get the ratings in time! I'll try to summon a few friends to help!
Ava Skoog
Ava Skoog3 May 2024, 22:05
Very cool! It's typical that this is the first game I play after moving from the stationary computer with a mouse to the laptop with a mousepad, but I powered through it anyway :')

Equal parts moody and humorous, with the silly dialogue and how messed up the words can get combined with atmospheric music and dark silhouettes.

Felt pretty good to play. I guess it would've been nice if the sudden resistance was telegraphed a bit more ahead of time as it went from being easy to move to immediately super difficult.

I didn't get the future year on my playthrough but I'm glad I saw the comment about it. Cool that you accounted for that as well.

Overall very cool, nicely done!
JustMars3 May 2024, 22:06
Loved the ambiance. The gameplay actually felt what I'd imagine a spirit would experience trying to move the damn thing while some of the kids are trolling each other xD. Very stylistic entry with a well executed concept, great work!
UngarBlapp
UngarBlapp3 May 2024, 22:07
This is a great fun concept, I loved the stretchy arms and the sense of humor when you answered incorrectly

All round Great Work!
Okamit
Okamit3 May 2024, 22:10
Cute little game, a bit frustrating to reach the outer letters but that adds to the experience for a short one-shot experience. Fun and well done.

Great work!
andruid
andruid3 May 2024, 22:20
Oh, just something I forgot to add: Fullscreen would have prevented a few wrong clicks when near the edges. I did some wrong stuff while playing.
In any case great work!

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