Hold My Hand

Controls

Use WASD or ARROW KEYS to move. 

Get in proximity of an NPC to activate battle mode.

Use MOUSE and LEFT-CLICK to select the best battle options!

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Battle Mode Instructions

YELLOW / TOP	GREEN / MIDDLE	BLUE / BOTTOM
Tell a joke	Compliment them	Sympathize with them

When in Battle Mode, pay attention to the BLACK BAR at the bottom of the screen, which will have TEXT INDICATING YOUR OPPONENT'S THOUGHTS / BEHAVIOURS. These prompts will help you pick the best response out of the three. Once an option is picked, you can look at the response text indicating if they liked it, felt neutral about your response, or hated it.

Top left is an indicator of your anxiety levels. When it reaches 100, you will GAME OVER. You receive stress from bad answers. On the right side, you will see your opponent's "defensiveness" (health), bring it down to 0 with good answers to get them to like you and join your journey! The more friends you collect, the higher your "friendliness" (damage) multiplier. Also collect teas to calm your nerves and bring your anxiety levels back down.

GOOD	SO-SO	BAD
"They liked it a lot!"	"That was normal."	"That was awkward..."

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Summary

Hold My Hand  is a Social Anxiety dialogue-based Networking RPG Battler! Choose the most effective dialogue options to impress entry-level coworkers in hopes that they will network with you. With them in tow, build up the strength to overcome your anxiety and eventually network with the big boss of the company: Mr. Gorilla.

After all, there is strength in numbers.

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Credits

Created for the Town One Game Jam by the "Ducks on Quack" team:

Sergey Berengard Programming / Writing / Level Design	Reza Raahnama Music / SFX
Nick Heinrich-Diaz Programming / UI Design	Maysam Farahani Programming / Game Design
Joshua Bounds Programming / Level Design	Anastasiia Kovaleva Portrait Illustration
Erika Hance Pixel Art / Marketing	Danny Yang Pixel Art / Programming / UI

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