Handbag Havoc by fnelix

[raw]
made by fnelix for Ludum Dare 57 (JAM)

screenshot1.png

The game

Sort through your bag and find the objects.

Dropped objects give a 10 s time penalty.

Controls

  • Left mouse button/Touch/Shift/Q: Drag hand
  • Right mouse button/Touch w. 2 fingers/Space/W: Grab

You can reset your hand position or reset the level with the two buttons (top right of your screen)

Team

Made in 48h from scratch for LD 57 * @foolishfool Art * @fnelix Programming, Sound & Music

Ratings

Overall 115th 4⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Fun 104th 3.948⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 75th 4.034⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Theme 17th 4.464⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 108th 4.345⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Audio 138th 3.879⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Humor 34th 4.268⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Mood 100th 4.138⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Given 20🗳️ 35🗨️

Feedback

Flying Butter Studio
07. Apr 2025 · 06:16 UTC
Really nice and difficult little game :smile:
That's an original take of the theme :wink: Good Job !
LanaLux
07. Apr 2025 · 07:13 UTC
oh my god. i'm just as bad in this game as i am in real life at trying to find things in my pockets. really great take on the theme. And great comedic mood! :D
dhim
07. Apr 2025 · 12:02 UTC
Seems fun, Graphics are beautiful, music is really funny!

I can't grab items using my Mac, neither the right click nor the two-finger gesture work:
- I have tried on the trackpad
- the magic mouse
- I have tried holding ctrl, which sometimes trigger the right click event.

@ me if you fix the issue, I'll come back to rate the game on the game aspects then.
🎤 fnelix
07. Apr 2025 · 13:06 UTC
@dhim Hey, thanks! We fixed this, so you can now also use Shift/Space or Q/W to drag respectively grab stuff.
Tugaryn
07. Apr 2025 · 14:02 UTC
An original idea!
It's fun to pull things out and have everything fall down in the end
In the web version only a little inconvenient, something with positioning - the mouse goes off the screen and control is lost
Put the ability to open in full screen and maybe the bug will be fixed.
baychowski
07. Apr 2025 · 16:22 UTC
Great use of theme!
argensis
07. Apr 2025 · 16:58 UTC
Unique idea! It's a bit crane game-esque :)

The controls a little funky using a mouse for me, I seem to have put the hand/grabber out of the click sensitive area on one of my runs, and sometimes it's hard to bring the hand down to the bottom. I wonder if wasd or arrow keys might make sense as PC controls?
dhim
07. Apr 2025 · 18:48 UTC
@fnelix Great! Thank you I have played the game now! I passed the first level without grabbing the lipstick that flew out of the bag while rummaging!
Vladcfg
07. Apr 2025 · 19:07 UTC
A very unique and interesting idea. I really enjoyed playing this game — I got totally hooked!
nyxkn
07. Apr 2025 · 21:27 UTC
So cute! Really nice art and aesthetic. The music is nice but gets repetitive quickly. At first I was trying to be careful with the bag, but after a while I just started to quickly throw everything out and it was SO satisfying :D I'm so glad you only added penalty and didn't fail the stage on items dropped!! Thanks for the fun experience :D
chloew
08. Apr 2025 · 02:05 UTC
HARD !! XD Much better on phone than computer. Felt a little unresponsive at times (the hand would get stuck) but overall a very fun experience. Enjoyed the graphics quite a bit.
Nacchan
08. Apr 2025 · 21:58 UTC
surprisingly challenging with mouse! Fun idea and good art, love the music
cursewurm
09. Apr 2025 · 15:29 UTC
super difficult but i love the idea, art, and mechanics!! i got frustrated after a while and just started throwing stuff out the bag to get it out the way lol
Bestdtang
09. Apr 2025 · 15:41 UTC
Cute little game, music choice is also perfect!
Game-mon
09. Apr 2025 · 21:53 UTC
I really enjoyed this one, great concept really nicely exeecuted with great art!

If i had to criticize, maybe the controls with the two mouse buttons is a bit awkward, could be simplified to using only left click (mouse would constantly move the hand, use the left click to grab, that's all)

Great game!
jtap
09. Apr 2025 · 23:22 UTC
Very original interpretation of the jam theme, fun game, well drawn, was fun to play, thanks
Neeck Kola
10. Apr 2025 · 22:43 UTC
Super main theme, awesome visual and physics

Dropped out all the stuff
![Screenshot_9.png](///raw/1ed/36/z/6befd.png)
Andreas Roschal
11. Apr 2025 · 20:15 UTC
Very fun game! Always love it when physics are incorporated as part of the gameplay challenge.
Audio and visual representation are very clean and super funny.
Finished with a time of 20 minutes, but about 18 of those came from penalties. 😅
Also, really nice interpretation of the theme. 🙂
dumchevdev
12. Apr 2025 · 01:39 UTC
I think this game is not rated as highly as it should be. I really don't understand why it has so few ratings.
I liked the idea, the theme of depth is perfectly revealed, and the unconventional approach is great. I had a lot of fun and laughed. I even got my wife to play, and she also laughed.
So, you guys are awesome! Good luck with future projects!
Mamboman
13. Apr 2025 · 09:13 UTC
Well done! I really enjoyed the visual variety of the levels. We had a somewhat similar idea for our game — it's funny to compare the two! I'm really impressed by how you managed to add so many levels. I had a little trouble playing it with the mouse (I think someone else already mentioned the issue), but it worked pretty well on mobile. 😊
LLlarsO
16. Apr 2025 · 10:08 UTC
Funny interpretation of the theme. Had fun playing the game.

The controls are a mixed bag. Sometimes it felt very good to play with the mouse, for example the first three stages, but other times the hand got stuck and some objects fell through the container (glitch).

The visuals of the game are nicely done. Everything is clear and has a fitting look. It's a nice addition, that you put in a clear tutorial.
Thoastbot
21. Apr 2025 · 13:38 UTC
I love this intepretation of the theme!
The art feels well made and fitting for the game.
The left click HANDling ( :D ) was a bit wonky - got stuck a few times, and also wasn't quite able to just hold left mouse down cause pulling down the whole height of my screen the hand was just half way in - and at that point it got somewhat stuck and i had to wiggle the arm around a lot to unstuck it.
Other than that overall a really good entry, well done!
Papaver
25. Apr 2025 · 10:44 UTC
Haha, what a fun take on the theme! I loved all the different bags, hands and items.
The graphics are really nice. Fun background music, albeit a bit repetitive.
Sometimes the control of the hand felt a bit less responsive.
I made it to the end, but I have thrown out many objects, haha.

![Handbag Havoc.png](///raw/4a0/2/z/6c763.png)
Molpe
03. May 2025 · 21:36 UTC
What a fun game! I wonder if it's possible to be done without any penalties. I've had a lot of fun playing :heart:
https://youtu.be/RiEZl_8j3Lg