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A jam submission

In The Mole For LoveView game page

Play as a mole searching for love!
Submitted by Hermit House — 3 hours, 55 minutes before the deadline
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CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Community's Voice#1172.9603.385

Ranked from 13 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Creative Vision / Rationale / How Did You Incorporate the Theme
Our interpretation of "connection" (two hands touching) explores love as a force that compels us beyond our normal behavior. Playing as a lovestruck mole, players experience how the yearning for connection can suddenly transform us completely.

The mole's journey from familiar safety to unknown territory follows the emotional landscape of this great change. By embodying a creature built for solitude who digs towards love, we are imagining what might be possible for even the most solitary of us when we are graced with connection.

The Victorian love tokens scattered throughout remind us that this quest is universal and timeless. We've always reached across impossible distances in search of love.

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Submitted

The hand-drawn pencil art style is incredibly clean and charming!

I loved the little details, especially the munching sounds when the mole eats worms—so cute. The sprint mechanic was also a great addition, making the digging experience feel very smooth.

I was genuinely surprised by the sleeping Badger! I didn't dare to touch him (followed the "Do Not Disturb" sign!), so I carefully dug around him. Does anything happen if we wake him up? :P

Collecting the love tokens felt like such a poetic way to interpret the theme. Great job!

Submitted

Really charming! I love the art style! From an art perspective, I wonder if you could use a repeatable alpha or mask so the digging trail can have similar hand drawn edges to the rest of the assets. Very cute!

Developer

Thanks! That's a great idea. We're already using a mask to cut the dug path out of the dirt texture (following a tilemap), so it wouldn't be a far shout to mask the tile edges too

Submitted

Cute game. The digging mechanic is really cool. great work

Developer

Thank you!

Submitted

Nice, cute little game. I like the simplistic touch and theme. The art is cute with the little tokens scattered around. Using the hearts around the mole as arrows to guide is a neat touch. 

Developer

Heh thanks, the little directional hearts are supposed to be like the mole sensing (or catching the scent of) love tokens from afar