{"id":811,"date":"2024-06-13T12:51:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-13T10:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anokturnus.review\/?p=811"},"modified":"2025-06-18T17:44:06","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T15:44:06","slug":"handshakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anokturnus.review\/index.php\/2024\/06\/13\/handshakes\/","title":{"rendered":"Handshakes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover\" style=\"min-height:150px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-812\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/anokturnus.review\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/library_600x900_2x-59.jpg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anokturnus.review\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/library_600x900_2x-59.jpg 600w, https:\/\/anokturnus.review\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/library_600x900_2x-59-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Difficulty : 1.5\/5 (Easy)<br>Global : 1.5\/5 (Decent)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Handshakes is a short sokoban game in which you control 2 arms simultaneously that need to reach each other for a handshake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The concept is very good and, despite the short duration, it has several mechanics that are all interesting.<br>But as usual, reviewing and rating this kind of game is hard and unfair because they just feel like demos. The levels are short and easy and, apart from a very few of them, they only scratch the surface.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you want a 30\/40min puzzle game to take a break, Handshakes is perfect for that. But it would really deserve a full game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-background\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);background-color:#caced9;color:#caced9\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Developers: Pet Pumpkin, Damaskino, Trumpetguy<br>Publisher: Pet Pumpkin<br>Platforms: <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/2171690\/Handshakes\/\">Steam<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/petpumpkin.itch.io\/handshakes\">Itch<\/a> &#8211; Windows\/Linux\/macOS, Android<br>Release Date: January 13, 2023<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Handshakes is a short sokoban game in which you control 2 arms simultaneously that need to reach each other for a handshake. 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