One Hand Clapping puts you in-tune with your inner musical puzzler-solver

Most of the games at the USC Games Expo event last week at the University of Southern California were simply on tables. But musical platformer One Hand Clapping sequestered itself in a quiet corner, inviting people behind a curtain, so they could have some privacy to explore its symphonic landscape. That’s because singing aloud is the only way to solve its puzzles. The PC game will be out for free later this year on Itch.io and Steam.

Players can use their voices to affect the game in a couple of different ways. In one puzzle, the pitch of your voice (how high or low it is) changes the height of the sand as you try to build a bridge to cross a canyon. In another, singing particular notes is the only way to unlock a path forward. As the game progresses, the musical challenges get more difficult. A later puzzle tasks folks to decipher a chord of notes, singing each one individually.