The Hugging Ring

The Hugging Ring is a cute, turn-based hugging competition where the goal is to increase your opponent’s HP (Hug Power) to maximum!  By spending your HP, you can use a variety of moves with different effects.  Some moves will increase your opponent’s HP, while others will increase the crowd’s Audience Power!  When the Audience Power meter gets filled, the player who maxed out the meter will get more HP, so be careful how often you hype up the crowd!
Did your opponent fill up your HP first?  Don’t give up!  If you’re struggling to be the hugging champion, you will get a boost to your stats for games after losses.  Keep trying, and soon you will be the hugging champion!  And remember: everybody wins in a hugging competition!
Credits:
This game was created for the Wholesome Games Jam 2020 by Team Durian.
Cicada (Team Durian): game design, programming
Ducky (Team Durian): game design, writing, sound design
Em (Team Durian): game design, art
Michael Macapagal (Floating Member): music (https://www.michaelmacapagal.com/)
Sound effects are from the 8-bit / 16-bit Sound Effects (x25) Pack  by JDWasabi (https://jdwasabi.itch.io)