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I want to believe \ud83d\udef8\ud83d\udef8\ud83d\udef8","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1194229,"author_name":"Pavel Goncharov","author_uid":"pavel-goncharov","epoch":1776739829,"text":"I like the concept. I wish it would have a longer duration with story-driven events.","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1194256,"author_name":"martinfernandezGD","author_uid":"martinfernandezgd","epoch":1776740106,"text":"This is great!\nWe had similar ideas; it's interesting to see how you all imagined it.","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1194295,"author_name":"LDJam user 384829","author_uid":"384829","epoch":1776740642,"text":"Nice game. I really enjoyed it, not difficult or anything, just a nice relaxing game. The graphics were great, but (at least for me), I felt rotating the knobs with the mouse was a bit difficult. Other than that, well done!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1194448,"author_name":"mugenzerox","author_uid":"mugenzerox","epoch":1776742433,"text":"Really cool idea, and I liked how there were multiple levels of \"scramble\" to get through. Definitely a concept that deserves fleshing out!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1194464,"author_name":"digital bacon","author_uid":"digital-bacon","epoch":1776742653,"text":"Neat little game. Loved the graphics and sound, gameplay was pretty neat though the controls are a bit fiddly with a mouse.\n\nExcellent work -- well done!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1194663,"author_name":"LDJam user 424326","author_uid":"424326","epoch":1776745179,"text":"It looks very atmospheric, and I really like the audio design.\nAt first, I didn\u2019t understand how to use the circular controls\u2014I expected them to require matching the mouse movement along the circle, but it turned out to be much simpler","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1194983,"author_name":"benjaminm","author_uid":"benjaminm","epoch":1776749701,"text":"Neat concept! I love the atmosphere, it's kinda spooky. It'd be nice if there were a couple more broadcasts, and perhaps a more clear ending.  ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1196045,"author_name":"nyxkn","author_uid":"nyxkn","epoch":1776764341,"text":"Brilliant game! A shame it's so short. I had a similar idea for tuning into signals for my game but you implemented it so well! Very intuitive gameplay. Great art and atmosphere! I was pretty spooked when I saw the second image clear up :sweat_smile: ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1196873,"author_name":"Loig","author_uid":"loig","epoch":1776772113,"text":"Nice idea, the sounds are very satisfying as well as the atmosphere of the game. Well done!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1197410,"author_name":"LDJam user 383444","author_uid":"383444","epoch":1776776844,"text":"Loved the theme and the mood, loved tinkering with the knobs, even if I had a bit of trouble understanding how to actually turn them at first (it was a bit counter-intuitive to have to move my mouse up and down to turn the knob left and right) After a few tries I got the hang of it and could decrypt files faster than my assigned FBI agent.\n\nGreat entry !","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1200156,"author_name":"eXTeeGi","author_uid":"exteegi","epoch":1776796706,"text":"Short, simple, to the point. The dial controls were confusing at first. I expected to have to make a circular motion. I like the art!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1210172,"author_name":"ikado","author_uid":"ikado","epoch":1776967232,"text":"short and sweet! i liked the music a lot and all the descrambling interactions felt very intuitive. with a story throughline i think this would be really solid!","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1212517,"author_name":"kanity","author_uid":"kanity","epoch":1777044747,"text":"The text popping up disappeared way too fast, I didn't have time to read it at all. Turning the knobs felt counterintuitive (like i was moving mouse left and right and couldn't quite figure out how to turn those knobs conveniently). The visuals in the screen looked pretty cool. I like the alien\/conspiracy\/illuminati theme going on in the game. The main screen (desk) fits the atmosphere fell. But in the end, I kept failing - because of the knobs, ig :') Fits the jam theme well, tho!","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1212546,"author_name":"aniretti","author_uid":"aniretti","epoch":1777045549,"text":"A fairly simple but atmospheric game! It would be cool to add a narrative here to find out what kind of signal we actually received...","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1217299,"author_name":"3blackpixels","author_uid":"3blackpixels","epoch":1777292926,"text":"Cool game but short. 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