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I have already uploaded a little hotfix.","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1191861,"author_name":"fabelay","author_uid":"fabelay","epoch":1776698525,"text":"Love the game! It's really atmospheric and the black hole animation\/shader is phenomenal. This alone had captivated me.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1191903,"author_name":"TermiGht","author_uid":"termight","epoch":1776699231,"text":"It was a nice little game! I loved the skybox so much! And the ship interface is nice too especially the cat! :)","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1191956,"author_name":"LDJam user 428140","author_uid":"428140","epoch":1776700306,"text":"I could see this being a really sweet VR game. I was definitely vibing in space with my pet cat. Loved it","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1191967,"author_name":"Tanjou","author_uid":"tanjou","epoch":1776700548,"text":"Simply beautiful. Amazing work! Was a bit hard to get the hang of it, but t'was a fun ride.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1192071,"author_name":"LDJam user 280624","author_uid":"280624","epoch":1776702717,"text":"Hello from XK discord!\n\nA very atmospheric game. Navigating by radar is a bit tricky, but I really liked the idea of exploring outer space!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1192561,"author_name":"metalgear","author_uid":"metalgear","epoch":1776710661,"text":"It was a cool game but I had astraphobia while playing it... the blackhole nearby is terrifying.","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1193045,"author_name":"Mr. Flower","author_uid":"mr-flower","epoch":1776719543,"text":"So so so good, it was so fun  moving through space, having that floaty feeling of everything. Also that black hole OH MY GOODNESS I need to read through your source code and \"borrow it\", holy cow it's so good. Plus I need to get good at shaders anyways, I am garbage, lol. 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It's pretty simple, but the movement feels really good.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1195095,"author_name":"LDJam user 342640","author_uid":"342640","epoch":1776751286,"text":"Moody as hell, despite the gameloop being pretty relaxed its stressful just 'cause of the cramped perspective and music. Really neat stuff.","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1197173,"author_name":"Stepanoff","author_uid":"stepanoff","epoch":1776774868,"text":"A dangerous and stressful space journey. 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Nice!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1198377,"author_name":"Crowelian","author_uid":"crowelian","epoch":1776783702,"text":"Wow!\nThe black hole, the cat, the graphics! Great job!\nOh I wish you would have made more realistic spacecraft physics, not real of course, but some more floatiness. :) ","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1200789,"author_name":"ShadyShade","author_uid":"shadyshade","epoch":1776801613,"text":"@fabelay @termight @jpat @tanjou @torte478 @metalgear @mr-flower @makintosh @faketrap @debugman18 @drainkid @stepanoff @stisdan @allexeee @crowelian  \nThank you all so much for your feedback! :purple_heart: ","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":1201639,"author_name":"jester1454","author_uid":"jester1454","epoch":1776808427,"text":"The controls are nice, although I felt a little nauseous at first. I still don't understand if there's a happy ending? 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