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I do think the game goes on for too long though, it could have been better paced with half the amount of posts or with a better variety as there are only two types of puzzles.","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":1200966,"author_name":"Carrerino","author_uid":"carrerino","epoch":1776803101,"text":"Great job on the art and mood, I like It!","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":1201345,"author_name":"Eugenik","author_uid":"eugenik","epoch":1776806017,"text":"The tension of having to quickly signal the perfect, least-damaging message while a post is about to go live was brilliant. You really nailed the stressful absurdity of modern public relations. Great concept and mood!","format":"md","likes":4,"spam":"N"},{"id":1202428,"author_name":"gamesplusjames","author_uid":"gamesplusjames","epoch":1776819520,"text":"This was a cool idea! Very frantic trying to respond in time but managing that was fun too. Lots of work clearly went into this. Great job all round!","format":"md","likes":4,"spam":"N"},{"id":1206650,"author_name":"Pandalk","author_uid":"pandalk","epoch":1776884456,"text":"I'm impressed with how well imitated the website is, really cool idea","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":1209843,"author_name":"TechnicalityCreations","author_uid":"technicalitycreations","epoch":1776961127,"text":"Love the UI, the only improvement I would suggest is making more things interactable","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1210673,"author_name":"Garaptic","author_uid":"garaptic","epoch":1776976566,"text":"It was good. The visuals were very well done. And overall, it turned out to be a pretty good satire, great work!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1213750,"author_name":"orangeoceans","author_uid":"orangeoceans","epoch":1777099716,"text":"How is the public impact of a post determined? It seems that only picking the most \"respectable\" option is not a guarantee of success. Or is the idea that, despite your best efforts, you really have no control over the situation? That's pretty funny.\n\nIt would be fun to see people's reactions to your posts too.","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1213769,"author_name":"Culf","author_uid":"culf","epoch":1777101418,"text":"Hi @orangeoceans, thanks for the feedback (:\n\nPublic impact of a post is simply determined by an impact rating assigned to each response. It is not guaranteed that there is a \"perfect\" option, sometimes the best option will just minimize your loss in public perception score. Here is the file with all posts and ratings, if you are interested in looking into it: https:\/\/github.com\/Culf-B\/LudumDare59\/blob\/main\/posts\/presidentPosts.json\n\nReactions for posts were planned, but we sadly didn't have time to implement it.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1215686,"author_name":"apt_prose7","author_uid":"apt-prose7","epoch":1777193032,"text":"Quick and easy to play, great for any time of day.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1217921,"author_name":"BalimaarTheBassFish","author_uid":"balimaarthebassfish","epoch":1777332781,"text":"An interesting take on the theme! I did lose a couple chunks of public perception because my silly brain couldnt recall what some of the details on some images meant but otherwise it was a decent time... and interesting how the right words can convey the same message but more digestable for the community.","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1217935,"author_name":"Ty Victorson","author_uid":"ty-victorson","epoch":1777334989,"text":"Lots of funny posts to make and see! I only managed to get halfway to midterms, but it was fun to see what would come next!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1218110,"author_name":"Myezko","author_uid":"myezko","epoch":1777366911,"text":"you have 48 HOURS to delete this game, before i give you another 48 HOURS!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1219320,"author_name":"Raivk","author_uid":"raivk","epoch":1777497287,"text":"COOL entry. Great job. Really great job. This is some great game making. Let's make Ludum Dare Great Again together.","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1220500,"author_name":"Chaseplays","author_uid":"chaseplays","epoch":1777707712,"text":"This is really funny hahaha, felt pretty disheartening watching the perception almost always drop no matter what I chose, but that probably accurately captures how it actually feels to have this job :laughing: ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1224681,"author_name":"LDJam user 424953","author_uid":"424953","epoch":1778287761,"text":"I get that there is a good amount of effort, but I find it hard, I was not able to beat this game, but still okay!","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"}],"format":"md","images":["ld59\/wayback-placeholder.png"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/Culf-B\/FakeSocial_LudumDare59","text":"Link"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"72397","g_author":"1424623","g_event":"LD59","g_eventkey":"113","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"309279","g_title":"Fake Social","g_status":"WAYBACK","g_place":"702","g_commentcount":"18","g_site2_node_id":"424624","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"424624","n_urlkey":"309279","n_parent":"424249","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/59\/fake-social","n_slug":"fake-social","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"jam","n_author":"424623","n_created":"1775503094","n_modified":"1779617277","n_version":"1366687","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD59","removed_author":false},"_superparent":9,"_trust":1,"author":424623,"body":"You are the PR manager of a president that keeps shit posting online. 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