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Was a bit hard to click on the birds as they're so small though. Fun little game, I liked it.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1198651,"author_name":"shores","author_uid":"shores","epoch":1776785672,"text":"Short and sweet! Really makes me feel like I'm the meerkat, good job!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1201499,"author_name":"LDJam user 424198","author_uid":"424198","epoch":1776807248,"text":"I like the sound of the beetle and the design of the foxes! The game is simple, for hi score, but it's cool\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1201500,"author_name":"Loig","author_uid":"loig","epoch":1776807250,"text":"Very fun, nice and original idea. Congrats!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1201501,"author_name":"Lehmy","author_uid":"lehmy","epoch":1776807260,"text":"Nicely done, like the predators popping up close would love to pet them. \n\nI don't know if it is just my skills, but i had a feeling the hitbox on the birds was a bit off. \nBut nice entry ^^ and really nice art.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1201516,"author_name":"LDJam user 424198","author_uid":"424198","epoch":1776807347,"text":"I forgot to mention, the game resembles Moorhuhn \ud83d\udc13","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1201523,"author_name":"Mark Swinimer","author_uid":"mark-swinimer","epoch":1776807426,"text":"What a delightful experience! The art is charming and the soundtrack is A++, very much enjoyed this.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1201548,"author_name":"el_chivo_vivo","author_uid":"el-chivo-vivo","epoch":1776807629,"text":"This feels like a meerkats shoot-em-up\/towerdefense. 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The sound effects are well-matched. \nThe birds are too small to click on.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1210887,"author_name":"TobaccoLeopard","author_uid":"tobaccoleopard","epoch":1776981160,"text":"Absolutely loved the sound design congrats !\nThe game is fairly simple but I had a great time playing it and competing with my friend who though he was gonna catch more birds than me. Turns out birds are super hard to catch and he failed.\nI should also mention the nice art and palette. \n\nGreat job !","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1210905,"author_name":"ZombieWalrus","author_uid":"zombiewalrus","epoch":1776981531,"text":"Thank you for the game, I enjoyed it, especially like sounds and art and animations.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1211180,"author_name":"FLemming1k","author_uid":"flemming1k","epoch":1776992527,"text":"Really nice and smooth gameplay, would really love an endless version","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1211612,"author_name":"VenomousMouse","author_uid":"venomousmouse","epoch":1777014604,"text":"Very nice game. I like idea and the mood.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1212438,"author_name":"Raininm","author_uid":"raininm","epoch":1777043126,"text":"The voices are so funny hahah!! Well polished art and animation!!!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1213080,"author_name":"johnnyalfonso","author_uid":"johnnyalfonso","epoch":1777060760,"text":"The sound effects are great, as are the visuals, and the way that the camera pans around. Nice work!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1213183,"author_name":"Purrseus","author_uid":"purrseus","epoch":1777063196,"text":"So close!\n\n![Sprite-0001.png](\/\/\/raw\/ebc\/c\/z\/729e0.png)\n\n\nThis game works sooooooo well, even though it's super short (but that makes it all the more easy to replay)! Special shoutout to the insanely good music (the menu theme alone had me hooked and linger in the menu for way longer than I would have expected), also the increasing intensity *chef's kiss*\n\nVery well done! I feel like a little kid playing Moorhung\/Crazy Chicken for the first time again :heart: ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1213772,"author_name":"bling","author_uid":"bling","epoch":1777101532,"text":"Pixel art is sooo cute!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1221311,"author_name":"Alex de la Cour","author_uid":"alex-de-la-cour","epoch":1777819892,"text":"![Screenshot 2026-05-03 155006.png](\/\/\/raw\/b9f\/84\/z\/730c9.png)\n\nNice, short, straight forward and digestible (like those delicious bugs). Super clean and bug free (except for those delicious bugs). Love the pixel art too!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1221909,"author_name":"fourApril","author_uid":"fourapril","epoch":1777907152,"text":"Great animation and art","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1222569,"author_name":"remusnomos","author_uid":"remusnomos","epoch":1777996463,"text":"Liked the sprites a lot. And the sounds are neat too! Was a fun quick play. Thanks!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1223663,"author_name":"INORO","author_uid":"inoro","epoch":1778167308,"text":"Really liked the pace and music of this one! was quick, nice, polished experience:)","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1224193,"author_name":"zhangzhimu","author_uid":"zhangzhimu","epoch":1778232892,"text":"What a lovely style! I like this mongoose and fox! Hahaha, I think it's very interesting, and the sound effects in it are also very good.","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"}],"format":"md","images":["ld59\/wayback-placeholder.png"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/m4mboman.itch.io\/meerkat-maniac","text":"Link"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"72862","g_author":"1407997","g_event":"LD59","g_eventkey":"113","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"309855","g_title":"Meerkat Maniac","g_status":"WAYBACK","g_place":"415","g_commentcount":"25","g_site2_node_id":"426748","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"426748","n_urlkey":"309855","n_parent":"424249","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/59\/meerkat-maniac","n_slug":"meerkat-maniac","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"jam","n_author":"407997","n_created":"1776330482","n_modified":"1778815420","n_version":"1372801","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD59","removed_author":false},"_superparent":9,"_trust":1,"author":407997,"body":"[![Meerkat_Maniac_Banner_animated_Itch.gif](\/\/\/raw\/db9\/36\/z\/71eee.gif)](https:\/\/m4mboman.itch.io\/meerkat-maniac)\n\n## Description\n\nHelp your fellow meerkats! 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