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This game is such a trip.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1201176,"author_name":"Silky","author_uid":"silky","epoch":1776804745,"text":"I love the motion capture and the voice acting xD I am also glad you explained what was there and what wasn't :) Sounds were satisfying too! ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1201196,"author_name":"MajoMirez","author_uid":"majomirez","epoch":1776804920,"text":"This was hilarious, it felt like an actual presidential debate. Are the stats at the beginning used in the debate? if so, it would be nice to have some pointers about it in the UI, during the debate","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1202075,"author_name":"amzy","author_uid":"amzy","epoch":1776813807,"text":"I had a good time! It's funny, and I dig the animations. I'm excited for the shop to be added and upgrade some stats!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1202373,"author_name":"Xiao Duye","author_uid":"xiao-duye","epoch":1776818371,"text":"Pretty fun game! I really enjoyed it and am looking forward to your further development!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1202393,"author_name":"ingi","author_uid":"ingi","epoch":1776818836,"text":"Fun game. I couldn't quite figure out how the scoring works, but I tried picking the funniest answers to the questions","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1203061,"author_name":"Ty Victorson","author_uid":"ty-victorson","epoch":1776831174,"text":"A funny concept, it was entertaining to see what lines would get said although I couldn't really pin down what would make one good. The main critique I have is to put some more work into the UI. Looking forward to seeing how you evolve the game!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1203065,"author_name":"Sceef","author_uid":"sceef","epoch":1776831213,"text":"Ma.... I'm alien.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1203655,"author_name":"ROWLING","author_uid":"rowling","epoch":1776844736,"text":"What an interesting and abstract game. I like their dance.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1204369,"author_name":"sprell","author_uid":"sprell","epoch":1776855598,"text":"For what it was the concept is cool. Tried going full charisma, but did not feel very charismatic. In any case I can see potential for this.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1204845,"author_name":"PastMoments","author_uid":"pastmoments","epoch":1776861625,"text":"Very silly animations, definitely would like to see this one expanded on!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1205625,"author_name":"Guydesu","author_uid":"guydesu","epoch":1776872279,"text":"\u597d\u559c\u6b22\u3002\u3002\u3002 \n\u8fd9\u821e\u8e48\u52a8\u4f5c\u662f\u600e\u4e48\u505a\u7684\uff0c\u592a\u4e1d\u6ed1\u4e86\uff01\n\u914d\u97f3\u8f9b\u82e6\u4e86\uff0c\u542c\u4e86\u4e4b\u540e\u611f\u89c9\u7cbe\u795e\u75be\u75c5\u90fd\u88ab\u6cbb\u597d\u4e86","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1206074,"author_name":"MuzzLove","author_uid":"muzzlove","epoch":1776877891,"text":"hey, that was really funny :) i like it!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1207022,"author_name":"kuviman","author_uid":"kuviman","epoch":1776888982,"text":"lizards. lizards. donuts dont matter. i think im stupid","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1207089,"author_name":"Andrian","author_uid":"andrian","epoch":1776889831,"text":"Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah\nTranslate: This might be the funniest game I\u2019ve played this Ludum Dare! I lost the debate miserably, though... turns out I have zero charisma, haha :( But I had a blast trying! Really creative entry, thanks for the laughs!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1207146,"author_name":"ChknTikka","author_uid":"chkntikka","epoch":1776890453,"text":"Thank you @andrian ! Overscoped by quite a bit but super happy to see people enjoying it : )","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1209456,"author_name":"Skyeward","author_uid":"skyeward","epoch":1776952954,"text":"As I said on stream, this really feels like a game that's doing its own thing, and I was very much along for the ride. I like the character design, LOVE the voice work and the bizarre dialogue is definitely weird in an intentional way. It feels like the game is enjoying being a little inscrutable.\n\nI'm left with a lot of questions after this game... What were my stats doing? What determined the crowd responses? How should I be choosing my responses? Do certain responses go with certain gestures? Nevertheless it was fun to dive in at the deep end and let the game take me where it wanted.\n\nI'd love to see what the Planning adds to the game in a potential future update!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1210657,"author_name":"colverok","author_uid":"colverok","epoch":1776976233,"text":"Liked narrative, sound and realism of this game!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1215483,"author_name":"Conduit","author_uid":"conduit","epoch":1777182520,"text":"I thought the responses and gestures were really silly and caught on to the gameplay loop rather quickly. I can see where this idea was heading and would love to see more! 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