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The story is well done, and it was nice to see the planned endings still viewable in the game.\nI really liked the set up, and the mechanic of finding and recording signals. I was only able to get the bad ending though. No matter what I recorded on several playthroughs and with different approaches, I only ever got static as my email responses. It may have helped if there was more of an indicator that what I was recording was part of something important. \n\nStill, great job on the sound design especially. I'm pretty sure I could hear what was needed to. 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Visually it was great too, felt like a solid game. \n\nOverall I enjoyed it, not exactly my type of game, but I appreciated the thought that went into it and following along with the story in the emails added a lot too!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1206803,"author_name":"banan_dev","author_uid":"banan-dev","epoch":1776886211,"text":"Cool concept of the small game. Graphics looks cool also","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1206898,"author_name":"Andrian","author_uid":"andrian","epoch":1776887569,"text":"The art is amazing, and I really enjoyed the signal recording mechanic! However, I\u2019m struggling to get a good ending\u2014or at least one that isn't so terrifying, haha. Could you give me a little hint on how to reach a better outcome? I\u2019d love to see more of what this game has to offer!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1215659,"author_name":"apt_prose7","author_uid":"apt-prose7","epoch":1777192611,"text":"Great for casual gaming, very relaxing.","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1216790,"author_name":"Cazik21","author_uid":"cazik21","epoch":1777241255,"text":"I can't play because there's no download for Mac.\n","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1221596,"author_name":"Carraka","author_uid":"carraka","epoch":1777858153,"text":"@silky @toppervideogames @zancked @andrian Thanks for all the feedback! The post-jam version is now included on the same page. It's not for rating, but now all of the story text is accessible, and you can get different endings as well, depending on which signals you focus on recording.\n\n@cazik21 We'll work next on making Mac versions for both the submission build and post-jam version. Thanks for reminding us to plan for Mac compatibility going forward!\n\n","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1222339,"author_name":"Madbarron","author_uid":"madbarron","epoch":1777954082,"text":"I tried, I really did.\n\nThe first time, I didn't understand the recorder or what I was supposed to be doing. Then I checked out the gallery which is so awesome and gave the game another try. Finally I think I figured it out, but my coworker keeps telling me it's trash. I get unintelligible static every time even though I think I'm doing a good job at getting all the clicks??\n\nStill, very cool, nailed the theme. Love the art and the score.","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1222348,"author_name":"Carraka","author_uid":"carraka","epoch":1777955238,"text":"@madbarron It sounds like you're doing a great job getting the clicks, but you're playing the incomplete submission build for which we didn't have time to implement the logic for the game to respond properly. If you feel like giving it yet another try, definitely check out the full post-jam version.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1222353,"author_name":"Madbarron","author_uid":"madbarron","epoch":1777956247,"text":"@carraka gotcha. If you had been able to finish the grading in time it would have been an easy 5 stars across the board. As-is, you'll have to settle for innovation, theme, graphics, and audio. Really well done! Be sure to rate enough other games so you get 20 reviews here.","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1222430,"author_name":"ieee333","author_uid":"ieee333","epoch":1777978365,"text":"I like the concept, the gameplay is interesting, and the art has a lot of style. It's fun.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1222440,"author_name":"galareteg","author_uid":"galareteg","epoch":1777981051,"text":"Amazing work, the graphics are great and the story is really interesting. I wish it was fully finished for the jam, but it's still a really good game. 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Congrats !","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1222936,"author_name":"zhangzhimu","author_uid":"zhangzhimu","epoch":1778063855,"text":"The theme of transmitting signals through a radio format, along with excellent atmosphere creation and artistry!","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1223145,"author_name":"Wallted","author_uid":"wallted","epoch":1778090781,"text":"Outstanding ideas and implementation. \n\nFantastic soundtrack, well executed chilling cosmic horror atmosphere, gorgeous art and paintings, badass endings, polished UX and very unique gameplay mechanic suiting the theme.\n\nYou were reaching for the stars there with the game and its totally fair that you did not make it in time, because what WAS done was already an inspiring piece of work that you should be proud of. Loud applause\n","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1223849,"author_name":"Alex O","author_uid":"alex-o","epoch":1778183839,"text":"Really nice game!\n","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"}],"format":"md","images":["ldjam-media\/sha256\/15\/15cbf6b3d79d890a6b8ad285b69dd86c08433a34e15ccde202726a0b6a1b6484.png"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/daring-owl-studios.itch.io\/between-the-pulsing-stars","text":"Windows Download"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"73154","g_author":"1024231","g_event":"LD59","g_eventkey":"113","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"310276","g_title":"Between the Pulsing Stars","g_status":"WAYBACK","g_place":"240","g_commentcount":"20","g_site2_node_id":"428074","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"428074","n_urlkey":"310276","n_parent":"424249","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/59\/between-the-pulsing-stars","n_slug":"between-the-pulsing-stars","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"jam","n_author":"24231","n_created":"1776459768","n_modified":"1778632188","n_version":"1374326","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD59","removed_author":false},"_superparent":9,"_trust":12,"author":24231,"body":"![pulsing_logo.png](\/\/\/raw\/7ae\/5\/z\/71b41.png)\n**What's out there in the vast expanse?**\n**Are we alone in the universe?**\n\nIn the search for extraterrestrial life, isolate strange signals for analysis. 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