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I had fun playing it, thank you =)","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1215846,"author_name":"LDJam user 276121","author_uid":"276121","epoch":1777199028,"text":"Definitely moody, I especially like the work done when the enemies quicken. 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