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It ended up feeling like a game of connect the dots but that doesn't make a nice picture at the end :stuck_out_tongue: I'd have liked a bit more help to understand what my aim is and how to play. Nice work, though","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":625386,"author_name":"lalada","author_uid":"lalada","epoch":1619438835,"text":"The music is great. One root may be more challenging and smooth(no need to repeat clicking ). Really relaxing game.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":625390,"author_name":"mdotedot","author_uid":"mdotedot","epoch":1619438846,"text":"Lost as well. I got a nice ray of brown spots but nothing seems to happen. Restarting I could scroll the view and see water spots. But the roots didn't seem to 'grow' ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":625395,"author_name":"welby","author_uid":"welby","epoch":1619438886,"text":"I like the roots that light up the dark section when you get lower down, so you have to explore for the water.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":625408,"author_name":"GlowGlew","author_uid":"glowglew","epoch":1619438957,"text":"Very interesting take on the theme. The music and sound effects are good!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":625420,"author_name":"LDJam user 237588","author_uid":"237588","epoch":1619439020,"text":"I like the design and music. It's sometimes hard to see underground though, maybe you could add a bit more light.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":625423,"author_name":"Loig","author_uid":"loig","epoch":1619439057,"text":"It took me some time to realize that it was possible to end a root somewhere else than in water. So I was stuck for a moment when the game becomes darker (I was not able to see any water).\n\nI think the idea could give a really nice relaxing game with a bit more water available.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":625432,"author_name":"Voxel Forest","author_uid":"voxel-forest","epoch":1619439130,"text":"Very nice and relaxing game, well done tough the concept isn't very clear at first! But sometimes the sprites don't show correctly, it sad because the graphics are good :(","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":625468,"author_name":"henriquecanella","author_uid":"henriquecanella","epoch":1619439342,"text":"Really like the concept of the game. As you said one thing I think you can improve is the generation of the water spots. But overall well done =D","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":625591,"author_name":"AnthonyHarmitage","author_uid":"anthonyharmitage","epoch":1619440148,"text":"Nice idea, but water is sometimes not visible on the starting screen. Who knew that you would need to scroll)","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":625609,"author_name":"LDJam user 235915","author_uid":"235915","epoch":1619440255,"text":"![Screenshot_2021-04-26 LD48 Root Crop by Moomka(1).png](\/\/\/raw\/b89\/93\/z\/3d69c.png)","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":625625,"author_name":"azakharov","author_uid":"azakharov","epoch":1619440365,"text":"I'm really mesmerized by the game. Nice work!","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":625824,"author_name":"mrnyarlathotep","author_uid":"mrnyarlathotep","epoch":1619441700,"text":"Very interesting premise that is a solid fit for the theme - it does get very tricky seeing your 'nodes' as you get further and further down, but I was playing the WebGL build and you'd already warned me about that in the description, so can't complain too much","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":626522,"author_name":"Moomka","author_uid":"moomka","epoch":1619446161,"text":"@mdotedot probably you play a version game with bug on itch.io. Im fix it now and you play try again, or download PC version from google drive","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":626875,"author_name":"Moomka","author_uid":"moomka","epoch":1619448229,"text":"@mrnyarlathotep this bug is ready fixed, you can try again and see my PERFECT root generation)","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":627426,"author_name":"SmelJey","author_uid":"smeljey","epoch":1619451183,"text":"Very relaxing game with nice concept. Had this root rendering bug on WebGL build. Was fun to play, though","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":629044,"author_name":"BridgeOnAStick","author_uid":"bridgeonastick","epoch":1619459931,"text":"Interesting game, nice concept. Finding water was a bit hard sometimes. Nice work!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":641515,"author_name":"marksht","author_uid":"marksht","epoch":1619518546,"text":"Cool game! It fits the theme and becomes difficult once there is a darkness.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":666823,"author_name":"foxy","author_uid":"foxy","epoch":1619642270,"text":"One of not many games tbh that really did go along the theme :laughing: Loved the meditative gameplay :heart: ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":689572,"author_name":"BoClow","author_uid":"boclow","epoch":1620027412,"text":"I was first worried when I could not see more water, but when I realized that your roots light the area around them it became nice water hunting game. Cool idea. 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