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And fish are great.","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":652264,"author_name":"Theg","author_uid":"theg","epoch":1619555271,"text":"It got a bit hectic trying to defend from two sides at once while your ranged weapons were overheating. I enjoyed it!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":652330,"author_name":"crucknuk","author_uid":"crucknuk","epoch":1619555486,"text":"Animations are very detailed, I very like it, everything move nicely, it give a very good mood to the game.  \nThe gameplay is ok, I like the progression of the game from the surface to the depth.\nI think I didn't understand the ending, I need to think about it :smile: \nWell done !\n","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":652459,"author_name":"Xeke-Death","author_uid":"xeke-death","epoch":1619555971,"text":"Had fun bonking the marine life.\nI like the background you got going on. Looks good.","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":652705,"author_name":"Cal","author_uid":"cal","epoch":1619556720,"text":"This is a really tight game with a great concept :) The graphics is good, and the effects are very effective. It's very well polished, the inclusion of a good in-game tutorial is rare to see in an LD game. I really like the variance in weapons. Constructive feedback-wise, I'd recommend adding some optional alternative key controls for next time. For example on macos (sorry), the right click is hard to use in a game so some random keys could be used as an alternative while still keeping the mouse for aim.\n\n----\n\nFor anyone getting \"You don't have permission to run\" on macos, you can run:\n\n\"chmod +x PostalPlunge-MacOS\/PostalPlunge.app\/Contents\/MacOS\/Postal\\ Plunge\" in the folder from terminal\n----","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":652767,"author_name":"ModdingMachine","author_uid":"moddingmachine","epoch":1619556955,"text":"@cal Thanks so much for the feedback! Good point about using right click for mac, I was potentially going to make a mobile game version in which there is no right click. I think that adding another button or extra key support is a great idea.\nThank you all for your feedback!","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":652853,"author_name":"Numex","author_uid":"numex","epoch":1619557186,"text":"Pretty fun game. Getting more and more hectic if your pressing the wrong mouse button a few times... :sweat_smile: \nI enjoyed it ","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":665710,"author_name":"Dannyk1994","author_uid":"dannyk1994","epoch":1619636584,"text":"Game was very fun to play. The fact that the ranged weapons were not side by side made it a little confusing on which mouse button to click. Apart from that I really enjoyed the game. The tutorial was cool. Solid entry! ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":682540,"author_name":"Thrawn911","author_uid":"thrawn911","epoch":1619851012,"text":"Very fun game. Music and sound effects were also great. This could be a very fun mobile game.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":683474,"author_name":"Dudelesha","author_uid":"dudelesha","epoch":1619871817,"text":"very large variety of underwater creatures. Good job!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":683983,"author_name":"msipp27","author_uid":"msipp27","epoch":1619879794,"text":"Very cool, a little bit on the easy side, especially if the controls don't give you any trouble","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":685073,"author_name":"ModdingMachine","author_uid":"moddingmachine","epoch":1619897571,"text":"@msipp27 That was partially intentional, I wanted the majority of people to get to see the ending. However if you want, there is a difficulty slider in the pause menu (press escape). Good luck!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":689203,"author_name":"Reactor-Scram","author_uid":"reactor-scram","epoch":1620009040,"text":"I liked it a lot. I don't understand what \"flibber.exe\" is but somehow I beat the game and the ending made me laugh.\n\nI think you are right about difficulty - Game jam games should err on the side of being too easy. It is still fun to play a too-easy game once or twice. It is never fun to play a too-hard game once when I'm supposed to rate 20 games for a jam.\n\nAlso, somehow the bizarre weapons and spinning lights and scrolling background reminded me of Einhander. So you got a point for that.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":689501,"author_name":"Arthur Mairs","author_uid":"arthur-mairs","epoch":1620023782,"text":"This was awesome, i felt accomplished when i made it down, and i loved the ending! He is always a welcome addition to any game. Well done!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":689827,"author_name":"Sn4pi","author_uid":"sn4pi","epoch":1620038607,"text":"I really like this game! The gameplay was pretty creative and felt comfortable, the difficulty scaling came in handy too. You even had a boss to fight. So much content for such a short experience! :smiley: ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":701788,"author_name":"Chasen Nesbitt","author_uid":"chasen-nesbitt","epoch":1620886904,"text":"Good music and the character design was unique and funny. 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