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But, sadly I think I came in third place...\n\n... and in this \"Game of Life\" you don't get a metal for 3rd place :wink: ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":624613,"author_name":"Martynas","author_uid":"martynas","epoch":1619433092,"text":"Life changing experience","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":631669,"author_name":"samguy","author_uid":"samguy","epoch":1619472329,"text":"Probably not the most accurate to life game but challenging movement mechanic in a race against a whole bunch of opponenets!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":647610,"author_name":"kristof","author_uid":"kristof","epoch":1619540501,"text":"I guess I took a wrong turn \u00af\\_(\u30c4)_\/\u00af. Cool entry though!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":648717,"author_name":"Scowling Pastry","author_uid":"scowling-pastry","epoch":1619544063,"text":"Funny interpretation of the theme. My friend and I joked about something like this but it's funny to see someone actually made it.\n\nThe movement felt painfully slow and it never really felt as if I was in control of my character but perhaps that's the point.\n\n1\/10 on the message, I won a 100m sprint in grade 8 so I have won at least 2 races in my lifetime.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":650599,"author_name":"the neon shark","author_uid":"the-neon-shark","epoch":1619550084,"text":"Nice game idea, thanks for checking out my version of... well... the same thing! Not sure I can give feedback without being biased by my own implementation :D The one definitely thing I'd recommend changing is the pacing of the game -- it overall feels a bit slow to progress. Great minds do think alike though <3","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":651016,"author_name":"Duck Reaction","author_uid":"duck-reaction","epoch":1619551402,"text":"Ahaha I choosed the wrong side, I guess... this is the life :smile: \n\nFun idea, it's very cool to race against a billion. You should increase the resolution of the background to have a better render.\n\n@the-neon-shark is right, the progress is a bit slow.\n\nGood job.\n","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":654173,"author_name":"FussenKuh","author_uid":"fussenkuh","epoch":1619562212,"text":"Ha... interesting interpretation of the theme. I'm happy to say I chose correctly AND I raced my way to be first to the egg (woohoo for me!). My biggest beef is that the movement is awfully slow. Picking up the pace would make for a more enjoyable experience. Though, I did enjoy the music on my journey.  Well done!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":656546,"author_name":"saintchristopher777","author_uid":"saintchristopher777","epoch":1619575156,"text":"Hahaha! Okay, _someone_ had to do the theme we all thought of at first! :-D","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":656707,"author_name":"Kraemahz","author_uid":"kraemahz","epoch":1619576093,"text":"This feels like a Monty Python sketch somehow.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":656965,"author_name":"Harrison Dunn","author_uid":"harrison-dunn","epoch":1619577563,"text":"I... uh. Well, you made a game. Did it make me chuckle? Definitely. Was it good? It was a jam game. I'm glad you finished your game. The controls were a little frustrating, but I really liked the idea of racing against a large number of AI opponents. 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