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Well done!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":629610,"author_name":"Falcon_Lc","author_uid":"falcon-lc","epoch":1619462806,"text":"The graphics are really good and the game system is pretty cool I think","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":629621,"author_name":"ristoretto","author_uid":"ristoretto","epoch":1619462835,"text":"The art style is pretty good. I wish there was some more twist on the basic gameplay ","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":629627,"author_name":"ehtd","author_uid":"ehtd","epoch":1619462860,"text":"Cool game, the collisions could be a bit more forgiving.\n\nI felt colliding with the crystals felt more enjoyable than avoiding them. Maybe consider a spinoff? Colliding with the crystals give you more battery to keep the lights on?","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":629649,"author_name":"Vaanrile","author_uid":"vaanrile","epoch":1619462996,"text":"Nice game overall. The gameplay is quite simple but effective, and the graphics are really pleasing to the eye. The difficulty curve is maybe a bit too progressive for a game of this kind  : it takes a bit of time for the game to get challenging, which doesn't encourage repeated playthroughs, but it is far from being a huge dealbreaker.\nOverall, great job, I really enjoyed playing your game !","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":635569,"author_name":"frogmen","author_uid":"frogmen","epoch":1619490130,"text":"very nice game :) i do wish there was some music though, that would really complete it! ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":651290,"author_name":"chiyeon","author_uid":"chiyeon","epoch":1619552221,"text":"Well done endless runner! There's a creepy, 'I'm-the-last-one-alive' kind of atmosphere built with the sounds, and they meshed well with the clean graphics\/effects. Maybe I'm being nitpicky but I honestly felt more like I was going *towards* something rather than *down* to something, in part due to the perspective of left-right vs up-down. Nonetheless, well done overall!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":653412,"author_name":"ColeSlaughter","author_uid":"coleslaughter","epoch":1619559037,"text":"High score 101!!\n\nI'll be honest, that \"you got hit\" sound effect genuinely makes me jump every time I hear it, haha.  A very good \"punishing\" sound for messing up, but maybe a bit too loud? :sweat_smile: \n\nI like the nice simple concept here though, and the difficulty curve fit really well.  I'm curious how this game would change if you added more lanes to switch through?  Definitely some room for expansion here in the future. :slight_smile: ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":669805,"author_name":"JesterSeraph","author_uid":"jesterseraph","epoch":1619667390,"text":"Cute little game! I would have appreciated a soundtrack personally, since even if you need to use a song from somewhere else instead of making one within the 72 hours it still does wonders for the general mood and atmosphere of the game. It's one of those aspects where you don't notice it as much when it's there, but can't stop noticing when it's missing.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":694403,"author_name":"Bigbadbison","author_uid":"bigbadbison","epoch":1620239987,"text":"Cool little game! The art is very nicely done and the SFX\/music are perfect for it. I feel like you knew your limits and were able to keep the scope down in order to add a really nice amount of polish. After around 100 it seems impossible to continue though, you have to go from top to bottom in a very short time window, maybe the colliders could be a bit more forgiving. Maybe I just suck though :P\n\nGreat work, and I'm looking forward to seeing how you progress in the future!\n\nAnyone beat 106?\n\n![Capture.PNG](\/\/\/raw\/ee8\/93\/z\/42316.png)","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":694485,"author_name":"jk5000","author_uid":"jk5000","epoch":1620243349,"text":"The game looks great, and the sound effects is pretty good. I wish there was music and perhaps more sound effects doing the gameplay. For me was the gameplay too simple. But overall is this an okay little jam game.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":694642,"author_name":"leekanarchism","author_uid":"leekanarchism","epoch":1620250433,"text":"I like the idea of ever-increasing darkness as a mechanic, interesting!\n\nI found the controls a little unrewarding -- having just three positions made it feel less rewarding than free motion, but that could just be my opinion \/ preference :)\n\nI see this is your first submission -- welcom! Hope you had fun and get involved in more game jams, they're addictive!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":694729,"author_name":"felo07","author_uid":"felo07","epoch":1620253816,"text":"hey I got jumpscares with the crystal broken, idk why hahaha nice game, I liked the atmosphere, the sound and graphics, I did 60 on score! good job","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":703928,"author_name":"zubspace","author_uid":"zubspace","epoch":1621121138,"text":"This game is really polished! Very well done!\n\nThere are so many things to like: The title screen, the parallax background, the lighting and moody colors combined with the creepy music. The crystals look really great and I love the crunchy sound effect they make if you hit one.\n\nThe gameplay is simple, but I had fun beating my own highscores. It's hard to decipher the hit boxes of the crystals, but I guess, that's part of the game.\n\nWell done overall! Here's my best score:\n\n![Crystal.png](\/\/\/raw\/037\/22\/z\/42758.png)","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":704137,"author_name":"Videt","author_uid":"videt","epoch":1621148446,"text":"Nice sounds and visuals! The game itself is pretty simple tho","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":706392,"author_name":"DesertMaw","author_uid":"desertmaw","epoch":1621350026,"text":"Nice little entry.\nI liked the parallax effect. 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