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I could definitely see myself playing something similar if it were more polished.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":629748,"author_name":"Phanty","author_uid":"phanty","epoch":1619463493,"text":"oops - don't mind this double post","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":645121,"author_name":"EvoGenGames","author_uid":"evogengames","epoch":1619532349,"text":"Very nice game,\nI deffinitly enjoyed it.\n\nthe unpredictibility of the directions of the roots when you split them got me enraged! I like :smile: \n\nWell done!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":656923,"author_name":"tengusheath","author_uid":"tengusheath","epoch":1619577314,"text":"Cool idea, but too unpredictable.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"}],"format":"md","images":["ld48\/wayback-placeholder.png"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/Nertsal\/ludumdare48","text":"Link"},{"url":"https:\/\/nestral.itch.io\/root-world","text":"Link"},{"url":"https:\/\/nestral.itch.io\/root-world","text":"Link"},{"url":"https:\/\/nestral.itch.io\/root-world","text":"Link"},{"url":"https:\/\/nestral.itch.io\/root-world","text":"Link"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"76127","g_author":"1169219","g_event":"LD48","g_eventkey":"109","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"370792","g_title":"Root World","g_status":"WAYBACK","g_place":"99999","g_commentcount":"6","g_site2_node_id":"241706","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"241706","n_urlkey":"370792","n_parent":"233335","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/48\/root-world","n_slug":"root-world","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"jam","n_author":"169219","n_created":"1619060779","n_modified":"1778637824","n_version":"753497","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD48","removed_author":false},"_superparent":9,"_trust":2,"author":169219,"body":"This game is one of the worst games I have ever made. 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