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This made me smile!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":665308,"author_name":"niksg","author_uid":"niksg","epoch":1619634465,"text":"So charming, huge mood points :) Congratulations on making it!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":665398,"author_name":"Sli","author_uid":"sli","epoch":1619634952,"text":"Pretty cool that you made it with your kids. ","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":665450,"author_name":"Wouter52","author_uid":"wouter52","epoch":1619635198,"text":"Hih, I smiled when playing this. It is so cute and the clouds actually make it challenging at the end as I could not see the stones anymore. I love how you did this with your kids, they must be proud of them selves :smile: ","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":666214,"author_name":"AranCutter","author_uid":"arancutter","epoch":1619639110,"text":"This is so adorable. I had a lot of fun playing it. There was enough challenge to keep me engaged and I think it was the perfect length. Loved the voice acting, it had me laughing :smile: \n\nIt's really great getting your kids involved. Being able to turn their ideas into reality must be really awesome for them.\n\nGreat work!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":670782,"author_name":"Hoeleboele","author_uid":"hoeleboele","epoch":1619681487,"text":"That is a great piece of work. I loved the sounds. Simple but fun gameplay, only the ducking was a bit weird when going under the gates.","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":671651,"author_name":"Caladrius","author_uid":"caladrius","epoch":1619692248,"text":"Always charming to see a family project, and I'm always a sucker for other games also made with goblins. Good job!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":675289,"author_name":"colapolka","author_uid":"colapolka","epoch":1619727857,"text":"![downingoblintown.png](\/\/\/raw\/6e7\/z\/41a5f.png)\n\nYay, I've made it to Goblin Town!\n\nPlease tell Arthur and Caspar that I had fun playing their game and that I'm very impressed as I've never seen developers their age. :thumbsup:","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":679375,"author_name":"Max XD","author_uid":"max-xd","epoch":1619791774,"text":"I found the game to be quite enjoyable! I also think that your children helping in the creation of it is very sweet!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":679441,"author_name":"snip_man","author_uid":"snip-man","epoch":1619792691,"text":"This is so cute! I loved every second of this game. 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There are some good mechanics here, like clouds that obscure the view of your mine cart, or the gates that prevent you from moving. The voice overs are brilliant. Congratulations and thanks for making me smile.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":679853,"author_name":"DamonWakes","author_uid":"damonwakes","epoch":1619800211,"text":"This is thoroughly charming! The unconventional graphics and sound actually give it a really cohesive style, and the movement of the images does a lot without needing actual animated sprites. It gets across everything it needs to very clearly, and the difficulty feels just about right: easy to start with, then fairly frantic towards the end (I, uh, didn't quite make it to Goblin Town myself).","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":682074,"author_name":"Villanelle","author_uid":"villanelle","epoch":1619837331,"text":"So great to see that you made this with your kids! I'd call it family quality time for sure! Nice to see some great minds being fed with creativity at such a young age. My experience was very fun: loved the artstyle and voice acting. Oh, and I arrived at Goblin Town, it's lovely!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"}],"format":"md","images":["ld48\/wayback-placeholder.png"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/panurge.itch.io\/down-to-goblin-town","text":"Link"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"76778","g_author":"1004274","g_event":"LD48","g_eventkey":"109","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"371759","g_title":"Down to Goblin Town","g_status":"WAYBACK","g_place":"638","g_commentcount":"18","g_site2_node_id":"244753","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"244753","n_urlkey":"371759","n_parent":"233335","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/48\/down-to-goblin-town","n_slug":"down-to-goblin-town","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"jam","n_author":"4274","n_created":"1619209825","n_modified":"1778755869","n_version":"780892","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD48","removed_author":false},"_superparent":9,"_trust":2,"author":4274,"body":"Can you guide two adventurous polar bears on their mission to reach Goblin Town in a minecart?\n\nMade together with my two kids, Arthur and Caspar (aged 7 & 5). 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