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Great submission -- I liked trying it.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":645212,"author_name":"Plazyqwerty","author_uid":"plazyqwerty","epoch":1619532661,"text":"Great game! The graphics seem really well polished! :)","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":645410,"author_name":"Milan8890","author_uid":"milan8890","epoch":1619533342,"text":"I like the game, the only thing I disliked was the speed of the submarine, but everything else is really good!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":646162,"author_name":"Sesca","author_uid":"sesca","epoch":1619535860,"text":"At first glance it reminded me a lot of the game we submitted, but luckily we used completely different mechanics ^^ The game is quite great and looks really professional. I had fun fighting deeper and deeper and collecting more and more pearls. On the first try I made the mistake of mindlessly buying Oxygen, so I didn't have any pearls for light. That was a bit frustrating, but after a reload I played for another 20 minutes. Unfortunately I didn't make it to the end (if there was one). Very good work!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":646511,"author_name":"Mikeandtherest","author_uid":"mikeandtherest","epoch":1619536921,"text":"The speed logic can be a bit improved I guess, maybe have it progressive or something like that. But other than that, I really like the game. And the radar sound is the best! :))","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":647881,"author_name":"AlexHicks","author_uid":"alexhicks","epoch":1619541406,"text":"@sesca Thanks for the comment! There is actually no end to the game :laughing: but I'm glad you had fun playing it for as long as you did. One of my goals was trying to create something polished so I spent a lot of time on shaders and animations making that first trip down memorable.","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":647894,"author_name":"AlexHicks","author_uid":"alexhicks","epoch":1619541435,"text":"@john-harper Pun always intended :smiley: ","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":647913,"author_name":"AlexHicks","author_uid":"alexhicks","epoch":1619541508,"text":"@milan8890 @mikeandtherest For sure will continue tweaking the sub speed. Currently it speeds up as it reaches its max tilt and also increases the amount of bubbles coming out to try and sell the effect.","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":649165,"author_name":"Nicso","author_uid":"nicso","epoch":1619545508,"text":"got stuck on my first try cause i bought oxygen instead of lights :(\n\nNice entry tho","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":651476,"author_name":"AlexHicks","author_uid":"alexhicks","epoch":1619552759,"text":"@nicso you can still progress without the lights just takes you a few runs :wink: ","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":685081,"author_name":"Natalia Dushkina","author_uid":"natalia-dushkina","epoch":1619897746,"text":"I'm not an experienced gamer (I prefer point&click quests), so my best result is 5 pearls) Tried to buy more oxygen but it didn't help. \n\nI liked the art, it's very nice!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":685699,"author_name":"AlexHicks","author_uid":"alexhicks","epoch":1619908376,"text":"@natalia-dushkina Thanks for the playing the game! 5 pearls is still a worthy accomplishment no doubt. 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