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Gives a good representation of the mass vs distance on a balance.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":710673,"author_name":"Lenan","author_uid":"lenan","epoch":1633306247,"text":"Incredibly relaxing game, the music contributes a lot to that feeling and overall felt very good to play.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":710908,"author_name":"Kora0h","author_uid":"kora0h","epoch":1633309324,"text":"Music is so comfortable.Very good combination, I like this game.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":718194,"author_name":"JCMonkey","author_uid":"jcmonkey","epoch":1633387041,"text":"![blockgame.jpg](\/\/\/raw\/f52\/z\/4642d.jpg) i set out to get over a million and it was actually pretty easy to do. nice little game, i think the blocks fell a bit too slow, though i was eating while playing your game so that was fine. lmao!!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":735169,"author_name":"anchorlight","author_uid":"anchorlight","epoch":1633481614,"text":"This is an incredibly simple and polished idea that clearly has a lot of thought put into it.  My only concern is how the scoring system works-- would it be possible to exploit the mechanic by scoring close to perfect and deliberately _not_ using the speed-up function?  Random thoughts aside, I have nothing to complain about except that I wish the game could continue for longer if you reached the top with most of your blocks covered as a sort of endless mode.  I would have liked to see the game expand so that you had to account for higher numbers like 11-15 with the same scale of balance as before and try to accommodate this.\n\nFirst playthrough results:\n![firstattempt-balancingact.png](\/\/\/raw\/9a0\/53\/z\/47486.png)\n\nI found your game out of curiosity since my own game was registered as balancing-act-2 on LD-- I'm glad I stumbled on this as it's quite polished.","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":769023,"author_name":"ItsHornUnicorn","author_uid":"itshornunicorn","epoch":1634746118,"text":"The most unique balance game on the jam. For me visual looking was a little boring and so as music. But i think it's subjectively. Nice entry and good job!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":769171,"author_name":"LDJam user 266061","author_uid":"266061","epoch":1634752324,"text":"Nice game, visuals and music. You seem to have had too much fun on piano, it hammers so much a dramatic aspect even if it's not the the case.\n\nUnfortunately, even if adding blocs takes time, I didn't feel really thrilled about balance and points. Maybe it would have been better to have more things at stake?\n\nAlso, you are super fast.","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":769268,"author_name":"negator2vc","author_uid":"negator2vc","epoch":1634757561,"text":"Excellent simple idea turned to a very nice game!  \nSimple but effective visuals and equally good sound.  \nGreat job!","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"}],"format":"md","images":["ld49\/wayback-placeholder.png"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/arlagames.itch.io\/balancing-act","text":"Link"},{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/1888games\/BalancingAct_LD49","text":"Link"},{"url":"https:\/\/arlagames.itch.io\/balancing-act","text":"Link"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"78478","g_author":"1036191","g_event":"LD49","g_eventkey":"119","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"378738","g_title":"Balancing Act","g_status":"WAYBACK","g_place":"99999","g_commentcount":"8","g_site2_node_id":"258742","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"258742","n_urlkey":"378738","n_parent":"258323","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/49\/balancing-act","n_slug":"balancing-act","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"compo","n_author":"36191","n_created":"1630598077","n_modified":"1778296409","n_version":"812415","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD49","removed_author":false},"_superparent":9,"_trust":8,"author":36191,"body":"## How To Play\n\n![Screenshot 2021-10-03 at 12.12.49.png](\/\/\/raw\/f5d\/8\/z\/4374d.png)\n\n## Controls\n\n- Left\/Right to move the falling weight\n- Down to accelerate drop. 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