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Some jumps feel like I should land (visually it looks like I'll make it) and then I slide through. No issues outside of that.\n\nGood job capturing the feel of being a cat and going where you don't belong. I'd love to see power-ups added, for example a power up that has you jump higher. Again, great job on the game!","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":720511,"author_name":"mmason","author_uid":"mmason","epoch":1633396809,"text":"The hitboxes for the shelves seemed a bit off but otherwise pretty fun","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":723159,"author_name":"LDJam user 259037","author_uid":"259037","epoch":1633414850,"text":"MY FLOWERS\n\nManaged to get a score of 32! Those hitboxes, even though clearly glitched, were actually kind of fun to figure out! The song fit really well too, gave off that \"EVERYTHING IS A MESS!\" vibe! ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":730658,"author_name":"Fractal","author_uid":"fractal","epoch":1633456078,"text":"37! 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