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Also, if you want to play my game, I'll leave a link here: https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/49\/jobb-company","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":720255,"author_name":"zakaria","author_uid":"zakaria","epoch":1633395510,"text":"Interesting idea i enjoyed the gameplay as well","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":720268,"author_name":"Fernando Sydenstricker C.","author_uid":"fernando-sydenstricker-c","epoch":1633395552,"text":"Very cute concept, loved the animals and the story behind it, great job!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":720280,"author_name":"Ryan Winstead","author_uid":"ryan-winstead","epoch":1633395628,"text":"Really cute game! I liked the art a lot, and the voices were really fun. Definitely found myself torn to pick certain options that I knew I had to to keep going.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":720386,"author_name":"Jeffrey Hwang","author_uid":"jeffrey-hwang","epoch":1633396144,"text":"The graphics were cute and sound effects were enjoyable. At first I was confused and thought the game was about myself. After failing once, I basically picked the choices that majority of the characters voted for and kept the meter up if it was almost depleted. ![endscreen screenshot is here](\/\/\/raw\/034\/d\/z\/46ab2.png). It was a nice take on the theme and did not encounter any bugs! Great job!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":721136,"author_name":"EdevJogos","author_uid":"edevjogos","epoch":1633400204,"text":"I usually don't like to read in games, but the dialog is really good it kept me engaged, loved the animals representing each emotion and voice acting was also on point, great game!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":725201,"author_name":"JakobTheQuizGuy","author_uid":"jakobthequizguy","epoch":1633429650,"text":"A pleasant, relaxing game. The drawings are great, the music and audio are top notch. An interesting concept as well. Great work!","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":727735,"author_name":"ChillerTyp","author_uid":"chillertyp","epoch":1633442601,"text":"Didn't catch me...","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":733797,"author_name":"e_m","author_uid":"e-m","epoch":1633471870,"text":"Not bad))","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":737681,"author_name":"ty_","author_uid":"ty","epoch":1633509110,"text":"this is so cute! lovely little concept, tho i'm terrible at it and kept forgetting that choosing yay brings up the bar and it needs to not overflow. fun concept tho!","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":737714,"author_name":"Underdog","author_uid":"underdog","epoch":1633509613,"text":"Got a score of 740 with no happiness haha, jokes aside, very decent game in the span of 3 days, the character art and voices were great too, the only problem I have is there not being an option for the volume, or perhaps the option for music since it was just a bit too loud, but it was a good game!","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":737722,"author_name":"SaraFilipa","author_uid":"sarafilipa","epoch":1633509719,"text":"I will happily play any game that has sloths. :)\n\nAbsolutely lovely game and interesting interpretation of the theme! I always love finding more narrative games and this one is quite fun! The art is so bright and adorable. :)","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":737735,"author_name":"BriceGraulier","author_uid":"bricegraulier","epoch":1633509855,"text":"Very cute concept. Personally got a 740 because Im an impatient failure. But had fun, its a nice little short management game. Might spam it a little to figure out how to get best score. Unless the choices change every time?","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":755746,"author_name":"SimonL","author_uid":"simonl","epoch":1633808928,"text":"Fascinating submission!\nI don't think I have ever played something similar.\n\nThe graphics were very fitting and cute. The music was doing its supportive role as well.\nI also have to mention the very good tutorial. It's not fancy but does the job very good.\n\nWhile the mechanics are interesting and novel, I don't think I would play a full-fledged game about it. But that is totally fine. Exploring ideas is the whole point of this competition.\n\nGreat job!\n\nMy highscore after three game was 640. ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":755759,"author_name":"Itzemii","author_uid":"itzemii","epoch":1633809252,"text":"640 ...\nThis is a nice game. I enjoyed playing it a lot. And it had fun and mature rationale.\nI see the \"Unstable\" theme in the emotions, it would have helped to visualise that they should stay in the middle. I tried to get them up to max and off they went.\nI enjoyed and it has a nice mood and good feel. Congratualtions!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":761906,"author_name":"LDJam user 265725","author_uid":"265725","epoch":1634069796,"text":"Such a nice and wholesome game. I really like the whole metaphor and especially the \"preserving emotion\" part. The gameplay is easy to get and well-balanced and scenarios are relatable and touching without being overly dramatic or too soppy (a mistake you could easily have fell for). The art direction and audio are nice although UI could probably be improved to fit better with rest of the game.\n\nGlobaly, a wonderful job.","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":769411,"author_name":"LDJam user 236586","author_uid":"236586","epoch":1634765756,"text":"This was cleverly done, and it does a good job at exploring how it is to feel unstable as a child. The voices of the animals were cute. I didn't understand what raising the stats in the lower left did, but it didn't affect my experience at all. 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