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Good catch on the controls, they are accidentally reversed for player 2.","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":721316,"author_name":"LelulaGames","author_uid":"lelulagames","epoch":1633401141,"text":"The player on the right needs to press K to pull, and J to release. You might want to update that in the text. ","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":743006,"author_name":"Hobzone","author_uid":"hobzone","epoch":1633555403,"text":"Hahaha always fun to play multiplayer game especialy with cute rectangle :D","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":743083,"author_name":"tobb","author_uid":"tobb","epoch":1633555926,"text":"Simple looking but actually gets quite intense when playing with a friend. Well executed on a good game mechanic :)","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":760348,"author_name":"erikkire","author_uid":"erikkire","epoch":1633977067,"text":"Interesting game mechanic. Nice sound and music!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":760421,"author_name":"ursagames","author_uid":"ursagames","epoch":1633979549,"text":"Love the expressions on the characters! The release mechanic is pretty interesting, it definitely adds a good layer of strategy and it's fun to send the other player flying! The audio gave me some nostalgia to NES games I had as a kid for sure, quite effective. ","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":761039,"author_name":"paulhocker","author_uid":"paulhocker","epoch":1634008441,"text":"interesting ide that worked with the theme. really enjoyed your music. thanks for the game.","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":766648,"author_name":"TwistedHawk","author_uid":"twistedhawk","epoch":1634518945,"text":"This is a unique idea to the Tug of War concept! Nice creativity here! 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