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Hats off for you!\n \n","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":750459,"author_name":"Alina Baybulatova","author_uid":"alina-baybulatova","epoch":1633675193,"text":"The most adorable bug in the world) I laughed for so long! You made my day)","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":758050,"author_name":"Conduit","author_uid":"conduit","epoch":1633886864,"text":"@fiote thank you for the kind words! And yeah we were cut short a day because work and stuff so we decided to go for more of an art piece centered around the theme lol thank you again for playing!","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":762228,"author_name":"defectivemelon","author_uid":"defectivemelon","epoch":1634086843,"text":"uhhmmm... my game just crashed?? ;) This was such a funny little project, really refreshing -- Why not enter into the humor category? Feels like it's a perfect fit for something like this","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":762247,"author_name":"Conduit","author_uid":"conduit","epoch":1634088028,"text":"@defectivemelon we're not sure why you can't, we must've mistakenly opted out during submission. Oh well, glad you enjoyed it!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":762317,"author_name":"Sue","author_uid":"sue","epoch":1634091864,"text":"Even the bug have sofa little house. Where is the promised crush :(","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":762340,"author_name":"craigalancarroll","author_uid":"craigalancarroll","epoch":1634093240,"text":"Ha, nice touch. I did enjoy the music I got to hear. Reminds me of some late 90's\/early 00's games, like Deus Ex or Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":762348,"author_name":"Conduit","author_uid":"conduit","epoch":1634093616,"text":"@craigalancarroll yooo! I'll 100% take that as a compliment. The 90s\/00s are definitely my most influential eras in regards to video game soundtrack\/electronic music. Thank you for the kind words <3\n\n@sue perhaps one day we can fulfill our promise XD","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":762432,"author_name":"Nobongo","author_uid":"nobongo","epoch":1634099058,"text":"Cute and amusing entry! I'm surprised that you didn't opt in for humor honestly I thought a lot of the writing and premise was really funny. Solid and innovative work!","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":762480,"author_name":"Sheol","author_uid":"sheol","epoch":1634107029,"text":"Not gonna spoil but I had a good laugh with this one haha. Shame that you can't rate the humor for this one. A really interesting take on the 'Unstable' theme! Really well done and nicely executed. Great submission haha. I like the little name drop to the previous game jam submission (which I enjoyed too) :x ","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":762488,"author_name":"kakapoy","author_uid":"kakapoy","epoch":1634108717,"text":"That was amazing ! I laugh all the way to the end and even after ! Loved it, I would love to have a little plush of what you know ahah","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":762490,"author_name":"VarunDevs","author_uid":"varundevs","epoch":1634108929,"text":"Good one!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":763504,"author_name":"GuitarBro","author_uid":"guitarbro","epoch":1634179480,"text":"Hah, what a bait-and-switch. Real shame the humor rating wasn't enabled. Voice acting was very nice and the intro music was solid.","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":766602,"author_name":"ThePirateNun","author_uid":"thepiratenun","epoch":1634511867,"text":"I absolutely loved this! The humor was really on point and I loved the innovation on the theme! The writing definitely has some vibes similar to The Stanley Parable in how the player is encouraged to go against what the game\/narrator is telling them to do. I really enjoy that type of game! I would love to see this story layered with some additional gameplay, I think that could really make this concept shine on a larger scale. Well done!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":766604,"author_name":"Shakedimus","author_uid":"shakedimus","epoch":1634512185,"text":"Hahaha man I'll just put it here since I can't rate 5\/5 Humor!! I enjoyed the multiple \"levels\" a lot and indeed the voice acting sounded really professional. The drawings were also cute. Good job , loved it! 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