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Gg!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":724761,"author_name":"Vishwah","author_uid":"vishwah","epoch":1633427124,"text":"Nice game bro","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":724763,"author_name":"SaraFilipa","author_uid":"sarafilipa","epoch":1633427131,"text":"Fun game! I love the graphics a lot, the aesthetic is super good and pleasing to the eyes. It took me a while to understand how \"recover\" worked and couldn't get a \"0\" on mental... which perhaps was the goal. But I had a lot of fun cycling through all the possibilities, a very well-written game with a lot of creativity into it that is also a nice interpretation of the theme!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":724896,"author_name":"MorePixels","author_uid":"morepixels","epoch":1633427874,"text":"This game was pretty fun even though that wasn't what you were going for! Art style was amazing and I think it was perfect for this game!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":725023,"author_name":"Pythorogus","author_uid":"pythorogus","epoch":1633428601,"text":"@magic-mike indeed you're doomed, that's a life simulator XD Game is not balanced and there's no really objectives, I just didn't have the time to achieve it ^^","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":725052,"author_name":"Sethios","author_uid":"sethios","epoch":1633428813,"text":"I love the concept, it's a nice interpretation of the theme! The aesthetic is pleasing and some choices were actually pretty hard to make. The music was very nice too","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":726846,"author_name":"Georgy","author_uid":"georgy","epoch":1633438427,"text":"Cool, I like it","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":734940,"author_name":"Proxy-Games","author_uid":"proxy-games","epoch":1633479681,"text":"I enjoyed the game, despite how depressingly realistic of a portrayal of real life it is. I love the overall mood of the game, with the simple cutouts for people and the simple but pleasing music.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":740938,"author_name":"Quinn Mohamed","author_uid":"quinn-mohamed","epoch":1633540276,"text":"woah really cool portrayal of life!! and i love the graphics. I wish the text was easier to read and there were more sounds and maybe an indication to show you if you lost or gained any points in the different categories ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":740974,"author_name":"chainsawmcd","author_uid":"chainsawmcd","epoch":1633540558,"text":"This is one of my favorites so far. I love the artwork. Silhouettes were a great choice. The color palette is really attractive. Tons of good choices. It's also a game where the player instinctively understands the advantages and disadvantages of their choices while reinforcing a positive social theme. Find balance. Very nice work.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":740996,"author_name":"figueroass27","author_uid":"figueroass27","epoch":1633540746,"text":"I love the art style and the music is pretty rad too, wish there was a loss screen or something though.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":740997,"author_name":"ToxicComputer","author_uid":"toxiccomputer","epoch":1633540747,"text":"The asthetic is really cool. Once I figured out what exactly was happening and how things effected one another, I must agree that the way you balanced stuff makes a great re enactment of how choices effect one's life. It also really shows how quickly you can ruin things. Fantastic innovation with this one!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":741169,"author_name":"der Mondhase","author_uid":"der-mondhase","epoch":1633542159,"text":"Short game, but right to the point. Lots of different decisions that might be found in real life. 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Would love some endings (maybe multiple different, depending on what do you maximize) :slight_smile: \n\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qyYoC5VHxzU","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":766554,"author_name":"mrosegreen","author_uid":"mrosegreen","epoch":1634507542,"text":"An interesting concept well executed - good job! :slight_smile: ","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":768282,"author_name":"LDJam user 266061","author_uid":"266061","epoch":1634681484,"text":"Interesting concept. Sad it doesn't have endings, or at least a general ending when you lose instead of a simple reset.\n\nAnd in the case of an only \"lose\" ending, maybe when all your points are depleted in each domain (it seems weird to me to reset when you neglect \"only one part\".\n\nGraphics are nice, easy to differenciate.\nMusic... Well I get used to it but at first it seemed too... present to me? It sounds like the ambient music which fades in the background, but at the same time it seems to be too noticeable.\n\nSo it looked more like of a demo than a full-fleshed game, but nice concept (and easy to play with the keyboard arrows).","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"}],"format":"md","images":["ld49\/wayback-placeholder.png"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/pythorogus.com\/","text":"Link"},{"url":"https:\/\/pythorogus.itch.io\/can-you-help-me","text":"Link"},{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/Pythorogus\/can-you-help-me-please","text":"Link"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"80277","g_author":"1263925","g_event":"LD49","g_eventkey":"119","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"381580","g_title":"Can you help me ?","g_status":"WAYBACK","g_place":"967","g_commentcount":"19","g_site2_node_id":"268288","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"268288","n_urlkey":"381580","n_parent":"258323","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/49\/can-you-help-me","n_slug":"can-you-help-me","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"jam","n_author":"263925","n_created":"1633195253","n_modified":"1778064732","n_version":"838571","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD49","removed_author":false},"_superparent":9,"_trust":1,"author":263925,"body":"![AKG569463.jpg](\/\/\/raw\/5f6\/04\/z\/4631e.jpg)\n\n\"Can you help me ?\" is a game where you must make choices : help your friend, or your mother ? 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