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The idea of getting overwhelmed with phones to charge as time goes on sounds like it would be fun, but I unfortunately only ever got past the first phone once - The triple circle charging port was the only one that I was able to pick out by sight.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":721683,"author_name":"Aquilart","author_uid":"aquilart","epoch":1633403439,"text":"Instructions can be clearer, had to replay the game several times before I knew what to do XD. Anyways good concept!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":721701,"author_name":"Rohan Akki","author_uid":"rohan-akki","epoch":1633403506,"text":"This game felt a little unintuitive at first, but after a couple tries I was able to charge up a couple portal guns :)","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":721721,"author_name":"ThatANoNoWord","author_uid":"thatanonoword","epoch":1633403590,"text":"A really creative game. The different devices and different requirements create a really fun experience. The accuracy required is a bit hard and confusing sometimes but you can get used to it. Phones die super quickly as well. If there was a lot more leniency on the accuracy then it could have been really good. Great game!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":721763,"author_name":"chingle","author_uid":"chingle","epoch":1633403901,"text":"Like many others, I had a difficult time figuring out what to do but the idea behind it is great and I can really see its potential","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":724067,"author_name":"DestroyerTech","author_uid":"destroyertech","epoch":1633422236,"text":"This is a great concept, like some others I did have a little trouble seeing which plugs fit what but still pretty fun nonetheless, and definitely on theme!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":734722,"author_name":"frozenfire92","author_uid":"frozenfire92","epoch":1633478018,"text":"Neat little game, good work! My only feedback: the wall plugs were hard to tell and dropping to figure it out wasn't ideal","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":735489,"author_name":"svntax","author_uid":"svntax","epoch":1633484809,"text":"Pretty fun concept, but I found it really hard to get the wall plugs to fit, so I couldn't really see more past charging one or two phones.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":748901,"author_name":"pabulum","author_uid":"pabulum","epoch":1633642557,"text":"It was kind of a bummer that when i fumbled a plug and it fell off screen there was no way to recover. But I loved the models on all the devices and ports! Shame I was so bad at it. ha","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":759051,"author_name":"Zhenda Hu","author_uid":"zhenda-hu","epoch":1633915393,"text":"The game was kind of hard to understand at first (controls were easy to get, it was mostly the objective that was giving me trouble). After grabbing the concept down, the gameplay felt kind of slow and repetitive. Interesting take on the theme and cool premise though!","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":762602,"author_name":"Khadia","author_uid":"khadia","epoch":1634120763,"text":"A fun-sounding concept and I can imagine the gameplay being interesting once you get a few phones in. But I took a try or two to figure out how to plug in cables ... then couldn't figure out what to do after that, sorry! Possibly some in-game feedback (hint popups?) would have helped. Anyway, a neat idea.","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":762998,"author_name":"moi93101","author_uid":"moi93101","epoch":1634147799,"text":"Funny game, I had no problem with what to do (just controls the first time, but your text explain well).\nThe only problems a found is that there is only one chance to plug on the wall socket ! (and sometimes this is the right plug, but it did'nt works :sob: )\nI had some bbug, like a phone that explode but didnnn't end the game or the that I have to shutdown before charge that I forget and be stuck (discharged, but not exploding and staying indefinitely)","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":767621,"author_name":"Rose","author_uid":"rose","epoch":1634618811,"text":"Really interesting game! I liked how you had to manage multiple mechanics (including adjusting settings on the device.) The VFX when the device explodes is great. I did struggle to match the cables to some of them (like the Game Boy Advance - I never figured out which cable went with that) and the plugs on the right sometimes didn't go in even when they matched.","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"}],"format":"md","images":["ld49\/wayback-placeholder.png"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/TsFreddie\/LD49-NuclearCell","text":"Link"},{"url":"https:\/\/tsfreddie.itch.io\/nuclearcell","text":"itch.io"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"80429","g_author":"1007081","g_event":"LD49","g_eventkey":"119","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"382190","g_title":"NuclearCell","g_status":"WAYBACK","g_place":"1212","g_commentcount":"14","g_site2_node_id":"269263","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"269263","n_urlkey":"382190","n_parent":"258323","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/49\/nuclearcell","n_slug":"nuclearcell","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"jam","n_author":"7081","n_created":"1633277758","n_modified":"1778590237","n_version":"844382","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD49","removed_author":false},"_superparent":9,"_trust":2,"author":7081,"body":"### Description\n\nYear 2102, nuclear power has been integrated into household electronics. 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