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I agree with the poster above, the visuals especially the particles look super nice.", "format": "md", "likes": 1, "spam": "N"}, {"id": 717034, "author_name": "mrBell270", "author_uid": "mrbell270", "epoch": 1633382005, "text": "Came here on recomendation of @ugly-robot. He did not lie, very nice game.\nI would like to see full mobile (android, to be exact) version to play it.\nAnd am I wrong or music is connected to shooting somehow?", "format": "md", "likes": 1, "spam": "N"}, {"id": 720834, "author_name": "smilewood", "author_uid": "smilewood", "epoch": 1633398537, "text": "Cool concept, fantastic graphics. It took me a while to figure out what was going on with the beam/reflections, one more line on the instructions may have been helpful. I love the music, it does a lot for the mood of the game. I like the design of the puzzles, once I figured out the basic mechanic the progression felt very good. Excellent game jam entry! 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I loved the game!\n\nThe only thing I can say is that it happened that the preview ray was not accurate enough so that when I shoot it didn't do what the preview said.\n\nBut that is really the only thing, and it's not game breaker. 5/5 :clap: :clap: ", "format": "md", "likes": 1, "spam": "N"}, {"id": 729892, "author_name": "Substain", "author_uid": "substain", "epoch": 1633452960, "text": "simple, but nice concept - reminds me of breakout", "format": "md", "likes": 1, "spam": "N"}, {"id": 731813, "author_name": "Trexxak", "author_uid": "trexxak", "epoch": 1633461664, "text": "First off: Absolutely AMAZING Soundtrack, easily the best track I heard this time around O: \n\nGameplaywise it felt intuitive yet still challenging. Great presentation aswell!  ", "format": "md", "likes": 1, "spam": "N"}, {"id": 744481, "author_name": "SparkyDoc07", "author_uid": "sparkydoc07", "epoch": 1633573383, "text": "Amazing game! I loved the visuals and the sound, and the concept is awesome. It's quick and easy to learn, and it's very addictive.\n\nHope you make more games soon :)", "format": "md", "likes": 2, "spam": "N"}, {"id": 751609, "author_name": "dsoberdan", "author_uid": "dsoberdan", "epoch": 1633703866, "text": "Great game that I think is the perfect length; four doesn't seem like many levels, but each was difficult enough that I spent a good amount of time with them. Also, like people have said, the particle effects and music are huge standouts.\n\nMy game is also about atoms and radioactive decay, so I've loved seeing all the different games that went in this direction and how different they all are! Great job :thumbsup: ", "format": "md", "likes": 1, "spam": "N"}, {"id": 760206, "author_name": "ruthiepee", "author_uid": "ruthiepee", "epoch": 1633972805, "text": "I have to admit, I didn't understand what I was supposed to do at first. But once I figured out the mechanics, I had fun playing this elegant little puzzler. 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