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I'd agree with some of the other feedback that some of the menu text was difficult to read, but other than that it was fun and smooth to play!","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":728050,"author_name":"neputevshina","author_uid":"neputevshina","epoch":1633444156,"text":"a surprisingly effective time killer! would be great to see it on mobile devices. also with many boxes web version starts to lagging, and on my small resolution screen i didn't see play button at first without zooming out (sic!) and going fullscreen","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":728058,"author_name":"Fonkin","author_uid":"fonkin","epoch":1633444197,"text":"I agree with others, was pretty nice little physics simulation, just needed a little bit more 'game'-y","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":728069,"author_name":"Alex-One","author_uid":"alex-one","epoch":1633444312,"text":"Tip for testers: click fullscreen to see the menu. Neat too see other box related physics games","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":728077,"author_name":"Beth","author_uid":"beth","epoch":1633444369,"text":"A good upgrades game. I found the small blocks more fun to work with than the big blocks, would have liked a way to go back to them.","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":728119,"author_name":"BjornStahl","author_uid":"bjornstahl","epoch":1633444590,"text":"Worked nicely, I managed to build quite high but in the end I found the timer too long in between placing large boxes to grind money for all upgrades. The text in the help section was very difficult to read, both resolution but mostly the font. Gamewise, a nice little game :)","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":728204,"author_name":"OneSmallBoy","author_uid":"onesmallboy","epoch":1633445025,"text":"Liked the physics a lot and the upgrades were quite cool. A bit of sound and music would've added a bunch to the game though.","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":728358,"author_name":"pepnou","author_uid":"pepnou","epoch":1633445833,"text":"Nice physics based game. I was expecting to be able to place box quicker base and the small intro XD\n","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":728370,"author_name":"suisou","author_uid":"suisou","epoch":1633445899,"text":"like this physics simple but great to play. auto balance is not that obvious","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":728543,"author_name":"KuKuRammus","author_uid":"kukurammus","epoch":1633446865,"text":"Ok game, would agree with others that adding some gameplay elements would be cool. Good job","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":729169,"author_name":"adamk33n3r","author_uid":"adamk33n3r","epoch":1633449664,"text":"@kukurammus thanks for the feedback! Do you (or others) have any suggestions on what would make it more \"gamey\" if we had more time?","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":739101,"author_name":"mrnannings","author_uid":"mrnannings","epoch":1633524677,"text":"Cool game. 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