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It says something that this isn't the first 'your tamagochi will be sad if you leave it' sort of game, seems to be a common theme. Unfortunately, I kept trying to play the piano minigame but the game crashed whenever I did. Regardless, cute little game!","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":800409,"author_name":"LDJam user 5143","author_uid":"5143","epoch":1649236062,"text":"I have crush when I trying to play piano. \n\n![Screenshot at Apr 06 12-07-23.png](\/\/\/raw\/714\/1\/z\/4d074.png)","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":800419,"author_name":"Jibberwocky","author_uid":"jibberwocky","epoch":1649236177,"text":"I got a JavaScript error when trying to play one of top mini-games in html5 that I think killed tab bot, but click the cookie and paper scissors rock worked. Very cute tamagochi style game. 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Finally clicked on the speech bubble. TAB-BOT certainly did make me laugh with a meta-humor that reminded me of Undertale.","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":836586,"author_name":"zimny11","author_uid":"zimny11","epoch":1650562010,"text":"Nice art style. The web window is a bit small and as others pointed out the piano is bugged, but besides that cool entry. 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