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However this is something I could see myself playing a whole lot if it was refined a little more!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":786411,"author_name":"Kate_Black","author_uid":"kate-black","epoch":1649149265,"text":"its so intresting concept of game! at fist i dont read rules and djnt underst what i shoud to do. but when i understand i wiil be very impressd of game idea","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":792877,"author_name":"Anchry","author_uid":"anchry","epoch":1649181530,"text":"Felt like a nice and imaginative take on runner games, jumping did feel a bit jank but it was overall very nice. Solid gamejam entry, well done!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":804585,"author_name":"darwyn","author_uid":"darwyn","epoch":1649271777,"text":"I like the art style","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":804678,"author_name":"TheGoodHunter","author_uid":"thegoodhunter","epoch":1649272421,"text":"Was pretty confused on what is happening before I read the description. Nice idea","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":804828,"author_name":"Xayos","author_uid":"xayos","epoch":1649273492,"text":"great game, made me a bit addicted, graphics are awesome. Jumping felt a bit weird. would also be nice to have some feedback, in case you fall into a trap, like a death animation.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":804913,"author_name":"Jonrei","author_uid":"jonrei","epoch":1649274050,"text":"This is a really good entry. I managed to get stuck when the tiles created a circle tho haha","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":805195,"author_name":"Erilhir","author_uid":"erilhir","epoch":1649275761,"text":"It took me several runs too fully understand how to play but once I figured out, I found this game very fun ! I really really liked the overall concept - controlling the environemnt, not the player - and it was challenging enough to keep me playing. Quick suggestion, I think that the \"jump\" is a little off, I died countless time because of a mis-calculated jump ^^\nI spent a good time on your game, great job ! ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":813973,"author_name":"Tsugumi","author_uid":"tsugumi","epoch":1649393541,"text":"Temple Run in Viking. Good graphic though. Too many bugs. 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The primary game loop is fun and fast paced.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":817861,"author_name":"Emaigualmc2_art","author_uid":"emaigualmc2-art","epoch":1649480779,"text":"Unfortunately I ran into several bugs, I could only play the first stage and yet I couldn't do it very well since it was in an endless loop of turning to one side or it got stuck without being able to jump. Of all the art looks very beautiful and the music is great, I would like to see it more worked and polished to be able to enjoy it 100%. Thanks for your entry!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":819059,"author_name":"ZOMBIEBUST3R","author_uid":"zombiebust3r","epoch":1649513663,"text":"Cool concept, amazing graphics and entertaining gameplay. Needs some balancing on the different tiles since by doing left-right-left-right all the time you get no traps and go on forever. Also you can spam spacebar to constantly jump and avoid all the traps most of the time. Although if you spam spacebar while turning the character will drift outside the path, which is funny :)\n\nOverall very good entry but needs some polish in the gameplay :thumbsup: ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":819688,"author_name":"Chocolat-Endive","author_uid":"chocolat-endive","epoch":1649525060,"text":"I took me some time to understand how to play, at first, I thought there was a bug and the \"track\/path\" was not loading. But we create our own path, and it's quite nice. There is something a little weird about the jumping gamefeel: some death feels quite unfair. I guess it's because of the lack of sound fx, it's difficult to remember the \"timing\" of the jump. A sound FX at the beginning and the end of the jump would help.\n\nThe idea is super nice, and it works well. Graphics are pretty cool too! I'm impressed you managed to create 3 different worlds. With some polish and balancing, it could be a nice little game. Good job!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":819769,"author_name":"LDJam user 250825","author_uid":"250825","epoch":1649526341,"text":"Neat twist on the autorunner formula! I was a bit confused about the goal but after a couple of tries I could figure it out :D","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":820556,"author_name":"kr0s","author_uid":"kr0s","epoch":1649540938,"text":"Thank you all for your feedback, it is really helpful. I am glad that you like the idea. Now that the jam is over, I can focus on creating a post jam version with more polish and more content.","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":830748,"author_name":"theheheo","author_uid":"theheheo","epoch":1650058443,"text":"The game looked really cool. Was quite confused what was happening most of the time. Think it could of used some more polish. 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