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Well done!:laughing:","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":774780,"author_name":"robert18","author_uid":"robert18","epoch":1649042791,"text":"Took me a bit to find the sweet spot ;) Immediately upgrade to an income of $398 and then spam upgrade population to always win","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":774784,"author_name":"JCMonkey","author_uid":"jcmonkey","epoch":1649042864,"text":"interesting game i would definitely put a volume control on the game. the game got kind of confusing, the tutorial made it seem pretty easy, then playing it my money never really went up, but the ppl went down super fast. i would probably figure out a way to balance the game out to let the players get used to the game. most my games lasted less then 30 seconds.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":774881,"author_name":"CrazyKittens 892 YT","author_uid":"crazykittens-892-yt","epoch":1649047405,"text":"That was really cool. I liked how you had to balance the gaining money aspect with the fact that many people are disappearing. Overall, really nice!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":774901,"author_name":"Wogabi","author_uid":"wogabi","epoch":1649048171,"text":"Wow simply incredible. I halted the end of the world. Great game, good job!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":774923,"author_name":"sirJupitron","author_uid":"sirjupitron","epoch":1649048650,"text":"Hi!\nLoved the idle vibes, nice music, specially tutorial one. Thanks a lot!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":775099,"author_name":"haztro","author_uid":"haztro","epoch":1649052976,"text":"Nice entry! Props for the full tutorial - pretty rare for a jam. Small suggestion for the UI: it'd be useful to have some sort of indicator for when you're about to lose, maybe the population text flashes red or somethin. Neat game :)","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":775319,"author_name":"the_nacho","author_uid":"the-nacho","epoch":1649057846,"text":"Pretty easy once you figure out the winning strategy; I kind of wish there was a little more to it strategically. But enjoyable nonetheless. I liked the music, and the tutorial was a great addition!\n\nOh and at first I thought the money and population ticks were synced to the beat of the music and got excited, but then they got out of sync eventually :frowning2:","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":779046,"author_name":"LDJam user 281060","author_uid":"281060","epoch":1649098580,"text":"Great tutorial, great consistent art. I just spammed the two buy options and won. Some choice or strategy could turn this into a very fun clicker!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":814773,"author_name":"squimmy","author_uid":"squimmy","epoch":1649416666,"text":"It's not often you see such a fleshed-out tutorial for a game made on such a tight schedule!\n\nThe basic idea of the game confused me at first, but once I was able to win eventually.\n\nThe music was good too, but I found it a little bit too loud. I got similar comments for one of my games so I looked into some solutions and found [one that seems to work pretty well](https:\/\/godotengine.org\/qa\/24377\/change-global-volume-in-3-0?show=24463#a24463). You can wire this up to a button or a simple `Input` listener and tweak all the game volume in one place!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":823408,"author_name":"Phil C","author_uid":"phil-c","epoch":1649622253,"text":"Agree with most people above:\n\nNice tutorial, gameplay simple once you figure the strategy, music loud but pretty nice. Wish there was more depth but overall a nice entry good work!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":836115,"author_name":"zimny11","author_uid":"zimny11","epoch":1650543156,"text":"Nice, little clicker game! 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