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I also love that it's a cute little duck-themed resource management game that, by the way, happens to have a giant angry Duck God that needs to be appeased by sacrificing the adorable tiny ducks!\n\nI wasn't totally sure if there was a goal beyond maintaining food\/water, making money, and keeping the Duck God appeased. Can I defeat the Duck God?\n\nOverall, nice job! :D","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":781320,"author_name":"Jordan Pavlic","author_uid":"jordan-pavlic","epoch":1649115597,"text":"Love this game! Could definitely use more instructions about how to buy upgrades because discovered it on accident. I had a lot of fun playing this game.","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":781484,"author_name":"SirRed","author_uid":"sirred","epoch":1649117010,"text":"@knipsch you can kill the duck god if you get all the upgrades.","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":807597,"author_name":"LDJam user 97711","author_uid":"97711","epoch":1649295200,"text":"this is a cute game, but i was struggling to know what to do! I think some more feedback around when the water and food gauge is increasing would be helpful in getting more satisfaction from the gameplay. a nice atmosphere and mellow game overall","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":829598,"author_name":"sillyman987","author_uid":"sillyman987","epoch":1649953884,"text":"Extremely fun! I loved watching the ducks take over my island!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":831003,"author_name":"SheldonZS","author_uid":"sheldonzs","epoch":1650085472,"text":"Fun and silly game! I managed to win, though things certainly get out of hand quickly, especially once you start getting more ducks faster! I especially love the item names, I died almost immediately after buying the M.O.A.Q.","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":831015,"author_name":"CasualNothing","author_uid":"casualnothing","epoch":1650087115,"text":"A fun little game for sure. Straightforward and tight mechanics that worked.","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":831362,"author_name":"3079","author_uid":"3079","epoch":1650125278,"text":"Very fun little game, I think the idea is quite cool. I've managed to beat the game on my 2nd attempt. Loved the naming of the upgrades. I think it's not super clear what exactly the goal of the game is on your first attemt, so that could possibly be improved to make the game even better. 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