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And slug was really asking the philosophical questions too :thinking: \n\nSuper weird game, and the art is very unique. It's actually a very cool thing that you used pictures of your garden for it!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":829886,"author_name":"zimny11","author_uid":"zimny11","epoch":1649980299,"text":"Interesting idea and unique art style! I like it for how completely different it is :)","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":829995,"author_name":"LDJQ","author_uid":"ldjq","epoch":1649988259,"text":"Thank you for the feedback everyone.\n\nI absolutely agree that more quest variety is needed, \n@unfinished.","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":830063,"author_name":"LDJam user 233659","author_uid":"233659","epoch":1650002963,"text":"Super different and just fascinating. Visually intense and unabashedly weird. I am here for it! I would love to see more of the garden, and meet more characters. :smile: ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":833552,"author_name":"LDJQ","author_uid":"ldjq","epoch":1650315705,"text":"Thank you @mavvy, that is very kind of you to say.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":833712,"author_name":"Fionnabhair","author_uid":"fionnabhair","epoch":1650328767,"text":"I am *here* for the psychedelic images. It helped make the mood of this game feel unique and surreal. Absolutely loved it.\n\nI did run into difficulty with the game play where my encounters wouldn't end, and I'd be in a bit of a loop interacting with others. I played the web version, maybe that was the issue? Not that it stopped me from playing, though. Slug needs their crouton, after all.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":833726,"author_name":"LDJQ","author_uid":"ldjq","epoch":1650330075,"text":"Thank you for the feedback @fionnabhair, and I will try to reproduce that bug when I have time.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":833770,"author_name":"LDJam user 267116","author_uid":"267116","epoch":1650334575,"text":"Nice game! I love the style and the cast of characters.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":834213,"author_name":"Flaterectomy","author_uid":"flaterectomy","epoch":1650383747,"text":"You chose a pretty bold art direction, which I can appreciate, even if it didn't exactly make things easier to see. That said, the game is more an experience and a vibe, and not much of a challenge in any other way so it didn't really hurt things.\n\nBright and psychedelic, and a little story to the fetch quests. Simple stuff, but I enjoyed it!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":834820,"author_name":"dmtroy","author_uid":"dmtroy","epoch":1650433374,"text":"Well that was weird, and I mean that in a good way.","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":834852,"author_name":"magicdweedoo","author_uid":"magicdweedoo","epoch":1650437612,"text":"i like the graphics","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":835285,"author_name":"yusovv","author_uid":"yusovv","epoch":1650481184,"text":"A good project, it has prospects! You are great!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":835503,"author_name":"FloGames","author_uid":"flogames","epoch":1650494263,"text":"Well that was quite trippy :D It's probably the odd combination of the psychedelic graphics, the seemingly stream-of-consciousness writing and the surreal ending. The sound has some low rumbling issues (very irritating on headphones), could be fixed with a high pass filter. The exclamation marks were hard to see sometimes, perhaps they needed some animated glow\/shadow to draw more attention.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":836021,"author_name":"LDJQ","author_uid":"ldjq","epoch":1650538073,"text":"Thanks for the tip @flogames.\nThe background audio is a recording of my outdoor garden, and I was worried it would have noise issues.\nI tried cleaning it up but my audio editing skills are severely lacking, so any tips are greatly appreciated.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"}],"format":"md","images":["ld50\/wayback-placeholder.png"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/ldjq.itch.io\/caterpillar","text":"Link"},{"url":"https:\/\/ldjq.itch.io\/caterpillar","text":"Link"},{"url":"https:\/\/ldjq.itch.io\/caterpillar","text":"Apple macOS 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