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Great job!! :D :jack_o_lantern: :ghost: ","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":848419,"author_name":"Linnea Isaac","author_uid":"linnea-isaac","epoch":1664837679,"text":"Spooky - got me in the mood for the season for real\n\nDid y'all make all these assets and effects for the jam - it's packed!\n\n","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":848430,"author_name":"vgel","author_uid":"vgel","epoch":1664837733,"text":"Lots of spooky art and audio :-) quite spooked\n\nIt wasn't clear to me what the difference between the different types of towers is. Maybe you could add that to the Itch description?","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":848913,"author_name":"blobo","author_uid":"blobo","epoch":1664839757,"text":"I LOVED the jack-o-lantern in the radius shell around the towers. The whole Halloween aesthetic is fantastic! The music slaps, and the game is fairly easy. I didn't beat the miniboss though. Great game!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":849168,"author_name":"Feraligatr","author_uid":"feraligatr","epoch":1664840855,"text":"@vgel Thanks for the suggestion, adjusted the description for that","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":853843,"author_name":"LDJam user 279754","author_uid":"279754","epoch":1664877346,"text":"spooky vibes and tower defence? Give me that!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":856198,"author_name":"evgenimp","author_uid":"evgenimp","epoch":1664891731,"text":"Spookers beaten! I loved it, good job. I'd add more lit effects to the turret shooting so that the dark period isn't that simply black.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":860276,"author_name":"Eugenik","author_uid":"eugenik","epoch":1664912822,"text":"this was really good keep it up!.\n","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":870194,"author_name":"misterstripey","author_uid":"misterstripey","epoch":1665017121,"text":"Hey! I enjoyed playing this on stream! Here's the vod that will be up for a week if you want to share it with your team https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/videos\/1610268632?t=00h58m44s\n\nYall did a really good job starting the game very simple during the daylight. It was cool to see the gameplay intensify as night fell and the music started going WILD! Well done!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":870297,"author_name":"Chartle","author_uid":"chartle","epoch":1665019473,"text":"Well done! Loved the day\/night and tower defense has always been a sweet spot for me. Loved the sound track as well, though the death sounds could have been more varied. Good stuff!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":870521,"author_name":"stonkystoges","author_uid":"stonkystoges","epoch":1665024210,"text":"super dope! i was very impressed with the art and the music! The game itself felt very upbeat and the music suited it well. Very polished! 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Great job with this entry, very solid all around.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":878279,"author_name":"Skvader_418","author_uid":"skvader-418","epoch":1665180642,"text":"The game plays well and the sfx made me pee myself \nThe music is AMAZING\ngraphics were okay, love the day night cycle, also good job on the enemies emmiting light\nMy ass got kicked the first time i played it, 2nd time it was okay in terms of difficulty\nsimple but fun, which is the most important thing here, FUN","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"}],"format":"md","images":["ld51\/wayback-placeholder.png"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/nidavellirgames.itch.io\/trick-or-defeat","text":"Link"},{"url":"https:\/\/nidavellirgames.itch.io\/trick-or-defeat","text":"Link"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"84120","g_author":"1219041","g_event":"LD51","g_eventkey":"114","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"392542","g_title":"Trick or Defeat","g_status":"WAYBACK","g_place":"507","g_commentcount":"15","g_site2_node_id":"297711","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"297711","n_urlkey":"392542","n_parent":"296586","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/51\/trick-or-defeat","n_slug":"trick-or-defeat","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"jam","n_author":"219041","n_created":"1663518239","n_modified":"1778936941","n_version":"959699","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD51","removed_author":false},"_superparent":9,"_trust":6,"author":219041,"body":"![Screenshot.png](\/\/\/raw\/1a7\/53\/z\/51960.png)\n\n\n# Summary\n\nNow that the days grow shorter and the leafs turn all shades of yellow, brown and red, the spooky season is on the horizon. 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