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Very cool idea!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":863599,"author_name":"LDJam user 306251","author_uid":"306251","epoch":1664940208,"text":"Nice game with one of the best uses of the theme I've seen in this jam.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":869882,"author_name":"Johnsensei","author_uid":"johnsensei","epoch":1665011668,"text":"@raffian found this issue...\n![star_dark_asteroids.png](\/\/\/raw\/f7b\/51\/z\/52706.png)","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":870787,"author_name":"David Stevenson","author_uid":"david-stevenson","epoch":1665028063,"text":"Love the exponential nature of the energy - you ignore the offscreen stars, they're still coming for you!","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":874650,"author_name":"Falk Hoeppner","author_uid":"falk-hoeppner","epoch":1665094480,"text":"I really like the concept, though there doesn't seem to be a way to win? The music is really good and fits the game really well.","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":877099,"author_name":"teresaellayne","author_uid":"teresaellayne","epoch":1665157331,"text":"cool concept and love the sound design!","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"}],"format":"md","images":["ld51\/wayback-placeholder.png"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/johnsensei.itch.io\/stardark","text":"Stardark Web"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"85099","g_author":"1088959","g_event":"LD51","g_eventkey":"114","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"393989","g_title":"Stardark","g_status":"WAYBACK","g_place":"99999","g_commentcount":"6","g_site2_node_id":"303870","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"303870","n_urlkey":"393989","n_parent":"296586","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/51\/stardark","n_slug":"stardark","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"jam","n_author":"88959","n_created":"1664588564","n_modified":"1777943057","n_version":"962141","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD51","removed_author":false},"_superparent":9,"_trust":4,"author":88959,"body":"(Please do not evaluate the animations in the Graphics category as those came from the game's engine RPG Maker MV. 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