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The leaderboard is a nice addition as well.\n\nFor me it was a little confusing why bullets fly slightly off relative to where I was aiming for, but I guess that is just the perspective.","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":927823,"author_name":"terylangosh","author_uid":"terylangosh","epoch":1674468043,"text":"My hand started hurting so bad after all that clicking, but I enjoyed playing your game! I think maybe if you could use one hand for shooting and the other for planting (maybe using keyboard numbers?) it would relieve a bit from the one hand and simultaneously become more chaotic\/skill-based, since you have to coordinate both hands at once :D ","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"}],"format":"md","images":["ld52\/wayback-placeholder.png"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/jkniest\/LD52-PlantProtectors","text":"Source Code"},{"url":"https:\/\/gamejolt.com\/games\/plant-protectors-ld52\/777848","text":"Link"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"86229","g_author":"1014506","g_event":"LD52","g_eventkey":"116","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"397836","g_title":"Plant Protectors","g_status":"WAYBACK","g_place":"99999","g_commentcount":"4","g_site2_node_id":"314819","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"314819","n_urlkey":"397836","n_parent":"313060","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/52\/plant-protectors","n_slug":"plant-protectors","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"jam","n_author":"14506","n_created":"1672622913","n_modified":"1778285152","n_version":"996997","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD52","removed_author":false},"_superparent":9,"_trust":12,"author":14506,"body":"![final.png](\/\/\/raw\/aa8\/3\/z\/55545.png)\n\nJoin Randolf Randi, the vegetable-loving hero, as he fights to protect his beloved garden from a never-ending horde of plant-napping foes. 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