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I tapped out in year 2!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":916389,"author_name":"ofiro","author_uid":"ofiro","epoch":1673543232,"text":"I see the theme hit close to home :)\n\nI like it","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":916613,"author_name":"Dannyk1994","author_uid":"dannyk1994","epoch":1673548906,"text":"Nice game, like the idea! Took me a while to figure out the controls but enjoyed it!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":916637,"author_name":"deimos","author_uid":"deimos","epoch":1673549333,"text":"@dannyk1994 thanks! and you remind me of adding the keyboard control instructions! silly me.","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":916922,"author_name":"Dawnreaver","author_uid":"dawnreaver","epoch":1673554756,"text":"What a game! Had to stop before I pull a tendon :D Quite a good idea to use the controlls that way, that being said: super hard on the player. It would have been a bit more forgiving, if you could move a little easier. Apart from that: Well done indeed!\n","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":916933,"author_name":"Skopfy","author_uid":"skopfy","epoch":1673554867,"text":"Not my kind of game. Completed one level and went from year 1 to 2. Nothing happened.\nNice graphics though.\nSome possible improvements:\n- some change between the levels to motivate\n- As a german gamer, Z is one of the most horrible buttons you could choose. Got cramps. Better X and M (farther away) or closer together, X and C e.g.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":916999,"author_name":"deimos","author_uid":"deimos","epoch":1673556069,"text":"@skopfy Thanks for the advice! I was planning on adding some treasure u could find on different levels but there was no time. Maybe in a update in the future! \nAnd just looked into German keyboard layout and I see what u mean. Sadly the key bindings is fixed by the game engine itself (it's called PICO-8) so I can't change it freely. But it provides some alternative options: c & v as well as n & m. You can choose and combine what u like. ","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":917009,"author_name":"deimos","author_uid":"deimos","epoch":1673556265,"text":"@dawnreaver Glad you like it! But the idea of the game is to simulate the farmer's repetitve physical work, and it is usually not that forgiving, so...:)","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":917655,"author_name":"yellow","author_uid":"yellow","epoch":1673573652,"text":"\u8c01\u77e5\u76d8\u4e2d\u9910\uff0c\u7c92\u7c92\u7686\u8f9b\u82e6\u3002\n\u597d\u5144\u5f1f\uff0c\u6211\u4eec\u7684\u7f8e\u672f\u98ce\u683c\u662f\u4e00\u6837\uff0c\ud83d\ude00\u5e0c\u671b\u4f60\u5728LD\u73a9\u7684\u5f00\u5fc3\uff01","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":917717,"author_name":"deimos","author_uid":"deimos","epoch":1673575448,"text":"@yellow \u8c22\u54e5\uff0c\u4f60\u4e5f\u662f:D","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":917799,"author_name":"GoldRanger","author_uid":"goldranger","epoch":1673578419,"text":"so here we have a realistic farmer simulator... somehow I can't get to year 2    \n![rea.jpg](\/\/\/raw\/fff\/7\/z\/5654a.jpg)     \nbut I got and feel your message.. kind of thankful that the game end me before year 2, don't need to do it myself.. respect ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":917840,"author_name":"Lawrence","author_uid":"lawrence","epoch":1673579818,"text":"I like games with weird controls and found the game quite relaxing actually :smile: \nOf course easy to say when all I had to do is press some buttons\n\nCool game, thanks for making it!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":917871,"author_name":"deimos","author_uid":"deimos","epoch":1673580524,"text":"@eggshelldog thanks for playing. 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I wonder whether someone went through all 60 years, those would need some extra price :) ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":920358,"author_name":"JfeeefL","author_uid":"jfeeefl","epoch":1673681098,"text":"\u6c89\u91cd\u800c\u4e25\u8083\u7684\u6e38\u620f\uff0c\u7b80\u6d01\u800c\u6709\u529b\uff0c\u76f4\u7a7f\u5185\u5fc3\u3002\u867d\u7136\u4e2a\u4eba\u8ba4\u4e3a\u53ea\u770b\u52b3\u52a8\u672c\u8eab\u800c\u4e0d\u770b\u5176\u5e26\u6765\u7684\u793e\u4f1a\u5173\u7cfb\u7684\u8bdd\uff0c\u5176\u5b9e\u5373\u4fbf\u662f\u57ce\u91cc\u7684\u5927\u591a\u6570\u4eba\u7684\u52b3\u52a8\u4e5f\u90fd\u662f\u8fd9\u6837\u67af\u71e5\u7684\uff0c\u751a\u81f3\u66f4\u751a\u3002\u4f46\u662f\u4ecd\u7136\u5f88\u9707\u64bc\uff0c\u5c24\u5176\u662f\u8bfb\u4e86\u6587\u5b57\u540e\u518d\u73a9\uff0c\u4e94\u5473\u6742\u9648\uff1a\u548c\u571f\u5730\u5728\u4e00\u8d77\uff0c\u65e2\u4f53\u4f1a\u5230\u4e86\u751f\u547d\u7684\u529b\u91cf\uff0c\u4e5f\u4f53\u4f1a\u5230\u4e86\u751f\u547d\u7684\u65e0\u529b\u3002\u8c22\u8c22\u4f60\u7684\u6e38\u620f\uff0c\u5bf9\u6211\u5f88\u6709\u542f\u53d1\uff01","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":920862,"author_name":"deimos","author_uid":"deimos","epoch":1673709386,"text":"@jfeeefl \u611f\u8c22\u6e38\u73a9\u4e0e\u5206\u4eab\uff0c\u4f60\u7684\u8bc4\u8bba\u5bf9\u6211\u4e5f\u5f88\u6709\u542f\u53d1\uff01","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":922119,"author_name":"LDJam user 243193","author_uid":"243193","epoch":1673772263,"text":" I get the message of boring repetitive work but there's no need to make the control terrible. 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Thanks for sharing ur thoughts, it really made me look back on the game in a new way!","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":924310,"author_name":"khaotom","author_uid":"khaotom","epoch":1673913367,"text":"Nailed the theme and the controls are a good metaphor of the physical labor that goes into harvest.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":929602,"author_name":"LDJam user 299757","author_uid":"299757","epoch":1674785142,"text":"I love seeing Pico-8 games, such a fascinating fantasy console! Would love to learn how to develop for it one day. Anyway, about the game, honestly was pretty fun! Amazing job!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":930154,"author_name":"leckert","author_uid":"leckert","epoch":1674844184,"text":"Great example of using gameplay to convey a theme. I felt like the amount of years I was able to complete would reflect on my character. 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