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Sorry about that.","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":942056,"author_name":"PartySquadMember","author_uid":"partysquadmember","epoch":1683000221,"text":"Shoot The Messenger = Instant Click! I enjoyed the variation in the enemies, fun game that works! ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":942081,"author_name":"alanxoc3","author_uid":"alanxoc3","epoch":1683000418,"text":"You're friend did a good job on the music. The vibe was pretty cool, the game could definitely use more polish. And some enemies are too fast, so they keep ramming into me.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":945039,"author_name":"NastyVibrato","author_uid":"nastyvibrato","epoch":1683026864,"text":"@alanxoc3 The ramming and speed are intentional! I didn't have the time to add all the enemies I wanted, so I made a variation on the slower orcs that was way faster but easier to kill. That added a little bit of variety and also an actual chance to mess up and die if you're careless and\/or didn't instantly figure out how you should play the game. If you just perma-shoot in a forward direction as well as move back when you see enemies, its still incredibly easy to beat it without taking any damage. Was it too hard or unintuitive as a new player, and you died a lot? Or what was your issue with it.","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":945192,"author_name":"LDJam user 359614","author_uid":"359614","epoch":1683027800,"text":"i enjoyed the gameplay","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":945354,"author_name":"Stingby12","author_uid":"stingby12","epoch":1683028807,"text":"Meh.","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":948936,"author_name":"riley9","author_uid":"riley9","epoch":1683047712,"text":"SKELLY NOO\ni loved the text in the end!! it made the game feel very different in retrospect. i hope skelly can deliver their mail regardless all of these people who are scared of them :(\ni loved the music and the fast enemies! they kept me on my toes!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":951925,"author_name":"radgegames","author_uid":"radgegames","epoch":1683063862,"text":"A little too easy for me but still a solid entry and the added story element at the end made it unique","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":954361,"author_name":"ruruie","author_uid":"ruruie","epoch":1683085969,"text":"Solid and slick. Some audio feedback would've been great.","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":959291,"author_name":"Rezioz","author_uid":"rezioz","epoch":1683144992,"text":"I agree that some sound effects would be welcome... also, my autoclick mouse made the game really easy (yeah I know it's cheating). But outside of that, the game is cool !","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":965064,"author_name":"Jona Scheidig","author_uid":"jona-scheidig","epoch":1683233467,"text":"What a banger soundtrack accompanied by a solid twin stick shooter ^^\nNicely done!","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":968497,"author_name":"Purrseus","author_uid":"purrseus","epoch":1683311620,"text":"The music is really, really good!","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":971520,"author_name":"Sylf","author_uid":"sylf","epoch":1683403224,"text":"needed some text in the beginning to understand the concept! 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