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I hope you both feel better soon <3!\n\n[Screenshot_2025-10-09_21-46-05.png](\/\/\/raw\/f79\/06\/z\/6f1fb.png)","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1177734,"author_name":"ruruie","author_uid":"ruruie","epoch":1760043674,"text":"This was unique and I've been known to occasionally do a write so I gave it a go. I think the immediate tension I ran into was that Curiosity wasn't one of the emotions so I was constantly kind of struggling against that. \n\nBut then again maybe this is just how journaling works as I haven't done it before.","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1178378,"author_name":"Lianyi","author_uid":"lianyi","epoch":1760075360,"text":"Nice game!","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1178596,"author_name":"BlushingCrow","author_uid":"blushingcrow","epoch":1760089095,"text":"Always on the search for innovative jam games and was delighted to discover this journalling one. Some of the prompts got me really in a mindful meditative state - this is top notch work. Great use of the theme :)","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1179020,"author_name":"Eugenik","author_uid":"eugenik","epoch":1760105443,"text":"Very fun! Nice job!.\n","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1180237,"author_name":"Liu Qinying","author_uid":"liu-qinying","epoch":1760153981,"text":"Beautiful\uff01","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1181771,"author_name":"DeepD2eam","author_uid":"deepd2eam","epoch":1760246931,"text":"I really enjoyed this game! I don\u2019t usually play writing games, but your clear and creative prompts made me want to keep going. I kept thinking about curiosity even though it wasn\u2019t one of the emotions, and that made it more fun. Hope you both feel better soon\u2014you made something really special! \uff1a\uff09","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1184616,"author_name":"PatUwU","author_uid":"patuwu","epoch":1760551887,"text":"Good one, it was interesting to \"investigate\" your game","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1186324,"author_name":"kiv","author_uid":"kiv","epoch":1760886709,"text":"Very unusual and interesting approach. It opened a new side of gamedev for me, thank you","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"}],"format":"md","images":["ld58\/wayback-placeholder.png"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1M_o7wE5fpYN7w2oJchfIjcmT3sp_hQNReKyYV7IHhDw\/edit?tab=t.t9kzdb3elw0a#heading=h.hjf7wr484f6z","text":"Game Document"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"88899","g_author":"1189456","g_event":"LD58","g_eventkey":"112","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"426697","g_title":"The Forgetful Dragon","g_status":"WAYBACK","g_place":"492","g_commentcount":"11","g_site2_node_id":"416041","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"416041","n_urlkey":"426697","n_parent":"415614","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/58\/the-forgetful-dragon","n_slug":"the-forgetful-dragon","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"jam","n_author":"189456","n_created":"1758569816","n_modified":"1778469509","n_version":"1329953","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD58","removed_author":false},"_superparent":9,"_trust":3,"author":189456,"body":"![The Forgetful Dragon - Doc Cover Image .png](\/\/\/raw\/014\/e2\/z\/6dc28.png)\n\n*This is an analog game that requires you to journal\/write as the core mechanic. 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