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Cool that you put together a system and loaded it up with a lot of content like this though, nice job.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1183558,"author_name":"Magalix","author_uid":"magalix","epoch":1760389838,"text":"Can the frog be summoned somewhere ? I got the ending screen when I gained it.\nFascinating story, especially the ant battle and the frog.\nOnly two things are bothering me : when there is a lot of text it appears too small \nand there is no ambient music, which would elevate this game to an even higher level.\n","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1184066,"author_name":"MrV","author_uid":"mrv","epoch":1760457752,"text":"Unfortunately, the game is not interesting to play, the gameplay is too basic, and there is no necessary atmosphere with good sound and visual effects\n\n","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1184079,"author_name":"Kit Gorn","author_uid":"kit-gorn","epoch":1760459363,"text":"Phew. Too bad I can barely read English. But it's a pretty interesting story. At least the beginning. I reconciled the ants and went through the cave to the tower.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1184305,"author_name":"Flying Dog Fish","author_uid":"flying-dog-fish","epoch":1760484330,"text":"A text-based adventure is not what I'd expect these days. I managed heal the fox a couple of times in different ways, to get the ants to be friends again and went in the castle a couple of times, but found nothing interesting there.\n\nI got the same random even a couple of times in a row, you should make it so that doesn't happen.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1185170,"author_name":"Elfb0y","author_uid":"elfb0y","epoch":1760660089,"text":"I really liked this idea a lot. It reminded me of those old-school text adventures but with a cozy, magical twist. The story and choices kept me curious to see what would happen next, and I liked the humor and light tone. 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