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Try it out if you can and have a nice day resting ;-)","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1165496,"author_name":"Azufette","author_uid":"azufette","epoch":1759836131,"text":"![Screenshot 2025-10-07 131725.png](\/\/\/raw\/5a7\/46\/z\/6e901.png)\n\nfor those whos having troubles downloading the windows version. =) have fun","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1165641,"author_name":"MJ12","author_uid":"mj12","epoch":1759837596,"text":"Nice work boys!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1166680,"author_name":"florianCohen","author_uid":"floriancohen","epoch":1759847472,"text":"Nice Game !","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1166775,"author_name":"ManTou","author_uid":"mantou","epoch":1759848365,"text":"I found this game entry really interesting! It immediately reminded me of Hobo: Tough Life, which is one of my favorite games. I love how it captures a similar atmosphere and sense of struggle, but with its own unique twist.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1166966,"author_name":"justking144","author_uid":"justking144","epoch":1759850194,"text":"Absolutely loved the garbage stacking mechanic in the bag!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1167023,"author_name":"Gledus Varnanos","author_uid":"gledus-varnanos","epoch":1759850579,"text":"The game idea is very cool, WEB version could get some work put into it, as it have 'some' problems, like screen size mismatch with 'publish resolution', and some text issues ![\u0438\u0437\u043e\u0431\u0440\u0430\u0436\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0435_2025-10-07_202014746.png](\/\/\/raw\/6e1\/26\/z\/6ea7d.png)\nother than that, it is pretty neat game, with a cool idea.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1167229,"author_name":"JPGFG","author_uid":"jpgfg","epoch":1759852332,"text":"messing with anchorpoints on your UI might help with some of the resolution distortion you're seeing.  Cool post, like GTA2","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1167272,"author_name":"LDJam user 375016","author_uid":"375016","epoch":1759852675,"text":"Great Idea.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1167277,"author_name":"MRjasperDR","author_uid":"mrjasperdr","epoch":1759852693,"text":"Really cool game! It gave me some old-school vibes. I like the collect-and-spend mechanic, and it stays fun trying to earn as much money as possible. Great job!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1167380,"author_name":"Croped","author_uid":"croped","epoch":1759853564,"text":"@jpgfg @gledus-varnanos Hey thanks for playing our game! My UI's always somehow break xD but it works in Fullscreen Mode. Sadly, said Fullscreen Button is hidden and the only way to reveal it is by hovering your cursor over that tiny scroll bar on the right side of the game screen and scrolling down. If someone knows how to force Fullscreen on Webbuild feel free to educate me.","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1171492,"author_name":"Kit Gorn","author_uid":"kit-gorn","epoch":1759914021,"text":"Wow, this is really GTA. It's done really well.","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1176874,"author_name":"LDJam user 280189","author_uid":"280189","epoch":1760025870,"text":"The stacking mechanic in the bag is really cool, also like one of the other commenters said, it reminded me of Hobo: Tough Life as well. Nice idea!","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1180620,"author_name":"David Sheffield","author_uid":"david-sheffield","epoch":1760181511,"text":"Holy cow, this is really done for such a short time period, there are some tiny UI bugs I've noticed but other than that very impressive!","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1180625,"author_name":"8TreasurePorridge","author_uid":"8treasureporridge","epoch":1760181678,"text":"great!","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1180638,"author_name":"K48UTO","author_uid":"k48uto","epoch":1760182351,"text":"In fact, it was nice to look for bottles and cans and hand them over, receiving money. I didn't quite figure out why my character falls asleep and almost immediately the game is considered lost.","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1188007,"author_name":"LDJam user 214618","author_uid":"214618","epoch":1761208550,"text":"I did not beat the game, but the experience was very good and reminded me how grateful I have to be to have a roof over my head and a job. 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