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Had a great time playing it!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1168534,"author_name":"Nnican","author_uid":"nnican","epoch":1759864513,"text":"Sorry, but the gameplay is not completed now, we did not have time to technically implement it.","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1169370,"author_name":"MrV","author_uid":"mrv","epoch":1759872005,"text":"mark me when you finish the game\n","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1173543,"author_name":"Melomaner","author_uid":"melomaner","epoch":1759945689,"text":"The idea is clear, but unfortunately the bugs don\u2019t get picked up :( and the light doesn\u2019t turn off \u2014 though I think it was supposed to.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1177133,"author_name":"GonulGaye","author_uid":"gonulgaye","epoch":1760031490,"text":"Nice game! \u2728\ufe0f\ud83c\udf89\ud83d\udc7e","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1179535,"author_name":"thaDev","author_uid":"thadev","epoch":1760122401,"text":"Cool idea, except i didn't really figure out what to do beyond unscrewing the vent open. The mood is really well set and the music helps a lot, it would be cool to see it completed!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1183718,"author_name":"LDJam user 373623","author_uid":"373623","epoch":1760402384,"text":"if there were bugs in this bug game it might just be the best of them all","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1184337,"author_name":"megalukes","author_uid":"megalukes","epoch":1760494226,"text":"I liked the visuals, but I couldn't do much beyond trying to find the bugs and got nothing. Also, I don't think I understood the game very well. I don't often read the guides because I like to figure out jam games by myself, but I have to admit this one could really use a guide.","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"}],"format":"md","images":["ld58\/wayback-placeholder.png"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/nnican.itch.io\/fly-collector","text":"itch.io"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"89740","g_author":"1408184","g_event":"LD58","g_eventkey":"112","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"428170","g_title":"Fly Collector","g_status":"WAYBACK","g_place":"99999","g_commentcount":"10","g_site2_node_id":"420579","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"420579","n_urlkey":"428170","n_parent":"415614","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/58\/fly-collector","n_slug":"fly-collector","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"jam","n_author":"408184","n_created":"1759676396","n_modified":"1779442987","n_version":"1336204","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD58","removed_author":false},"_superparent":9,"_trust":1,"author":408184,"body":"![6cf16.png.320x256.fit.jpg](\/\/\/raw\/87a\/36\/z\/6ebe1.jpg)\n\n**Catch the bugs or lose your life**\n\nThe main protagonist agrees to a dirty job from a closed museum.\nTo impress its few remaining patrons, the museum needs a collection of rare and extraordinary insects.\nThe task sounds simple \u2014 until he learns where to find them: in the basement of a reclusive collector.\nDown there, the air crawls with strange beetles\u2026 but something far more terrifying lurks among them \u2014 the collector himself, a deranged man who allows no living soul near his precious collection.\nTime is running out. 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