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Fun little game!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":951785,"author_name":"NuiN","author_uid":"nuin","epoch":1683062936,"text":"The art is nice, gameplay does get a bit repetitive though","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":959367,"author_name":"LDJam user 299852","author_uid":"299852","epoch":1683145632,"text":"Funny idea, really creative! Really liked the paper characters. We've been looking forward to play this all day, it was worth it ","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":974393,"author_name":"kesha11S","author_uid":"kesha11s","epoch":1683536005,"text":"i really love this 2.5D style. so cute uwu\n\nbtw, it would be good if it would be easier to bring her children (maybe reduce marine fertilizing time)","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":974553,"author_name":"yoanndeplo","author_uid":"yoanndeplo","epoch":1683547411,"text":"Un concept int\u00e9ressant ! Les dessins et animations sont tr\u00e8s sympas. Le puits d'acide (ou de je-ne-sais-quoi) \u00e0 c\u00f4t\u00e9 de l'endroit o\u00f9 apparaissent les \u0153ufs est un peu p\u00e9nible, vu que les marines y tombent direct apr\u00e8s s'\u00eatre fait chopp\u00e9 par le facehugger la plupart du temps.\n\nJ'ai eu un bug o\u00f9 le bruit du marine qui s'\u00e9touffe se jouait en boucle. J'ai r\u00e9ussi \u00e0 bloquer un marine au niveau de l'arche, \u00e7a je sais pas si c'est normal ^^\n\n![oups.png](\/\/\/raw\/bce\/1\/z\/5b989.png)","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":976112,"author_name":"HagamosVideojuegos","author_uid":"hagamosvideojuegos","epoch":1683651391,"text":"Your game has a great visual style that I really love.\n\nThe gameplay is simple yet enjoyable, and I think adding background music would have made it even better. Nonetheless, I think it's a solid game with good results.\n\nCongratulations!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":978555,"author_name":"MAR Zockmeister","author_uid":"mar-zockmeister","epoch":1683935148,"text":"Totally love the visual style and artwork; really different from all the other things. Also, the game idea is creative. A simple menu would be helpful to restart or quit the game and it is also a pity that a lot of infected marines fall into the holes. But overall, a nice little game. Would love to see the visual style in a bigger game. :smiley: ","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":981791,"author_name":"Carl Bisenius","author_uid":"carl-bisenius","epoch":1684387731,"text":"Very fun style and I enjoyed your artwork","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":982023,"author_name":"TomatoLamp","author_uid":"tomatolamp","epoch":1684420362,"text":"How did you manage to make something so horrific *this* adorable?! A great concept and executed well outside of some minor bugs - but the visual style and the little charms really make it a blast to play (especially for fans of the series).\n\nSome added hazards, music, and a pause menu would be welcome additions to completely the package, but great work!\n\nAt one point a marine just walked up to an egg on their own, lovestruck - it was just like Prometheus lol","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":982214,"author_name":"Pegasus","author_uid":"pegasus","epoch":1684432275,"text":"What a strange concept for a game lol - but a good one. The stand out for me is the visuals, love both the hand drawn and 3D components, they do contrast quite a lot but you've managed to put them together quite nicely. I found the gameplay to be a bit lower standard though, it felt like I was mostly just hoping that they wouldn't randomly wander into the holes, and it doesn't really get much more complex. \n\nI found a lot of the time with the 'pregnant?' marines, they would just go straight into the hole next to the egg before I have a chance to move them - and to contrast, grabbing them for food is very easy. I think I also might have had a bug one time where all the marines were spawning off screen and stuck in the bottom right so I had to run really far and spam E hoping to pick it up.\n\nI think with a bit more of a refined and expanded gameplay loop this could have been an amazing game, other than the issues I mentioned it felt very polished overall and I know I've already mentioned it but visually it's both unique and good looking. Overall great job with the game!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":982287,"author_name":"WeirdBitGames","author_uid":"weirdbitgames","epoch":1684436253,"text":"I really like the art direction here! The paper-style characters in the 3d environment, and of course I like the Alien take on delivery! This is the first one I've seen where it isn't humans and babies. A really good idea and well-implemented too!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"}],"format":"md","images":["ld53\/wayback-placeholder.png"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/huitremagique.itch.io\/xenoluv","text":"Link"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"90759","g_author":"1217870","g_event":"LD53","g_eventkey":"118","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"432742","g_title":"Xenoluv","g_status":"WAYBACK","g_place":"663","g_commentcount":"14","g_site2_node_id":"367758","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"367758","n_urlkey":"432742","n_parent":"332127","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/53\/xenoluv","n_slug":"xenoluv","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"jam","n_author":"217870","n_created":"1682988211","n_modified":"1779135115","n_version":"1144237","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD53","removed_author":false},"_superparent":9,"_trust":1,"author":217870,"body":"STORY\n\nAfter the tragic event on LV-426, the Colonial Marines are sent to a well-earned vacation on the French Riviera. 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