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If you want to increase the difficulty even more, let the platform rotate. :grin: \nHave some real explosion or something in the red zones would be visually cool. \nOverall, nice little game. :smiley: ","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":991990,"author_name":"Andrew Michienzi","author_uid":"andrew-michienzi","epoch":1696301007,"text":"satisfying level design!","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":992050,"author_name":"nckpark","author_uid":"nckpark","epoch":1696301484,"text":"Definitely fits the theme! Nice balance of challenge and skill, too. I didn't git gud in my time with it, but felt like I could with more time. Nice work! My main suggestion would be to smooth out the difficulty curve a bit? Let me feel like a winner before I'm getting destroyed by 5 explosions.","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":995623,"author_name":"HangoverGames","author_uid":"hangovergames","epoch":1696332586,"text":"I imagined the character as a white fluffy cat caught in a hellish trap!","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":996482,"author_name":"Sparkleypie","author_uid":"sparkleypie","epoch":1696338706,"text":"I love this sorts of game. The mechanics worked well and I think it's a nice balance between difficulty and skill. Good mood!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":996577,"author_name":"Sergei11156","author_uid":"sergei11156","epoch":1696339278,"text":"The game is pretty addictive!  The gameplay is enjoyable and the difficulty is perfectly balanced","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":998066,"author_name":"minjutin","author_uid":"minjutin","epoch":1696349551,"text":"Died when there was only 4 seconds left and ragequitted. But before that, dodging the bullets was really fun, just a perfect amount of challenge. Also, \"have forced you to play a game of dodge the bullets and explosions\" made me laugh. Sounds like fun and games","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1002999,"author_name":"John Saba","author_uid":"john-saba","epoch":1696392713,"text":"Good game and use of theme! I died a lot. Should I feel lucky to escape alive? I kind of want revenge on these alien machine meanos. Shout out to the transition between the title screen and gameplay. GJ!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1006517,"author_name":"Devez","author_uid":"devez","epoch":1696442637,"text":"Holy I kept getting blasted. Not good with bullet hell games :cry: ","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1006859,"author_name":"jk5000","author_uid":"jk5000","epoch":1696445969,"text":"The idea is fun, but the game was way too difficult for me. I liked the visuals and the music. Overall a pretty well made little jam game.","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1008832,"author_name":"LDJam user 372374","author_uid":"372374","epoch":1696471004,"text":"Great use of the theme, I love bullet hell. The lava ring definitely made this even harder. I would play this.","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1023482,"author_name":"Skosnowich","author_uid":"skosnowich","epoch":1697189186,"text":"Really challenging game, my personal best was around 1:10. I think it was really readable, probably it would've been easier for me with a controller (if that's supported) instead of keyboard. The biggest problems for me were the bullets and not running into the (stationary-not-moving-so-totally-shouldnt-be-a-problem) lava.","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1024526,"author_name":"LDJam user 371030","author_uid":"371030","epoch":1697312362,"text":"I liked the 3d introduction. And enjoyed your game quite a lot! Bravo ^^ !\nI beat it from the 3rd try... it is addictive ^^\n\nI wish there was more :P \nBut overall, a pretty fun, *clear* (very important) and addictive experience : ))) GJ!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1026321,"author_name":"Vitaslayer","author_uid":"vitaslayer","epoch":1697522684,"text":"A pleasant game concept, surviving is quite challenging, especially since you can't touch the edges of the map.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"}],"format":"md","images":["ld54\/wayback-placeholder.png"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/mekyi.itch.io\/sci-fi-stratagem","text":"Link"},{"url":"https:\/\/mekyi.itch.io\/sci-fi-stratagem","text":"Link"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"91042","g_author":"1119901","g_event":"LD54","g_eventkey":"117","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"434473","g_title":"Sci-Fi Stratagem","g_status":"WAYBACK","g_place":"692","g_commentcount":"16","g_site2_node_id":"371925","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"371925","n_urlkey":"434473","n_parent":"371459","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/54\/sci-fi-stratagem","n_slug":"sci-fi-stratagem","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"jam","n_author":"119901","n_created":"1695284346","n_modified":"1778892828","n_version":"1174399","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD54","removed_author":false},"_superparent":9,"_trust":1,"author":119901,"body":"![CoverImage.png](\/\/\/raw\/d54\/d1\/z\/5e118.png)\n\nOn a space exploration adventure, you have been captured by  alien machines that have forced you to play a game of  \"dodge the bullets and explosions\". 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