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I think there is a lot of room for additional content.\n\n![nunndnnn.png](\/\/\/raw\/bf4\/c5\/z\/5ee90.png)","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":990166,"author_name":"MatthewDrake","author_uid":"matthewdrake","epoch":1696288633,"text":"Super fun little game! Controlled very well and had a super cool atmosphere. Love your sprite art! ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":993505,"author_name":"Teme","author_uid":"teme","epoch":1696314907,"text":"@alisher-fazilov Thanks!\n\n@camilleb Thank you. When I tested, I was afraid fighting without the light would be too hard. Turns out I am just bad at my own game :sweat_smile: \n \n@pawel12 Thanks. And yeah, definitely agree. Would have added more enemies and maybe even items\/weapons, but ran out of time.  \n\n@matthewdrake Thank you!","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1005184,"author_name":"Congeesetador","author_uid":"congeesetador","epoch":1696426770,"text":"Loved the graphics with this one and the candle mechanic itself, I actually wanted to make a game that used the candle mechanic and was trying to figure out how it would work, it would have been nice if in later rounds the enemies would get faster since they're pretty slow and easy to maneuver around and dodge, but other than that this was a really nice submission!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1014390,"author_name":"Mein-kun","author_uid":"mein-kun","epoch":1696612740,"text":"Got stuck once at one corner and died XD \nThank you for your game really!\nLiked candles in the eyes of cursed nuns and the sound when good nun bless them. Really funny))) \nDon`t have any negative feelings) very good game!\nThe idea with candle works! 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