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And somehow, this game sounds too similar to my life. You should consider that you are kinda way too out of the orbit for the theme. The key word is \"Limited Space\"","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1004482,"author_name":"Andrei Olaru","author_uid":"andrei-olaru","epoch":1696417058,"text":"@mindhijacker, we did try to interpret the theme a little bit less physical. I don't know how much we managed, but we wanted to make a game about having very limited space to express yourself in a conversation, the way it happens at some hangouts with ppl that are very eager to hear their own voices. \n\nWe did pick up the game suffers a bit from lack of clarity about what the player is supposed to do. Our intention was to give them a realistic choice: to just sit there and listen, intervene with their own opinions, or try to play the popularity game (avoid interrupting people and focus on saying what others would like to hear, indicated by their thought bubbles). 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