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I know from my own pitiful tries how hard pulling something off like this in 3D is, especially solo. So, well done!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1059769,"author_name":"Pigeonic","author_uid":"pigeonic","epoch":1713434480,"text":"I liked the movement and idea behind it! If it had a cooldown or any type of drawback for the ability It would have been a more challenging and great experience. Good job so far and keep at it!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1066080,"author_name":"Taximan981","author_uid":"taximan981","epoch":1713590699,"text":"Love the summon design, big eyes are always good, a little unbalanced as I can infinitely summon allies, but it was fun pushing them around like balloons lol, nice work!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1066089,"author_name":"tykenn","author_uid":"tykenn","epoch":1713591343,"text":"\"There is no limit to how many demons you can summon\"\n![lotsademons.jpg](\/\/\/raw\/9e6\/82\/z\/64839.jpg)\nWell, I think I was approaching the limit to how many demons my computer could handle.","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1068777,"author_name":"D34TH0FTIT4N5","author_uid":"d34th0ftit4n5","epoch":1713695224,"text":"you werent kidding about the unlimited part, was fun trying to break my pc, however the game play as a genuine game is a bit lacking, maybe it would make sense to include an upgrade path for your demons so that you wont have to flood the whole game area with demons to beat it. but i had alot of fun, good jib, decent visuals.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1076821,"author_name":"jelch","author_uid":"jelch","epoch":1714531345,"text":"Nice start!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"}],"format":"md","images":["ld55\/wayback-placeholder.png"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/bluedingo.itch.io\/crystal-protectors","text":"HTML"},{"url":"https:\/\/bluedingo.itch.io\/crystal-protectors","text":"PC"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"93487","g_author":"1249592","g_event":"LD55","g_eventkey":"120","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"439776","g_title":"Crystal Protectors","g_status":"WAYBACK","g_place":"1190","g_commentcount":"9","g_site2_node_id":"386293","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"386293","n_urlkey":"439776","n_parent":"383062","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/55\/crystal-protectors","n_slug":"crystal-protectors","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"jam","n_author":"249592","n_created":"1712798096","n_modified":"1778654246","n_version":"1219428","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD55","removed_author":false},"_superparent":9,"_trust":4,"author":249592,"body":"You play as a Demon who can summon lesser Demons at your will. 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