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I enjoyed it!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1052441,"author_name":"TheZigPC","author_uid":"thezigpc","epoch":1713336481,"text":"Love the minimalism and the gameplay was captivating.  Great job!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1054554,"author_name":"LDJam user 382819","author_uid":"382819","epoch":1713361191,"text":"I've seen your game on Bilibili, and it's hard to believe it was made by just one person within 48 hours. You've done an amazing job, my friend!\n\n=============================================\n\nIf you have the time and energy, would you mind taking a look at my friends' games (not mine)? They've helped me a lot in the past, and I'd like to return the favor. Here's the link:https:\/\/ldj.am\/$393695\n","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1054725,"author_name":"look_for_happiness","author_uid":"look-for-happiness","epoch":1713363146,"text":"@drgcandle, no problem! And I've played one of those actually :)","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1054735,"author_name":"LDJam user 382819","author_uid":"382819","epoch":1713363269,"text":"@look-for-happiness \nI sincerely thank you on behalf of my friends and hope that you'll enjoy their games as well, because they are truly great creators, just like you. You all deserve more attention and support.","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1056308,"author_name":"Iwant_Pizza","author_uid":"iwant-pizza","epoch":1713378042,"text":":)","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1057361,"author_name":"designernap","author_uid":"designernap","epoch":1713386810,"text":"This is one of those looks simple but has a ton of depth games. I played this for waaaay longer than I thought I would :D Lovely graphics, clean implementation. I know you say above that you copied the game concept, but this is a really nice execution of it. Good job. \n","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1063859,"author_name":"Forik","author_uid":"forik","epoch":1713526641,"text":"I like your clear and simple design. I played the same game years ago, but it was like turn based. Great work!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1065138,"author_name":"pebkac","author_uid":"pebkac","epoch":1713557891,"text":"Looks great. Gameplay-wise, I had trouble in the third level just keeping up with the sheer speed of the AI.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1065786,"author_name":"look_for_happiness","author_uid":"look-for-happiness","epoch":1713574257,"text":"@pebkac, thanks for playing, if you have any problem, you can watch the video above as a reference:)","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1072741,"author_name":"Ben Toosey","author_uid":"ben-toosey","epoch":1713950634,"text":"Very straight-forward on what to do, and very nice audio\/visual feedback. It also reminds me of an old game I used to play on miniclip or somewhere, but I can't remember its name either. 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