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Nice game","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1037692,"author_name":"drahmen","author_uid":"drahmen","epoch":1713231074,"text":"\"I wish I could play basketball, but you know, with a picnic table\"  @Alex4101: \"I gotchu\"","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1037865,"author_name":"Alex4101","author_uid":"alex4101","epoch":1713232153,"text":"@wumbomancer @jharger Thanks for playing and for the feedback! I apologize for the confusion; the user summons the items to them by clicking on each object, no matter the distance. ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1038094,"author_name":"SlavTurtle","author_uid":"slavturtle","epoch":1713233441,"text":"600mb??? Otherwise very fun. Therapeutic even.","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1038236,"author_name":"Saprina289","author_uid":"saprina289","epoch":1713234230,"text":"Super fun! I liked all of the different shapes and sizes and having to learn how the gravity will affect each object","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1038407,"author_name":"twist","author_uid":"twist","epoch":1713235215,"text":"Really interesting game, it was cool to learn how to throw all the different objects with their different weights and shapes. Cute and nice simple fun. ","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1039704,"author_name":"jnw","author_uid":"jnw","epoch":1713245549,"text":"I think it'd be nice if the hoop was smaller or moving to add a bit more of a challenge. Some more exotic objects would be interesting too.\n\nAnyways, I liked it. Moment-to-moment gameplay is fun.","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1039755,"author_name":"mmayans","author_uid":"mmayans","epoch":1713246142,"text":"fun game! good soup! The mechanics were janky in a great way. Hoops indeed. 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The game turned out great!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1057670,"author_name":"LukePhilipps","author_uid":"lukephilipps","epoch":1713390068,"text":"fun game all the objects throwing based on their weight was cool and made me wanna throw all the objects in B)","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1058345,"author_name":"dabper","author_uid":"dabper","epoch":1713400506,"text":"This is an idea that can get really interesting! I found there were a little too many objects to choose from, which kind of took away some motivation to strategize with the different weighted objects.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1058382,"author_name":"player04","author_uid":"player04","epoch":1713401246,"text":"cool physics, it was starting to get addicting holding down click and seeing the chairs go nuts. getting more points for shooting 3 pointers or throwing heavy stuff would be sweet!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1058704,"author_name":"SeanMercer","author_uid":"seanmercer","epoch":1713406317,"text":"This was a fun game! It was nice seeing another unreal game. I really enjoyed your different approach where things were just summoned from the sky rather than the player (me) summoning items.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1066906,"author_name":"LDJam user 147386","author_uid":"147386","epoch":1713621209,"text":"I didn't really understand how this one fit the theme of summoning, but it's a nice project regardless   \nThe bloomy lighting and silly physics makes me think of when I used to play LittleBigPlanet haha  \nGood work!","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1075760,"author_name":"Okamit","author_uid":"okamit","epoch":1714347297,"text":"Fun little game! I could see this being developed further into a wacky and chaotic multiplayer party game.\n\nNice work!","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1078396,"author_name":"TentacleDream","author_uid":"tentacledream","epoch":1714746655,"text":"Pretty fun! A little confused on how it fits the theme, but gameplay is solid. Liked that the physics on the objects were a little out of whack, lol. Nice work! Apologies for any errors!","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"}],"format":"md","images":["ld55\/wayback-placeholder.png"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/alex4101.itch.io\/hoops","text":"Link"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"94156","g_author":"1390209","g_event":"LD55","g_eventkey":"120","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"440897","g_title":"Hoops","g_status":"WAYBACK","g_place":"913","g_commentcount":"19","g_site2_node_id":"390210","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"390210","n_urlkey":"440897","n_parent":"383062","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/55\/hoops","n_slug":"hoops","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"jam","n_author":"390209","n_created":"1713031470","n_modified":"1777916925","n_version":"1234588","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD55","removed_author":false},"_superparent":9,"_trust":1,"author":390209,"body":"CHAOS INCOMING** Hoops is a fun and wacky game with one goal: to make buckets. 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