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Good luck with your project, I would have played it more than once!!!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1051111,"author_name":"AndyP","author_uid":"andyp","epoch":1713315974,"text":"this was difficult to figure out, but fun once i was able to understand what the book was trying to tell me.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1051148,"author_name":"Def-Mane","author_uid":"def-mane","epoch":1713316368,"text":"Loved the idea and art! Couldn't seem to get the broomstick summon to work; but its possible I was doing it wrong of course. Some of the \"recipes\" felt straightforward whilst others were a little ambiguous. No audio detracted a lot from the mood unfortunately. Still very unique; loved the system of summoning through combining the various colors and candle sizes and shapes!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1058172,"author_name":"Dmitry Mozgin","author_uid":"dmitry-mozgin","epoch":1713396489,"text":"I don't understand how to play. I tried different combination from the book, but I guess I was doing them wrong. A tutorial how to summon a simple monster would be helpful. But despite my issue, this is one of the best take on summoning theme. I liked the idea a lot.","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1058316,"author_name":"saintchristopher777","author_uid":"saintchristopher777","epoch":1713399752,"text":"Love the idea. Love the art and animations. Unfortunately I couldn't really figure out what the customers were asking for from the icons, so I didn't make it very far. More hints\/direction would be good. Also it would be great to have some good audio to accompany the art! ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1058515,"author_name":"Nightrane","author_uid":"nightrane","epoch":1713403670,"text":"Really loved the concept and art. It was difficult to figure out the combinations, but rewarding when I did. Might be good to scale up the options as it progresses to teach the player what to do. \n\n- Would love to hear audio to help set the mood. \n- Trashy is very cute but I didn't use it, the matches seemed easier to use. \n- Some kind of indication of how much time was left would help, could be as simple as having the lighting change as 'day' approaches.\n- Would like to have a goal to work towards","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":1058851,"author_name":"Quinnster","author_uid":"quinnster","epoch":1713408599,"text":"Really cool concept! I struggled at first to figure out what the customers wanted. I liked the cute designs and interesting combinations of elements. Great entry!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1059938,"author_name":"F13","author_uid":"f13","epoch":1713438504,"text":"What a cute monster \u0f3c \u3064 \u25d5_\u25d5 \u0f3d\u3064","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1061250,"author_name":"TheMoonrise","author_uid":"themoonrise","epoch":1713461192,"text":"Took me a while to figure out the riddles. But it's quite satisfying once you do. Well done!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1061260,"author_name":"remusnomos","author_uid":"remusnomos","epoch":1713461342,"text":"I like that the recipes aren't just lists of ingredients but tiny riddles. Trashy is definitely my favorite, such a good boy! :D","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1063152,"author_name":"milano23","author_uid":"milano23","epoch":1713497760,"text":"Cool idea.  Best score was 5. Hardest one for me to conjure was the chores one which i believe i needed for the broom, i could nto get the correct colour.  I thought i tried them all.  Great concept, this would be a cool mobile game to waste some time.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1064042,"author_name":"Flatgub","author_uid":"flatgub","epoch":1713532938,"text":"I wasn't sure how I was going to feel about the summoning circle construction mechanic when I first saw it but as soon as I realised that the recipes were riddles I feel in love with it! Really well done execution on such an adorable idea! Great job!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1064590,"author_name":"Adam Gallina","author_uid":"adam-gallina","epoch":1713547539,"text":"I like the concept, but discovering recipes is really daunting with the number of available combinations, would be nice if there were more hints\/riddles for the recipes that weren't in the book. 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