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Always looking for world builders to join the team if you know anybody!","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1050034,"author_name":"Kirass","author_uid":"kirass","epoch":1713307296,"text":"Super! I like!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1050497,"author_name":"Jonathan Ray Pollard","author_uid":"jonathan-ray-pollard","epoch":1713309596,"text":"@kirass Thank you for playing!","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1050823,"author_name":"Rocio Michi Ojeda","author_uid":"rocio-michi-ojeda","epoch":1713312817,"text":"Hi! I couldnt play it, bvecause it throw some kind of error! I wanted to tell you so you know. The concept and what is shown are really cool tho!","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1051667,"author_name":"Jonathan Ray Pollard","author_uid":"jonathan-ray-pollard","epoch":1713323151,"text":"@rocio-michi-ojeda thank you for letting us know. Any chance you know what the error was?","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1055382,"author_name":"Xzt","author_uid":"xzt","epoch":1713369404,"text":"Kudos for making a 3d game, nice concept overall but simple, but great job.","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1055632,"author_name":"Jonathan Ray Pollard","author_uid":"jonathan-ray-pollard","epoch":1713371521,"text":"@xzt Thank you! We were a bit worried about being able to pull it off, especially with an animated player character. Now that we know a bit more about how to get the base in under a short timeline, really opens up a wide range of possibilities for LD56.","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1065015,"author_name":"TWTwoFace","author_uid":"twtwoface","epoch":1713555799,"text":"I like it! 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