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You really took the time to design a lot of puzzles that make different use of the configurations and the way the geometry has to be used in creative ways to solve the levels.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1097033,"author_name":"AverySimmons","author_uid":"averysimmons","epoch":1728451690,"text":"really good puzzle design and theming! I really liked how open ended the puzzles are especially once you are essentially building structures out of the bots towards the end. my only gripe would be that a big stack of bots fell through the floor halfway through the game making it impossible to progress. Amazing stuff!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1098353,"author_name":"Nazariglez","author_uid":"nazariglez","epoch":1728470247,"text":"Great concept and clever puzzles! The nanobot connection mechanic is really fun, though moving them can be tricky at times. Gj!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1099443,"author_name":"manabreak","author_uid":"manabreak","epoch":1728484239,"text":"I like the way you interpreted the theme! The game got a bit buggy at times, though... Some levels completed with the nanobots far away from the goals, I don't know what happened there.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1100322,"author_name":"Cobear25","author_uid":"cobear25","epoch":1728495485,"text":"I really like the concept. Good level design too. The movement feels a little weird though, so if you were to work on this in the future I'd vote for that. Overall it's a great submission!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1100404,"author_name":"LDJam user 280624","author_uid":"280624","epoch":1728496296,"text":"A very interesting puzzle! Congratulations on a great submission","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1100629,"author_name":"SdCorpse","author_uid":"sdcorpse","epoch":1728499274,"text":"My nanobot ran out off screen(( But the puzzle is interesting!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1107155,"author_name":"crcdng","author_uid":"crcdng","epoch":1728657324,"text":"Like the idea of controlling multiple units and combining their efforts to solve problems (long time ago there was a game called 'Goonies' that did that): Keep iterating and improving!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1109432,"author_name":"Master-YEET","author_uid":"master-yeet","epoch":1728742089,"text":"The nanobot connection mechanic is a really cool idea and it worked well with the level design, I enjoyed playing it a lot! The movement is a bit buggy, but still very playable. The levels could use a bit more decorative details and lightning. Still very solid entry, congrats! 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