{"author_link":"\/users\/j0ye","author_name":"J0ye","author_uid":1093337,"comments":[{"id":1107706,"author_name":"Pachino55","author_uid":"pachino55","epoch":1728672469,"text":"Very cool","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1107724,"author_name":"Joshua_Reumann","author_uid":"joshua-reumann","epoch":1728672804,"text":"Funny idea ^^ Impressive art skills xD ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1107729,"author_name":"f1tzy","author_uid":"f1tzy","epoch":1728672994,"text":"Fun little slots game. A bit more fedback in the interface might help as the acorns increase. ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1107737,"author_name":"slay a stone","author_uid":"slay-a-stone","epoch":1728673110,"text":"Looks cool, everything fits well together. Good _vibe_ :-)\n\nWished there was a bit more strategy to the gameplay\n\nBonus points for the name of the game!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1110620,"author_name":"Yoav Kagan","author_uid":"yoav-kagan","epoch":1728789957,"text":"Very nice visual and interesting concept, I really can see how making a slot machine style roguelike could really work as a full game (sort of balatro but slots). \nAs for improvements I'd think it would really help to have more visual UI of the current machine odds.\nWell done!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1113020,"author_name":"jk5000","author_uid":"jk5000","epoch":1728930836,"text":"Funny but also a bit weird.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1115400,"author_name":"Big Cyckos","author_uid":"big-cyckos","epoch":1729153808,"text":"Played on itch io\nSometimes the lever doesn't work, when I redeemed things from the store and reset the store a couple of times it crashed the game xDD\nnice soundtrack and sense of humor.\n~Socio","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1115454,"author_name":"Nazariglez","author_uid":"nazariglez","epoch":1729161058,"text":"Really fun concept! The visuals and humor worked great together, but I think more feedback in the interface would help, especially with acorn counts and odds. Gj!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1115478,"author_name":"kokostyrko","author_uid":"kokostyrko","epoch":1729164054,"text":"The game has impressive visuals and a fun concept, though adding more strategy could enhance the overall gameplay experience!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1117380,"author_name":"J0ye","author_uid":"j0ye","epoch":1729442555,"text":"@slay-a-stone, @kokostyrko Yeah that was always the plan, but it took us forever to get the machine at all. More strategy to the buyable mods would definitely be the next step. To eventually land with what @yoav-kagan said. Slots like Balatro.","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1117431,"author_name":"ChuChuGeralt","author_uid":"chuchugeralt","epoch":1729446873,"text":"I really did like the graphics!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1117475,"author_name":"CiaranW","author_uid":"ciaranw","epoch":1729450223,"text":"Looks really good graphically - nice style, and the audio suited the game really well. I played through a few times, but it seemed the best strategy was to just not buy anything from the shop, because otherwise the increase in spin cost kills you.\n\nIt would be nice if there was some kind of visual which helped explain how the scoring worked (like a real slot machine). \n\nNice entry!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1117485,"author_name":"LelulaGames","author_uid":"lelulagames","epoch":1729450708,"text":"What a fun little game. love the graphics, and the fact you're playing for acorns. 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