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Good job.","format":"md","likes":4,"spam":"N"},{"id":1086904,"author_name":"imberny","author_uid":"imberny","epoch":1728356179,"text":"Solid work! I loved the artstyle. Also the fact that the swedish fish was also a red herring. It's rare for a character to be a double pun!","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":1086945,"author_name":"Kyoryucomic","author_uid":"kyoryucomic","epoch":1728356631,"text":"Very good game, I love the art for the sprites!! Sometimes I had trouble finding what I was missing to continue but I really like the Ace Attorney like gameplay","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":1086989,"author_name":"khaotom","author_uid":"khaotom","epoch":1728357098,"text":"Nice mystery. I drowned in the details like a fish outta water.","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":1087007,"author_name":"poboy","author_uid":"poboy","epoch":1728357260,"text":"Love the graphics, also lmao the red herring + the fatboys. Really nicely done and pretty complex noir in such a short amount of time (I was too dumb to figure it out)","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":1087644,"author_name":"Blue Pin Studio","author_uid":"blue-pin-studio","epoch":1728365311,"text":"Woah! This is a very in-depth game!","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":1091594,"author_name":"Cisco","author_uid":"cisco","epoch":1728401613,"text":"Great music and graphics that made the perfect mood! Good Job!","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":1096508,"author_name":"hidden61ade","author_uid":"hidden61ade","epoch":1728442777,"text":"It\u2019s hard to believe that someone did a Lovecraft VN in a game jam that is somehow indeed suitable for the theme of tiny creatures. Love it!","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":1096519,"author_name":"Pious","author_uid":"pious","epoch":1728442955,"text":"Interesting story! I did get stuck though. No idea how to proceed after collecting the brace and can of sardines and stuff. It's not the clearest how to navigate around. Appears pretty ambitious for a jam!","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":1096530,"author_name":"davidsheadgames","author_uid":"davidsheadgames","epoch":1728443164,"text":"Very solid and the art and character design is amazing!!\n\nAlso, very creative use of tiny items as props throughout!\n\nGreat job!","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":1097069,"author_name":"Cat Lab","author_uid":"cat-lab","epoch":1728452182,"text":"Ooo you KNOW a mystery is gonna suck me in. Love using 'tiny creatures' as the characters! The animal puns in the dialogue really add to the vibe. Great music and sounds, too, really completes the whole package! I loved it!","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":1097083,"author_name":"Pimping","author_uid":"pimping","epoch":1728452417,"text":"Insane fact that you draw this everything in 3 days, WOW. Like this game","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":1097420,"author_name":"LDJam user 387548","author_uid":"387548","epoch":1728457950,"text":"Keep up the good work! ","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":1099790,"author_name":"Manatee Webster","author_uid":"manatee-webster","epoch":1728487940,"text":"@pious Try checking out the murder scene again now that the cops have come back to the station! \n\nThanks for the feedback!","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":1099847,"author_name":"LDJam user 388078","author_uid":"388078","epoch":1728488527,"text":"Always love to see Godot \ud83d\ude80","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":1106819,"author_name":"FrozenDude","author_uid":"frozendude","epoch":1728644595,"text":"Awesome Game. The artworks are amazing","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":1106840,"author_name":"bacontree","author_uid":"bacontree","epoch":1728645826,"text":"Wow, great game! Love the film noir vibes. Really good music and nice graphics. Surprisingly long and well made for a game jam game.","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":1107782,"author_name":"Tobius","author_uid":"tobius","epoch":1728673856,"text":"@dubiousduck Yup! I missed a couple settings in the project to make it scale correctly, should be fixed now! Thanks for the feedback!","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":1109197,"author_name":"daria-toni","author_uid":"daria-toni","epoch":1728733131,"text":"Why does this game have so few ratings? I love it! So many locations and characters, lots of lines of text, humor (dust baths made me smile). Yes, this game is not action, but that's not the genre. I respect your attempt at creating a real full-fledged plot and the end twist. The only thing I would add is some extra scene at the end, but it's too much as it is!","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":1109653,"author_name":"Manatee Webster","author_uid":"manatee-webster","epoch":1728749318,"text":"@daria-toni Thank you so much! I wrote most of the game, but unfortunately had to work on Monday, so I couldn't quite get in everything I wanted. It was a race against time to just try and make sure I got all of the clues and mystery pieces in there! I would have loved to have a more robust ending in there for the different outcomes, but there's always next time.","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":1109656,"author_name":"Manatee Webster","author_uid":"manatee-webster","epoch":1728749481,"text":"@davidsheadgames One of our artists immediately started to think of tiny props as soon as we came up with the game idea, glad to see people appreciating them!","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":1109660,"author_name":"Manatee Webster","author_uid":"manatee-webster","epoch":1728749581,"text":"@poboy Our character artist fell in love with the Fatsboys after creating them, I wish I could've fit them into the story more, maybe they'll have to come back for a future jam somehow...","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1111684,"author_name":"Pimeko","author_uid":"pimeko","epoch":1728844118,"text":"It's amazing the amount of story you had the time to write, in addition to the nice \"point and click\" gameplay. Loved the vibes and aesthetics, good job!","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":1111797,"author_name":"Dimoseek","author_uid":"dimoseek","epoch":1728847337,"text":"NICE!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1113026,"author_name":"Urfoex","author_uid":"urfoex","epoch":1728931251,"text":"Nice entry.\n\nCute concept art","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1113926,"author_name":"Ecaterina","author_uid":"ecaterina","epoch":1729003370,"text":"I\u2019m really impressed by the game's visuals. Every character is unique and creative. The music fits perfectly. It\u2019s clear a lot of work went into it\u2014the game feels refined and well-crafted. 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