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Thanks for your patience :)","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1111788,"author_name":"Arsvarg","author_uid":"arsvarg","epoch":1728847102,"text":"In the first chapter, it is not clear that you have to cover roads too.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1111790,"author_name":"wl64","author_uid":"wl64","epoch":1728847176,"text":"I enjoyed this game! I feel there's a lot of potential with the interactive\/story-telling format, and while more could've been explored there, but I felt engaged to play, like taking part in the history. The music was a really great fit for me, kind of rustic, and reminded me a bit of flash games like sonny .","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1111804,"author_name":"egawag","author_uid":"egawag","epoch":1728847509,"text":"Love the vibes so much. I only wish that there was more! I would love to see it cycle back to desolation and restart. After humans comes war and then the game loops.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1111839,"author_name":"danielkozlov","author_uid":"danielkozlov","epoch":1728848203,"text":"27074 baby!!! I love humans and highly dislike rodents and such I hope all humans will live in peace <3","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1111860,"author_name":"nikor","author_uid":"nikor","epoch":1728849310,"text":"The I like the format of exposition then mini game. The format definitely have potential.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1112339,"author_name":"t-pirozzini","author_uid":"t-pirozzini","epoch":1728889753,"text":"This was unique! I enjoyed the story, but I wish it was gamified a bit more. The mini-games felt too similar, although I do recognize they were slightly different to match the current Chapter in the story. Cool concept and neat submission!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1112707,"author_name":"n00n_m00n","author_uid":"n00n-m00n","epoch":1728913147,"text":"Well, when I finish to spread the spores, there's a sound \"budum\" and it starts all over again (( cool music though )) and I like the idea and gameplay!","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1112725,"author_name":"ditam","author_uid":"ditam","epoch":1728914465,"text":"@n00n-m00n if it starts over that probably means you didn't manage to cover the 50 percent it asks for. (Or there's a bug - it's not unheard of. If you want me to take a closer look, open the dev console, and send me the output in a pastebin pls.)\n\nNote that the task only asks for the sunny areas, so you can ignore the the left ~quarter of the map.","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1112740,"author_name":"n00n_m00n","author_uid":"n00n-m00n","epoch":1728915045,"text":"@ditam Oh, It's fine now, I just tried to spread it carefully before, tried to avoid dark places, but it worked when spread it chaotically everywhere )) ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1114408,"author_name":"nrankin13","author_uid":"nrankin13","epoch":1729030735,"text":"This is definitely a vibe check. The audio is the best part of this, which is unfortunate as I can't include it in my rating. I would have liked to see some more challenge in the levels, similar to the first -- as far as \"minigames\" go, they're just \"click the circle within a time limit.\" I appreciated the overall concept, though!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1114421,"author_name":"fabula_rasa","author_uid":"fabula-rasa","epoch":1729031855,"text":"I enjoyed the audio design and the writing is good. The whole thing has an ominous feel to it. The gameplay is not very engaging, but for a short experience like this, it's fine. \n\nThere is a score at the end, but as a player I'm not really sure what it represents and what would I have to do if I wanted to improve it (be faster?). So it sort of fails at being informative. \n\nThis is definitely the most unique interpretation of the theme I've played this jam :smile: ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1114663,"author_name":"ditam","author_uid":"ditam","epoch":1729071177,"text":"We've just reached 20 ratings, thank you everyone!\n\n@nrankin13, @fabula-rasa, and some others: I see where you're coming from - clearly there's not much gameplay here. This was something I decided to embrace early on in the jam, and instead I went for \"vibes\" and a bit of education (I've certainly spent way too much time during the 72h jam reading scientific papers and lectures about post-apocalypse scenarios and biological succession, heh). It's certainly a gamble, but I'm glad that the atmosphere resonates with some of you.\n\nI even opted out of the \"Humor\" category altogether, but that was not an option for \"Fun\" - I'm sure we'll see rather low scores there.\n\nThe final score is indeed based on completion speed, and the coverage you achieved in the first minigame. I might include a breakdown of the scoring if I get around to adding more post-jam updates.\n\nAny accolades for the music should go to Brandon Morris on OpenGameArt: https:\/\/opengameart.org\/content\/creepy-forest-f (I'm also mentioning him in the repo under attributions.)","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1114896,"author_name":"LDJam user 233347","author_uid":"233347","epoch":1729101057,"text":"I quite liked the game. somehow reminds me of the game Warzone 2100 (with people coming out of the bunkers).\n\nAudio helper the somber mood.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1116513,"author_name":"Carraka","author_uid":"carraka","epoch":1729307025,"text":"This was definitely educational and left me very morose (of course humans ruin everything)! I was surprised to see a score at the end and am wondering whether the score came from how quickly I could complete the levels, though I don't have any context for whether it was a good score or a bad score. I wonder if the gameplay could be improved by spending a bit more time with each type of level--it seemed as soon as I understood what I was supposed to do for one level, I was moving on to something else, rather than getting a similar challenge with a new twist.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1116745,"author_name":"Alban","author_uid":"alban","epoch":1729346626,"text":"Interesting game, for the first chapter I don't understand what is the condition, but the ecological point is interesting","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1117164,"author_name":"Iaroslavik","author_uid":"iaroslavik","epoch":1729411310,"text":"Good idea , I like it ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1117428,"author_name":"J0ye","author_uid":"j0ye","epoch":1729446646,"text":"The feel and atmosphere of the game is just \ud83d\udc4c. This is a great break from other, rather stressful entries to LDJam. This is a breath of fresh air. This also works very well as an educational game. Thank you for teaching me.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1118114,"author_name":"TheSmellofOxygen","author_uid":"thesmellofoxygen","epoch":1729542506,"text":"Interesting entry. Pensive and effective mood, but pretty minimal gameplay.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1119154,"author_name":"Luis Priego Cuenca","author_uid":"luis-priego-cuenca","epoch":1729704904,"text":"An interesting narrative concept, I liked seeing how the ecosystem developed, especially at the beginning. I would like to have more visual feedback on what I'm doing, I think that with some more mechanics or resources the atmosphere you've created would be reinforced.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1119473,"author_name":"TheLastSlowpoke","author_uid":"thelastslowpoke","epoch":1729728418,"text":"Very atmospheric. 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