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There were so many fairies on the screen it was impossible to avoid them, I got so fat (1400)! It could go on longer or maybe be broken up into levels where you have to clear increasingly higher heights if you wanted to expand on it, but ending in total chaos like it does is fun too.\nNice job!","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1120626,"author_name":"jk5000","author_uid":"jk5000","epoch":1729884719,"text":"A fun little game. 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