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Good job!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1097736,"author_name":"Reyansh","author_uid":"reyansh","epoch":1728462146,"text":"I liked the game and art style, albeit i feel the game is a bit too easy and short but i like the game overall","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1099017,"author_name":"Planetary","author_uid":"planetary","epoch":1728478851,"text":"Nice!!\n\nI like the idea of the game (placing some checkpoints and going to the end without getting too much damage). I manage to win every single level. \n\nThe graphics are cool (in general I love pixel art). Good entry!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1099406,"author_name":"Rentem","author_uid":"rentem","epoch":1728483662,"text":"Neat game. Removing and readding waypoints could use some improvement. Otherwise great job","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1101245,"author_name":"Winter2277","author_uid":"winter2277","epoch":1728506561,"text":"Cool little game. It seemed a bit easy, I didn't really need to think much to win, just placing the way points at the end everytime makes you win, but it's a nice demonstration of a gameplay mechanic that could be expended futher. I love the little music. Well done!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1101280,"author_name":"CathelAleph","author_uid":"cathelaleph","epoch":1728506872,"text":"The levels are very simple and it's easy for me to pass. I never expected to experience a tower defense game from the \"enemy's\" perspective hahaha. The art design of the environment and creatures are also very well done. I really love this design!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1101350,"author_name":"Phyrocast","author_uid":"phyrocast","epoch":1728507518,"text":"I like the \"reverse tower defense\" idea! I think there's good potential in this game, and a little more polish would greatly improve it!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1102506,"author_name":"mrspeaker","author_uid":"mrspeaker","epoch":1728526806,"text":"Damn it! Sad you didn't realize the time constraint: everything you did was really polished and satisfying. You've got a great base to build on and make some more interesting levels and mechanics.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1106253,"author_name":"Ryuu","author_uid":"ryuu","epoch":1728616800,"text":"The game is very fun! I was a bit confused by why my team multiplies so rapidly, but it's a pretty nice game, so much potential too! Congratz","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1106263,"author_name":"t-pirozzini","author_uid":"t-pirozzini","epoch":1728617287,"text":"This game has potential! Took a bit of experimentation to determine how far to keep my critters away from turrets, but that's part of the fun. I got caught off guard by some turrets hiding off the side of the screen! I thought I had the perfect route :spy: ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1106435,"author_name":"Mullenratte","author_uid":"mullenratte","epoch":1728625721,"text":"@Rambar Thanks for the feedback!  I didn't have time to balance any of the levels, so I'm really glad you still liked it! :grin: ","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1106440,"author_name":"Mullenratte","author_uid":"mullenratte","epoch":1728625993,"text":"@zsharpfire @sketchbookbug @rentem Thanks! Really appreciate the feedback here. The waypoint system really is a bit messy, definitely a victim of quick and dirty jam coding haha. I will work on it in the next version! :smile: ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1106442,"author_name":"Mullenratte","author_uid":"mullenratte","epoch":1728626180,"text":"@sasha20 @reyansh @planetary Thank you for the lovely comments! I'm a bit unhappy with the art style in this, I think I could've made a lot more and cooler assets with a bit more time. But that's part of the fun in a jam, glad you guys liked the game and its visuals! :grin: ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1106448,"author_name":"Mullenratte","author_uid":"mullenratte","epoch":1728626417,"text":"@winter2277 @cathelaleph @phyrocast @mrspeaker @t-pirozzini Yea the difficulty is an issue in this. Originally I intended to add 3 different turrets and 3 different creatures, which would've allowed for way more diversity in levels etc. Super happy about y'alls feedback! :v: ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1106452,"author_name":"Mullenratte","author_uid":"mullenratte","epoch":1728626542,"text":"@ryuu Glad you liked my game! :slight_smile: The multiplication was not intended like this, I only realized shortly before the deadline so I couldn't fix it, unfortunately. I even uncovered a bug that spawns infinite rats so you get a stream of them running from start to finish and the level would never end hahaha ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1107994,"author_name":"Ryuu","author_uid":"ryuu","epoch":1728678138,"text":"@mullenratte oh, that happened to me once! haha I was waiting until it finished for curiosity but it kept going hahaha","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1110658,"author_name":"qwertyuiop","author_uid":"qwertyuiop","epoch":1728791431,"text":"good","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1110669,"author_name":"Prismapunch","author_uid":"prismapunch","epoch":1728791766,"text":"Cute game and i like the pixel art, towers were annoying but i like the puzzle element","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1118936,"author_name":"Synapse316","author_uid":"synapse316","epoch":1729668879,"text":"The game is too simple, and there's no punishment for the death of creatures. Except this, everything is well done. 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