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You play positive cards on the side that's winning, and negative cards on the side that's losing.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1102910,"author_name":"TheChadRampage","author_uid":"thechadrampage","epoch":1728539403,"text":"Visuals are awesome, nice entry guys!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1103156,"author_name":"Iaroslavik","author_uid":"iaroslavik","epoch":1728546728,"text":"I\u2019m excited of visual, good job \u263a\ufe0f","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1103233,"author_name":"Roitchie","author_uid":"roitchie","epoch":1728548565,"text":"This is a really cool take on the theme. Having humanity be the tiny creatures from the perspective of the greek gods is something I never would've thought of. I really like the take on winning where you don't want either side to win and want to try and balance the conflict as long as possible. Really highlights the futility of war. Great entry. Well done. 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The technique is interesting, while I was playing I enjoyed the game!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1107453,"author_name":"IonBingo","author_uid":"ionbingo","epoch":1728665969,"text":"Really unique idea and the execution is solid here. I am curious to see how this would work out in a non-jam version. It would probably be a slower game. Great art and sounds too","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1108917,"author_name":"lloydlobo","author_uid":"lloydlobo","epoch":1728723811,"text":"Amazing art style. Immediately hooked to it.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1110023,"author_name":"shir0o23","author_uid":"shir0o23","epoch":1728762584,"text":"i've always been a sucker for greek mythology, and you incorporating it's elements in your project is pure eye candy for me","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1110100,"author_name":"LDJam user 37404","author_uid":"37404","epoch":1728765300,"text":"This reminds me so much of an old flash game I used to play. 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