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I imagine his power to be tearing fabric of realities. You could make an entire game out of this concept!\n\nSome things to note:\n- I feel like the green bar that shows level progress lies to me, even if I do know that the unfilled portion is very small. I feel like it would be better if I could see a number on the bar.\n- Fire wizard's unlimited projectile length also makes it very easy to cheese the game with him. Nothing is stopping you from standing in the middle of the screen and spamming fireball in all directions until all the butterflies are gone.\n\nAnyways, as for why they're hating on butterflies, maybe they're trying to prevent a butterfly effect... or maybe they're trying to cause it?","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":1093239,"author_name":"Kirass","author_uid":"kirass","epoch":1728411311,"text":"Cool game idea! I liked it! Good job!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1095990,"author_name":"BangKerpow","author_uid":"bangkerpow","epoch":1728434109,"text":"When a game lets you play a fabric wizard, you play a fabric wizard. The voiced intros were pretty rad.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1096121,"author_name":"LDJam user 357656","author_uid":"357656","epoch":1728435885,"text":"Simple and well-made! This is my third game that had a lot of rapid clicking... Please just go the Vampire Survivors route and use auto-fire. It's much more comfortable.","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1108406,"author_name":"SdCorpse","author_uid":"sdcorpse","epoch":1728692245,"text":"Yes. Fabric wizardry is awesome skill!  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The bar that shows how many butterflies are left is very useful, and always having the 'BACK' button accessible is good quality-of-life stuff. Overall, great little entry- thank you for making it.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1119048,"author_name":"Urfoex","author_uid":"urfoex","epoch":1729691096,"text":"Good job!\nWater feels best \/ most powerful. 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