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Did you make it yourself?","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1101248,"author_name":"LandbergLife","author_uid":"landberglife","epoch":1728506571,"text":"@chocolat-endive @slay-a-stone \nI did a reupload of the game from my account. https:\/\/niklas-landberg.itch.io\/critters-vermin\nI think it could be an issue with new users uploading games. Sorry for the trouble.\n","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1101269,"author_name":"LandbergLife","author_uid":"landberglife","epoch":1728506770,"text":"@arkatme Yes, @mechanicallife and @emmatw created the characters in the game. \nThe environmental assets are 3D scanned objects we found around the house we stayed at during the JAM. \nWe used our phones to scan the sticks and mushrooms :)","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1111284,"author_name":"Nazariglez","author_uid":"nazariglez","epoch":1728827488,"text":"Loved the art and the critters' abilities! Freeing them for healing was a nice touch. Fun and engaging gameplay. Gj!","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":1112268,"author_name":"Pachino55","author_uid":"pachino55","epoch":1728880168,"text":"Very nice art, super cool","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":1112827,"author_name":"Slava Besckaravainii","author_uid":"slava-besckaravainii","epoch":1728922358,"text":"Very cool game! and cool menu design!, graphics cool also, and pets have cool abilities :D, 5 stars","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1114032,"author_name":"asfdfdfd","author_uid":"asfdfdfd","epoch":1729008519,"text":"Art really catches eye! Niceeee. I found gameplay satisfying and it catches player into the flow. Also i've found main menu pretty hard, probably harder than game, ha-ha. Nice entry!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1114257,"author_name":"Knatt","author_uid":"knatt","epoch":1729022750,"text":"Fun game! it caught my attention for a few runs. I  liked all the different abilities. Ive gotten caught in the level geometry a couple of times. its hard to parse some of those obstacle's hitbox","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1114446,"author_name":"olsonexi","author_uid":"olsonexi","epoch":1729035050,"text":"The menu is really weird, I wasn't sure what it even was at first. Also it doesn't seem like it's possible to pause the game? And please use physical key locations for inputs instead of the characters the keys represent so that people who use keyboard layouts other than US qwerty can play. 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