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But otherwise I really liked it :)","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1084192,"author_name":"dooskington","author_uid":"dooskington","epoch":1728336107,"text":"Not bad. The music was a bit repetitive, but I liked the sprites :)","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1097268,"author_name":"Sviborg","author_uid":"sviborg","epoch":1728455808,"text":"Good game.","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1105960,"author_name":"SdCorpse","author_uid":"sdcorpse","epoch":1728604644,"text":"Music is annoying at first, but somehow after a minute or two it became a kind of soundtrack id like to use to)","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1118907,"author_name":"Turquoise Moon","author_uid":"turquoise-moon","epoch":1729662577,"text":"At first I thought that the powerups were enemies and should be avoided ha ha. I had a lot of fun with this! 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