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This is really nice to play! maybe I missed it, but it would be nice to have a way to heal the tong :sweat_smile: ","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1127477,"author_name":"pres2300","author_uid":"pres2300","epoch":1744085489,"text":"You just can't beat tongue-based game play.  Great work!","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":1127537,"author_name":"Pandalk","author_uid":"pandalk","epoch":1744086171,"text":"I reqlly like the main mechanic, I wish I could retract the tongue in some way\nAlso, you should change the text color on itch, at least on my computer, I can't read it over that background","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1127539,"author_name":"onlyallygrace","author_uid":"onlyallygrace","epoch":1744086198,"text":"What a fun arcade game! Played several times to get the feel for it and each time was delightful!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1127665,"author_name":"TailsGameDev","author_uid":"tailsgamedev","epoch":1744087998,"text":"@pandalk you can retract the tongue by pressing space key! Thanks for the font tip, I'm changing it now. And of course thanks for playing!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1127772,"author_name":"bearcage","author_uid":"bearcage","epoch":1744089761,"text":"That was a fun one -- at first I didn't realize I needed to swallow the ants, but once I got that I managed a respectable score. I did have a little trouble getting the tongue to stop where I wanted it to, to drop down -- I wonder if you might be able to hold the \"next\" input direction, i.e. press and hold left to go left, then hold down to take the next downward turn on that leftward progression? Just the same, I had fun!\n\nThanks for sharing your game!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1128128,"author_name":"okuar","author_uid":"okuar","epoch":1744096326,"text":"![Screenshot_1.png](\/\/\/raw\/df7\/02\/z\/6b437.png)\nThis is my record so far. I love the game! It was a bit confusing at first that the space bar returns the mouth (since I didn\u2019t read the instructions and jumped straight into the game), but once I figured it out, it was so much fun.","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1130308,"author_name":"field-of-king","author_uid":"field-of-king","epoch":1744117815,"text":"Really awesome idea, I love it. Great graphics and fun gameplay too. Name of the game also is perfect, I had to play when I saw it. ","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1131425,"author_name":"TailsGameDev","author_uid":"tailsgamedev","epoch":1744126311,"text":"Thank you so much @field-of-king and everybody! The 4 of us are so excited seeing how many people liked it! I believe we had never hit so deep for a jam game. I'll be seeing your games too when I'm done with working for today, maybe some of the team too!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1132873,"author_name":"Veronica L","author_uid":"veronica-l","epoch":1744136272,"text":"\u041d\u0430\u0441\u0435\u043a\u043e\u043c\u044b\u0435 \u043d\u0435 \u043f\u0440\u0438\u043a\u043e\u043b\u044c\u043d\u043e ( ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1132962,"author_name":"braktheman","author_uid":"braktheman","epoch":1744136921,"text":"Craziest name for a game I've played thus far! \n\nFun concept - like that some of the ants can fight back. The trail of goo left by the tongue for a bit after it retracts is a really nice visual touch.\n\nIt didn't detract from my experience but on occasion I felt like the controls were getting away from me and the tongue would go further than intended, but that's just life sometimes. Tongues are a mystery of the world.\n\nGreat work team! Hope to see more from you in the future!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1136077,"author_name":"ThomasTournoys","author_uid":"thomastournoys","epoch":1744167691,"text":"This game was lots of fun, it needs a bit of practice to get the hang of the controls but it's not that difficult\nI think that some audio cues when your tongue is hurt or when your health is low would be nice, and maybe a way to replenish health? Sometimes I died and didn't even notice","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1138982,"author_name":"sleepyfikou","author_uid":"sleepyfikou","epoch":1744214650,"text":"Fun gameplay concept! The risk\/reward decision making on how and when to move the tongue is very cool, and I like that you have to conscious of the whole screen when you make your move.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1139566,"author_name":"VerttiXPertti","author_uid":"verttixpertti","epoch":1744222139,"text":"I wished there was a way to get health back but other than that fun game","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1143320,"author_name":"ToSMaster","author_uid":"tosmaster","epoch":1744304323,"text":"A fun game with an interesting mechanic! Great ideas and love the tough of the soldier ants style. Really cool, no notes. What a great ANT-ry to the jam! :D","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1144917,"author_name":"jver422","author_uid":"jver422","epoch":1744346213,"text":"works well, nice game!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1146781,"author_name":"farzher","author_uid":"farzher","epoch":1744417767,"text":"this game is so cool! my one complaint is that it's too hard to control, very annoying getting stuck going a bit further than i wanted. it doesn't need to be difficult to control since there's so much more *depth* to the game ","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1146790,"author_name":"farzher","author_uid":"farzher","epoch":1744418035,"text":"is this the current world record?\n![chrome_2025-04-11_20-32-39.png](\/\/\/raw\/d6e\/01\/z\/6c089.png)","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1146830,"author_name":"enmarimo","author_uid":"enmarimo","epoch":1744421241,"text":"Awesome game! A bit addictive, I keep trying to beat my high scores.\n\n@farzher not anymore... ![Captura de pantalla 2025-04-12 032021.png](\/\/\/raw\/c65\/46\/z\/6c093.png)","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1146845,"author_name":"farzher","author_uid":"farzher","epoch":1744422176,"text":"@enmarimo ![chrome_2025-04-11_21-42-34.png](\/\/\/raw\/d6e\/01\/z\/6c094.png)","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":1146886,"author_name":"enmarimo","author_uid":"enmarimo","epoch":1744424448,"text":"@farzher Haha, you win! My max is just a bit over 9000.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1151152,"author_name":"TailsGameDev","author_uid":"tailsgamedev","epoch":1744640279,"text":"@farzher the high score feature is local but I've never seen so high like 18190 so in your case it might be global","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"}],"format":"md","images":["ld57\/wayback-placeholder.png"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/tailsgamedev.itch.io\/tasty-holes","text":"Link"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"96986","g_author":"1264681","g_event":"LD57","g_eventkey":"111","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"448486","g_title":"Tasty Holes","g_status":"WAYBACK","g_place":"299","g_commentcount":"25","g_site2_node_id":"408804","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"408804","n_urlkey":"448486","n_parent":"406845","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/57\/tasty-holes","n_slug":"tasty-holes","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"jam","n_author":"264681","n_created":"1743517864","n_modified":"1779062831","n_version":"1304456","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD57","removed_author":false},"_superparent":9,"_trust":1,"author":264681,"body":"# \ud83d\udc45\ud83d\udc45\ud83d\udc45\ud83d\udc45\ud83d\udc45\ud83d\udc45\ud83d\udc45\ud83d\udc45\n\n# \ud83d\udc1c\ud83d\udc1c Tasty Holes \ud83d\udc1c\ud83d\udc1c\n\n**\ud83d\udc1c\ud83d\udc1c\ud83d\udc1c\ud83d\udc1c\ud83d\udc1c\ud83d\udc1c\ud83d\udc1c\ud83d\udc1c\ud83d\udc1c\ud83d\udc1c\ud83d\udc1c\ud83d\udc1c\ud83d\udc1c\ud83d\udc1c\ud83d\udc1c\ud83d\udc1c**\n\n---\n\n## \ud83c\udfae **Play Tasty Holes in Your Browser!**  \n## And please notice you can retract the tongue by pressing space key! kakaka  \n**[Click here to play on Itch.io](https:\/\/tailsgamedev.itch.io\/tasty-holes)**  \n\n---\n\n![Screenshot](\/\/\/raw\/9e9\/04\/z\/6ae64.png)  \n## Tasty Holes: A Wild Pixel-Art Adventure! \ud83d\udc1c\ud83d\udc45\n\nPrepare for an epic feast in **Tasty Holes**\u2014a fast-paced, pixel-art arcade game where you take on the role of a ravenous anteater! 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