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I fell like this sorta wants to be a rhythm game, that would be cool.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1123508,"author_name":"gsoutz","author_uid":"gsoutz","epoch":1744017158,"text":"6137, repetitive music, but ok.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1123513,"author_name":"Scrawach","author_uid":"scrawach","epoch":1744017244,"text":"Good. I like to bang on the keyboard, and this game lets me do it. What more do you need? :)","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1123548,"author_name":"Rezistor","author_uid":"rezistor","epoch":1744018343,"text":"pretty fun game! Would be nice to see power-ups or something to collect on the way :)","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1123731,"author_name":"Rinevard","author_uid":"rinevard","epoch":1744023750,"text":"Interesting game! And I agree with @oxnh , it would be cool to be a rhythm game.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1123911,"author_name":"nyxkn","author_uid":"nyxkn","epoch":1744028749,"text":"Simple game but nice art and aesthetic! The gameplay got repetitive very quickly. In terms of controls, the mashing might have worked better on the right hand instead of left? Music was also repetitive, but good amount of polish overall, managing art and sounds and all!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1123990,"author_name":"OnnGD","author_uid":"onngd","epoch":1744030281,"text":"I didn't understand anything for the first 5 seconds, but for the next 5 minutes I was glued to the music, cool","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1124507,"author_name":"yohadams","author_uid":"yohadams","epoch":1744040780,"text":"@nyxkn in settings you can remap keys ;) but thanks for rating","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1124904,"author_name":"TasakaSama","author_uid":"tasakasama","epoch":1744048054,"text":"4945.... It's well done, could be varied a bit on the decorative elements and on the objects that fall, but it's fun, good work","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1125715,"author_name":"TimeLost","author_uid":"timelost","epoch":1744061503,"text":"Very well done endless runner and climbing game. The music and sounds are great.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1125800,"author_name":"JavaSaurus","author_uid":"javasaurus","epoch":1744063341,"text":"Smooth like butter :) Very simple, but nice entry, the way they're supposed to be. Maybe a slightly longer audioloop would help, but in the end it is a jam so very understanding! I like this, kudos to you and your wife :)","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1125870,"author_name":"coatline","author_uid":"coatline","epoch":1744064829,"text":"Fittingly named New York Escape :laughing:\nI do wish that there was some other mechanic to switch it up at some point.\nI'm pretty insane at the game as you can see\n\n![Capture.JPG](\/\/\/raw\/c44\/31\/z\/6a917.jpg)","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1128346,"author_name":"LDJam user 184264","author_uid":"184264","epoch":1744099023,"text":"The idea and graphics are fun, but needing to just spam AD seems a touch out of place. I like the suggestions of making it a rhythm based thing, potentially getting faster with your speed the more you get without mistiming a press. Your ideas for items also sound like good additions. Only bug I encountered was that adjusting the volume levels at all seemed to turn them off entirely. It's nothing too fancy, but a fun couple of minutes. Nice work.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1128769,"author_name":"thisyc","author_uid":"thisyc","epoch":1744104441,"text":"Simple and effective. Well done! I think you really nailed the music and aesthetics and they played a big part in making the game addictive. It does still become rather repetitive after a while, though. My suggestion would be progressing the difficulty as it goes on. I think you do have more drops when score is higher, but maybe play around with different drops with different mechanics? In any case I enjoyed it.![climb.png](\/\/\/raw\/14b\/36\/z\/6b499.jpg)","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1128781,"author_name":"max_sanch","author_uid":"max-sanch","epoch":1744104590,"text":"A very fan game! Very addictive.. Great job!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1128935,"author_name":"Dywanix","author_uid":"dywanix","epoch":1744106400,"text":"very fun!\n![Zrzut ekranu 2025-04-08 115934.png](\/\/\/raw\/dfb\/d5\/z\/6b4d4.png)","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1131506,"author_name":"Haokai XU 1999","author_uid":"haokai-xu-1999","epoch":1744126878,"text":"Good game! The mechanics is simple but interesting!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1131786,"author_name":"7uc4s","author_uid":"7uc4s","epoch":1744128611,"text":"2310 only :sweat_smile: the left and right hand grip is a cool idea, just a bit frustrating that the speed is capped","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1132590,"author_name":"LDJam user 336851","author_uid":"336851","epoch":1744134293,"text":"Very fun endless runner with a fun twist! However it is not actually required to press left and right in a rhytmical way, I just spammed both buttons as fast as i could. I did really like all the different objects which i had to avoid!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1133837,"author_name":"BridgeOnAStick","author_uid":"bridgeonastick","epoch":1744142938,"text":"Finding the right rhythm feels really nice when you can just keep that up without stopping. Whem you're in the zone it feels really good!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1134359,"author_name":"Pusheeneiro","author_uid":"pusheeneiro","epoch":1744146519,"text":"Nice little game","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1144022,"author_name":"infecsean","author_uid":"infecsean","epoch":1744316888,"text":"Quite a simple and elegant game! One little feedback would be the main mechanic of climbing. 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