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We're working on some bug fixes today so come back and play it again soon. :rocket: \n\n","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1131342,"author_name":"slow chaz","author_uid":"slow-chaz","epoch":1744125744,"text":"Wow, this is really special. The art and sound really matched well, it felt great. Clear gameplay, I immediately knew what to do and started sorting. This was an awesome time!","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":1131355,"author_name":"slow chaz","author_uid":"slow-chaz","epoch":1744125808,"text":"Also love the character designs!!","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":1131379,"author_name":"VerttiXPertti","author_uid":"verttixpertti","epoch":1744125947,"text":"Had fun trying to figure this out. Nice job","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1131431,"author_name":"ayuv","author_uid":"ayuv","epoch":1744126344,"text":"I don't get how a simple game can be this addictive and fun to play. It reminded me of those arrangement questions  I used to have on my reasoning olympiad LOL. Really enjoyed playing it. BGM and the different sounds for all characters was a fire move. Great job!","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":1131493,"author_name":"Andreadbx","author_uid":"andreadbx","epoch":1744126778,"text":"![112.png](\/\/\/raw\/86d\/c\/z\/6b6de.png)\n\nYayyyy i got them all correct!\n\nLove the idea of the game, and impressive on the how the puzzle generation works, that sounds to me like a puzzle to set up on his own! Great game!","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":1135706,"author_name":"Bismark","author_uid":"bismark","epoch":1744161496,"text":"Very original, and funny.","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1135901,"author_name":"eggsscrambled","author_uid":"eggsscrambled","epoch":1744165002,"text":"![I WON.png](\/\/\/raw\/f7a\/04\/z\/6b9cc.png)\n\nChill music and quite the brain bender. Other than A bug that makes you unable to grab a character if you cut them off while they're talking this is a pretty polished and cute puzzle game! I really liked the voices of the characters (Casey specifically)","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1138467,"author_name":"meskaline","author_uid":"meskaline","epoch":1744208381,"text":"Super chill and relaxing. Love this kind of games. Congrats on a great entry. THis was fun.","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1138639,"author_name":"Tugaryn","author_uid":"tugaryn","epoch":1744210226,"text":"Like vibes!\nReally love style of game, thanks you, cool puzzle, like it","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1139711,"author_name":"firellon","author_uid":"firellon","epoch":1744224369,"text":"This is indeed a very nice puzzle. Took a fair bit to figure out. Love that everyone has their own style of communications ;)\n\n![Screenshot 2025-04-09 205324.png](\/\/\/raw\/e18\/z\/6bc66.png)","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1139756,"author_name":"Zzzkvidi4","author_uid":"zzzkvidi4","epoch":1744225175,"text":"It's very impressive that the puzzle is procedurally generated. I don't regret the time I spent on solving it)","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1139842,"author_name":"Game-mon","author_uid":"game-mon","epoch":1744226098,"text":"Wow really cool one! I really loved the design of the character and the fact that characters have unique voice. I was schocked to see it was procedurally generated! fantastic job here","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1145713,"author_name":"Starl","author_uid":"starl","epoch":1744382603,"text":"Great procedurally generated puzzle! I really enjoyed this game. Art and audio are amazing. Loved it.","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1146136,"author_name":"ToKto","author_uid":"tokto","epoch":1744397969,"text":"It's a fun logic game, although at first I didn't really understand what to do.","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1146557,"author_name":"wisstopher","author_uid":"wisstopher","epoch":1744408440,"text":"Really cool idea with slick execution. Such a good entry, well done!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1149821,"author_name":"LDJam user 221097","author_uid":"221097","epoch":1744560088,"text":"Yay, I love logic games like this! The visual presentation is very clean, the chara designs are really nice, and the musical ambience is great (the little voice sounds add a lot of characterization!)\nBravo to the team!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1154738,"author_name":"Carraka","author_uid":"carraka","epoch":1745078229,"text":"I was impressed there are multiple puzzles! Definitely find a way to indicate that. A couple improvements might have been letting us skip ahead to see the full text rather than having to wait for it to all appear, and also having the puzzles ramp up in difficulty.","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1156367,"author_name":"val.ociraptor","author_uid":"val-ociraptor","epoch":1745363325,"text":"The most fun and zany character designs!! 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