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Thanks for the experience!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1154909,"author_name":"Mamboman","author_uid":"mamboman","epoch":1745093053,"text":"Very fun take on the theme! Enjoyed it =)","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1155935,"author_name":"Static_Leap_Studios","author_uid":"static-leap-studios","epoch":1745283691,"text":"Very fun, I enjoyed playing! I wasn't sure when I did the surround mechanic correctly, and ended up clearing all the ants in range and not being able to find the queen due to the tongue sucking back in.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1156629,"author_name":"Aizomon","author_uid":"aizomon","epoch":1745410271,"text":"Fun concept and I enjoy playing it!\n\nSince ants don't seem to be respawned, the more you progress would mean less things to happen on each run. Unless the ant queen would only appear once the ant amount falls below a certain number, it'd be more rewarding to face increasing challenges(e.g. red ants that bite, rocks pushed by ants that block your way, etc.) as you level up further just so progressing further won't become a punishment with an empty map.\n\nBut overall good execution and I'm naturally drawn to play more!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"}],"format":"md","images":["ld57\/wayback-placeholder.png"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/mariotabasco.itch.io\/twisto-the-anteater","text":"Play it on itch.io"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"97976","g_author":"1219839","g_event":"LD57","g_eventkey":"111","g_subevent":"EXTRA","g_urlkey":"451260","g_title":"Twisto the Anteater","g_status":"WAYBACK","g_place":"99999","g_commentcount":"5","g_site2_node_id":"415037","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"415037","n_urlkey":"451260","n_parent":"406845","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/57\/twisto-the-anteater","n_slug":"twisto-the-anteater","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"extra","n_author":"219839","n_created":"1744818169","n_modified":"1775380630","n_version":"1310938","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD57","removed_author":false},"_superparent":9,"_trust":2,"author":219839,"body":"Twisto is suffering from an insatiable hunger. 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