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Make sure to rate others people's games to get a rating at the end :) Looks great though!","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"}],"format":"md","images":["ldjam-media\/sha256\/9d\/9d2c51a21e98c5a8f340a657e08d6c04dab095fc5d725d478650793c00545ab6.png"],"links":[],"metadata":{"g_key":"72892","g_author":"1013680","g_event":"LD59","g_eventkey":"113","g_subevent":"COMPO","g_urlkey":"309892","g_title":"Signal Protocol: RTS\/\/Lite","g_status":"WAYBACK","g_place":"99999","g_commentcount":"3","g_site2_node_id":"426901","g_hide":"Y","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"426901","n_urlkey":"309892","n_parent":"424249","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/59\/unknown-signal-game-title","n_slug":"unknown-signal-game-title","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"compo","n_author":"13680","n_created":"1776347589","n_modified":"1779300648","n_version":"1354979","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD59","removed_author":false},"_superparent":9,"_trust":1,"author":13680,"body":"## Signal Protocol: RTS\/\/Lite\n\nA fast-paced RTS-lite where you don\u2019t command armies, you command decisions.\n\nIn Signal Protocol, every second matters. 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