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It would be cool to see a continuation with a larger scene and more \u201cgod\u201d variations.","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1199425,"author_name":"Winbion","author_uid":"winbion","epoch":1776791244,"text":"It's a funny game. It would be interesting to find different objects in the \"Forest\" and put them on the altar.\n","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1199598,"author_name":"JuanRod707","author_uid":"juanrod707","epoch":1776792438,"text":"Cool game, very cryptic. I can see a whole game being built around this mechanic where you have to accept payments from villagers to do the correct rituals.","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1199998,"author_name":"half-animal-half-beast","author_uid":"half-animal-half-beast","epoch":1776795420,"text":"the roach didn\u2019t like my sacrifice, exploded me, and the game closed itself \ud83d\ude04\n\nlove the low poly ps1-style visuals, they look really cool and atmospheric!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1207166,"author_name":"LDJam user 383510","author_uid":"383510","epoch":1776890746,"text":"Honestly the perfect game. Although I did have to go through the roach like 15 times before the other two appeared, but my god was this good. As said above, it would be interesting if you could go into the forest to find the objects for sacrifice or honestly if you could like replay the game without reopening it every time, but these really are just nitpicks. I just cannot stress enough how much I enjoyed this","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":1207291,"author_name":"Vela Pulsar","author_uid":"vela-pulsar","epoch":1776892400,"text":"That cat was truly unexpected! ","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1207317,"author_name":"PaulMag","author_uid":"paulmag","epoch":1776892880,"text":"One of my favourite games so far!\nReminds me a bit of Phasmophobia where you need to analyse the ghosts behavior the figure out which one it is.\nI wish there was more options for gods and rituals. :D\n\nKinda weird that ESC just instantly quits the game. I kept accidentally quitting when I instinctively press ESC to close the necronomicon or exiting from choosing a part of the ritual.","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1207384,"author_name":"Hideyzzz","author_uid":"hideyzzz","epoch":1776893959,"text":"This is imba!!! I laughed like crazy at the cat's dislike!\n\u0420\u0443\u0441\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0439 \u043e\u0431\u043d\u0430\u0440\u0443\u0436\u0435\u043d.","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1207388,"author_name":"Pacelin","author_uid":"pacelin","epoch":1776894038,"text":"#### EN\nThe game is very short, but the execution is very fun. Maximum ratings for humor and mood are guaranteed :)\n\n#### RU\n\u0418\u0433\u0440\u0430 \u043e\u0447\u0435\u043d\u044c \u043a\u043e\u0440\u043e\u0442\u043a\u0430\u044f, \u043d\u043e \u043f\u0440\u0438 \u044d\u0442\u043e\u043c \u0438\u0441\u043f\u043e\u043b\u043d\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0435 \u043e\u0447\u0435\u043d\u044c \u0432\u0435\u0441\u0451\u043b\u043e\u0435. \u041c\u0430\u043a\u0441\u0438\u043c\u0430\u043b\u044c\u043d\u044b\u0435 \u043e\u0446\u0435\u043d\u043a\u0438 \u043f\u043e \u044e\u043c\u043e\u0440\u0443 \u0438 \u043d\u0430\u0441\u0442\u0440\u043e\u0435\u043d\u0438\u044e \u043e\u0431\u0435\u0441\u043f\u0435\u0447\u0435\u043d\u044b :)","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1207395,"author_name":"UniOwl","author_uid":"uniowl","epoch":1776894108,"text":"If I could rate 6 on humor.... Funny + cool + atmospheric + vibe + W + have a nice day! Hope *\u041a\u043e\u0448\u0435\u0447\u043a\u0430* will like my treats","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1207535,"author_name":"Mblw","author_uid":"mblw","epoch":1776896400,"text":"clicked 4 times got a dislike from huge cat and desintegrated with a bang. 10\/10 experience.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1209269,"author_name":"Andrian","author_uid":"andrian","epoch":1776949165,"text":"Really enjoyed the humor in this one! It definitely gave me a good laugh","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1210782,"author_name":"GARYglhf","author_uid":"garyglhf","epoch":1776978726,"text":"\u041f\u0440\u0438\u043a\u043e\u043b\u044c\u043d\u0430\u044f \u0438 \u0432\u0435\u0441\u0435\u043b\u0430\u044f \u0438\u0433\u0440\u0430, \u043c\u043d\u0435 \u043e\u0447\u0435\u043d\u044c \u043f\u043e\u043d\u0440\u0430\u0432\u0438\u043b\u0430\u0441\u044c.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"}],"format":"md","images":["ldjam-media\/sha256\/49\/49f8ecd779247c801c5e8fa5a1d40b8e9a158cabeafd857eb669b9b40ba36bff.png"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/hexela.itch.io\/elder-signals","text":"Link"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"72956","g_author":"1197134","g_event":"LD59","g_eventkey":"113","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"309978","g_title":"Elder signals","g_status":"WAYBACK","g_place":"117","g_commentcount":"16","g_site2_node_id":"427172","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"427172","n_urlkey":"309978","n_parent":"424249","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/59\/elder-signals","n_slug":"elder-signals","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"jam","n_author":"197134","n_created":"1776373406","n_modified":"1779155123","n_version":"1367344","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD59","removed_author":false},"_superparent":9,"_trust":1,"author":197134,"body":"\n![FinalIcon640x512.png](\/\/\/raw\/e02\/03\/z\/719b8.png)\n\n\nA game where you are a novice cultist. 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