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'cause when you have a case with 2 photo and 2 audio cards, but your entire hand is filled with reading cards it's kinda odd.\n\nHowever, the concept itself is cool and I really appreciate it. It was fun to try and survive, hah.","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"}],"format":"md","images":["ld59\/wayback-placeholder.png"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/ngmigames.itch.io\/sarasota-signal","text":"Link"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"72969","g_author":"1188339","g_event":"LD59","g_eventkey":"113","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"309995","g_title":"Sarasota Signal","g_status":"WAYBACK","g_place":"99999","g_commentcount":"2","g_site2_node_id":"427209","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"427209","n_urlkey":"309995","n_parent":"424249","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/59\/sarasota-signal","n_slug":"sarasota-signal","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"jam","n_author":"188339","n_created":"1776379166","n_modified":"1779155123","n_version":"1365870","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD59","removed_author":false},"_superparent":9,"_trust":1,"author":188339,"body":"\nSarasota Signal is a real-time strategy and resource management game set in Sarasota, Florida.\n\nEveryone everywhere has secrets. 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