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It just goes to show that several of us had the same idea.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1202272,"author_name":"Viktor Kovachev","author_uid":"viktor-kovachev","epoch":1776816983,"text":"It turned out to be a really fun game. I spent about 5 minutes playing it. I really liked it at first there are like tutorial levels and after that go to a really difficult level it's like the games I played on my phone as a kid","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1202283,"author_name":"Derek Glennon","author_uid":"derek-glennon","epoch":1776817090,"text":"Took a bit to realize that the black dot acted as a wild symbol and would affect any train type. Maybe a rainbow symbol would or something would help get that idea across? Regardless, a fun puzzle game to play through! ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1202298,"author_name":"ruthiepee","author_uid":"ruthiepee","epoch":1776817352,"text":"Wow, excellent puzzle design, especially for a game jam! The difficulty really ramps up fast at level 4 haha. I think I'm a bit too sleepy to figure it out, haha. Very cute sound design too.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1204732,"author_name":"BoltDaPikachu234","author_uid":"boltdapikachu234","epoch":1776859748,"text":"really good puzzle game, although the black dot was a little confusing","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1205789,"author_name":"StormSword","author_uid":"stormsword","epoch":1776874345,"text":"Simple game that works perfectly :) SFX works very well too ! Just wanted to play a little more x) Otherwise, good job :D ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1206679,"author_name":"LDJam user 234567","author_uid":"234567","epoch":1776884746,"text":"A really good puzzle game. A bit short. 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I would argue your approach places it firmly in puzzle game territory, while the other is a bit more chaotic (might be fun to check out anyways for some inspiration).\n\nWell done!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1222986,"author_name":"deformhead","author_uid":"deformhead","epoch":1778070308,"text":"Nice puzzle game!\n\nI had difficulties to understand how signs worked sometimes, but it's a really good take on the theme, good job! :clap: ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1223703,"author_name":"Flightless","author_uid":"flightless","epoch":1778174928,"text":"You win! :v: Well executed! I did not figure out that I could change the black dot into a color until the last map. Nice puzzles!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1224515,"author_name":"Jacobloon","author_uid":"jacobloon","epoch":1778274263,"text":"Love this concept, and I had fun playing through the few levels available. 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