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The discovering of creatures was cool too.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":629149,"author_name":"LocustJin","author_uid":"locustjin","epoch":1619460408,"text":"Very disturbing and wierd game but in good way. Idea is unusual but very nice. keep up the good work! ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":633530,"author_name":"thevinter","author_uid":"thevinter","epoch":1619482643,"text":"Thanks for making it! I had fun playing it and I really enjoyed the artstyle. The animations were a bit wonky and the sprites could've been a bit more crisp but for being your first Ludum Dare this is really well done! :)","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":641914,"author_name":"shnigle shnagle","author_uid":"shnigle-shnagle","epoch":1619520286,"text":"this game is really fun, the concept is pretty cool, but it only barely fits the theme, and the graphics are really cool","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":647463,"author_name":"guimoliveira","author_uid":"guimoliveira","epoch":1619540046,"text":"Cool game. I'm not sure, but I think I finished the game. :slight_smile: ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":647617,"author_name":"Nick Barrash","author_uid":"nick-barrash","epoch":1619540518,"text":"Nice job with the fauna art. Are there really slanted anteaters in the depths of the marianas trench? :joy: ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":648397,"author_name":"mmisspelling","author_uid":"mmisspelling","epoch":1619543062,"text":"@nick-barrash I have absolutely no idea haha, I guess there's only one way to find out!\n@guimoliveira You probably finished it! An ending screen would have been more appropriate. In the windows version the game just closes itself so it makes more sense.\n@shnigle-shnagle thank you!! I wanted to make a bigger and more exciting overworld where you could go deeper and deeper so that it would have fit the theme more, but it was too late already.\n\nThanks everybody for playing B)","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":654042,"author_name":"anactualhuman","author_uid":"anactualhuman","epoch":1619561585,"text":"The art and vibes are great, I liked the descriptions of the creatures too, the player animation could use some work though.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":654081,"author_name":"MadHumster","author_uid":"madhumster","epoch":1619561760,"text":"Graphics are really cool. It is obvious that a lot of work went into creature design. And I like scanner minigame. Did not get what was with ending but like it:) Great job!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":661114,"author_name":"Doot","author_uid":"doot","epoch":1619611206,"text":"Nice game!  \n\nThe rythme feels very good, alternating between moody exploration, stressful mini game and calm text explanations.  \nGreat simple art too!  \n\nThanks for the game and awesome job doing all of this on your own \ud83d\udc95","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":662227,"author_name":"y4nnick","author_uid":"y4nnick","epoch":1619618260,"text":"Quite unique gameplay. But i enjoyed it :). Nice graphics and sound!\n","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":663563,"author_name":"Robotex","author_uid":"robotex","epoch":1619625712,"text":"Heh, it's educational game. Graphics and souns are brilliant, but I want more challenges (I can't die here). Better to play it on touchscreen devices.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":670283,"author_name":"tengusheath","author_uid":"tengusheath","epoch":1619674669,"text":"The music is cool. I was playing on a laptop with a trackpad so trying to do the scanner part was really hard. ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":670297,"author_name":"KepperSnapper","author_uid":"keppersnapper","epoch":1619674896,"text":"Thhe audio is really good and the mood is set well. I liked learning about the deep sea creatures alot! Im not sure why I got eaten at the end but it was fun overall! :D","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":670304,"author_name":"Lifeforce","author_uid":"lifeforce","epoch":1619675015,"text":"Very atmospheric, but I wasn't really sold on the ending. Aside from that I enjoyed what I've seen though. Nice!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":670422,"author_name":"OkayLobster","author_uid":"okaylobster","epoch":1619676718,"text":"Interesting take on the theme. The designs were pretty spooky!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":670550,"author_name":"Brandon Orden","author_uid":"brandon-orden","epoch":1619678275,"text":"This game felt really unique! Had a interesting creepy vibe to it, but not so creepy that I was scared of it.  The writing and art assets for the creatures did a good job to create an off kilter atmosphere that I liked.  Nice work!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":687664,"author_name":"LDJam user 235694","author_uid":"235694","epoch":1619968358,"text":"Cool concept, good atmosphere","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":698038,"author_name":"leadphalanx","author_uid":"leadphalanx","epoch":1620497562,"text":"Nice atmosphere.  Electric-wall scanning stuff was neat, even if my tennis elbow prevented me from progressing too far.  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