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I think it could be an awesome game if you decide to move further with it.","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":636481,"author_name":"Traffle","author_uid":"traffle","epoch":1619492933,"text":"that was quite fun to play! often times i found myself just running and hiding until the next switch, but the gameplay was still pretty exciting. it did crash not too long into the game though.","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":636493,"author_name":"Jakegames2","author_uid":"jakegames2","epoch":1619492984,"text":"Doesn't seem to fit the theme, but a very fun game nonetheless! Great job!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":636532,"author_name":"James Kusardi","author_uid":"james-kusardi","epoch":1619493167,"text":"i love the concept!! the gameplay is also really fun, it does feel a bit difficult and i feel like shooting isn't always straightforward (but i definitely could have missed something), but i definitely think this has a lot of potential to be something super dope!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":636565,"author_name":"squirmonkey","author_uid":"squirmonkey","epoch":1619493300,"text":"Really nice animation work in this one\n\nI enjoyed the mechanics, generally, though I had a hard time understanding which things each type of body could do. It was sometimes tricky to get the body swap to happen the way I wanted.\n\nThe good news is that I wanted to play again, the bad news is that the play again button didn't seem to work.\n\nI'm not sure I understood the connection to the theme.\n\nNice job!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":636724,"author_name":"Seng Yong","author_uid":"seng-yong","epoch":1619493924,"text":"good game afterall\nlittle suggestion here is not to have story for a 3 days jam\nthen hopefully results in more content","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":636748,"author_name":"Bodaciouslycrazy","author_uid":"bodaciouslycrazy","epoch":1619493989,"text":"I'm having some issues with the game freezing and crashing, but this is otherwise a fantastic game! It's fast, hectic, and has plenty of  different characters to control, and the art is gorgeous. Very well done.","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":657168,"author_name":"mharitsnf","author_uid":"mharitsnf","epoch":1619578701,"text":"Great game! I loved the mechanics where you can control the enemies. I kept losing my cursor though, If I may give a suggestion I'd recommend changing the cursor color or shape to be more distinctive with the background. Otherwise I enjoyed it!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":661700,"author_name":"Eugenik","author_uid":"eugenik","epoch":1619615243,"text":"I love the graphics! Can't wait to try the game!.\n","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":666509,"author_name":"AutoGibbon","author_uid":"autogibbon","epoch":1619640582,"text":"Maaaan! It's a real shame it kept crashing on me, cause I really enjoyed this one! Super simple, but engaging core gameplay. And that sound when you're picking your next host, NICE.\n\nIt starts way too fast though, like I had no idea what was going on and suddenly I'm getting ganked by flammenwerfers and noodle ghosts! Give the player a little breathing room at the start to figure the game out.\n\nOverall, very nice, but very unstable.","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":666643,"author_name":"dmdmdmdm","author_uid":"dmdmdmdm","epoch":1619641253,"text":"Love the presentation, great art and sound! It's a great concept that could be worked on further to make a pretty great game, in a roguelike style perhaps. You already have a nice variety of enemies and it plays well already. Good job :D","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":667830,"author_name":"TobyMurray","author_uid":"tobymurray","epoch":1619647820,"text":"Thank you all for your feedback! We have just patched the game to make it more stable, please let us know if it is working for you!","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"}],"format":"md","images":["ld48\/wayback-placeholder.png"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/manoman017.itch.io\/golem","text":"Playable in browser or download"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"76809","g_author":"1244901","g_event":"LD48","g_eventkey":"109","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"371811","g_title":"Golem","g_status":"WAYBACK","g_place":"642","g_commentcount":"14","g_site2_node_id":"244907","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"244907","n_urlkey":"371811","n_parent":"233335","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/48\/golem","n_slug":"golem","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"jam","n_author":"244901","n_created":"1619212426","n_modified":"1777829091","n_version":"781451","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD48","removed_author":false},"_superparent":9,"_trust":1,"author":244901,"body":"Golem is a top-down horde mode bullet-hell where you can take control of your enemies. 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