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Good job.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":624663,"author_name":"dhim","author_uid":"dhim","epoch":1619433510,"text":"Yes a mac version!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":624710,"author_name":"Ghost_Wave","author_uid":"ghost-wave","epoch":1619433835,"text":"Woaw I'm not usually a fan of these types of games, but this was really funny and a lot of fun :)","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":624715,"author_name":"RuslanCH","author_uid":"ruslanch","epoch":1619433876,"text":"AHAHAH, very nice","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":624724,"author_name":"Phoenix Fireflower","author_uid":"phoenix-fireflower","epoch":1619433938,"text":"Nice to see a FMV game being made for Ludum Dare.\nAlso, nice use of self-deprecating humor!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":625601,"author_name":"jaybaus","author_uid":"jaybaus","epoch":1619440207,"text":"Thanks for the comments, it's so nice to see people enjoying the game!\nI've just updated the Mac version as I realised one of the main endings was still pointing to the \"hidden\" ending which wasn't quite the tone I was going for...","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":626591,"author_name":"kristinamay","author_uid":"kristinamay","epoch":1619446584,"text":"Oh HELL yes. I think we have pretty similar senses of humor, this was fantastic. First time I've ever seen an FMV game in Ludum Dare. Spoilers: do you ever stop me from sleeping with the ghost? because I did it a few times just to see if I could. And then I laughed a lot at \"spooky passion.\" Genuinely really fun, great work.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":626601,"author_name":"BubakGames","author_uid":"bubakgames","epoch":1619446619,"text":"Great game. It's lots of fun.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":626630,"author_name":"Esosek","author_uid":"esosek","epoch":1619446824,"text":"I like the sound of cars when you enter the mysterious forest! Interesting idea and I like it overall, especially the red\/blue pill reference.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":626779,"author_name":"kristof","author_uid":"kristof","epoch":1619447663,"text":"Great idea and execution! You got some good laughs out of me :D (*spoilers*) My favourite part was not picking up the key :-P I think I found the three endings? Though I was eaten by birds in two. Nicely done!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":626864,"author_name":"blaster391","author_uid":"blaster391","epoch":1619448129,"text":"A masterpiece of 4th wall breaking humour","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":627797,"author_name":"dhim","author_uid":"dhim","epoch":1619453086,"text":"Nice, I played and replayed to try to get all the hidden bits. I am laughing so much!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":628794,"author_name":"jaybaus","author_uid":"jaybaus","epoch":1619458607,"text":"@kristinamay Thanks for playing, I'm glad you enjoyed it! Spoilers: the game will never stop you, so you can enjoy as many nights of spooky passion as your heart desires <3","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":653330,"author_name":"Glaas","author_uid":"glaas","epoch":1619558744,"text":"Man that was GREAT, it cracked me up multiple times, I loved it !!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":656293,"author_name":"xxAtrain223","author_uid":"xxatrain223","epoch":1619573620,"text":"I think the ghost and I are married now...","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":662461,"author_name":"Hestrateja","author_uid":"hestrateja","epoch":1619619757,"text":"@jaybaus wow, how did you add this many waifus in just 48h??? Best visual novel so far with great animations, just as if it was real or something","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":664286,"author_name":"zondarg","author_uid":"zondarg","epoch":1619629255,"text":"Hah, that was good. :rofl: Really funny! \"yes I know there are three doors..\" So cool, having a FMV game in the jam. (For replay maybe a \"skip scene\" button would be great, but dont worry, was great as is) Amazing entry! :thumbsup:","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":665665,"author_name":"Alchemic","author_uid":"alchemic","epoch":1619636321,"text":"SLEEP WITH GHOST\n\n10\/10","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":665887,"author_name":"Daniel Whittaker","author_uid":"daniel-whittaker","epoch":1619637522,"text":"Super fun game and a really unique idea! Very funny, and super sexy ghost","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":668098,"author_name":"edgeboyo","author_uid":"edgeboyo","epoch":1619649509,"text":"Set up a watchalong with my Jam buddies and we had a blast. It's a shame the Oscars were already passed, because the Narrator an the Ghost would be great contenders.","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":668290,"author_name":"AssertFailure","author_uid":"assertfailure","epoch":1619651027,"text":"Haha, this was genuinely funny! Loved it! Only thing I missed was a way to skip scenes you've already seen when you restart.\n10\/10 would refuse picking up the key again :D","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":673062,"author_name":"cavedens","author_uid":"cavedens","epoch":1619708549,"text":"Super funny. Great job. Very innovative","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":675340,"author_name":"mvasko2","author_uid":"mvasko2","epoch":1619728396,"text":"Really funny game, I had a few laughs :slight_smile:\n\nI would like to have an option to skip some of the cutscenes for replays.\n\nAlso nice graphics, did you create all the assets yourself?","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":677270,"author_name":"blob","author_uid":"blob","epoch":1619754075,"text":"I got 3 endings but two involved ( Spoiler) crows. Is there another one? 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The ghost was 2 spooky 4 me, tho.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":707458,"author_name":"corey zanotti","author_uid":"corey-zanotti","epoch":1621740607,"text":"LOL, so funny. Love that this is an FMV game. Also that ghost was fairly creepy. 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