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I died in an overheating event. The only downside is that I didn't feel really in control over a trackpad ;)","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":722786,"author_name":"Nafe","author_uid":"nafe","epoch":1633411229,"text":"Visually pleasing game. Great audio as well. Straight into the action which is always good for a LD game, however I felt that in this case it almost would have been better to slow things down a bit as there was a lot to learn all at once and I didn't feel that much in control as a result. Felt a little bit like button spamming in a fighting game that you don't know that well. \n\nI happen to like button spamming though! :D","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":722797,"author_name":"juegoman","author_uid":"juegoman","epoch":1633411344,"text":"Great game, much more strategy than it seems.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":722941,"author_name":"MrchickenBoy","author_uid":"mrchickenboy","epoch":1633412531,"text":"ohhh I like this game! It's very pleasing to look at, and I LOVE the music! The idea is simple enough but there is too much on screen. Some sort of calm progression and a tutorial would help. Good job! :)\n","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":723367,"author_name":"Thooom","author_uid":"thooom","epoch":1633416597,"text":"Cool feel to the game, did I spot a three-frame animation on the atoms? It's a fun aesthetic in any case. Music is spot on. Like mentioned before, some progression levels would probably improve the user experience. But that's for later, LD is all about prototyping :)","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":726586,"author_name":"tetrapteryx","author_uid":"tetrapteryx","epoch":1633437156,"text":"This fits the theme really well! I loved the increasing chaos, and the animations and sound are great. I couldn't remember what all of the atom types did just from reading the menu screen, so it took a while to figure out how to actually play the game *well* rather than just making more fun explosions, but I found it extremely satisfying even when I failed!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":745553,"author_name":"ChillerTyp","author_uid":"chillertyp","epoch":1633594890,"text":"The sloppy style is kinda cool... reminds me of Rugrats or something. You should have made the writing in that style, too.","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":745558,"author_name":"aymarX","author_uid":"aymarx","epoch":1633594978,"text":"Trying to do something with atoms and collisions was also one of my first ideas when I learned about the theme. Glad I didn't choose to go with it since I couldn't have made something this cool haha. Great job!","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":745560,"author_name":"jk5000","author_uid":"jk5000","epoch":1633595013,"text":"I love the music and visuals pretty good. The gameplay idea is okay, but it feels like I don't do much and what I do, do not change much.","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":745716,"author_name":"Jane Wei","author_uid":"jane-wei","epoch":1633597818,"text":"This is suuuuper fun!!!!! I didn't really know how to stop my cooling atoms from exploding into heating atoms though and always just die in a nuclear meltdown :p\n\nThanks for your nice comment on our game by the way!","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":748343,"author_name":"Georgy16","author_uid":"georgy16","epoch":1633636509,"text":"The game is interesting, though there is a feeling that no matter what I do, the game state will be hot.","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":748534,"author_name":"pixelstuff","author_uid":"pixelstuff","epoch":1633638509,"text":"Interesting game but I din't really get how to play and just the balance :\/\nThe music is amazing!","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":748745,"author_name":"AlexSolonnikovP4","author_uid":"alexsolonnikovp4","epoch":1633640887,"text":"This game reminded me of a chemistry lesson.Well done and goes well with the theme!","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":748868,"author_name":"LDJam user 49798","author_uid":"49798","epoch":1633642191,"text":"It was a bit confusing at first with all the rules, but after some tries I got the hang of it. 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