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I like the atmosphere when playing.  \nBut I don\u2019t know why I can only build a high-level mine at the beginning, and then I can\u2019t build it all the time. \nThe farmland will continue to turn into stone, which makes me very irritable....That should be the theme haha","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":730354,"author_name":"Tory","author_uid":"tory","epoch":1633454771,"text":"Nice graphics and soundtrack, complex mechanics for quick understanding, it is not entirely clear how the theme of jam is reflected. In general, a pleasant game in which you need to understand for a long time.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":731648,"author_name":"Naymsayk","author_uid":"naymsayk","epoch":1633460906,"text":"I left behind a single monument which seemed kinda poignant also I was kinda getting to grips with the game. This game clearly has a theme which I enjoyed by it didn't seem to be the theme of the ludum dare. 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Have to agree with others that the jam theme wasnt really caught within this game, but a nice game nonetheless!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":768265,"author_name":"m1nus","author_uid":"m1nus","epoch":1634680169,"text":"Oh, I loved this game so much, specially because of the topic that's been a special interest of mine since I can remember as a human being. I hope you have more time to develop it more, it has such a great potential for a bigger game, and it's such an important message. Don't give up on this one! :green_heart: :seedling: ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":769795,"author_name":"qaeron","author_uid":"qaeron","epoch":1634807736,"text":"Lovely game! Enjoyed the simple yet engaging limitations, made me think and be absorbed by the tiles. I miss some interaction from the monument with the rest of the game (not counting the final score), just so it feels better doing them. But that just my taste, and I really enjoyed the game!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":770238,"author_name":"Zarkonnen","author_uid":"zarkonnen","epoch":1634833542,"text":"It's really good - like an ecological version of Polytopia. Only problem I had was that I ran out of things I could do while still having actions available, and couldn't figure out a way to skip the remaining actions.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"}],"format":"md","images":["ld49\/wayback-placeholder.png"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/studioavanto.itch.io\/things-we-left-behind","text":"Link"},{"url":"https:\/\/studioavanto.itch.io\/things-we-left-behind","text":"Link"},{"url":"https:\/\/studioavanto.itch.io\/things-we-left-behind","text":"Link"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"79721","g_author":"1058658","g_event":"LD49","g_eventkey":"119","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"380400","g_title":"Things We Left Behind","g_status":"WAYBACK","g_place":"690","g_commentcount":"13","g_site2_node_id":"265411","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"265411","n_urlkey":"380400","n_parent":"258323","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/49\/things-we-left-behind","n_slug":"things-we-left-behind","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"jam","n_author":"58658","n_created":"1633096642","n_modified":"1779654593","n_version":"845148","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD49","removed_author":false},"_superparent":9,"_trust":1,"author":58658,"body":"![Screenshot from 2021-10-05 00-49-36.png](\/\/\/raw\/225\/e\/z\/45d91.png)\n\n\"Civilizations are fragile, impermanent things.\" \u2013 Joseph Tainter\n\nIn Things We Left Behind, you control a civilization burgeoning beyond its available resources. 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