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Maybe if there were only one paddle and you could move the paddle around in addition to just flopping it back and forth?\n\nAnyway, after I gave up on controlling the cubes, I just let the game alone and watched the cubes fall where they may. It makes for a nice screensaver.","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":757836,"author_name":"Basset Romain","author_uid":"basset-romain","epoch":1633881563,"text":"Spawn rate is way too fast to let us take a decision, but liked the idea. ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":766593,"author_name":"ThePirateNun","author_uid":"thepiratenun","epoch":1634511257,"text":"Really cool idea! I didn't feel like I had very much control over the outcome though because everything was moving so quickly and bounces were really hard to read. I would maybe start by making the play area smaller and slow down the boxes movement a little bit (maybe mess with the gravity?), I think that would give some more player choice. I think the concept of mixing the chemicals combined with the stacking was really cool though, well done!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":766684,"author_name":"Nobongo","author_uid":"nobongo","epoch":1634523219,"text":"I liked the interactions of the boxes, it felt like a chemistry kinda sim for sure. Would've been cool if there were more colors that resulted in fires, explosions etc.\nI also didn't feel like I had much control over my tower so I couldn't really try and make it efficiently just hope that it would work out.\nThe concept is really good and it worked really well!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"}],"format":"md","images":["ldjam-media\/sha256\/c1\/c1c427494fd7ad033bba5051c6f200638571194673ca720724e4b41d23fde648.png"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/github.com\/MatthewRosegreen\/unstable","text":"Link"},{"url":"https:\/\/mrt3chno96.itch.io\/unstable","text":"Link"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"79736","g_author":"1226862","g_event":"LD49","g_eventkey":"119","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"380423","g_title":"Unstable","g_status":"WAYBACK","g_place":"99999","g_commentcount":"4","g_site2_node_id":"265497","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"265497","n_urlkey":"380423","n_parent":"258323","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/49\/unstable-16","n_slug":"unstable-16","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"jam","n_author":"226862","n_created":"1633099613","n_modified":"1779654593","n_version":"831345","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD49","removed_author":false},"_superparent":9,"_trust":2,"author":226862,"body":"A game of balance and chemistry.\n\n---\n\nInstructions\n\nUse the Left and Right keys to move the paddles.\n\nStack the chemicals to make a pile that passes the goal line.\n\nThe pile must stay above the line for at least 3 seconds.\n\nTry to reach the goal line in the fastest time possible.\n\nRemember - green and blue chemicals will react with each other and change its form, so be careful!\n\n---\n\nThis is a quick game I made during my off-time - I had a fun idea for a spin on the theme, so I decided to run with it! 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