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Music was fine but got a tad repetitive.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":743737,"author_name":"Raphiell","author_uid":"raphiell","epoch":1633562628,"text":"Wow a really good game! my only concern was it's a bit hard to juggle the controls quickly to give them what you want, and I just ended up spamming items to whoever was closest. \n\nReally well done though, good job!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":752101,"author_name":"Inokentii_Best","author_uid":"inokentii-best","epoch":1633714677,"text":"this game is very cool. Nice graphics) ","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":753365,"author_name":"JPGFG","author_uid":"jpgfg","epoch":1633742031,"text":"really enjoyed to artwork and it was pretty hard haha","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":753797,"author_name":"Chairshot Games","author_uid":"chairshot-games","epoch":1633756001,"text":"Really impressed by this game. The gameplay is original, I don't think I have every seen this concept before, and it works really well. The game is well balanced and feels very re-playable. It is also really polished, (Good UI, sound effects, tutorial, voice acting, etc) which is very impressive given the 72 hour time limit. The only problem I ran into is if you change the controls the bottom-screen UI gets glitched out and is a massive text box of all your custom controls. Overall your game is very innovative and I really enjoyed it, great job!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":758084,"author_name":"Sagan Rayner","author_uid":"sagan-rayner","epoch":1633887804,"text":"Really enjoyed this! Great game mechanics and it feels really polished. A lot of fun trying to manage the chaos between the two sides.","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":758085,"author_name":"Sagan Rayner","author_uid":"sagan-rayner","epoch":1633887804,"text":"Really enjoyed this! Great game mechanics and it feels really polished. 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