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Fits the theme perfectly, in such a unique way!\nKind of hard to understand the logics of the game but really fun!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":790324,"author_name":"LDJam user 168929","author_uid":"168929","epoch":1649170930,"text":"Very cute. The sound effects helped a lot with conveying the game.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":795937,"author_name":"arqitech","author_uid":"arqitech","epoch":1649193602,"text":"Great game! :smiley: \n\nRight on theme! It took me a second to work out who the adults were, so an in game tutorial would have been nice.\nOverall, a very good job :thumbsup:","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":799008,"author_name":"MrEvilGuy","author_uid":"mrevilguy","epoch":1649216709,"text":"9:18 on normal mode. THIS GAME IS HARD. I love it. The AI is so good hahaha, I love how they block the doors. Great music and sounds --good use of stock! Really makes me want to perfect every movement :D","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":799026,"author_name":"franticCoder","author_uid":"franticcoder","epoch":1649216854,"text":"This was fun! I played it at least 5 times just trying to beat my old time. I liked how easy the gameplay was to figure out and how the WASD keys are the only controls in the game. Very nice job!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":804615,"author_name":"darwyn","author_uid":"darwyn","epoch":1649272003,"text":"Ah childhood memories....","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":804731,"author_name":"bohmann","author_uid":"bohmann","epoch":1649272803,"text":"haahhhah what a unique game. Really very interesting to play even if the grapichs is so simple :D  One time i bugged out game when released pigs, one pig left in cage and all people were hopeleslly trying to catch it and i could last forever :))  Very nice uncommon game","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":804760,"author_name":"Matt E","author_uid":"matt-e","epoch":1649273021,"text":"@bohmann thanks for playing and letting me know about the bug \ud83d\ude42.  I'll fix it after the jam.  ","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":804892,"author_name":"Dining Philosopher","author_uid":"dining-philosopher","epoch":1649273905,"text":"Amazing entry! Played it quite a few times but never got further than 8:25 - it seems like outrunning the adults is the most important in the long run. Really love the mix of mechanics, the well-programmed AI, the inevitable end because more adults enter. The music and sound are very fitting as well.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":811762,"author_name":"Rost","author_uid":"rost","epoch":1649358354,"text":"Funny concept. With some more graphics I could become very cool","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":812373,"author_name":"Ethereal","author_uid":"ethereal","epoch":1649364580,"text":"probably the best fit for the theme so far! was fun!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":812601,"author_name":"Aune","author_uid":"aune","epoch":1649366900,"text":"Great idea, it took me two or three runs to figure it out. Once you get it, it's pretty cool. A bit addictive ^^. Nice entry !","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":815136,"author_name":"mlho7","author_uid":"mlho7","epoch":1649423878,"text":"Concept is really cool, and the way you implemented it is too, great job, it's fun to play.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":816251,"author_name":"KuKuRammus","author_uid":"kukurammus","epoch":1649444725,"text":"Really cool game, one off the most interesting interpretation I've seen this jam. Sound effect really add a lot to gameplay, great job :thumbsup: \n","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":818126,"author_name":"Ines Brezavscek","author_uid":"ines-brezavscek","epoch":1649492347,"text":"Haha, made me  laugh with the stressful music. I like the idea and the mechanics of doing things to delay it. I did have a hard time figuring out just who   the adults were. Cause they were different colours? But really good use of music, made me laugh with stress haha","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":819545,"author_name":"hgcummings","author_uid":"hgcummings","epoch":1649522875,"text":"Absolutely love the concept! This was really fun to play and I really felt like a mischevious child running around the house. Rewinding the clock or unleashing the guinea pig are especially entertaining.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":820914,"author_name":"ruruie","author_uid":"ruruie","epoch":1649550796,"text":"This is fantastic. I can't get over how sad the violin is when I'm sent to bed.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":820922,"author_name":"ruruie","author_uid":"ruruie","epoch":1649551091,"text":"10:22!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":831205,"author_name":"tgiant","author_uid":"tgiant","epoch":1650112457,"text":"This is a very cool little game.\nGood work. If you slap proper graphics on this game you have a winner.\nThe sound and music felt very well planned. 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