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I also think it slaps! Coop ftw.\n@cobrajs @ghostbomb  Thank youu!!\n@jimbly OOoo you are the fisrt person to publicly confess playing with a friend! I'm glad you had a lot fun :))","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":890014,"author_name":"fabula_rasa","author_uid":"fabula-rasa","epoch":1665962378,"text":"I played this with my husband and I totally lost. \n\n![Screenshot_14.jpg](\/\/\/raw\/732\/a2\/z\/5332f.jpg)\n\nThe various upgrades are what makes this game (and the homing one is just not fair :wink:). The graphics are obviously simple (as it's a pico game), but they work well, and the colors are well-chosen. 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