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Kinda funny since I think I had the opposite problem in my game by making it to difficult to quickly.","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":859508,"author_name":"robin_schmitz","author_uid":"robin-schmitz","epoch":1664909111,"text":"Man, air traffic has gotten out of hand! Loving this game, especially the cute caterpillar and the controls. Absolutely agree with @appleplectic on the balloon physics. Made it very engaging to play :) Congratulations to everyone involved! \n\n![firefox_ZsuDUqRcP8.png](\/\/\/raw\/797\/64\/z\/52164.png)\n\nDidn't quite make it to space, but I believe that one day, a caterpillar will take the leap :bug:  :)","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":864642,"author_name":"kuviman","author_uid":"kuviman","epoch":1664957728,"text":"![caterpillar.png](\/\/\/raw\/7e3\/32\/z\/52437.png)","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":867444,"author_name":"LDJam user 279622","author_uid":"279622","epoch":1664990589,"text":"![balloon.png](\/\/\/raw\/644\/44\/z\/525d4.png)\n\nignore the 36 :sweat_smile: ","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":870307,"author_name":"Arthurds","author_uid":"arthurds","epoch":1665019742,"text":"![Screenshot 2022-10-05 222849.png](\/\/\/raw\/3de\/c2\/z\/52740.png)","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":874455,"author_name":"RookRules","author_uid":"rookrules","epoch":1665091573,"text":"![HIGHSCORE-CATERPI;LLAR.png](\/\/\/raw\/8c4\/14\/z\/52975.png) HALL of FAME here I come BABEEEEEE","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":877074,"author_name":"LDJam user 258850","author_uid":"258850","epoch":1665156912,"text":"Im never gonna beat these highscores I got over 200 but 1k is ridiculous haha :sweat_smile: ","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":877904,"author_name":"KokkakNiphon","author_uid":"kokkakniphon","epoch":1665171584,"text":"Fun little game! Even I'm not really good at this game, but it's really enjoyable. Nicely done! ","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":877908,"author_name":"Grizwhirl","author_uid":"grizwhirl","epoch":1665171628,"text":"Its incredibly cute","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":877918,"author_name":"Tan_Tan","author_uid":"tan-tan","epoch":1665171904,"text":"Oooh I love the little sounds when you collect a ballon and when one of them pops! I also like that there is different 'ending texts' depending on how you died and the fact that the planes can hit your ballons OR the little caterpillar. Details :sparkles: \nOne of the few games where I quickly understood everything - but yep, no highscores for me neither xD","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":879032,"author_name":"ZungryWare","author_uid":"zungryware","epoch":1665211876,"text":"I really like the movement physics! And they didn't get in the way of the controls feeling good either. 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But really great job with this game!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":882307,"author_name":"shmador","author_uid":"shmador","epoch":1665327081,"text":"![Desktop Screenshot 2022.10.09 - 17.50.38.61.png](\/\/\/raw\/cac\/14\/z\/52ede.png)","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":882658,"author_name":"Shakedimus","author_uid":"shakedimus","epoch":1665337909,"text":"Me and my girlfriend really enjoyed this game. The movement was a perfect combination of controllable and difficult. When  I died I felt it was my fault but the difficulty was hard enough to make it fun to compete :) The graphics and sound effects were very cute and the graphics were perfect for this type of game. Well done! Fun little game :D ","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":884227,"author_name":"LDJam user 302987","author_uid":"302987","epoch":1665419374,"text":"This is a really great entry! Felt like a complete and polished game, with tight controls and good balance. 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