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Great job!","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":869623,"author_name":"LDJam user 245646","author_uid":"245646","epoch":1665008288,"text":"Though the visuals aren't the greatest, it's detailed enough that the player knows what the graphics represent. The darkness mechanic is cool and creates some really tense moments. Though the player moves pretty slowly, the game did keep my attention. Pretty solid effort!","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":869660,"author_name":"Pincushion","author_uid":"pincushion","epoch":1665008641,"text":"Great game. It was pretty hard. Nice challenging puzzles. Could use some music. Might be nice if the wires would show that they were active.","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":869703,"author_name":"thedude3600","author_uid":"thedude3600","epoch":1665009164,"text":"Cool little game! I like the idea that the creatures only move once the lights are off. I could see this being a pretty cool action\/horror game with some more work! Good Job!","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":869783,"author_name":"relick","author_uid":"relick","epoch":1665010092,"text":"Very cool! I got stuck at the end because it seemed like they wouldn't move unless I was within death range, making it impossible to reach the buttons, but honestly the concept as a whole came out really well. Good job on the art and the sound :)","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":876257,"author_name":"Robin49","author_uid":"robin49","epoch":1665138695,"text":"Very nice result ! I really like the concept of the 10 seconds with the monster in the dark. It's definitly a good one, congrats :)","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":884518,"author_name":"Redneb","author_uid":"redneb","epoch":1665432176,"text":"Ho ho ho. It was quite nervous. The game keeps you on your toes. It's cool that sometimes you need to lure monsters into the open space in order to go further. The puzzles break up the game well. 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