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Nice job!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":900528,"author_name":"Zonoxx","author_uid":"zonoxx","epoch":1673293815,"text":"A bit confusing at the start but really cool system in general. The sprites for the plants and harvested stuff are top-notch. Could have used some audio and menu but other than that really enjoyable game, great job!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":900936,"author_name":"MistaGiggles","author_uid":"mistagiggles","epoch":1673296615,"text":"Fun but a little frantic. Was confused why my crops died to quickly in the beginning before I realised that was the point.\nWould be nice if there was a little more feedback when the watering can was empty. Think I was often trying to water crops with no water. Sometimes buttons missed clicks topo, which threw me off. Otherwise I had fun with this game. Very on theme and nice graphics","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":902756,"author_name":"Lori Lou","author_uid":"lori-lou","epoch":1673306949,"text":"Like others said, more feedback would be cool but the main gameplay mechanics are well made! Nice job","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":903367,"author_name":"LDJam user 0","author_uid":"0","epoch":1673312159,"text":"Nice little game! Could be animations on the water can when you get more water or make it more obvious you have to get the water from the lake.","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":904004,"author_name":"LDJam user 142503","author_uid":"142503","epoch":1673319359,"text":"Nice game,\nYou can add some [hot key] so player can chose the thing faster.Maybe 1 2 3 4.\n@lori-lou \"more feedback would be cool but the main gameplay mechanics are well made!\"just what i want to say:)","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":906789,"author_name":"Tevin","author_uid":"tevin","epoch":1673359906,"text":"Thats nice, i had some fun! My score is 727 \/ 37 \/ 29.\nAt first i did not notice when my water can was out of water because i was looking at the icon an thought it would lose the water on the image when it will run out of water.\nAlso nice twist with the heatwave. Once i lost everything to it :D","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":911225,"author_name":"starofleaf","author_uid":"starofleaf","epoch":1673417463,"text":"This game made me feel flustered! Well done! I'm impressed.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":918892,"author_name":"GreenRadiation","author_uid":"greenradiation","epoch":1673623395,"text":"Interesting game, although personally it took me a while to figure it out. The art doesn't match the background a bit, but the gameplay is interesting. Great job!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":927667,"author_name":"williwiderstand","author_uid":"williwiderstand","epoch":1674424780,"text":"Solid interpretation and interesting mechanics, though it needs a bit of balancing and visual feedback for what's going on. I wasn't really sure what to do until I played for a bit, then it got pretty engaging though. 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