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It's a bit concerning how much I enjoyed the homeless cannon.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1163607,"author_name":"UsuMidori","author_uid":"usumidori","epoch":1759806068,"text":"I really enjoyed the vivid and satirical elements within.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1166866,"author_name":"florianCohen","author_uid":"floriancohen","epoch":1759849184,"text":"nice gameplay good job ! ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1166873,"author_name":"Kimicu","author_uid":"kimicu","epoch":1759849247,"text":"Darkly hilarious satire disguised as a simple clicker. Tax citizens \u2192 they get tired \u2192 become homeless \u2192 launch them away. Genius commentary on inequality and bureaucracy. 10\/10 for absurdity and truth.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1166952,"author_name":"Theothervc","author_uid":"theothervc","epoch":1759850048,"text":"Amazing Game, Loved The Homeless cannon","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1169018,"author_name":"firellon","author_uid":"firellon","epoch":1759868700,"text":"Gave me a laugh.\n\nHomeless people replicate too quickly D:","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1169049,"author_name":"sakuraya","author_uid":"sakuraya","epoch":1759869015,"text":"I really like this topic. It's quite ironic! The gameplay is simple and easy to understand, and it is so engaging that you can't stop playing. It has also achieved full automation management.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1169100,"author_name":"Archimagus","author_uid":"archimagus","epoch":1759869377,"text":"Cool idea for a game. \nI somehow ended up with a homeless guy exploiting the system, he had to go \ud83e\udd23\n![Screenshot 2025-10-07 152805.png](\/\/\/raw\/6d3\/z\/6ebeb.png)\nNot a big deal, but I have an ultrawide monitor, (5120x1440) and in full screen the labels don't line up with the houses properly.  They work fine not full screen.\n![Screenshot 2025-10-07 153406.png](\/\/\/raw\/6d3\/z\/6ebee.png)","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1169144,"author_name":"LDJam user 395766","author_uid":"395766","epoch":1759869728,"text":"really nice game, some time the citizens are blocked in funny poses but not unsolvable. The sound is realy nice not borring or annoying over time. Now i can tell i'm a good collector who kicks out homeless people in the ocean <3","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1173766,"author_name":"Truedat","author_uid":"truedat","epoch":1759948740,"text":"maxed everything out, satisfying sounds and overall addicitve play. nice, but dont know what the end goal supposed to be..gj","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1174704,"author_name":"naru","author_uid":"naru","epoch":1759962949,"text":"Great idle mechanics! Imagine paying taxes \ud83d\udc40","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1174715,"author_name":"Kalbshack","author_uid":"kalbshack","epoch":1759963173,"text":"I also had the homeless exploit guy but send him flying :smile: Nice game.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1174721,"author_name":"ghost-in-the-toast","author_uid":"ghost-in-the-toast","epoch":1759963293,"text":"Hell yeah had a good amount of fun with this one! Found myself cackling loudly to myself every time I shot a hobo out of the cannon. Wasn't exactly sure what the upgrades to the house and workplace did, but I was able to figure out the other upgrades on the right hand side. Good stuff! ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1174758,"author_name":"Vulpe","author_uid":"vulpe","epoch":1759964044,"text":"Played until I couldn't upgrade any more. Nice little variation on a clicker game. Would be nice to pay to expand the area and grow more but perhaps in next update? My lil guys got stuck in the air like I was picking them up sometimes.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1174808,"author_name":"F2_","author_uid":"f2","epoch":1759965573,"text":"Fun idle clicker with a great sense of humor. I maxed out all upgrades before I realized you can expand into the ocean. My bad, I should have read the tutorial properly, haha.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1175012,"author_name":"Accardo","author_uid":"accardo","epoch":1759974623,"text":"Fun game, would be even better with some variations and an end goal. Regardless, enjoyed playing through it. Nice work.![Screenshot 2025-10-08 184858.jpg](\/\/\/raw\/0e9\/56\/z\/6f08b.jpg)","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1175028,"author_name":"Eugenik","author_uid":"eugenik","epoch":1759975234,"text":"Enjoyed the story and atmosphere!.\n","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1177305,"author_name":"MrPaket","author_uid":"mrpaket","epoch":1760034736,"text":"I've always liked the immoral in games. Extort money from workers and shoot beggars with a cannon. I really like the concept, it's something with something. Good work!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1182420,"author_name":"Jvdwijk","author_uid":"jvdwijk","epoch":1760285051,"text":"Exploiting people has never been so much fun before! It is so satisfying to upgrade your city to make an infinite amount of money, I can see this game expanding with more content and more options to make even more money.\n\nGreat entry, had me hooked for quite a while!\n\n![exploiting.png](\/\/\/raw\/88b\/c2\/z\/6f514.png)","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1182579,"author_name":"Wallted","author_uid":"wallted","epoch":1760294195,"text":"Oh yeah, autocannon upgrade was brutal, but felt soo good :D Congrats on your game, this felt really chilly to play and I had no reason to stop until I maxed out :) I wish there were something more for the buildings","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1182580,"author_name":"marudziik","author_uid":"marudziik","epoch":1760294321,"text":"This is a great entry, got me hooked up for a while. I like almost everything about it, I think the game loop is working very well, the graphics are awesome, the music is top notch.\n\nI enjoyed it quite a bit, and I did manage to find 2 things I view as problems. They happen only in fullscreen.\n\nFirst one is the fact that I cannot expand in the first column:\n\n![2025_10_12_20_19_24_Greenshot.png](\/\/\/raw\/d51\/2\/z\/6f535.png)\n\nSecond is with the labels - their positions are messed up. Hopefully it will be visible on the screenshot:\n\n![2025_10_12_20_29_13_Greenshot.png](\/\/\/raw\/d51\/2\/z\/6f536.png)\n\nThese don't happen in window mode.\n\nAnyway, I've spent way too much time playing :sweat_smile:\n\n![2025_10_12_20_34_51_Greenshot.png](\/\/\/raw\/d51\/2\/z\/6f537.png)\n\nGreat entry, congrats!","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":1183171,"author_name":"Lisek Gagatek","author_uid":"lisek-gagatek","epoch":1760360864,"text":"Very satisfying game, I think I've build and upgraded everything possible. 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