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The tricky part is aiming but overall a really good game!","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"}],"format":"md","images":["ld55\/wayback-placeholder.png"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/christiancorro.itch.io\/summoning-riffs-a-metal-odyssey","text":"Link"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"93690","g_author":"1239430","g_event":"LD55","g_eventkey":"120","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"440029","g_title":"Summoning Riffs: A Metal Odyssey","g_status":"WAYBACK","g_place":"99999","g_commentcount":"7","g_site2_node_id":"387401","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"387401","n_urlkey":"440029","n_parent":"383062","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/55\/summoning-riffs-a-metal-odyssey","n_slug":"summoning-riffs-a-metal-odyssey","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"jam","n_author":"239430","n_created":"1712906843","n_modified":"1778402296","n_version":"1233016","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD55","removed_author":false},"_superparent":9,"_trust":1,"author":239430,"body":"![logo.png](\/\/\/raw\/647\/a3\/z\/63369.png)\n\n\n\nHi! 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