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Reminds me of Agar.io which I used to play a lot of in school! Thanks for submitting!\n\n![Screenshot 2024-10-08 140110.png](\/\/\/raw\/d7a\/e5\/z\/67ded.png)","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1112328,"author_name":"Utopia","author_uid":"utopia","epoch":1728888236,"text":"Scored 1783, well the movement is a bit fuzzy but not a big deal. I can't find others to eat in middle of the game so I'm just wandering around... Overall this is great!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1120541,"author_name":"Jokku","author_uid":"jokku","epoch":1729877934,"text":"Nice menu graphics. I liked how to squares is the background showed the progression of the growth. The color differences made it clear what I could eat, good decision! Didn\u2019t see any threats though. Good entry, I liked that the gameplay was polished enough! \ud83d\udc4d\n![N\u00e4ytt\u00f6kuva 2024-10-25 203451.jpeg](\/\/\/raw\/103\/41\/z\/691ca.jpg)","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1120548,"author_name":"Corrupt Spaghetti","author_uid":"corrupt-spaghetti","epoch":1729878272,"text":"Neat game! It's a bit difficult to get a sense of scale as the player character grows due to the abrupt change in camera zoom. 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