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I like the CRT effect too, very cozy.","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1123082,"author_name":"EZduzzit","author_uid":"ezduzzit","epoch":1743999042,"text":"The sounds and music are so nice and calming - the download wouldn't work for me on hered (the ld page) but on itch it worked! Cool game, nice job! ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1123127,"author_name":"Rinevard","author_uid":"rinevard","epoch":1744000499,"text":"Intersting game! I used to think the tree would kill itself when the root touched itself\ud83d\ude02","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1123207,"author_name":"SYPIAC","author_uid":"sypiac","epoch":1744006867,"text":"Well put together, complete, fun, game, this one is a winner","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1125302,"author_name":"TimeLost","author_uid":"timelost","epoch":1744054604,"text":"This is such a good game! I love the aesthetic and the gameplay is intuitive. It's clear to me that a lot of care was put into it.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1135881,"author_name":"Ruslana","author_uid":"ruslana","epoch":1744164559,"text":"The game is really nice and quite polished with different aspects to it. \nMusic and sounds fit the idea well. I love camera tv post effect, or whatever gives it such feeling. Progression is nice and engaging, it's nice that previous root tracks are shown. Art nicely combines everything. \nThere is calmness and there is a challenge. Very nice game!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1138679,"author_name":"Laurynas","author_uid":"laurynas","epoch":1744210722,"text":"This is amazing! I love incremental games like this! Though it ended too soon, i didn't even get all the upgrades! :cry: ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1143613,"author_name":"Maskrosen","author_uid":"maskrosen","epoch":1744309355,"text":"Really unique and fun idea. The execution was great as well. I had much fun playing it. 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