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Love the fishes!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1129178,"author_name":"bene-labs","author_uid":"bene-labs","epoch":1744108688,"text":"The game also crashed for me in the on chromium after returning from the sub, but the windows version worked without problem.\n\nThat being said: awesome game with an amazing atmosphere!\nI think the difficulty could be increased a bit, as reaching the next checkpoint was always very easy and I barely got attacked. I really loved the upgrade system and the creepy vibe of the environment tough and that ending certainly caught me off guard :D","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1135803,"author_name":"Deruitda","author_uid":"deruitda","epoch":1744163237,"text":"Cool atmosphere and graphics, I also got a crash when trying to go deeper. Also that mouse sensitivity is crazy high!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1135845,"author_name":"Jordanfb","author_uid":"jordanfb","epoch":1744163984,"text":"Had to play the downloaded version since the UI didn't work for me online, but it was worth it :). Made it to the bottom, hahaha what a time. Great vibes great music, was creepy looking out there into the black with nothing to see. Loved how the fish changed as you got deeper and darker, they looked very pretty glowing in the dark. Nice work!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1139634,"author_name":"Callum Schultz","author_uid":"callum-schultz","epoch":1744223247,"text":"greatest name in the whole jam ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1140157,"author_name":"Cure","author_uid":"cure","epoch":1744229834,"text":"Mouse sensitivity and crashes stopped me from finishing, but the atmosphere and graphics and mood of the game were great! felt quite immersed when it worked.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1140172,"author_name":"mgear","author_uid":"mgear","epoch":1744229972,"text":"i think ctrl key causes issues in browser.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1140259,"author_name":"Game-mon","author_uid":"game-mon","epoch":1744230790,"text":"Cool atmosphere, and i'm impressed by the overall execution and that whole settings menu! in browser, there's an issue when pressing ctrl+s because it tries to save the html page, but that's just unfortunate. Good job overall!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1142415,"author_name":"LDJam user 221097","author_uid":"221097","epoch":1744279292,"text":"An effective gameplay loop, and a great atmosphere; well done!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1143243,"author_name":"Kidabra","author_uid":"kidabra","epoch":1744302597,"text":"This was really fun! No crashing issues for me. I couldn't understand the enemy fish situation. If there were specific fish that attack or not. I played for a while and then I randomly died. I'm thinking some monster attacked me. I loved the atmosphere, concept and gameplay, was bothered by suddenly dying and not knowing how I died. ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1143676,"author_name":"nGryyyyy","author_uid":"ngryyyyy","epoch":1744310452,"text":"Finished the game ! Puting CTRL key bugs aside, solid gameplay loop but maybe too redondant ? The game might also lack some story of a kind. Anyway good  propostion I liked it overall !","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1149529,"author_name":"BinarySpark","author_uid":"binaryspark","epoch":1744549338,"text":"A fun experience! I wound up going missing too :smile: \n\nI found the checkpoints (the red buttons) to be really generous; especially with the oxygen upgrade I never really needed to go back up again, could just keep going and hit the next button. Point-filtered pixel art always looks nice. Cool entry.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1149604,"author_name":"muriel","author_uid":"muriel","epoch":1744551398,"text":"I love this kind of games, I've read histories on how hard this kind of jobs are, the art is very nice, the ambience very good, the mechanics are cool. IDK very well executed, I really love it!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"}],"format":"md","images":["ld57\/wayback-placeholder.png"],"links":[],"metadata":{"g_key":"97052","g_author":"1409128","g_event":"LD57","g_eventkey":"111","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"448568","g_title":"Laying Pipe","g_status":"WAYBACK","g_place":"415","g_commentcount":"15","g_site2_node_id":"409129","g_hide":"Y","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"409129","n_urlkey":"448568","n_parent":"406845","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/57\/laying-pipe","n_slug":"laying-pipe","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"jam","n_author":"409128","n_created":"1743608338","n_modified":"1778786199","n_version":"1298277","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD57","removed_author":false},"_superparent":9,"_trust":1,"author":409128,"body":"In Laying Pipe, you play as a deep-sea diver who repairs pipelines. 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