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I feel like there should be a hard mode where touching the Minotaur resets the game. That would be a very easy improvement to make the game last longer.","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1146036,"author_name":"Texugo","author_uid":"texugo","epoch":1744394774,"text":"Oh this is a nice idea! It's always goo to see multiplayer games on jams. The minotaur sounds made me so scared when I wasn't seeing him!","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1154440,"author_name":"Mamboman","author_uid":"mamboman","epoch":1745013626,"text":"Very fun game. It took us a short while to figure out the signal mechanic. Overall we had some funny rounds chasing through the maze =)","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1155129,"author_name":"VerttiXPertti","author_uid":"verttixpertti","epoch":1745144125,"text":"Love to see co-op games. Had fun playing with my little brother. 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