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Made it to the end.  With how much I was getting hit on floor one, didn't think there was any way I'd survive 50+ enemies, but I made it somehow.  I liked the snappy controls.  The music was good and varied.  I know how tricky enemy variety can be, but it would have been nice to have some other enemies.  Overall nice work!","format":"md","likes":3,"spam":"N"},{"id":1136059,"author_name":"stepa","author_uid":"stepa","epoch":1744167465,"text":"very cool game, liked the atmosphere and mechanics","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1136271,"author_name":"apt_prose7","author_uid":"apt-prose7","epoch":1744170627,"text":"Great shooter inspired by hotline miami","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1136394,"author_name":"YibiRabbit007","author_uid":"yibirabbit007","epoch":1744173317,"text":"Nice work!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1136682,"author_name":"ArenAvgust","author_uid":"arenavgust","epoch":1744179590,"text":"Great job!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1136687,"author_name":"Trevor Lentz","author_uid":"trevor-lentz","epoch":1744179633,"text":"After extracting the Windows Zip & Windows NO SSAO, the game.exe gives me \"Application Error (0xc0000142) Click OK to close the application.\". Currently using Windows 10 Pro x64 Version 22H2 (OS Build 19045.5608). ","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1136729,"author_name":"vknauss","author_uid":"vknauss","epoch":1744180248,"text":"@trevor-lentz shoot, that's a pretty generic error message and it's hard to tell what could cause it. you could try to make sure the \"visual c++ resdistributable\" is installed, in this case in particular for Visual C++ 2022. Otherwise I'm really not sure, running in cmd prompt might show more messages. my system also is windows 10 22H2, but home edition","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1136803,"author_name":"Velis69","author_uid":"velis69","epoch":1744181568,"text":"its Hotline Miami in to the DEPTHS! Cool! Check our game too comrade, its shooter too but in 3d!","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1138726,"author_name":"gamurmakesgems","author_uid":"gamurmakesgems","epoch":1744211154,"text":"I like the style, nice art, visually appealing. Clean and works as intended. 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