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Timestamp	Since previous	Game		Dovakla's comment
Apr 30 16:03:44		Mr. Moneybag's Great Adventure	♥ 4	This is really good! It's fun to play and the levels are all cleverly designed. My one complaint is that it's pretty hard to aim the coin when you're trying to stun guards. Great job!
Apr 30 16:18:45	15m 01s	Vegetable man	♥ 2	The music and graphics are really cute, but I don't really get the gameplay. It seems like it's sort of easy to survive forever if you just click when you get close to the max health so that it never increases and you always get money immediately.
May 19 16:02:40	455h 43m	Galactic Boarder	♥ 1	I like the graphics a lot but it's really hard to play. I keep falling off the map or into the gaps in it.
May 19 16:08:48	6m 08s	Dragon's Den	♥ 1	Great work! It's very simple to pick up and the sounds and graphics are very charming. I definitely see the Game & Watch inspiration. I think it would be better if gems didn't despawn so you were forced to move around more. I realized that if I went all the way to the left I could shoot right to hit everything, which made the game pretty easy.
May 19 16:36:31	27m 43s	Jailocorp	♥ 1	I played the post-compo one and got the chess and button puzzles but I had no idea what to do with either set of levers. The chess one was really clever.
May 19 16:47:42	11m 11s	Blood Type Z	♥ 1	The character is cute and the sounds are good. The description of the game (syringe umbrella) implies that there could be an interesting story to the world. It's too bad that you couldn't finish more but that's the way it goes in a jam. What do the different color vials do? Are they just different amounts of health?
May 19 16:53:22	5m 40s	Pastemates Overdrive!!!	♥ 0	My biggest complaint is that you need to make the gas meter last a lot longer, especially since it's hard just to figure out where to go. The first time I played I ran out of gas before picking up any food. Adding a minimap would help a lot. The car controls felt pretty good, although it tips over very easily.
May 19 17:03:37	10m 15s	The Adventures of Cat Bat	♥ 1	This is pretty good! I really like how each floor has different enemies and obstacles. It didn't feel like buying upgrades was worth it, especially since it always felt like a better strategy to avoid enemies instead of fighting. Maybe make it so they can drop hearts too. The boss killed me pretty much immediately, so maybe I should have practiced attacking more.
May 19 17:12:14	8m 37s	Feed My Sheep	♥ 0	It's pretty but I didn't get it. I played for two days but I never saw a wolf so I was just holding space and walking forward.
May 19 17:13:24	1m 10s	Fake game	♥ 0	It was okay, but I don't really get how it was related to the theme at all?
May 19 17:19:19	5m 55s	Piggy Bank's Adventure	♥ 1	It's very cute and seems to play well. Pretty good idea for the theme. It's unfortunately very short, but I would definitely play more levels.
May 19 17:32:48	13m 29s	TheGuard	♥ 0	It's an interesting concept and I like the visual style, but I don't really understand why a lot of these actions cost money. I think it might be better if the stat was something more abstract like how much the warden or prisoners like you? You could also work that into more of a story, like having a riot or escape attempt happen after a few days where the outcome is based on which group likes you more. Also, one of the prisoners says that they'll give you cash if you let them nap, but letting them nap costs money. Is that just a lie?
May 19 17:47:40	14m 52s	Gravy Train	♥ 1	This is great! The sprites are really charming and the attack is surprisingly satisfying. It's simple but very easy to pick up and play. I would have liked more distance signs, since it's a little long without much background movement. I met expectations in both metrics.
May 20 17:39:23	23h 51m	Odd Jobs on a Day in Summer	♥ 1	Very charming! The graphics and music work great together. I wish there was a little more to it though. I thought I could bribe the police officer once I got the money but I guess he only cares about crime.
May 20 19:18:08	1h 38m	Underworldey (VR Only)	♥ 0	I like the graphics a lot, especially how violent the chest bite feels. Combat was okay, but I think it would benefit a lot from adding knockback or particle effects to make it clear when you do damage. It also felt like it was impossible to avoid the pustule things in a lot of situations since their range was so large. I also didn't understand how chests worked. I got something in one that looked like a fireball with a +, but I couldn't figure out if it did anything. This might just be a personal preference thing, but I wish movement was based on the direction of the controller instead of the direction you're facing. It felt difficult to move precisely.
May 20 19:32:50	14m 42s	Demon of Doom	♥ 0	It's an okay start to a game. It felt really hard for me to actually hit people with the attack, since you have to be so close to them and they're always running. The first-person claw animation was cool.
May 20 19:34:44	1m 54s	Little Robot	♥ 0	I like it. It took me a few tries to realize that you aren't supposed to fight the robots and that you can break the metal objects for batteries. The mouse is too sensitive and the robot's body sort of gets in the way of shooting once you have the gun. The music and graphics are great! It reminded me of Nier.
May 20 19:39:46	5m 02s	Ransom	♥ 1	That's really cute! I love the family aspect of it. I wish there was a way to get more life somehow, but it's short enough that it didn't run out for me in my playthrough. Great job!
May 21 17:02:32	21h 22m	Money is Time	♥ 0	The graphics and sound are great, but I think the gameplay is too simple to be very interesting. It might be better if you could put in more coins to increase your odds of getting a specific result. This would represent trying harder for a specific goal of marriage/children/money. It also might make sense if the odds of each changed as you got older. I had a kid at 80, which is probably not great for me or the kid.
May 21 17:15:29	12m 57s	Is it a drag?	♥ 1	This is really interesting! It took me a bit to figure out how to play, but once I understood it it was really engaging. I like how it starts by asking about your life, even before you have any idea of what the game will be like.
May 21 17:26:21	10m 52s	Pharaoh's Purse	♥ 0	The graphics are cute and I like the music a lot, but I wish it had some sound effects. I also think there should be an indicator of the range of the towers themselves. The small circle of the urns felt very limiting, especially since it can barely reach the path in most places. The mechanics all seem to work perfectly and I like the variety in the tower abilities. Great job!
May 21 17:37:23	11m 02s	Devil's Bank - Your life is currency!	♥ 1	The graphics, music, and sound effects are all great, but the gameplay was pretty slow and repetitive. It was a lot of clicking on the cat to skip through all of its dialogue. I couldn't tell if the person's dialogue had anything useful, and some of the things the thing on the right said didn't seem to correspond with intimidating/seducing. I think the concept is interesting and I like the mechanics you have, but it could be streamlined a lot and, with more time, could have more variety. Still very impressive for a jam game, especially visually.
May 21 17:47:52	10m 29s	Mani	♥ 1	I really like the mechanic of changing sizes and all the different versions of Mani are cute and creative. The platforming felt a little weird, especially with how jumping isn't immediate. There were a few places where I got stuck. It was also sometimes very hard to avoid getting hit with the cane, especially when you're small and the camera is close. Is there a way to restart the game? I died a lot and it was frustrating to have to quit and reopen the application. It seemed to all run perfectly for me. Great job!
May 21 19:18:04	1h 30m	Super Powerup Dash	♥ 0	It is very short, but the platforming works well and there's an impressive amount of variety in the upgrades and the different types of obstacles. I wish it was a little faster overall though. It's definitely a good start to a game. Good job getting something done!