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The art style is great and all, but you could have knocked up a game like this in an engine…",{"value":203,"source":92,"evidence":204},"Gamepad support",[205],{"id":206,"by":207,"text":208},"4685269","jiggy2011","Looks cool , I like quirky games. Since it uses JS , can I use my 360 pad or am I stuck with keyboard?",[210,214,220],{"value":211,"source":92,"evidence":212},"Unity",[213],{"id":199,"by":200,"text":201},{"value":215,"source":92,"evidence":216},"CraftyJS",[217],{"id":218,"by":138,"text":219},"4685230","Did you use any existing js frameworks in making the game? I've been writing a little puzzler\u002Fplatformer using Crafty JS, and it seems to have a pretty flexible approach. Fair…",{"value":221,"source":63,"evidence":222},"Metroid and Yume Nikki (inspirations)",[223],{"id":224,"by":11,"text":225},"4685743","It's more inspired by Metroid, Yume Nikki and Thunder Force, but I suppose a little bit was taken from In The Hunt. 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