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     I played for like an hour, having a grand old time waiting for the ending until I checked the comments xD. Too bad the final cutscene didn't make it in, I had a blast with your game and it would have been a great way to wrap things up. The intro piano song was lovely and the stars/planets/constellations scrolling past the ship windows was a nice touch. The robot portraits are dope and each has a distinct look, personality and "voice" which was pretty neat. It took me a while to realize the smushing stuff together mechanic and I think that could have been introduced to the player a bit earlier, before the ship starts to fill up. The combining things to make a better thing to combine it again to make a better thing is a super fun core mechanic and I was eagerly awaiting to see the next new upgrade (each sprite was awesome!). It felt kind of like a claw machine combined with the mobile game 2048 in a sci-fi setting, I dig it.

     The attention to detail on the art is impressive: from the pipes running along the back wall to the damaged walls to the trash itself, every asset felt like it had care put into it and was cohesive as a whole. I could believe I was actually on the ship. Somehow I never got soft locked, without trying much not too, so I either got very lucky or you did a great job coding the spawns so to help avoid soft locking. Overall, I had a lot of fun with this entry, but it would have been awesome to experience the final cut scene as the lack of an ending made the overall experience feel unfinished. The core mechanic is super solid, the robots and backstory give it a fun context, and the visuals sell the fantasy well. Keep up the good work team!!