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I released a new game today on itch.io and I hope you’ll check it out! My Patreon patrons at patreon.com\/thoughty<\/a> get a free copy of the game for download! <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I released a new game today on itch.io and I hope you’ll check it out! 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