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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Presentation | #1304 | 3.388 | 3.388 |
| Fun | #1486 | 3.082 | 3.082 |
| Overall | #1510 | 3.218 | 3.218 |
| Originality | #1943 | 3.184 | 3.184 |
Ranked from 49 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does your game fit the theme?
You play as a pirate captain whose crew staged a mutiny against you. You now find yourself walking the plank with an anchor tied around your waist. Waking up in davey jones locker, the anchor which dragged you down to certain doom has now become your most trusted ally.
Did your team create the vast majority of the art during the 48 hours?
Yes
We created the vast majority of the art during the game jam
Did your team create the vast majority of the music during the 48 hours?
No
We used pre-existing audio
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Neat concept, liked whamming enemies with the anchor then getting them again on the pull back.
I was expecting a totally different game when looking at the thumbnail hahaha. Now I want a boat shark adventure game
Very nice.
The attack felt a bit weird to me. It seemed I could hit enemies without throwing the anchor at times ?
I think it might play better if the attack and the pull-the-anchor-back-in used different mouse buttons. I think it sometimes did the opposite of what I thought it should be doing. Separating those actions behind different inputs could help with that.
Really fun and some of the nicest 2D lighting effects I have seen. Nicely done!
Thank you so much for your kind words! We're really proud of the look of the game given the timeframe! Happy you enjoyed it!
I really like the core mechanic of your anchor being your attack and also what you use to interact with the environments, at times needing to leave it in place, and potentially even avoid fighting entirely for a bit (that was a clever moment). Definitely, a lot you could do with this mechanic with some polish and additions in particular in regards to the animations. Definitely an impressive showing for 48hrs. Nice job!
Thanks! We thought long and hard about how we would make the player more vulnerable at times and then we added that pressure plate! Definitely needs more work with the polish, especially with the melee attack, and we had some more gameplay ideas that we didn't manage to get in the game. Thank so much for your input
I love the main mechanic! The game can feel a bit stiff in regards to the animations, but the level design is all there. With a tad more polish you could have a real gem on your hands. Well done!
Thanks Witty! Glad you liked it, we were a bit late adding the animations into the game so we didn't have time to polish them to our liking. This is definitely a game we feel could be worth continue working on! Thanks again!
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Feels like I've missed an essential mechanic somewhere along the line. But with so many games competing for my attention, I'll give up fairly easily if I run into a point I can't pass. You could have added an on-screen hint at that ambush point, and it might have been enough to help me continue.
Anyway, congratulations for making and completing a game! No easy task in 48 hours.
Haha I love that little ambush story!
Thank you for your thought out input. Animations were litteraly the last thing we added and we didn't manage to polish everything up to the standard we wanted. The UI as well, actually used canvas elements but since that was a pretty small part of the game we didn't focus that much time on it. Will definitely have to look up some good tutorials on the matter To show enemy health is a great idea, that simply fell between the cracks.
The ambush part is meant as a place where the player is completely vulnerable and can't do anything else to dodge the enemies. If you retract the anchor from the pressure plate and then put it back they will indeed spawn again and that is the leveldesign that we were after.
I'd sugest trying that part again but try to dodge the skeletons until the door has opened then you can start attacking again and move forward towards the end!
Thank you so much for the in depths comment, we truly appreciate it.
Very nice game, the anchor is really useful! But when you have to leave it at a place to wait for a door to open, you're very vulnerable. Very well balanced, nice atmosphere, great mechanics! Good job
Very professionally done. I was impressed by the quality of the art and tiles. Music was well selected and improved experience. The game fits the theme very well.
Couldn't melee in the game :/ Besides that, cool little game
Just use "Left click" on the mouse!
The animation is slower than the actual registered attack though but it should be possible!
Thanks for enjoying the game!
Very nice visuals! It was a bit hard but I managed to complete it!
Thank you and great job completing the game!
the graphics is soo cool, the player sfx if funny i like it !! cool submittion
Thank you so much :)
We worked hard getting the right artstyle for the game!
The melee attack really lacks some efficiency and feedback !
Yeah that needs some tweaking and the animation is a bit slower than the actual attack!
The anchor throw is very powerful as well.
Thanks for your comments!
Yeah, no complains at all with the anchor, it feels and IS powerful :D
I liked the fact you could attack with the anchor on the recall
I like the art style, and there were some good ideas in the level, but I cheesed through all of it by spamming right click lol
Thanks for your comments! We had some more level ideas that we didn't manage to get in within the timeframe and the anchorthrow is very powerful, great job completing the game!
fantastic game! the lighting is awesome.
Thanks! We worked hard getting the right artstyle and feel for the game!
Hard but fun game! Love the visuals!
Thanks for your nice words! Did you manage to beat the game? :)
I really liked the visuals tough had some issues with camera stutter. Also sometimes there seam to be issue with animations.
We added the animations in the final hours of the game and a few was a bit broken (Like attack animations) but that's part of the charm of a game jam! Thanks for sharing your thoughts and enjoying the visuals! I noticed the camera stutter as well, gonna need to check that up!