Hey, thank you so much! You're absolutely correct on your points. The trumpet actually does have a charge bar like the mast, but it's far too subtle, like it's just the glare on the thing. It also would've helped if I'd gotten around to animating any sprite whatsoever. The trumpet actually was a very late addition, it still has a small cannon shape underneath it which used to fire big balls of another colour of energy , but this made it all a bit too much to look at. Took me all week to figure out the best bullet was no bullet at all. Actually at the start of the jam it was a regular ol' wooden boat with crates of bananas.
Another thing that I did want pretty early on was to get the boat tilting with the waves, to have something working against the balance, but I changed plans a few times and just couldn't figure it out properly before the deadline. Still, I'm thrilled to have ended up with something presentable.
I definitely learned so, so much, I'm brand new to coding. But really excited to keep working on this and participate in more jams!
Thanks again!