super impressed. level design, game feel and juice all delicious. the effort put into this really shows, with all the subtle details/animations and destructible terrain. the sfx were very evocative and satisfying, and the music is thematically a good fit (although i probably would have personally preferred a more overt, catchy music style for a dynamic/active game like this, but i can also certainly appreciate the artistic decision to use a more broody dungeon synthy style, which served well for immersion and cohesion). front runner for the entire jam imho.
only critique is that the ending was a bit sudden, might have been more satisfying to have a final confrontation which utilized each powerup, but i understand that you can only cram so much into a month. seeing the rest of this, there's no doubt in my mind that you could have pulled off a really excellent final boss, if given a bit more time.
thanks for playing and the kind words! after the boss is defeated, you're left with a broken boat but you might be able to make it seaworthy again... perhaps there were some spare parts in the cave somewhere...?
thanks, i'm so glad you liked my contributions, slainte helped a lot with SFX too and implemented everything, so a lot of credit goes to him for that too. hope to squeeze more pico-8 fun in between my other projects
thanks for the kind words, this jam was my first attempt at pico 8 tracking, so it’s encouraging to hear such high praise! Johan was very gracious to let me tag along :)
Pretty fun, took a lot of trial an error for me but the mechanic was straightforward and interesting. The harmonica was a bit shrill. Overall nice work :D
