ShipMates by friken

made by friken for LD29 (JAM)

Shipmates! What lies BENEATH THE SURFACE of a child's imagination? Join a grandfather and granddaughter on their fishing trip.

A little girl's imagination turns a boring fishing trip into a pirate adventure. The boring reflections turn into a pirate's dream. Help your grandpa fish by blasting some fish out of the water and he will help by giving you some targets to plunder. Voiceovers by my 7 y/o daughter :)

Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXrfKW0n_94&feature=youtu.be

SHIPMATES TEAM
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Aki Morita (codemonkey++)
McKee Frazior (Art Factory and tunes)
Jason Bunn (codemonkey)
Shawn Williams (codemonkey)
Juan Pablo Reyes (codemonkey)
Aaron Hollingsworth (codemonkey)
Veronica Hollingsworth (art audio)
Katie Hollingsworth (Voices)

Webplayer	http://www.gravityride.com/ShipMates.html
Windows	http://www.gravityride.com/ShipMates/Shipmates-Windows.zip
OS/X	http://gravityride.com/ShipMates/ShipMates-OSX.zip
Linux	http://www.gravityride.com/ShipMates/ShipMates-Linux.zip
Source	https://github.com/shaunlebron/Shipmates-LD29
Original URL	https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-29/?action=preview&uid=35030

Ratings

Coolness	68%	3
Overall(Jam)	3.63	120

Audio(Jam)	4.07	32
Fun(Jam)	2.97	388
Graphics(Jam)	4.66	11
Humor(Jam)	3.46	104
Innovation(Jam)	3.38	198
Mood(Jam)	3.83	83
Theme(Jam)	3.80	74

Feedback

Lucariatias

28. Apr 2014 · 21:33 UTC

"Bad file length" on web player, "File not found" on OS X download.

hiiii5

28. Apr 2014 · 21:36 UTC

Very fun and interesting, the topic leaves me remembering my childhood and all of it's imaginary scenarios. The only two true issues I can think of are the audio of the two main characters seemingly being unbalanced between each other, and no record of fish being caught.

mr_tag

28. Apr 2014 · 21:37 UTC

controls are a little bit tricky. but otherwise a really neat experience. graphics and the voice of the girl are awesome

🎤 friken

28. Apr 2014 · 21:44 UTC

Fixed the OSX link. Webplayer is working for me. Anyone else seeing the webplayer mess up?

RE: Controls, yeah I'd love to have tweaked them a lot more. Ran out of time/Zzzz....

RE: fish caught.. there is a record and used to dictate ending. Ending dialog is based on if fish were caught and ships sunk. Basically... simply if fish were caught and ships sunk happy shipmates, otherwise one or both complain.

mariscal

28. Apr 2014 · 21:58 UTC

Tried the webplayer version, love the art!! Really good work guys, music, voice, presentation... congratulations!

jomacel

28. Apr 2014 · 21:59 UTC

It is fun. I love the style and illumination, and of course the voices :D Great game!
A nice touch would be to be able to rotate the entire scenario and swap between the two points of view.

🎤 friken

28. Apr 2014 · 22:07 UTC

jomacel, great feedback. We originally planned to have the imagination/reflection and reality sides swap depending on which was winning out and fading to normal reflections if losing out... but about 3/4 into the 72 hours it just wasn't in the cards to get that far :)

dook

28. Apr 2014 · 22:45 UTC

I never figured out if there was a point to this, but it didn't matter. I had fun playing around. Graphics, sound, mood, everything is awesome about this one. And interesting interpretation of the theme. A lot more could be done with this reflection/imagination thing :)

davidc02

28. Apr 2014 · 22:45 UTC

Great graphics and innovative concept. Grandpa is a bit creepy.

🎤 friken

28. Apr 2014 · 22:59 UTC

heh.... my 7 y/o daughter insisted on doing the voice of the girl AND grandpa... so yeah, grandpa is a bit rough.

Rick Hoppmann

28. Apr 2014 · 23:22 UTC

You forgot to include the data part in the Linux Download.
Please drop me a tweet @tinyworlds when it's ready (or under my game) and I'll check it out! ;)

🎤 friken

28. Apr 2014 · 23:31 UTC

@Rick Hoppmann thanks for the catch. Linux build is now updated with the data.

MrFrothingslosh

29. Apr 2014 · 01:58 UTC

Yay Shipmates! I helped make this! It was lots of fun.

DMinsky

29. Apr 2014 · 07:33 UTC

Awesome audio and visual! Interesting theme using. Good stuff guys!

Red Light Collective

29. Apr 2014 · 14:59 UTC

Nice ambient, everything is related, i enjoyed to play.
Very nice game guys, gratz :)

b_bertoldo

30. Apr 2014 · 15:21 UTC

Great job man!!! Awesome work!!!

thinkster

30. Apr 2014 · 15:59 UTC

Grandpas voice is creepy! Loved the graphics and presentation. Controls were a little bit fiddly but great game!

PapyGaragos

01. May 2014 · 15:29 UTC

Aww that was so cute.
Good job with the art, audio and controls, it all fits together really well

SaintHeiser

03. May 2014 · 07:16 UTC

Can't understand what I should to do. But feature with reflection is very cool. game needs the purpuce and life meaning, I think =)

Thorig

03. May 2014 · 16:54 UTC

Nice small game. Like the voiceover.

Maschinen-Mensch

03. May 2014 · 20:37 UTC

What a lovely entry! Really nice mood, superb interpretation of the theme, and oh that voice acting :-)
Really enjoyed it, wished there would have been more to the gameplay to be able to play longer.

🎤 friken

03. May 2014 · 21:22 UTC

@Maschinen, thanks for the kind words. This was my second gamejam and the biggest regret was not putting more time to the core game mechanic. We had so much more planned that just didn't make it. Oh well, there is always next time right?

flavio

04. May 2014 · 17:07 UTC

Visuals and sounds are beautiful and so refreshing ! I feel a "soul" in this game, I mean it is not only 0 and 1, but characters are alive... even if I was unable to understand what to do !

ZYXer

06. May 2014 · 01:46 UTC

Wow, amazing graphics and mood.

jsmars

18. May 2014 · 07:53 UTC

Amazing graphics and audio! Voices made this spectacular!