Don't forget your old shipmate by Dining Philosopher

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made by Dining Philosopher for LD28 (JAM)
You're a pirate, swashbuckling about in the Caribbean. Outgunned and outnumbered by the navy, you have to rely on your seamanship and your single, special, reusable cannonball to survive.

The clouds show you which way the wind blows, you cannot sail directly into it, but have to beat it. Nautical term for zigzag.

CONTROLS:
Press and hold F to Fire your special cannonball.
With C you can change the position of the cannon.
Press B to plunder a wreck.
Steer with left and right keys.
Hold the down key to slow down.
Hold the up key to go faster, but you'll pay for the wear!

How much gold can you plunder?

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Since we ran out of time there are still some graphics glitches, the game runs pretty slow and enemies don't respawn. If you've sunk them all, no win is triggered yet. If you shoot your cannonball on land, there is no way to get it back.

We may make a post-compo with more enemies, harbors, island interactions and upgrades.

Comments are very welcome. :)

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Code (HTML5/Canvas, JavaScript and the Crafty library) by Jelle
Images (InkScape) by Anneroos
Sounds & music (Audacity + microphone) by Anneroos
Singing by Jelle ;)

Ratings

Coolness 52% 3
Overall(Jam) 3.07 281
Audio(Jam) 3.68 58
Fun(Jam) 2.81 279
Graphics(Jam) 3.08 305
Humor(Jam) 3.37 68
Innovation(Jam) 3.04 203
Mood(Jam) 3.00 220
Theme(Jam) 3.24 129

Feedback

Masadow
17. Dec 2013 路 01:05 UTC
Seems a great game. I can't understand how it works (how to fire) and you should add a restart button (when you die)
馃帳 Dining Philosopher
17. Dec 2013 路 02:21 UTC
Dear Masadow, you checked our game two hours early, it was still a work in progress. ;) Press F for fire, and restarting is now possible. :)
ZYXer
17. Dec 2013 路 15:18 UTC
I see you and I had the exact same game idea. :D The only difference is that in my game you have to fight the pirates. (And of course your graphics are far nicer.)

Cool game. It's quite hard to sink the enemy ships.

And I really like your song! Well done!
sanojian
17. Dec 2013 路 18:51 UTC
Cool game. I think there are a few too many enemy ships though, or maybe I am just a really bad captain.
anapff
17. Dec 2013 路 19:50 UTC
Love that audio!
Masadow
17. Dec 2013 路 21:45 UTC
Oh that's very good now. Don't worry, I did not rate your game when I first played it. I read in your comments it was not done yet :)

The game is very funny, a little bit hard for me. But I still had some fun. The wind is blowing too hard for me also and it often get you killed.

I loved the pirate song :D

Great take on the theme even if you're in jam ;)

Great work !
Symmeteer
18. Dec 2013 路 07:53 UTC
Best audio ever.
FrozenCow
18. Dec 2013 路 23:43 UTC
Haha, awesome job on the sound. It took a while to figure out what buttons to use (the tutorial uses a interesting, but not very readable font), but the mechanic is pretty cool and I did manage to shoot down some of the other ships. Changing gun direction was also funny when using stereo headphones. Very nicely made.
302_Dave
18. Dec 2013 路 23:43 UTC
Digging the sea shanties. :) This feels like a game I could come back to. It's simple, but challenging.
ShellfishGames
21. Dec 2013 路 13:17 UTC
Nice graphics and audio and the parrot surely is a nice touch. Unfortunately the game seems way too difficult for me.. :(
glovecat
23. Dec 2013 路 10:34 UTC
This is too difficult for me :(.And It runs soo slow on my computer :/
Xanjos
29. Dec 2013 路 20:34 UTC
Controls take some time to get used to but I enjoyed this game a lot. Absolutely loved the audio.
Hypermagical
30. Dec 2013 路 13:27 UTC
I like the parrot. It's a bit hard to aim, at least for me. This could really be something if you put some more polish into it.
VanhaVihtahousu
30. Dec 2013 路 13:42 UTC
Great job with the wind idea! This seems difficult enough to get you hooked on playing. Kind of risky move with the audio though, I have really mixed feelings on that :D
UltraRat
30. Dec 2013 路 22:03 UTC
Could use a "Press R ( Arrrr ) to restart." Sea Shanty song audio ftw.
Pixelfan Games
06. Jan 2014 路 13:23 UTC
i dont understand what i must to do, but anyway good concept i love pirates!!!