{"author_link":"\/author\/immanuela\/","author_name":"immanuela","author_uid":"26039","comments":[{"author_name":"BradleySmith","author_uid":"14944","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 5:51pm","epoch":1377539160,"text":"Couldn't beat the first level. D:"},{"author_name":"redo","author_uid":"24791","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 6:00pm","epoch":1377539700,"text":"The idea is fun but the game is to hard, the movements of the character aren't very fluid. It felt a little jammed.\rAlso it's to short. I hope that you continue developing this, if it is so, add some music and sfx."},{"author_name":"immanuela","author_uid":"26039","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 6:03pm","epoch":1377539880,"text":"Thanks for letting me know! Always good when someone other than yourself tests it :) I will fix that immediately."},{"author_name":"Split82","author_uid":"15279","time":"Aug 26, 2013 @ 7:47pm","epoch":1377546120,"text":"I somehow liked the physics of the movement. It was fast as hell, but I enjoyed it :)"},{"author_name":"Jayjay","author_uid":"5475","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 12:53am","epoch":1377564480,"text":"It was fun, but level 4 was impossible for me to jump up onto the platform, I guess the levels are randomly generated?"},{"author_name":"immanuela","author_uid":"26039","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 1:02am","epoch":1377565020,"text":"@Jayjay which platform were you having trouble with? I tested the game quite a few times to make sure it was alright but maybe it's still too hard sometimes. The levels aren't randomly generated though :)"},{"author_name":"Anachron","author_uid":"27481","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 5:31am","epoch":1377581160,"text":"Good start to a platforming game here..."},{"author_name":"Will Edwards","author_uid":"10313","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 9:36am","epoch":1377595860,"text":""Thanks for playing" :) Of all the games I've played so far, this was actually the first "platformer"! A nice little classic study in the genre imo."},{"author_name":"Pixelfan Games","author_uid":"20908","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 9:37am","epoch":1377595920,"text":"i like the idea, i take some levels, but sometimes when i jump dont stay inside the platform, i dont know is it a bug or what."},{"author_name":"immanuela","author_uid":"26039","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 9:40am","epoch":1377596100,"text":"Yes, that is a bug that I didn't notice when I tested it myself, I'll be working on that for the post-Jam release :)"},{"author_name":"BadgerPriest","author_uid":"3353","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 9:42am","epoch":1377596220,"text":"This was fun platformer, but I think the 7th level has an impossible jump in the beginning."},{"author_name":"bitserum","author_uid":"24347","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 9:43am","epoch":1377596280,"text":"some bugs here and there. but i really liked the music."},{"author_name":"Qaterknan","author_uid":"11181","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 9:51am","epoch":1377596760,"text":"It was a bit tricky to control the player, which makes the game less."},{"author_name":"Larzan","author_uid":"10395","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 10:43am","epoch":1377599880,"text":"Nice visuals and music!"},{"author_name":"davisan","author_uid":"10464","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 12:04pm","epoch":1377604740,"text":"Cool! But a bit short. A played all the level without problems. Also the music is good!"},{"author_name":"cschwartz","author_uid":"25548","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 2:24pm","epoch":1377613140,"text":"Nice music, found the controls to be a bit floaty.\rLiked the risk\/reward mechanic of dying losing points vs getting enough gems."},{"author_name":"Nick Weihs","author_uid":"21927","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 2:38pm","epoch":1377613980,"text":"Music is very piratey, that's cool."},{"author_name":"MegaMasterX","author_uid":"20152","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 3:33pm","epoch":1377617280,"text":"This was a great deal of fun. It has kind of a speed-run feel to it, and I dig that. Yarrrrrrgh!"},{"author_name":"LordHellMaX","author_uid":"19103","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 4:18pm","epoch":1377619980,"text":"Cool game! The character move a little bit too fast for me and it make it hard to jump :) But very cool game, want some more level :)"},{"author_name":"ratalaika","author_uid":"25607","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 5:25pm","epoch":1377624000,"text":"good job"},{"author_name":"SecondDimension","author_uid":"14838","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 5:31pm","epoch":1377624360,"text":"I completed it! Works best when you keep the momentum going"},{"author_name":"kbm0","author_uid":"20498","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 7:50pm","epoch":1377632700,"text":"Fun little game, I loved the music! Graphics could use some work. Good job! :)"},{"author_name":"wine","author_uid":"22152","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 8:26pm","epoch":1377634860,"text":"Passed all levels ) \r\rJust love it. The case when so simple and fun\rLike Doodle Jump"},{"author_name":"stenol","author_uid":"24796","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 8:29pm","epoch":1377635040,"text":"Good little game. Hard to control but in general it's good."},{"author_name":"Xgor","author_uid":"18652","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 8:42pm","epoch":1377635820,"text":"Well it's a simple platformer, dosn't really have much of an twist but it works\rOdd jump sound effect... I think a random sfxr sound would work better there."},{"author_name":"immanuela","author_uid":"26039","time":"Aug 27, 2013 @ 9:36pm","epoch":1377639060,"text":"@Xgor, that's the sound of the platform creaking when you land on it :D Thanks for all your comments so far everyone, it's really going to help me going forward with developing :)"},{"author_name":"hbocao","author_uid":"25980","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 2:47am","epoch":1377657720,"text":"Cool little game. You got a good idea, but I think you need a little more polish."},{"author_name":"fgielow","author_uid":"26275","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 3:39am","epoch":1377660840,"text":"I liked the background music lol\r\rin our game we also played with the concept of `what should u do with your time?`, I liked the evident duality in yours, but i'd make it harder ot get the money AND save yourself! =)"},{"author_name":"manuq","author_uid":"26318","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 4:01am","epoch":1377662160,"text":"Hey immanuela, you can do small bugfixing after submission, is allowed in the rules.\r\rBeing the time left an important thing, I found it a bit hidden in the sidebar."},{"author_name":"Crazi456","author_uid":"20961","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 5:38am","epoch":1377667980,"text":"Was fun! Had problems with some of the platforms too."},{"author_name":"Diptoman","author_uid":"25325","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 5:45am","epoch":1377668400,"text":"Graphics were kind of mismatched, could use some work. But otherwise, decent platformer; would have preferred not to have the acceleration though, that was the reason I failed most of the time. XD"},{"author_name":"Reaperguy","author_uid":"25597","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 8:17am","epoch":1377677520,"text":"Pretty nice, but i found it quite hard to move the carachter."},{"author_name":"immanuela","author_uid":"26039","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 10:32am","epoch":1377685620,"text":"Bug fix - player can no longer fall through platforms. If anyone is still having this issue, please let me know :)"},{"author_name":"Mironix","author_uid":"17178","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 3:20pm","epoch":1377702900,"text":"Excellent level design, player learns quickly what he has to do. Good difficulty."},{"author_name":"zlowrance","author_uid":"21441","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 3:27pm","epoch":1377703320,"text":"Decent little game. Wouldve liked to have seen more levels, I was able to beat it fairly quickly. Platformers are always fun though! Good entry"},{"author_name":"immanuela","author_uid":"26039","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 5:49pm","epoch":1377711840,"text":"@zlowrance - I definitely plan to add more levels after Ludum Dare :)"},{"author_name":"ChronusZ","author_uid":"10652","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 5:54pm","epoch":1377712140,"text":"I don't know why so many people are saying this was too hard, I actually think it was far too easy :D I beat every level and got every coin without losing a life. I would've liked to have seen the game go on for longer, but I understand time constraints :)"},{"author_name":"ananasblau","author_uid":"3562","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 6:34pm","epoch":1377714540,"text":"it's a good start for a platformer, a few animations would be great, they are the best thing you have to bring such a game to life. The UI could do with some margin to the edge of the view. while you're at it, imagining the game takes place under deck, a vignette for the background image and some animated lanterns as well. only thing that keeps the mood up is the good music selection. oh and high five for choosing a woman as your hero :)"},{"author_name":"Pinktreeleaf","author_uid":"27800","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 10:58pm","epoch":1377730380,"text":"solid platformer, cool music."},{"author_name":"LD_LAN_Party","author_uid":"26312","time":"Aug 28, 2013 @ 11:54pm","epoch":1377733740,"text":"It was over all too quickly!"},{"author_name":"GeorgeBroussard","author_uid":"8631","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 12:07am","epoch":1377734520,"text":"Awesome song! Carried the whole game for me. Who doesn't like pirates? The jump physics were great (something you don't see a lot of in LD games) so it was super fun to listen to the song and run around levels. I'd work on this further."},{"author_name":"Croze","author_uid":"24715","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 2:01am","epoch":1377741360,"text":"Fully agreed @redo, but now the sfx are really annoying lol, there should be a mute button."},{"author_name":"sP0CkEr2","author_uid":"7135","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 2:37am","epoch":1377743520,"text":"nice game -- really good music"},{"author_name":"cwkx","author_uid":"26001","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 3:33am","epoch":1377746880,"text":"Simple and fun, with great music - good job :)"},{"author_name":"hypp","author_uid":"14403","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 3:46am","epoch":1377747660,"text":"Quite fun, but perhaps a little too easy? One of my favourites so far"},{"author_name":"Angrycrow","author_uid":"5288","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 4:07am","epoch":1377748920,"text":"funny! The controls have a good feel and the length of the game is just right!"},{"author_name":"namrog84","author_uid":"4313","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 5:00am","epoch":1377752100,"text":"Fun"},{"author_name":"truiton","author_uid":"25030","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 8:09am","epoch":1377763440,"text":"I've got a black screen, is it normal?"},{"author_name":"immanuela","author_uid":"26039","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 8:51am","epoch":1377765960,"text":"@truiton, nope not normal. Someone else has mentioned that too, I'll look into it now."},{"author_name":"alvivar","author_uid":"10741","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 9:10am","epoch":1377767100,"text":"really enjoyable. the music make the mood."},{"author_name":"doonay21","author_uid":"18952","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 1:00pm","epoch":1377780900,"text":"Love the audio! Graphics is also not bad. Good job!"},{"author_name":"Nangie","author_uid":"14632","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 3:31pm","epoch":1377789960,"text":"Really nice, i loved the music !"},{"author_name":"Mekuri","author_uid":"20130","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 4:27pm","epoch":1377793320,"text":"I was surprised to see people saying it was hard, I take it a few changes have been made? I beat I think 8 levels, and then it was done, and it was extremely easy. I liked the creaking sound when you hit the boards."},{"author_name":"Alexander Ponomariov","author_uid":"10483","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 6:10pm","epoch":1377799500,"text":"Funny and fast game! Have a fun to play that"},{"author_name":"immanuela","author_uid":"26039","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 6:57pm","epoch":1377802320,"text":"@Mekuri nope the levels are the same, some people have said it was hard and some say it was easy, I'm not quite sure why. Thanks again for all the comments everyone, seriously, it;s really encouraging :)"},{"author_name":"Entity2D","author_uid":"10301","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 6:59pm","epoch":1377802440,"text":"Pretty cool for something made in such a short space of time :)"},{"author_name":"esayitch","author_uid":"16000","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 7:14pm","epoch":1377803340,"text":"Was pretty easy but fun regardless... liked the movement in this, felt natural... good first entry!"},{"author_name":"kristof","author_uid":"11354","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 10:35pm","epoch":1377815400,"text":"Awesome music! The jumping felt precise and good."},{"author_name":"proc","author_uid":"26457","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 10:43pm","epoch":1377815880,"text":"Found it easy but missed a couple of gems. I walked many planks in this game... I'll get my coat..."},{"author_name":"BenWhi","author_uid":"19954","time":"Aug 29, 2013 @ 10:58pm","epoch":1377816780,"text":"Simple, but cute. Good game design, but I think the difficulty could have increased a bit more from level to level."},{"author_name":"L0gicaL1nsanity","author_uid":"25199","time":"Aug 30, 2013 @ 12:15am","epoch":1377821400,"text":"Fun little game. I wish it had a pause button because gameplay went so fast >.<"},{"author_name":"blackotus","author_uid":"19282","time":"Aug 30, 2013 @ 1:08am","epoch":1377824580,"text":"Nice piratey feel.\r\rSome animation on the character would be very welcome!\r\rKeep at it!"},{"author_name":"gravyhands","author_uid":"26121","time":"Aug 30, 2013 @ 2:06am","epoch":1377828060,"text":"I really liked the controls. The jumping velocity\/gravity was very nicely done."},{"author_name":"5ants team","author_uid":"26416","time":"Aug 30, 2013 @ 8:14am","epoch":1377850140,"text":"Some simple fun for 1 or 2 minutes. I don't think the game is too hard, but I agree it's very short. Good job anyway!"},{"author_name":"Moosefly","author_uid":"25343","time":"Aug 30, 2013 @ 11:29am","epoch":1377861840,"text":"The game was way too easy :P. The graphics were decent enough and the audio good, gameplay also felt solid and the "risk vs. reward" system was really nice!"},{"author_name":"deammer","author_uid":"18342","time":"Aug 30, 2013 @ 2:24pm","epoch":1377872340,"text":"Fun platformer, good fun for a minute :) Add more levels for sure!"},{"author_name":"Unept","author_uid":"25813","time":"Aug 30, 2013 @ 6:15pm","epoch":1377886200,"text":"Nice game, the simple gameplay is quite fun. I'd work on graphics, and maybe making the levels more incrementally difficult. Otherwise, well done."},{"author_name":"The Evil Cult","author_uid":"8607","time":"Aug 31, 2013 @ 4:11pm","epoch":1377965160,"text":"Pretty fun but a bit simple and a bit too short. I liked the greed aspect to it, would have liked to have seen harder levels where you have to make solid choices about which treasures you go for and which you have to leave behind."},{"author_name":"Hypnohustla","author_uid":"20803","time":"Aug 31, 2013 @ 5:37pm","epoch":1377970320,"text":"I wished there would be a bit more variety in the level designs. Otherwise a solid little platformer :)"},{"author_name":"PaperBlurt","author_uid":"26530","time":"Aug 31, 2013 @ 8:16pm","epoch":1377979860,"text":"Is probably the first pirate game so far. And now I must find more in LD27"},{"author_name":"haloflooder","author_uid":"18514","time":"Aug 31, 2013 @ 9:49pm","epoch":1377985440,"text":"I thought it was too easy. Maybe adding obstacles would've been nice. But it's just simply nice."},{"author_name":"Epiphane","author_uid":"25549","time":"Sep 1, 2013 @ 12:43am","epoch":1377995880,"text":"Fun, solid little platformer. Not sure what happens when the 10 seconds runs out, since all the levels are fairly easy... It would have been nice to see some interesting gimmicks or new mechanics to the basic platforming game."},{"author_name":"infernet89","author_uid":"14271","time":"Sep 1, 2013 @ 9:30am","epoch":1378027500,"text":"The idea is not so very original (there are a lot of limited-time platformer out there), but the realization is way better than most of the other games of the same kind. And the background music is so adorable!"},{"author_name":"XaiZil","author_uid":"27796","time":"Sep 1, 2013 @ 2:22pm","epoch":1378045020,"text":"I found it too easy, not that exciting but could be cool if it was more complex"},{"author_name":"jijaweb","author_uid":"12312","time":"Sep 1, 2013 @ 6:40pm","epoch":1378060500,"text":"Cool game, and hard."},{"author_name":"iiechapman","author_uid":"14399","time":"Sep 2, 2013 @ 6:42pm","epoch":1378147020,"text":"This game plays very easily, found it somewhat relaxing getting all of the collectables, the music fits very well. Would be cool to see more game mechanics applied to increase difficulty"},{"author_name":"klianc09","author_uid":"20290","time":"Sep 3, 2013 @ 3:47pm","epoch":1378222920,"text":"Level 10 is near impossible and Level 11 is impossible because you can't jump that high... maybe I'm missing something?"},{"author_name":"Jason","author_uid":"25089","time":"Sep 3, 2013 @ 7:54pm","epoch":1378237740,"text":"Nice job! Something felt a bit off with the spikes and contacting them. But otherwise it was a good game. I would have like to see the difficulty scale a bit more where timing and the proper route to the jewels required no mistakes to get them all. Maybe a way to repeat levels too, so if you finish it without getting all the jewels, you can try again."},{"author_name":"Zerot","author_uid":"12098","time":"Sep 7, 2013 @ 2:38am","epoch":1378521180,"text":"No audio controls :( and level 10 was seemingly impossible for me. Idk if it was just me or something faulty on the back end but I fell through certain platforms. Nice start to a platformer though!"},{"author_name":"panurge","author_uid":"21166","time":"Sep 8, 2013 @ 12:48pm","epoch":1378644180,"text":"Simple but beautifully judged platforming. The controls were smooth and the short levels were nicely balanced. It was very satisfying to plot a course and bounce through them.\r\rSpecial mention to the excellent music.\r\rGood work!"},{"author_name":"kirbytails7","author_uid":"4767","time":"Sep 14, 2013 @ 7:01pm","epoch":1379184960,"text":"Nice and simple. Sound effects and animation are a bit buggy; the creaking seems like it should only occur when landing on a platform instead of just when overlapping it, and face direction during jumping got off."},{"author_name":"porglezomp","author_uid":"21051","time":"Sep 14, 2013 @ 8:51pm","epoch":1379191560,"text":"I eventually got stuck, but it was fun before that. I liked trying to work myself out of the debt I built up early on, and the music and sounds were very nice."},{"author_name":"Grafter","author_uid":"27575","time":"Sep 15, 2013 @ 10:07pm","epoch":1379282520,"text":"addictive and good fun!"},{"author_name":"Vile Smile","author_uid":"26636","time":"Sep 16, 2013 @ 12:49pm","epoch":1379335440,"text":"The music choice was very good, but the sound fx got annoying after a while. Not much to do aside from collecting gems."}],"images":["ld27\/26039-0e583d696a663cfc891ce209a00cfc5e.jpg","ld27\/26039-30bcf346144ad8c58dd8b854b7a1599b.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/125919630\/index.html","text":"Web"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.kongregate.com\/games\/immanuelao\/ghost-pirates-ship-of-treasures","text":"Web (Post-Jam)"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"23625","g_author":"26039","g_event":"LD27","g_eventkey":"18","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"23655","g_title":"Ghost Pirate's Ship of Treasures","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"530","g_commentcount":"84","g_site2_node_id":"0","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":[],"node":null,"orig_images":["http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/273708\/26039-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/273708\/26039-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"What is more important, your money or your life?\r\n\r\nCreated for Ludum Dare 27, Birdie is back and she's taking on Ghost Pirate's hidden ship of treasure. It's risky but there's loads of jewels to be found. Will she get out alive?\r\n\r\nIn this platform puzzle crossover, get as many jewels as you can and get out before time runs out or you lose a life and 150 coins! But be careful, those planks aren't as sturdy as they seem...","title":"Ghost Pirate's Ship of Treasures"}