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Air Shipping by Hare Software

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made by Hare Software for Ludum Dare 53 (JAM)

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Air Shipping

In this game, you play as the pilot of an airship that does delivery runs between island settlements. By completing contracts you can earn additional money and upgrades for your airship. Your ultimate goal is to get a new long-range radio receiver, so you can contact settlements and pilots across the ocean. Adventure at great heights awaits you!

'Air shipping' features:

  • A beautiful classic airship
  • Settlements with unique personalities
  • Pretty isometric pixel art
  • Calm and peaceful music

Controls:

WASD or ARROWS - Move
SPACE - Land/takeoff
E - Open/close contracts
Q - Open/close ship info

Tips:

  • When a contract has an icon below the reward money, the contract will grant you a ship upgrade as well.
  • Each contract has a tiny tracking button that you can use to easily find settlements.

Credits:

​Hare Software​ - Programming & Graphics
​Ben 'Langotriel' French​ - Casting & Narrative
​Igor Ryabykh​ - Music
Ian Tomlinson - Sound Effects

Voice Actors

Zach Pokres - Solara, Nubia and Azure
Dianna Conley - Lani, Zephyr and Coral
Franki Garpeman - Control Tower and Distant Friend

Link https://hare-software.itch.io/air-shipping
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/53/air-shipping

Ratings

Overall 26th 4.321⭐ 58🧑‍⚖️
Fun 93th 4.073⭐ 57🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 194th 3.827⭐ 57🧑‍⚖️
Theme 25th 4.536⭐ 58🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 91th 4.491⭐ 58🧑‍⚖️
Audio 2th 4.741⭐ 58🧑‍⚖️
Humor 205th 3.774⭐ 55🧑‍⚖️
Mood 13th 4.509⭐ 57🧑‍⚖️
Given 32🗳️ 73🗨️

Feedback

PaulDee427
02. May 2023 · 04:14 UTC
In terms of production quality - incredible. The music is great, visuals are very pleasant to look at. Voice acting adds a lot as well and I enjoyed the lines. Really my only complaint is that I feel the game is a bit too easy. Maybe I was just lucky, but I felt there wasn't that much planning ahead that would be necessary to complete it. I think the game wanted me to search and compare different prices for all the goods, but I didn't really feel there was any danger of my money running out.
eieio
02. May 2023 · 04:31 UTC
Oh my god I love the vibe of this game! The art is really really excellent, the music is great, the voice acting is good, and I love how the UI fits together. Had a lot of fun beating it. The game didn't feel too challenging once I got the hang of it - it could be nice if I felt a little more stretched while playing it. But really just so impressed with how polished the game feels for a jam project :)
jepjoh2
02. May 2023 · 04:59 UTC
Really pleasant game. The voices, audio and music is especially nice.
BorderDestroyer
03. May 2023 · 02:34 UTC
Really enjoyable game to play! Everything about it felt so polished and fine-tuned and was overall very pleasant to play!
protowlf
03. May 2023 · 03:27 UTC
Wow! Stunning entry. Love the graphics and sound and VO, game has a wonderful atmosphere to it.

Really gave me Sid Meier's Pirates vibes! Great game to kick back and chill to.

Really a top tier entry all around.
Rincs
03. May 2023 · 04:05 UTC
That was a fun time, will play off screen to just play some more xD. Tell the Nubia Ridge Man to read me stories.
nhcarter123
03. May 2023 · 04:30 UTC
Actually insane how good this game is. Like this could be on steam and I would not bat an eye. Graphics and UI were very impressive.
Pixelce
03. May 2023 · 09:49 UTC
Really good game. I really love this game Vibe. Graphics were cute.
yusp
03. May 2023 · 09:57 UTC
Game looks very good. The idea is very unique and the designs are quite impressive.
The voiceovers are just perfect, very like it.
Game feels complete, very great!
Retrific
03. May 2023 · 10:00 UTC
Great game. Extremely polished and clean, and the audio is just next-level. Voice-acting in a game jam game? Incredible! Also love the art and UI. Just wish I could do the upgrading on my own or at least know when and where I get what upgrade next.
Roboolet
03. May 2023 · 14:56 UTC
Absolutely staggering game, especially for a jam entry. The production values are off the charts here, literally, i cant go higher than 5 stars! The audio/VA is an absolute standout even compared to games made within a reasonable timespan.
LDJam user 237945
03. May 2023 · 15:00 UTC
I never seen this level of voice acting in a game jam game - it was great! Not to mention the great and polished game 5 stars.
merdeboi
03. May 2023 · 15:04 UTC
Damn really good, voice acting is all top tier. Graphics, gameplay, audio all go together nicely. Some difficulty, but not too many resources to hunt down, just enough. Great short playtime as well with a satisfying end.
erebrus
03. May 2023 · 15:06 UTC
Definitely very good. The voice acting was an unexpected feature in the output of a 72h jam, especially with this quality. Like many said, very polished and feeling complete. Congrats.
Paulsams
03. May 2023 · 15:08 UTC
The atmosphere was awesome, but the game, as the commentators have already said above, was too simple. I would also rather like to add two small jambs, so to speak: airship moves faster diagonally (that is, you do not normalize the direction vector), and it was also not very clear which city which task belongs to. It's cool that the arrows are different colors, but it would be great if the list of tasks displayed the same color.
BagelDesu
03. May 2023 · 15:08 UTC
Very well put together, beautiful art, audio, and gameplay. I'm a sucker for games like sunless skies/seas. And this scratched that itch in every good way possible! Well done!
Argaf
03. May 2023 · 15:36 UTC
Really fun game! Great visual! My only concern was the visual too zoomed for a management game and a bit non-user friendly.
Argaf
03. May 2023 · 15:56 UTC
Love the mood! It brings me nostalgia. Audio is spotless! And congrats to the programmer who created art too!
Sheepolution
03. May 2023 · 17:11 UTC
This was really good! It was a lot of fun trying to figure out which parts to buy and sell to get enough money to buy the goods for the contracts. It's very nice that the radio says in which direction they are, when you didn't have to, since you have the arrow (though it took me a while before I found that option). Lovely graphics, nice music, perfect length. Great job!
Krassenstein
03. May 2023 · 17:55 UTC
Hey, this was super fun, thanks for letting me play this on stream, you can find your timestamp on this video.
I loved how relaxing the game was.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1jjtp0dcDg
potkirland
03. May 2023 · 17:58 UTC
lovely mechanics **well adjusted!** thanks for sharing your game!
Augmotic
04. May 2023 · 01:42 UTC
Thanks for hanging out in the stream and bringing your game!

Here is a link to the VOD that starts at your section.
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1810812417?t=04h12m14s
Simon Rahnasto
04. May 2023 · 20:05 UTC
What an amazing entry! I found it really soothing in a similar way as The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker, which is a huge compliment as it is one of my all time favourites. The voice acting was superb, the graphics are cute and very coherent. Very nice touch with the arrow that points where you need to go, without it I think the game could have been frustrating. Overall I would rate this as your best entry yet!

:trophy:
BodhiAgora
05. May 2023 · 00:27 UTC
Fantastic work here. Audio, Graphics, the UI, everything flows together quite well and ties into the theme. Great job!
jitspoe
05. May 2023 · 02:06 UTC
Nice, chill game. Loved the voice acting!
Conduit
05. May 2023 · 02:42 UTC
10/10 experience! I loved the vibes and atmosphere of the entire game. It really sucked me into the environment, from the ambience and voice acting to the shifting sound design. Would love to see an expanded story mode?
weeping-rupee
05. May 2023 · 22:29 UTC
Hey thanks for stopping by the stream. Here's the VOD where I played your game if you're interested: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1812362155
Matt Green
06. May 2023 · 01:25 UTC
I've been very conservative rater and this game got 5s across the board. The audio was great. The pixel graphics are incredible. I would play a full version game of this in a heartbeat.

Just wow.
Johnsensei
06. May 2023 · 01:27 UTC
Saw this game featured in a stream. Took some getting used to the controls, but I enjoyed the game once I got a hang of it. If you work on it more, a map feature would be nice.
Euler Moises
06. May 2023 · 15:40 UTC
I loved it! With a little more balancing it will be a perfect game!

I saved it to play more!

I really liked it!
ildfuglen
06. May 2023 · 16:35 UTC
This was awesome! Gave feedback on stream: https://www.twitch.tv/ildfuglen
cheesepencil
06. May 2023 · 16:45 UTC
instant classic
Bongard22
06. May 2023 · 17:43 UTC
Absolutely blown away by the level of polish present. Incredibly high quality, graphics, UI, voice acting and so on. Had a great time playing it on stream here: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1812558164?t=1h3m13s
Honest Dan
06. May 2023 · 21:32 UTC
Lovely visuals and atmosphere created with the solid voice acting. Satisfying to play, and paced well - it finished just as the gameplay was starting to feel a little repetitive. Solid entry!
Ategon
07. May 2023 · 04:52 UTC
Thanks for submitting your game to be played on the stream! If you wanted to watch my reaction again here's the vod timestamped to your game
https://youtu.be/iOvkquUaMjs?t=4315
Essillore
07. May 2023 · 13:57 UTC
Thank you for stepping by at my game and rating it! I will rate and review your game when not watching stream. Your game is just so inspirational by just seeing it. The UI is so beautiful, and like that you made a "cartography" kinda-strategy game. The graphics are beautiful, the voice acting is amazing (you have some real voice talents there). There is a lot to learn from you! Wow!
JUSTCAMH
07. May 2023 · 15:01 UTC
Such an awesome game, wow! The graphics are so polished, the UI is clear, a goal is clearly in sight and the game never felt too easy or hard. Really such a perfect entry, well done! If you'd like to rewatch the stream, there's a vod here;

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1813689516
Essillore
07. May 2023 · 15:54 UTC
This is such a great game! Discovered it by Justcamh:s stream. I was amazed, both at the prettyness, the quality of voice acting (and that there is voice acting), the functionality of the UI. That you made a more-or-less strategy game. And you made an airship delivery game!

When I played it, I was surprised that the replay value was not as great as I assumed from watching the stream. I also thought that it would be easier to remember the instructions of multiple locations, and readjust my mental map of where I need to fly. The direction arrow was quite clear, but felt like cheating. (Though before I saw how it is positioned by the shadow of the airship, I wasn't sure which way it is pointing as it's a triangle). The graphics did not quite scale up to fullscreen, and the movement of the ship was a little bit "nudgy" (is that a word? going fast and then slower, instead of smooooth). Don't know if that was intentional.

A really great game, I'd so play if you make levels for it (what is on the other side?).
PoshDan
07. May 2023 · 19:44 UTC
Played this on stream, I absolutely loved the voice acting! Together with the environmental sound, the music, and the overall feel, this makes for an immersive game. There's even an economy simulation where item prices vary between areas and are affected by purchases, which is a very nice touch. I feel I got the upgrades before I could appreciate their effect, though. (didn't run out of storage space being getting it expanded etc) Overall, this is a fantastic little game, and I enjoyed my time with it. Good job!
Dokan
08. May 2023 · 17:57 UTC
Very solid entry, it's hard to complain about anything. Great audio, I really appreciate the voice acting!
MateusBoga
08. May 2023 · 22:12 UTC
Incredibly well-done game! The biggest highlight of this has to be the voiceacting, which is probably the best I've heard in any LD game, at least in my memory. Only thing I have to pick at is that it's not very intuitive to get the hang of it at first. Anyway, thanks for submitting it on stream! Here'd the VOD: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1814982162
b4ux1t3
09. May 2023 · 01:56 UTC
The _real_ pixel art was the star of the show! Really my only complaint was that the voices telling me where to go really didn't need to, but, eh, JAM GAME!