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Captain Jove’s Treasure Trove by Spice Cabinet

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made by Spice Cabinet for Ludum Dare 54 (JAM)

Made in under 72 hours for LD54 - Theme

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Meet Captain Jove, a ruthless swashbuckler whose ambitions for pillaging can’t be daunted, not even by an apocalyptic plague that transforms living things into horrific zombies.

Rumors of a cure have been floating around the dive bars frequented by debaucherous pirates. Many captains, like Jove, seek the cure not for righteous reasons, but for glory. Two notorious outlaws, Justine the Pirate Queen, and Owen the Poisonous Lad are hot on the trail and willing to slit any throat that’s in their way.

Is the cure a medicinal herb? Is it the slime from the Cracken‘s underbelly? No matter where it’s found it’s going to take plenty of gold, cannon balls, and crew to unearth it’s mythical location. Too bad there’s only so much space on a pirate ship.

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Itch.io https://spicecabinet.itch.io/ld54
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/54/captain-joves-treasure-trove

Ratings

Overall 831th 3.262⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Fun 889th 3⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 935th 2.857⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Theme 923th 3.071⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 184th 4.238⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Audio 226th 3.75⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Humor 395th 3.25⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Mood 617th 3.475⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Given 31🗳️ 1🗨️

Feedback

Im not a robot
03. Oct 2023 · 13:19 UTC
I enjoyed the artstyle of this game :)

here's a video of me playing the game:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJsR1lpEcvs

Yea.. I wasn't really sure how to be good at this game :/ I enjoyed the idea of it and the art (both graphics and visuals), but didn't really get it. I feel like this game has a lot of potential tho!

The controls felt right and it was fun to dodge the enemies bullets (sometimes)


Overall great effort! I hope you enjoyed your time jamming. Maybe give my game a try, if you like.
LDJam user 306235
03. Oct 2023 · 16:05 UTC
@im-not-a-robot thank you SO much for playing our game and uploading it! We really appreciate the feedback. We definitely ran out of time to fine-tune the experience, but your kind words motivate us to keep improving the game! I will definitely try your game after work today. Cheers!
super8bitrafa
04. Oct 2023 · 00:37 UTC
very cool! Love the look of the game. The art style is so consistent across the whole game. And unlike most jam games that I've seen this actually has a clear art direction. A little bit more animation and feedback would be nice tho. The boat flashing white when hit, for example, could have added a lot. The music was also great. The gameplay was fun and functional. Great job.
Zeit
05. Oct 2023 · 02:40 UTC
I really love the theme you choose and art style! The music also shows a great mood and surroundings that I am battling on the river or sea! Nice work!
Raphiell
05. Oct 2023 · 02:41 UTC
Very Stylish and great sounding game. Well done on completing and submitting!
JuanRod707
05. Oct 2023 · 03:46 UTC
Loved how you simplified the classic pirates mechanic! Great way to cut corners without sacrificing the main concept.
Pious
08. Oct 2023 · 06:15 UTC
Very nice entry! Was not sure what the soda bottles were for or how to use it. Biggest issue is how I felt like cannon balls were always low on stock and wasn't able to go get more.

Other than that, the visuals and audio were great. I loved the style. A good ol pirates game always hits a sweet spot for me. Character design and world was really cool.

Good job!
Skosnowich
13. Oct 2023 · 08:56 UTC
Nice game, really loved the art and the music (especially that metal track! :guitar:). I didn't get what those cans were for and at one point I had -1 cannon balls, but I could buy one to get back to zero (making cannon ball debts, luckily there was no interest on them). The enemy ships really were cannon boll sponges - sometimes I had to hit them like 5 or 6 times - that felt like a lot especially regarding the limited inventory space.
LDJam user 243193
14. Oct 2023 · 14:34 UTC
After learning the ropes, I like this game. I find it easy to be powerful, just need to overpower the towns, shoot other ships and repeat.
That reminds me, what do the cans do? it takes space but that seems to be the only thing they do.
gamebuilder
17. Oct 2023 · 00:39 UTC
Took me a while to learn how to play but after that it was challenging enough. One problem I noticed is that if an attack against a town fails, no notice is given. Other than that, the game seemed to work smoothly enough. The audio in this game is fantastic.
twigjam
20. Oct 2023 · 21:31 UTC
The art goes a long way with setting the fun mood in this, love it :) The rock music is a real different choice that makes the game memorable as well lol. Bit hard to tell what some of the items in the game do & the X marks the spot cursor took some serious getting used to, but I had fun playing it! Good work
DoomMustard
20. Oct 2023 · 21:31 UTC
I have no idea what's happening but it looks so nice and colorful
whoaitstom
20. Oct 2023 · 21:32 UTC
I love the art in this, it's super polished. Tricky to decide what to put on the ship, it's a fun little game!
T C
20. Oct 2023 · 21:33 UTC
Nice work. Liked the idea of needing pirates for looting towns and getting gold, and needing cannonballs for other pirate ships, and having to resupply after you loot enough towns. Cannonballs were too sparse to survive for long, so I felt like I met an inevitable doom pretty early, but I got the idea of the game well enough with what was there. Good luck getting 20 ratings!