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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Overall | #10 | 4.286 | 4.286 |
| Audio | #11 | 4.000 | 4.000 |
| Fun | #14 | 4.171 | 4.171 |
| Visual | #18 | 4.371 | 4.371 |
| Theme | #18 | 3.886 | 3.886 |
Ranked from 35 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Are you using any third party assets?
I used sound effects from Pixabay
Are you using any AI generated assets?
nope
Did you use BulletFury?
No
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Nothing too much to say. All elements are really well put togheter, visuals, audio and mechanics are very thematic. There is narrative too...
The game is fun and replayable, 5 starts all over the board for me.
Bravo!
Wow - awesome game. I have to say, props for the awesome writing! The pop-in pirate dialogue and especially the writing for the powerups was filled with personality - it's not something I see every day. Great work!
Thank you so much!! The merchant's dialogue was honestly super fun to write, I'm glad the reception's been so good!
A very unique twist on a bullet hell! The art is cute, and I absolutely lost it when the first skeleton chucked itself at me.
Wow this one has so much creativity in its design!! Definitely the most creative spin on bullet hell i've seen. I really enjoyed the variety of obstacles that captures the feeling of bullet hell without it just being a screen full of projectiles. You had to think about how to avoid each type of enemy and use all the skills you unlock. So fun!
Only thing I wished for was an effect for the cannon! Since the v8 engine particles looked SO GOOD, it made me wish there was also a little something for the cannon jump :)
Awesome job! The dialogue was also really funny and i love the water effect!
Aaaahhh I knew I was forgetting something!
one of my favorites from the jam!!! i played this for way longer than i shouldve
thank you!!!
The dialog is awesome. It was really fun!
This was one of the games I put on my personal queue for Bullet Hell Jam. I'm biased because I love pirates/ocean anythings, but this game really goes beyond my checklist of things to love. Amazing polish. Super fun game play, and well designed for replayability. Consider me hooked.
Thanks a ton! I might try and push an update post-jam, pretty busy with work at the moment but I still wanna see where I can take this game
Looking forward to any future developments you have in store 🐟🐟🐟
awesome sound and visuals, and I love that the upgrades give you an enemy designed for you to use said upgrade. While it makes sense, the only thing that felt weird was the boat going faster to the right than the left, which made controls feel a bit awkward. Overall very fun though!
yeahh, that was def a bit of a risk on my part
i did it with the thought that the water would be pushing the boat forward, but i was never sure about how it felt to play
Well, that was really fun and different. I enjoyed the difficulty progression and those skeletons that just drop from the sky made me chuckle at just how absurd it was. Good game :)
Beautiful looking game! I looooove the water animation and how the game gets progressively harder each round!
good job finishing the jam! very fun little game! good presentation with visuals and audio.
thank you!
The visual style is really good and the gameplay is fun. I also like a lot how the power-up you choose is directly related to the enemy it spawns
Saw this one on discord. Looks and plays great!
But i swear i saw this game from a week ago somewhere as well. Or am i going crazy?
Odd, I only started development on the 12th. Though thay was pretty much a week ago lol
Oh, I finished it a couple days early as well. It was released, I think 2 days before the jam ended?
The ship has sunken. Anyways cool game, looks good and is quite fun to play. Thanks!
Great and well rounded on all fronts. Best i have seen so far :D
this is absolutely amazing :3
thank you :3
Excellent! The animations are very fluid and dynamic and I really like how the music picks up after the first few upgrades.
thank you!!
Cool game! First off the visuals are top notch and the audio fits well. The upgrade system works great and it was genuinely interesting to see how they could enhance your moveset or provide another useful utility. I particularly like how there's actually more options in the movement than there intially seems because of how 'bouncy' it is and how small your hitbox is - like I was able to go under the water to avoid enemies travelling across the surface. Only issue I came across is I think it's possible to accidentially skip through the end screen showing how many waves you survived as it seemed to disappear instantly for me so I didn't even know what the number was. :(
aghh, yeah, you're not the only one :(
I need to set up a delay so people don't accidentally trigger the restart right when they die. It's going in as soon as uploads are re-opened
I'd be shocked if this isn't one of the highest rated games for the bullet jam. Looks and play so well.
That's a huge compliment, thank you!!
Very fun game. The mechanics are solid and enjoyable
thank you!!