Very sophisticated with a lot of fun mechanics working together. The day-night lighting changes are wonderful, though like some others I found the map icons hard to read at night. (And actually the game world itself gets pretty dark at some point.) I would have loved some music to help go along with the gentle exploratory mood. But wow, so impressive!
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Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
Adheres to jam theme | #1 | 4.750 | 4.750 |
Overall | #5 | 4.361 | 4.361 |
Presentation (visuals) | #7 | 4.417 | 4.417 |
Concept (gameplay) | #24 | 3.917 | 3.917 |
Ranked from 12 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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That was incredible! The controls felt so satisfying to use, and the lighting was beautiful. I just wish Kenney had a sea shanty pack you could have used. It took me a bit to figure out the real purpose of the map, but once I did charting the ocean was very fulfilling and helpful in finding that treasure. Amazing job!
Lovely visuals! I like the particle effects following the boat and the day-night cycle. One thing is it was hard to view the landmark icons at night. Really calming gameplay overall and well polished!
This game is absolutely stunning! Wish I read the controls more carfeully as I played it without map or camera rotation, and even then I had an absolute blast! (Please add in-game control text though). The sailing feels very smooth and the last page was well worth finding! Loved the story and the various notes. I also went back and tried the map and being able to mark the spots is very nice! An absolute masterpiece! Just needs a music track.
Keep up the great work!!
This game attempts to capture the wonder and curiosity that Dredge sparks in you. It certainly emulates its artstyle and setting. I think that, despite the somewhat slow speed of your pirate ship, it does a great job at capturing it. I certainly had fun.
It took me a hot second to realize the book in the top-left corner would show me the message bottles I've collected, hot enough that I had pretty much collected every one by wandering randomly before I read any of them, so I was probably more lost than intended. I don't know why I didn't realize sooner, but oh well.
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