Cute graphics! I included it in my LowRezJam compilation video series, if you’d like to take a look. :)
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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Overall | #44 | 4.104 | 4.104 |
| Gameplay | #53 | 3.806 | 3.806 |
| Authenticity (use of resolution restriction) | #57 | 4.667 | 4.667 |
| Visuals | #59 | 4.167 | 4.167 |
| Audio | #61 | 3.778 | 3.778 |
Ranked from 36 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Did you work in a team?
This was my first game jam so I worked by myself. I had a lot of fun making this.
Was the resolution a challenge?
I'm not an amazing artist, actually I'm pretty bad, but I think the low resolution was a good limitation to spark my creativity. I'm pretty happy with how the art turned out.
What did you learn?
Like I said this was my first Jam so I learned a whole lot. One main thing was to limit my scope. I had a lot of ideas that didn't make it so I'm hoping to continue the game in the future.
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I had a fun time with this game although it was very difficult for me. The controls hard to get used to, I think controller support would go a long way at making the game feel better to play. With that said, I think its a cool game with great presentation that I am personally just bad at.
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Knightpath: Low RezSweet game! I loved it
Definitely one of my favorite battle ship games. A lot of games in this genre tend to get clogged up with difficult unintuitive controls and slow strategy based game play, but this run and gun style fit really well!
I found the controls super intuitive and the combat a lot of fun. It wasn't too difficult,but it wasn't overly easy either.
My only request would be a place to purchase upgrades so I could put all the hard earned money to good use!!
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Don't CroakThis game is awesome. Amazing work all around, love the sound/music/graphics and the game play is fantastic. The only thing that felt weird was the way you wrapped around the world map, not sure how I would have changed it since just letting it scroll normally would maybe make the player think the map was infinite... but other than that super solid game.
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One Way OutI appreciate that the game gives me some time to explore the world before being thrown into battle and having to figure it out. The sound effects are crisp and clean. It's very satisfying to fire the cannon and hear the sounds.
The combat is very challenging, perhaps more challenging than I would have expected. You can never just stop and fire for a little while. You always have to be moving, and that makes it really hard because if you're moving, you're pressing WASD while pressing the arrow keys to aim and the space bar to fire.
I don't know about you, but I don't have three hands. I was stumbling all over myself the whole time.
I think this game would be better if the combat were less punishing. Can you find some ways to incorporate strategies that involve firing without moving?
Nice little game. I'm digging the simple aesthetics. Controlling the ship sadly felt a bit awkward and it took me a little time to figure out how to aim and shoot, but the idea is pretty cool!
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Space DisgraceA delightful pirate game! The art, while simple, do a great job setting the scene, and conveying the information it’s meant to convey, and the enemies are challenging without being frustrating!
The controls, however, are a little awkward. Tying the speed up and slow down mechanics to the direction your moving, for instance, is a good idea, but that only seems to work if I’m going directly vertical or horizontal and not on the diagonals… or, at least, the mechanic doesn’t work well on the diagonals (I think I sped up once on the diagonal, but it didn’t feel the same as going up/down/left/right)
I think my biggest issue was with the aiming. While I could understand why I couldn’t shoot forward and backwards (most boats couldn’t, I would think), shooting in the other directions was… tricky. For instance, if I’m heading up and aiming to the left, if I have to turn my boat, for instance, to the left (moving up-left diagonally) , I’m no longer aiming to the left relative to the boat, but I’m still aiming left relative to the screen (hope that all makes sense). This aiming scheme, for me, gets very confusing, especially in the middle of a fire fight with another boat.
One other suggestion I have is, for the forts, maybe give them a little bit of an “aim ahead” AI. I found I could cheese those forts by just going full speed in a circle around the island and they could never hit me because their cannon ball took too long to get to where I was. With an aim ahead, I think, the forts get a little more challenging as the player would then have to vary their speed or direction because the cannon balls would be a little more accurate… OR… (I just thought of this while writing) make the forts spawn enemy ships! Player is cheesing the fort, swimming in circles around it, all of a sudden, there’s an enemy ship! Now the player has TWO sources of cannon balls coming at them!
Anyway… A very enjoyable game, even with the control issues I had. Very well done!!
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TacComThank you so much for the detailed feedback. I agree the controls definitely could have been better. I plan to change them a little in a future update. I kept the shooting direction relative to the screen since if you where sailing down pressing left would aim right and that doesn't feel natural to me. I think I'll try to add a setting option so players can select they're preferred shooting option. I do like the idea of having the forts spawn ships!
I liked the concept, the gameplay and art was decent and music and sounds were fitting. I felt the ships movement was abit slow even when holding down and found that tapping worked better. The shooting controls were a little finicky maybe pressing the arrows to shoot without needing space bar would work better. Good work on your first jam.
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Gauntlet of DoomFun game, even though getting used to the decoupled navigation and firing takes quite a few tries to master. Nice catchy piraty tune you got there! Very nice job, this could have easily been a good arcade (saving the controls…) in the days of Ramart.
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Golden Star SheriffYARR!! This is a great little plundering game!
Mastering the helm took many a tries, but nay impossible. Many forts been ransacked and scurvy dogs sent down to Davy John's locker.
Ye sea shanties also be great tunes!
YARRR!!! You be a fine lad ye be!
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Ey, nice pirate game you got there!
It took a little while to get used to the controls, but it wasn't difficult.
The music is also nice!
Great job! Keep up the good work!
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The Thief TrapFun game! I like the ship combat, though the controls took some getting used to. Great job with the pixel art!
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ZeroFlip64This was awesome and addictive! I love the ship combat, strafing around enemy ships and shooting cannons at them was immensely satisfying. The controls fit really well, controlling a ship isn't supposed to be trivial, so I liked that it took some actual practice to get the hang of moving the ship and firing cannons at the same time.
The map was also surprisingly big and full of content, it felt like every few seconds I ran into a stronghold or a group of ships which was great. I'd 100% play an expanded version of this with upgrades and some more enemy types. The art also came out really good! Everything was very readable and fit the pirate vibe perfectly.
I managed to end with 5400$ before getting sunk by a group of ships! Well done!
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TRYH4RDGreat game, *especially* if this is your first jam. The graphics and text, both very easy to parse, the controls felt very natural. I love that the sail is an indicator of your speed. I would absolutely play an expanded version with some sort of larger goal, maybe upgrades, some kind of minimal story? Great great, stuff.
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Pocket VolleyballBeautiful pixels. Reminds me of Overboard on playstation many years ago, that was a great game and this feels like a fantastic pixel rendition of it. Sounds and art top notch!
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