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Pirate Jam Pre-Jam Skirmish 2020

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A jam submission

Bounty BashView game page

Bash the correct . Pirates to collect Bounties, how many can you collect?
Submitted by RambleHouseGames (@games_ramble)
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CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Creativity#302.5712.571
Adherence to Theme#332.4292.429
Design#371.9291.929

Ranked from 14 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

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Jupiter_Hadley4 years ago

Good start. I included your game in my Pirate Jam Pre-Jam Skirmish compilation video series, if you鈥檇 like to take a look. :)

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ItizsoSubmitted4 years ago

Punching pirates. What's not to love? Great character assets although controls and interface might have been better given more time I suspect. I think changing the camera position might help as well. Great job!

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steven.hartSubmitted4 years ago

I like the mechanic, I would love if it was snappier.  Also I think the bounty targets could be a bit clearer if you had more time!  Cheers

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Treasures of the Sinking Sands
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Tartle GamesSubmitted4 years ago

good work. 馃憡

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Bigfoot Bounty
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MerlinOGSubmitted4 years ago

Bash them all!. Good job.

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atolVerderbenSubmitted4 years ago

Nice models and punching was satisfying. As others have said easier movement would have been nice. Great work!

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The Bounty Pit
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andyman404Submitted4 years ago

Punching the pirates was very satisfying! I enjoyed how the characters look. Congrats for making the game!

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Tumbleweed Typo Hunter
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budjmtSubmitted4 years ago

Agree with Steven's comments, I feel this game would be a lot more fun with a better control scheme and UI. I do like punching pirates though.

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Nature's Bounty
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RambleHouseGamesDeveloper4 years ago

Thanks for playing!

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Steven TuSubmitted4 years ago

An interesting game marred by less than great controls. Great character modeling.

  • The right click to move control scheme feels completely at odds with the gameplay. A usual wad movement would work much better.
  • The UI for what you have to get is textual when the information is coloured. What Nicole said is correct, it needs to be clearer and easily parsible.
  • The design of the game has a problem in that waiting around for the right colour of pirate to come up is pretty terrible when it just doesn't happen due to random chance. And then when you see the one you need come up and they're just walking next door and you know you have probably no chance of getting to them before they disappear... That sucks. The game  should be designed in such a way to create interactions.

Really feel like the base mechanic of running around with a puncher could be pretty fun if built more dynamically.

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Crimson Soil
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RambleHouseGamesDeveloper4 years ago (1 edit)

  Thank you for taking the time to write such comprehensive feedback.  I agree with all of your points.  I made a huge mistake by spending a lot of time on the models and animation, which meant that I ended up submitting my testing level with UI that was hacked together within 20 minutes of the deadline.

  The original plan for the bounties was actually a bit more complex and the world was meant to be much bigger, which I think will solve some of the "waiting around for a pirate that you're probably not going to reach" problem.

As for the UI and controls.  Agree that in it's current state it's very uncomfortable, but I think the right click to move might still be a viable scheme.  I think the discomfort is mostly being caused by the camera position, which is actually only where it is because I was testing animation and forgot to put it back.  With the camera in a more Top-Down position and if the move speeds of the character, the punching glove and the pirates are balanced, I think the right click to move will play a lot like a MOBA.  What do you think?

Also, great job on Crimson Soil!!

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Steven TuSubmitted4 years ago (1 edit)

Maybe, but the moba genre relies on many different skills and a much bigger overview. This game has no focus on multiple skills and strategic maneuvering. It has one straightforward skill with a very small contact window and a pretty big delay. I really don't want to moba controls with these mechanics.

If you're trying to design a moba-like game, then start with moba-like premise in mind, I think.

And thanks! :)

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DarzingtonSubmitted4 years ago

The game is pretty simple, but done well enough for what it is. In the future I'd suggest trying to make your UI much clearer: since it's a reasonably quick game, the player doesn't have time to read all the text along the top while aiming their hits.  Even something as simple as color-coded counters along the top would let the player know their current targets at a glance:


Keep working at it! :)

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Coconut Chocolate Bar Bonanza
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RambleHouseGamesDeveloper4 years ago(+1)

Great feedback.  I couldn't agree more.  I came right down to the wire on this one and the UI definitely suffered as a result.  I have a long list of things I didn't get to on this game, and proper UI is right at the top.  Your game Coconut Chocolate Bar Bonanza will definitely be in my inspiration list on my next jam to remind that execution trumps higher poly models and animations.

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