Well done, that's a nicely crafted game! Getting started is very simple and it's easy to understand how to play for the most part. It took me a few rounds to understand that hanging a plank on the edge of the ark would yield more space only on the following round, so I played with a small ark for a while. Dragging and dropping can sometimes give strange outcomes like something floating far on the water, or then an invisible item on an island grid (that happened when I dragged items from the ark to the island on a trading spot). Other than that, it was fun to play through! And the sound design fits quite nicely!
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Thanks for continuing on, even with a frustrating small ark. Iām glad you ended up enjoying it!
Wood placement and UI around it caused the most trouble during my playtests too. Iām still not sure how to best telegraph whatās happening there, maybe swapping the sprite when itās sitting odd the edge?
Thanks for the bug reports! Iāve managed to stack some things if I drag quickly but havenāt seen the invisible items yet. Iāll have to take a fix it pass after the the jam!