Very nice game, and quite fun! Has an extremely close feel to old SNES games and very early computer games like Fairy Godmother and Chip's Challenge, which is awesome.  I had a few problems with movement and collision, that being there were quite a few times where my ship would sit in the ocean and I would be clicking the hell out of the screen and it wouldn't move for a good 10 seconds, and there were many times where I couldn't pick up people in the water.  I would have to sit on them for a while for them to be added, or go away and come back. Both of these things contributed to my death in the final round, so that was slightly frustrating. There were also a few times when treasure and people would spawn too close to icebergs to be collected. All in all though, it was awesome! I enjoyed the story that went along with the game and how it built up from being easy in the first round to difficult in the third, and the small bits of dialogue that began each level. I'd almost hate to give you any suggestions because I wouldn't want anything I said to ruin how the game feels, but I would suggest to make an instruction page within the game rather than in the comments. It was easy to miss because I look at the comments after I play the game! Along with this, I am also excited that you made it in GameMaker! I also use GameMaker (and put in a submission too!) and this game has shown me a completely different route I could take with future games, especially since I'd love to recreate the early game feel as you have done. Very well done, and I'd be excited to see more from you!

It looks cool but wouldn't run on my laptop. :<