There's a lot of things to do in this game. I like the little surprises you can find, like the ability to swim without your ship, the joy of a tentacle hug, etc. And I never wished for sound effects more than the grog drinking game, I think that would be epic! :P
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Pixel Beard's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Gameplay | #41 | 3.636 | 3.636 |
| Authenticity (Use of resolution restriction) | #63 | 4.455 | 4.455 |
| Graphics | #89 | 3.091 | 3.091 |
| Overall | #101 | 3.045 | 3.045 |
| Audio | #159 | 1.000 | 1.000 |
Ranked from 11 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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That was a lot fun, I tried a couple of the minigames, I died because I spilled the grog and I killed an enemy captain in a sword fight, the animations were really smooth for a 64x64 game. Like some other said when you travel in the open sea is hard to know whats going on because all the water tiles are the same.
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For the Demon LordFunny how sea-faring pirate life comes to mind when you're limited to 64x64 pixels, right? :D
This is really fun. I love the look of the pirates. Not a huge fan of mixed pixel sizes but it seems to be working here. Quite a unique look. Treasure digging minigame is really cool!
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Buccaneers 64Had a lot of fun with this game! I loved exploring the world to see what was stashed around. It could benefit from a tutorial each time the mechanics change. Also I wish every other ocean tile was a different shape or maybe color so that as you move through open sea, you can tell your boat is moving. Those are my only gripes. Love how you fit a full world to explore in 64x64 px.
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Spider RiderIt's nice to see a game with exploration in this jam, I think this is 2nd or 3rd. It was a nice journey, although I died everytime I fough, but ok ahahah. The only thing missing the sound, the rest is great. Good Job!
PS: If you have the time, please try out my entry https://itch.io/jam/lowrezjam-2018/rate/293637 (don't forget to rate it : ) )
Cheers
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Head Square (LRJ2018)Followed your progress on twitter, but controls don't seem to work for me in browser? I can't move the boat with the arrow keys? (Haven't rated yet until I can play)
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Chameleon CareThat's interesting... tried clicking a few times in the game window in case it's a focus issue?
Beyond that, which browser? I exclusively tested in Chrome, though I've just checked IE11 and it worked fine after clicking the game window a couple of times.
Failing that, which O/S? It was made in GameMaker Studio 2 so I could export a native Windows or Linux build easily enough. Mac would be a bit more painful, but doable too.
Yes, it was a focus issue. All fine now and am enjoying the game. I really like the fact there are different mini-games within the game. Would be nice to add a name to the pirate or some kind of story at the start to set the scene of who I am, maybe? But that's time-consuming and just extra flavour I suppose. Well done, I'll continue to enjoy coming back to this game to play and any updates should you work on it post-jam. Well done.
Fantastic :) Was hoping it was just something simple like focus! Hadn't tested it much until after submitting it - which is slightly backwards, I know - so was worried it was some really obscure bug!
I am hoping to try and get back to this and add in some of the bits I missed out, but we'll see. Finding time can be a tricky thing to do.
Thanks for playing!
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