Voyage of the Magpie

by tcarter
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.78
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.65
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.72
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.17
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.44
Audio★★★★★★★★★★4.06
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.47
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★30%
A pulp adventure game of exploration and treasure hunting.

While in zeppelin:
click on destination to move there, or select from tickets at bottom of screen

While on foot:
WASD or arrows to move
Press into destructible objects to hack
Press Enter to skip to Repair phase if done exploring

While repairing:
Click and hold to weld pipes
Click, hold, and drag to repair canvas
Click, hold, and drag to sharpen machete
Flip switches to equalize pressure

Programming and Design: Ted Carter
Graphics: Lief Holt
Audio: Michael Jones

Comments12

biscuitWizard
biscuitWizard26 Aug 2014, 03:06
Okay, I really liked this. Just the minigames keeps things varied. That world map, though. Pretty!
blurryroots
blurryroots26 Aug 2014, 04:00
Interesting mixture of mechanics. Good job!
Hairein
Hairein26 Aug 2014, 15:36
Very nice game, the idea came across well and the gameplay mechanism is fun and extensible.
IAmSpencer27 Aug 2014, 18:31
Really got a sense of wonder adventure, I can't imagine how epic this would be with a bigger map/more place to explore, great job!
mrexcessive29 Aug 2014, 10:29
Hi there. Inspired by Donald Sinden, Journey to the top of the world ? If I recall the title correctly. I like the idea of the mini-games... wiggling the mouse to sharpen blade wears a little thin... Huge ambition, good coverage!
jjhaggar
jjhaggar29 Aug 2014, 15:29
Cool game but it would also nice to know what is the final objective :)
polyboxgames29 Aug 2014, 15:32
Took a while to get used to (and know what things were doing), but pretty cool once I did. Good job!
SelfishGenome
SelfishGenome29 Aug 2014, 15:37
Really good as a game. Reading that you meant the different phases of the game to represent the different worlds I think is a bit far fetched, even having it as the different countries you explore would have made more sense to me. But other than that very fun and well done.
Ted Brown
Ted Brown1 Sep 2014, 19:06
Very ambitious, but as always the graphics are super tight, and the game speaks of a much bigger experience waiting in the wings. I have to say my favorite part was repairing the ship: gesture actions FTW!
Dietrich Epp2 Sep 2014, 05:00
Very fun, once you got the hang of it. It was too hard at first, but once I understood what everything did, it was about right. Until I understood what scrap metal did, and then it was too easy :-) It would be nice to have some kind of goal that I was working towards.
liquidminduk2 Sep 2014, 12:01
really liked the art style you created here, really great color tones!

Fun game!
ghenoroc10 Sep 2014, 12:30
I liked this a lot. This could be a fun full game.

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