///// Overview: ///// The Kraken is stealing center stage again: All of your shipmates have been turned to ghosts that do his bidding! But alas, the show must go on! Pick up your trusty cannon and deliver swift justice to the Kraken once and for all!
Need a little help finding all of the keys? All of the images are animated GIFs to help you collect each key. The final image is a cheat code in case you really don't want to collect the keys or weapons, but really want to finish the game and fight the boss.
///// Controls: ///// A/D for Movement, Space to jump Left Mouse Click to shoot S to swap cannonball types (when acquired) R to respawn (if you get stuck or something) T to toggle the curtain effect (If it goes all wonky or runs too slow)
///// About ///// Ahoy! Thank you for playing Much Ado About Pirates! I took some liberties on the theme this time around. The entire game is on one "stage" - when you exit one side, the curtains sweep by and reveal the scene change.
Some of the keys may be a little tough to find. Use the cannon to reach places you couldn't by just jumping otherwise! A link to a visual walkthrough for the keys can be found above.
This game was heavily inspired by Super Metroid and Cave Story. If you've played either, you'll definitely be able to tell where the inspirations came from. I've always wanted to have a good boss fight in a LD game, and I really think you'll enjoy fighting the Kraken. Enjoy!
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The game looks incredible and also the physic is great. Unfortunately a weren't able to get past the second door. I guess it wanted three keys from me but I've had only one.
Hey, a quick GIF guide showing the key locations is on its way. I figured it might get frustrating to find the keys if you're not into that sort of thing.
Love the recoil on the gun, I can bounce myself back onto platforms when I overshoot! Thematically it's lovely, the pirate theatre is a fun idea. Good job!
Beautifully presented. It's very cute how this is set in the theatre. It would have been a nice touch if the ghosts had wires attached (as it's the theatre) but this is really, really nice.
This is super impressive to get done in 48 hours. Really solid controls. My only problem was accidently changing screens got really annoying. Great work.
Wow, really well done! I saw some of your posts about the parrot animation, but I couldn't imagine you had so much going on! I loved the game and how hard was to get the keys (I had a bad time with the third one!)
Pretty cool game! I liked the cannon thing, and how it knocked you back. The curtains were slow in the web version for me, so I was glad you could turn them off.
Cannon physics, rope swinging, and all this art, all in 48 hours? That's mighty impressive. I really enjoyed firing downward to "double-jump" (though you might consider giving a little hint about that, I was stuck for a while before I figured that out) Relating to the theme of the compo, I know it takes place on a stage, but I definitely got the feel that it was more than one screen. Still, it looks like you got quite a lot accomplished in 48 hours, bravo!
@March. The curtains were done in maya with nCloth. I couldn't find an easy/quick way to get ncloth or even vertex animation moved over to Unity, so I did a rendered video.
@mrexcessive Hm, I wonder why that would be, it really shouldn't be taking that long. Did you try the first web link or the second? My website should load it faster than gamejolt, but it might not hurt to try both links.
Very impressive for a compo entry! I found the platforming puzzles pretty engaging. A small suggestion: it would be nice to have the ability to lock the cannon's direction. It's very much playable as it is, but when moving between screens using "cannonball flight" having to cross the whole screen with mouse is slightly inconvenient.
@alfadur Yeah that came up a little too late in my playtesting/level building to properly fix. All in all, I'd really like a chance to redo the camera mechanics since they feel a little off to me now.
Nice work, the art is fine and this was pretty well done metroidvania. Really liked the cannon jumping even though it took me a moment to figure out. That could have been mentioned somewhere to save time. Found all keys and defeated the kraken.
This was a lot of fun. Some of the jumps were frustrating because To fire the canon underneath me I had to click outside the game window, which would make me lose focus, but I think that is just a thing that the Unity player does in Chrome. So totally not your fault,
I had a lot of fun playing. The setting reminds me of Paper Mario
@AdventureIslands Thanks for sticking with the game all the way through.
@Grindstorm That's my favorite one too!
@MiniBobbo I feel your pain. I wish I knew a way to lock the mouse inside of the window. It probably exists in Unity actually and I just haven't looked...
Great presentation and cute pirate! Really nice scene changes with the curtain. Couldn't seem to get the cannon boost jump to work though, maybe it's just me. Thanks a ton for great feedback on my game! :)
@Anachron You're very welcome, and thanks! The jump mechanic is something I wish I had explained better in-game. You can see examples of it in the gameplay video and key walkthrough linked above if you're still curious.
Very well done. I love the mechanics. Controls and physics felt very good. Level design needs some work, the keys were an easter egg hunt but not enough to make that interesting.
Very nice platformer. I like the different using of weapon and the exploration of the level. Discover new areas after unlock a new weapon is great.
Main bad point : Controllers. I don't like the using of the mouse. First it is not adapted to webplayer (I often click outside the windows). Also when we switch screen, the orientation change. Last thing about controller, I think you should take an other button than S to switch weapon. Because by reflex it's for go down.
Second bad point : No treasure at the end ;)
Also I don't know if it's a bug. But the boss can attack you anywhere you are in the level :)
I enjoy the game by the way. That a great jobs in compo. Congrats!
For a compo entry, this game is amazingly well done. A lot of attention to many details here -- the pirate ghosts, the parrot animations, the BOSS FIGHT (in a Metroid-vania compo game WTF?), and the general game progression. A lot of good stuff here. AND you had a tutorial that guided players through various game input while you proceeded through the start of the game. Are you Compo Jesus or something? c___c
There were a few things that did nag at me and I did have trouble with, however -- the camera is definitively your enemy. I know that the theme was quite restrictive, in terms of the entire game on one screen, but I think the flippy-floppy trouble that I had originated simply from the level design, and having too many important things close to the edges of the screen instead of in the middle of the screen. The player controls were a little bit sticky in terms of jumping and shooting the cannon (my mouse would flip around sporadically at times, depending on the direction of the screen change), and there were a couple of jumps that were quite hard to achieve -- but it wasn't bad enough that I couldn't get through the game. The biggest obstacle I had a problem with was the spikes -- largely because they often were located in tight areas that were hampered by the camera, and if I hit the flat side of the spikes I died instantly.
I might also suggest a better way to identify where a key is .. either via particle effect or sound or both. This would have to be implemented very well to keep from being annoying, of course. :)
Also, I did not realize, at the one end of the screen, that I could jump over the barrier and into the water. Some indication, such as a dock, item, etc, that you can go in that direction/walk on the water would be stellar. :)
Overall, this is fantastic for a compo entry. REALLY good work!
I had to check the GIF guides to figure out that you could jump on top of the palm trees. Ended up getting the second cannon ball, but couldn't make it past the spikes all the way back to the left of the starting point. Well, I got past the first spike once by double-jumping over it, but then died immediately in the next room. And then died ~40 times and rage quit.
Pretty fun for such a short amount of time and good level layouts.
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Did You render the Water and curtain effect in Maya?
Congrats and thanks!
The water is stock Unity water.
Hm, I wonder why that would be, it really shouldn't be taking that long. Did you try the first web link or the second? My website should load it faster than gamejolt, but it might not hurt to try both links.
A small suggestion: it would be nice to have the ability to lock the cannon's direction. It's very much playable as it is, but when moving between screens using "cannonball flight" having to cross the whole screen with mouse is slightly inconvenient.
A lesson to keep in mind for next time I suppose.
I had a lot of fun playing. The setting reminds me of Paper Mario
@Grindstorm That's my favorite one too!
@MiniBobbo I feel your pain. I wish I knew a way to lock the mouse inside of the window. It probably exists in Unity actually and I just haven't looked...
Good game. We followed your updates throughout the competition and looked forward to playing the game; Not bad!
Main bad point : Controllers. I don't like the using of the mouse. First it is not adapted to webplayer (I often click outside the windows). Also when we switch screen, the orientation change. Last thing about controller, I think you should take an other button than S to switch weapon. Because by reflex it's for go down.
Second bad point : No treasure at the end ;)
Also I don't know if it's a bug. But the boss can attack you anywhere you are in the level :)
I enjoy the game by the way. That a great jobs in compo. Congrats!
There were a few things that did nag at me and I did have trouble with, however -- the camera is definitively your enemy. I know that the theme was quite restrictive, in terms of the entire game on one screen, but I think the flippy-floppy trouble that I had originated simply from the level design, and having too many important things close to the edges of the screen instead of in the middle of the screen. The player controls were a little bit sticky in terms of jumping and shooting the cannon (my mouse would flip around sporadically at times, depending on the direction of the screen change), and there were a couple of jumps that were quite hard to achieve -- but it wasn't bad enough that I couldn't get through the game. The biggest obstacle I had a problem with was the spikes -- largely because they often were located in tight areas that were hampered by the camera, and if I hit the flat side of the spikes I died instantly.
I might also suggest a better way to identify where a key is .. either via particle effect or sound or both. This would have to be implemented very well to keep from being annoying, of course. :)
Also, I did not realize, at the one end of the screen, that I could jump over the barrier and into the water. Some indication, such as a dock, item, etc, that you can go in that direction/walk on the water would be stellar. :)
Overall, this is fantastic for a compo entry. REALLY good work!
Pretty fun for such a short amount of time and good level layouts.