Ahoy! JellyPirates is a simple game where gelatinous privateers swashbuckle their way across the high seas! Pick a destination from your treasure map and set sail, but be warned: other pirates occupy the waters!
Controls:
A or left to jump left D or right to jump right
Land on the button on a cannon to fire it, cannons aim automatically. Use the mouse to pick a destination on the map.
Have fun!
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This was another entry that was rushed towards the end - I think I need to work on my time management! As with last time, this was developed with EdgeOwl (http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/author/EdgeOwl/), who you have to thank for the art. Unfortunately he had to drop out after the second day, so if the art quality goes visibly down-hill, that's my fault! xD
I think like a lot of people, we had to drop quite a few of the ideas we had planned as the weekend went on (like multiple player controlled ships, ship customization and the JellyStoreTM!), many of which were implemented to a limited extent, but they could all find their way into a post-compo version at least.
Seems like a fun idea, but my experience was buggy beyond belief. I had pirates shooting into the sky, landing on things that weren't there and ships sinking for no reason.
Definite points for humor, I love the way the pirates wobble. I found the jumps to be a little sluggish, but this could be on purpose because they're made of jelly? I also hit one of my own pirates off the boat once....oops.
Hmm... this game has some great ideas and features but the mechanics are kinda wonky. I love the idea of a physics based naval battle. I think you got the boats rocking about down pretty well, but the jelly cannonballs seemed to never be spawning in the correct place. This made it difficult to feel like I was actually controlling the flow of the game. I had some pretty funny moments though, like when my ship was rocked way up ontop of a rubbber ducky and I had to move my pirate over to counterbalance it. I really liked the wobbly effect on the graphics and the generally clean looking style. Good work, just needs to be cleaned up a bit gameplay wise.
Thanks for the feedback, guys! Most of those issues came from adding features with about 2 minutes left, then packaging it without testing properly... My bad xD
I'll do a quick bug fix that makes it possible to play more than 1 game in a row.
The physics are making the game hard to play ( jump sends pirates in the air for too much time in my opinion ) and the other pirates on my boat were all on one side which made the boat not very stable. I couldn't manage to beat even the first enemy. The music was nice though and I like the jelly aspect of the canon ball. =)
The music is pretty nice, and I always appreciate when someone makes a physics-based game. But I must say that the game felt a bit sluggish, since my pirate kept bumping into his crewmates, and the jumps didn't feel very responsive; besides that though, nice game overall!
I kept jumping my own pirates to their doom, haha! I think I would have preferred to be able to control my pirate better in mid-air, even if that's a bit unrealistic.
Really nice job implementing the physics, and I love the music!
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It was fun though I didn't understand what I was meant to do. A fun little sandbox I'd say :)
I really liked the wobbly effect on the graphics and the generally clean looking style.
Good work, just needs to be cleaned up a bit gameplay wise.
I'll do a quick bug fix that makes it possible to play more than 1 game in a row.
Really nice job implementing the physics, and I love the music!
+ good atmosphere