The Puca is a mythical creature, a shapeshifter of Celtic Legend. In Cornwall it's called the Bucca and can take the form of a benevolent creature or a evil demon, so sailors would leave it an offering of fish to appease it.
This game takes place off the coast of Cornwall, and you must fish as much as possible during the calm of the day before wrestling Bucca's waves in the night.
.:Controls:. Left and right arrows to move the boat Space bar for everything else
.:Changelog:. 1 - The night time is possible to fail, and is supposed to get really hard. For whatever reason this wasn't happening. It is now :)
NIce little game, especially enjoyed the diorama-like visuals. Reminded me of some really old kids shows. Is there a way to fail the night part of the game?
I really like the aesthetics of this, has the feel of a cardboard cut out diorama. It would have been really nice to hear some celtic music and ocean waves to go along with it.
It would have been nice if there was more of a challenge with fishing, such as moving fish.
Art and animations were smooth so good job on that! Gameplay was repetitive however. Perhaps add some variety in the way you can pick up the fishes or add fishes that would try to avoid the ship?
Art is phenomenal -- really can't do any better there. Mood is great and you're so good at art you managed to convey mood, which is unbelievable to me. No theme and music, so I have to penalize there. Really amazing otherwise. You should try to add some audio IMHO. Good story.
The art is amazing. But the game is a little weird. First I just died, then I read and got through the first day, but then died right in the second night. No idea why. But it was a lovely drawn piece of art. Great job.
Lovely looking and I like the story around it too. I included it in my video compilation series of Ludum Dare games, if you’d like to check them out :) https://youtu.be/PdAuylbesI0
I can only really judge the art and narrative because mine bugged out, but I've seen you play it when it was being made so I know for certain it worked once upon a time.
Art style looked like it popped straight out of a children's book and the pattern texture just made it look so fantastic. Using the old legends of [insert accent here] KERNOW, it's giving me a very south-west version of a CartoonSaloon animation, which is never a bad thing.
Cute drawings! But when I lost once in the web version, I cannot restart the game. Also, I think it would be better if the UI for the night time gameplay for balancing was more intuitive or with more explanations. I found the two independent bars too confusing, and did not understand what to do. Also, permadeath did not really help.
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By the way, it's possible to give away more fish than you get, resulting in negative income, lol.
It would have been nice if there was more of a challenge with fishing, such as moving fish.
But the game is a little weird. First I just died, then I read and got through the first day, but then died right in the second night. No idea why.
But it was a lovely drawn piece of art. Great job.
art is really interesting, though i couldn't find the theme...
Art style looked like it popped straight out of a children's book and the pattern texture just made it look so fantastic. Using the old legends of [insert accent here] KERNOW, it's giving me a very south-west version of a CartoonSaloon animation, which is never a bad thing.
As you know, I played it on stream @ 55:50: http://www.hitbox.tv/video/991443