Pirate Cargo

by nysten
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.53
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.45
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.92
Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.84
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.08
Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.89
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.75
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.03

Pirate Cargo

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> An armada has surrounded your beautiful pirate cove. Fight the threats and gather loot to up your score and repair your ship. Watch out, loot weighs down your ship, making it harder to control!

Controls:
* Arrow keys for navigating the vessel
* Space to release black balls of death

Notes:
* Bring a cargo value of atleast $50 to the bay to repair your ship
* Your cannons are mounted on the right side of the ship
* Compass points to the pirate cove

Made with LÖVE and love!
This is my first game made with LÖVE, please be gentle!!

screenshot
Tags: #pirates
Genres: shooter
Tools: LÖVE

Comments15

kix3344 Dec 2017, 07:49
Nice art style and good controls. Overall a solid game, however I can't help but feel it's a little hard, it took me ages to kill three ships consecutively( guess ill never be a pirate!)
nysten
nystenauthor4 Dec 2017, 09:26
Thanks for playing! Yes, the enemies are quite hard, but I felt that since they are the only challenge in the game, they should atleast be a difficult one. :smile:
Kashif4 Dec 2017, 12:34
Nicely done
Sintel
Sintel4 Dec 2017, 12:46
Fun, but a bit too hard.

Also: if you want more people to play, you should probably pack your game into an .exe so people who don't have Löve can play it!
nysten
nystenauthor4 Dec 2017, 13:08
Thanks all! @sintel thanks, I packed it into an .exe
darkgrisen4 Dec 2017, 18:43
I can't run the game somehow. "The code execution cannot proceed because lua51.dll was not found."
nysten
nystenauthor4 Dec 2017, 19:01
@darkgrisen I forgot to add LÖVE dll's to the exe! Fixed now, I hope I didn't lose you yet! :smile:
Ham and Swiss
Ham and Swiss4 Dec 2017, 19:39
Lots of fun! Good job, combat was hard but fair.
jasontherand4 Dec 2017, 19:41
Great job! Im very impressed with the AI given the time constraints.
darkgrisen4 Dec 2017, 19:43
Now it works!

The game is really funny. Probably one of the best games i've played so far!

Overall: 4/5!
amras0000
amras00004 Dec 2017, 19:59
The game takes a bit to learn, but the AI is just predictable enough that you can dodge most but not all of their attacks if you know what you're doing. I applaud you for the balance. One thing to note is that the hitboxes on the island are a bit hard to read.

The ship combat alone is pretty fun, and while the graphics are simple the color palette is very smooth and satisfying. I don't know that the mechanic of your ship being weighed down adds much to the game.

If this weren't a Ludum Dare entry I'd recommend setting up networking for this, though. Higher-scoring players having weaker ships because of the weight of their treasure sounds like a neat balancing feature.
nysten
nystenauthor4 Dec 2017, 23:11
@amras0000 I agree, the weight component wasn't really any good for the gameplay. The ship battles are quite fun, so networking does sound good!
giusex2727 Dec 2017, 00:34
Nicely done compo entry. The CPUs have some bugs that make them sometimes crash with the island and sink but other than that the game handles well the controls and the concept is clear. The sound FX and graphics were really ok too. Good job!

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