Sänka Viking - A Viking Warship Simulator

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.75
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.95
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.55
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.83
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.80
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.50
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.77
The more weight you have, the worse it is. Try to weigh the other ship down with your cannonballs so that they fall over and you can steal all their treasure.
Programming and art: Me.
Music: Jamie Nord - Royalty Free Music.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX4SQvYS3mX-pGoixOaCj9w
Genres: simulation
Tools: Unity

Comments22

Cubeeo5 Dec 2017, 00:49
I sunk your pirateship!!!
First of all, hats off to the 3D. It's impressive to attempt a 3D game in such a short time frame. This game is simple in a good way. I want to play more, and different levels of this.
To me, this is an example of using the theme in a way that makes the game good, as opposed to obnoxious. I think too many of the games with this theme default to fairly impossible games, yours does not, and I like that about it. The music is also perfectly appropriate. Good job.
IndieImpala
IndieImpala5 Dec 2017, 07:50
Smooth game play and nice great visuals, well done!
NicoNi5 Dec 2017, 08:12
Easy to play, fun mechanic
Samuli Salonen5 Dec 2017, 08:13
Cool idea.

I think some kind of arrow indicator would be nice for the aiming. (not all the way)

Also, nothing happened when my ship got flipped over.
Gao Ming
Gao Ming5 Dec 2017, 09:15
the experience is really fascinating, physical system let every shoot feels worth expecting and full of changing,also let this match excited enough.
hope more levels and more matches!
by the way, the ambient music also really wonderful.
Fabian Pohl5 Dec 2017, 12:51
Smooth Gameplay. Nice Graphics. Had fun while Playing, but it get very monotone over time. For a One-Time run a very pleasent expirience.
Erlatronicsauthor5 Dec 2017, 12:58
I can agree with that. If I had more time I would love to have implemented a campain where you meet different ships and you upgrade your own to be more stable.
disperse
disperse5 Dec 2017, 18:16
What a gem! At first I was skeptical ("why can't I just aim in one place and fire again and again") but the waves + rocking of the boat + sinking makes it a challenge the whole way through. I really appreciate that you created an AI that is challenging while being beatable. This game would also be great as a two player, single-keyboard, game (and easy to implement I'd imagine). Graphics and sound are great as well!
disperse
disperse5 Dec 2017, 18:19
I just played again and noticed how the cannonballs knock shields off the side of the ship and also how you can make the ship tip over and sink. Amazing attention to detail.

Edit: My only criticism is the AI may be a bit easy(?). Make this a two-player game and/or add difficulty levels.
Schu
Schu5 Dec 2017, 18:19
It was very fun to play! My biggest complaint is that once I started landing shots I barely had to adjust at all to keep hitting the same spot which made it pretty easy. But I really love the concept and I think it fits the theme really well!
Fis
Fis5 Dec 2017, 21:00
Oh I missed this cannon war game from windows 95 so much - thank you for implementing this to wake some good memories
KiRa937
KiRa9375 Dec 2017, 22:07
Really fun game! Liked the idea of changing ship's position after being hit, it really adds to the gameplay! Graphics are simple, but cute.

After battle the game just stays on one screen. You really should either load the menu or suggest to restart the game. Feedback of reloaded canon would be appreciated, something like audio cue. Also any indication of where you're shooting other than small model of canon would be nice.
Charles Cox6 Dec 2017, 00:19
I enjoyed playing this, it was simple and easy to pick up. I also liked the 2d ships and the physics were good as well, great job!
ardorugus
ardorugus6 Dec 2017, 11:11
Yeah, fun! Love pirate-ish stuff. However the fun is over, when you sink the ship. At some point, you understand, you got the treasure, but some firearms shooting and ship crew shouting "Hooraay!" would highly reward the winner. Nice mechanics and jolly shooting anyway.
CodeChomper
CodeChomper6 Dec 2017, 20:14
Fun game! I like how the water mechanic would throw off your shots when your ship started to bob around. I actually had a long battle and the ships got far away from each other and it was hard to finish. Cool take on a classic tank battle game. Good job!
Lumous
Lumous8 Dec 2017, 20:36
Hehe not bad fun fun.
Josef212968 Dec 2017, 22:35
Cool game!! Really funny. Would be great if you could play with friends on local :smile:
Tatos11 Dec 2017, 14:26
Great game! I realy miss a multiplayer mode.
Kobi Hawk12 Dec 2017, 16:57
Really simple game, but I enjoyed it all the same.
AVAVT
AVAVT15 Dec 2017, 00:11
Simple mechanic and fun. Remind me of the old cannon fight game on Windows95. Despite being a rather short game, I can totally see the effort and attention to detail spent making it. Even as it is right now, it could easily fit into a RPG as mini game or part of a side quest.

I have some inspiration for the game, maybe if I had the same concept I'd give it some kind of theme:

For example you're a merchant ship delivering goods from one port to another. When you're attacked by pirate the fight could be exactly like the game right now.

When a pirate ship is low they will try to escape. You can choose whether to try finishing them off (gaining their goods while making your ship heavier) or just let them go. You get gold upon successful delivery and that way the game could be episodic where each next trip is longer than the last.

Well that's just my imagination and maybe doesn't fit your intend, just leaving it here as reference :smile:

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