Harrr-vest

by jaj
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.71
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.58
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.21
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.53
Humor★★★★★★★★★★4.26
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.90
A short visual novel about a suspicious pirate.
Could this pirate be, A VEST?
A Harrr-vest???

Go to court and convince judge Marie that pirate Graybeard is in fact a vest, not a pirate, and win the game!
Or maybe there is a secret ending to all of this...? (Yes, there is a secret ending.)

NOTES:
-For the best experience, scroll to the bottom right and press the blue full screen button.
-Please let me know if the dialogue ends before you see the words "the end". This means I forgot to connect a choice to an outcome somewhere, sorry!
-Game does not run in Firefox. It is confirmed to work in chrome and edge.

I used the following assets:
Music from Alkakrab's free pirate game music pack: https://alkakrab.itch.io/free-pirate-game-music-pack
Characters sprites by combining Sutemo's sprite packs: https://sutemo.itch.io/
Appartment background from this AI generated sprite pack by DevHowardJones: https://devhowardjones.itch.io/ai-visual-novel-backgrounds
The pirate hat and courtroom background are public domain.

I used Unity with the Pixelcrushers Dialogue system https://www.pixelcrushers.com/dialogue-system/

Comments2

LDJam user 276121
LDJam user 27612111 Jan 2023, 11:44
A cute concept, and I love a pun, but I felt the implementation of the concept was a little lacking, in that the court scene could have been more dynamic and involved. That said I'm not a fan of CYOA/VN so that's probably personal bias.
LDJam user 261418
LDJam user 26141811 Jan 2023, 15:02
Intersting story! The atmosphere was well established and engaging. The ending was somehow abrupt. All in all, a solid entry - well done! :)

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