Ahoy shipmate, an' welcome aboard The Floating Flea. We've got a series of very...ah..."special" cargo drops scheduled today, so you an' the crew gotta be on your toes. The Flea isn't the newest blimp in the air, but with your help she'll get the job done.
Take to the sky, crew! https://hammerfrenzy.github.io/ludum-dare-53 A quick note: There is a known intermittent bug with assets not rendering properly in web browsers. If you run the game and the title screen does not look like the image above, download the windows version in the "Downloads" section below. Thank you for your patience!
Objective
- Successfully make a delivery to each point on the map while keeping your airship afloat.
Controls
- WASD or Arrows to Move. - Space to control a different crew member. - E to interact with stations and ship events. - Listed controls for the different ship stations.
The Crew
Rico's the leader of this rag tag bunch...in addition to spreading plague, they also love visiting the local haberdashery to get the latest fashions in hats for them and their pet flea, Reginald. Reginald is rarely away from Rico, who is training Reginald in a variety of navigation-based circus feats!
Nixie loves to work out and insists on keeping her weights on the high tiny shelf by her hammock. She keeps the engine purring and the cargo dropping, sippin' Navy-proof rum while the gears hum.
Horace may be blind, but he knows The Floating Flea like the back of his hand. When he isn't in the rigging, managing the balloon and pesky avian invaders, he enjoys 'orticulture, 'erbal tea, and 'istorical fiction (in brail of course).
Features
The Floating Flea is sky-worthy, but she needs constant maintenance. Numerous events will keep your crew occupied as you navigate the map, including: - airship navigation - racing through your delivery route - putting out fires - chaos - taking screenshots to impress your friends
Possible Future Items
A few items we would do if we had more time: - more hats - a full tutorial - ship upgrades - a few more hats - speed run mode - more maps - more animations of crew (and fleas) - more sounds (also of fleas) - literally just all of the hats
Super nice ! wow guys the game is super cool will def need to replay it, you did an amazing job the art is good and the audio is super immersive haha nice vibe !
Okay wowo! I really like games where you can control multiple party members. They seems to be so rare and so few. I also like games like Cannon Fodder back in the 80s too. The music is.. inspired and the voice lines are well acted and make thematic sense! I also really like the scrappy/dingy art style! Well done!
@greatcadet Yeah, some browsers are having that issue and we aren't certain exactly what's causing it. You could try the desktop build if you're on Windows.
"Ok, one more try." - me at midnight yesterday trying to get close to 2:30
My first try where I thought I needed to change the speed and stop on the X's was 17:10, and my more serious tries hovered around 4-5 minutes. I think this setting is really creative! The art goes well will the pirate theming, and the catchphrases were perfect. Very catchy hum song. It would be nice to have a quick restart for when I know I made a wide turn and added 30s to my run - I guess that would be a speed run feature in your possible future items list. Great job!
I honestly really like this game! The mechanic of switching characters on the fly to make sure the ship is running good is really fun! It’s got the perfect amount of challenge and the tense situation where you have all 3 characters doing different things are so fun. I also really like the navigation around the map, reminds me of iron lung! Love the audio and art as well! Super fun game!
At first, I may not have fully understood the guidance, but the music was very intriguing. Additionally, the multi-perspective operation of three characters collaborating together was a very impressive aspect that caught my eye. Overall, I think it was done very well!
I LOVE THE ART! The gameplay is also really cool, switching between the different mice at different stations is neat and as more chaos spreads it feels very hectic in a good way. Controlling the ship is a bit difficult and clunky but I feel like that's intended. Also the music and voice acting's funny. Wonderful job!
Wow, the game's graphics are nice, and the idea is really good too. It was pretty hard though to steer, I see that as a positive thing, it took a bit of time to master the whole game in the sense of knowing and understanding how things work.
Amazing idea, I love games that makes you manage ship crews like this, reminded me a bit of FTL at some point, music and sounds are lovely. Would love to see more of this in the future
Really cool game, loved the multi-tasking aspect of it. Took me a while to figure out the cockroach showed you how much you were steering. After that it got a lot easier.
Pretty and fun game. Love the music. Haven't seen a similar idea for multitasking in any game yet, I like it. Also the little things add to the game like the steering indication with the bug and the cargo lever stuck are nice :D Good job!
Nice game and idea. I like an sfx. But imho, there is pretty high chance of a emergency occurring. i literally had no time to build a path and monitoring an arriving to the next target location. Also it would be better to be available to change crew members in both ways)) Good job overall!
Really great game, I love the characters and the music, and the feeling of rushing around and managing my crew was great. At first, I thought that the fires etc. happened a bit too often, until I realised that you can leave a crew member dealing with them whilst switching to the others!
I really enjoyed the game's art style and concept. The audio added a fun touch to the overall experience, although I did find the kazoo-style music to be a bit repetitive after a while. Great job yall!
funniest entry so far, loved the music. The art is cool although there is a bit too much contrast between the definition in the characters and in the ship. It also pulls you out a bit when you climb and it remains into a walking animation. But apart from that it's a nice game, good job!
"wait are we the badies?" lol, I love this game, it seems complex at first but the mechanics are pretty manageable, the idea is creative and the art style helps the mood a lot, congrats to everyone that worked on this, voice actors included! you did a great job
Great multitasking experience! I usually suck at these types of games but difficulty wise it's pretty balanced, very much manageable, beat it on the second try.
Was quite hard to manage every character, real fun game, very interesting approach. I do feel that the controls could be better, some times i struggled to get into certain placed, but the game was real fun. Well done!
I'm cantankerous and it takes a lot to impress me, but I am really impressed with the art and delivery! I love the funny quips and voice acting lines as you switch and how they change depending on the rat you're using, like the captain doesn't like being in the engine room. The voices really flesh out the game a lot and make the rats feel unique. really awesome idea, loved seeing the location of the ship on the map and how your actions change them. Cheers!
Amazing ! :D loved that little crew, I can't wait to hear this music played by the london philharmonic orchestra the concept is really good, i hope you will keep exploring it !
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Here's my PR from development (the one where I didn't cheat, anyway)
Change people to do things is great,the crew humming is great.
My first try where I thought I needed to change the speed and stop on the X's was 17:10, and my more serious tries hovered around 4-5 minutes. I think this setting is really creative! The art goes well will the pirate theming, and the catchphrases were perfect. Very catchy hum song. It would be nice to have a quick restart for when I know I made a wide turn and added 30s to my run - I guess that would be a speed run feature in your possible future items list. Great job!
Good job overall!
the concept is really good, i hope you will keep exploring it !
The little flea indicator! The characters! This almost feels like a I movie I would have seen in the 90s.