i might need to spend some more time with this one to understand it better. it's a little tricky to tell when my attacks are connecting, and why or why not. the blood splatter definitely helps, but there were times where i'd click the mouse at the same distance, but sometimes it would hit and others it wouldn't. sometimes it looked like there was supposed to be an attack animation playing, but it didn't show up consistently (and when it did, it was just a couple of frames from it)

i do love the music and graphics! the pirates look great. i like the idea of defending your castle from them, too. feels like a tower defense, but you're on the ground instead of placing things to fight