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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Community Favorite | #3 | 4.372 | 4.372 |
| Playability and Fun Factor | #5 | n/a | n/a |
| Innovation and Creativity | #5 | n/a | n/a |
| Technical Execution and Completion | #6 | n/a | n/a |
| Impact and Engagement | #7 | n/a | n/a |
| Theme Integration | #8 | n/a | n/a |
Ranked from 43 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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Wow, this is such a polished and complete game! The gameplay is fun, the assets are used well, and the mechanics are engaging and smooth. It’s a beautiful, immersive experience. I love the management aspect - switching between two resources (rum and treasure), and between the two surfaces to collect them. I’m also glad there is a helpful tutorial that makes it easy to get started. I enjoyed playing it a lot. Well done!
Thank you so much for the beautiful comment!
Met the theme very well, the second I focused on treasure I started to run down on rum and vice versa, always giving that feeling of swapping between 2 things
I know technically you can't reverse in a ship but it's annoying not being able to do so haha
Really charming game, great concept, satisfying visuals, I would've played longer to get all the upgrades! Reminds me of flash games I played in high school
Bug - After I died nothing happens, maybe I died during something happening - like collecting rum/treasure? I can't remember
Thanks for playing and the really nice comment! It's such a bummer I can't update the game to fix that bug, it's some WebGL quirk unfortunately that's causing it.
Wow, very beautiful game. Plays very well and the mechanics are so smooth. Need some consequences apart from time.But very fun and engaing to play.
Thanks for checking the game out!
Just amazing! The gameplay is really fun and addicting. I think if you had something to fight, it would be twice as fun. I could really see this game as a multiplayer PvP game.
Great work! keep going:D
Enemy ships would be really cool! Thanks for playing!
Everything presented here is really amazing. From the assets, to the mechanics, concept, sounds, gameplay and effects. Easy to see that a lot of effort was put in to tie it all together.
I like the addition of the small details likes birds, bubbles, fish, etc.. in the surroundings, really completes the game.
The ship flip is so cool, the hook mechanic is really satisfying and the "rare" rum/chests was also a nice touch.
Also really like the fact that a tutorial was added and everything was explained clearly and concisely.
Solid 5/5
Good job to everyone!
Wow thank you so much! I like that the details I've added made a difference :)
Very polished game!
Turning the ship upside down for the first time was amazing hahaha
Very good job!
Thanks for playing! Glad you like the mechanic :)
Fun & addictive game.
This game looks beautiful, loved the water visuals and the music, very on theme. The Space to flip mechanics is brilliant and the hook also felt very satisfying <3
Thanks for the kind words!
Good game! Very professional. Satisfying.
Thanks for playing and congrats with your position on the leaderboard!
Thanks! I am hoping to get a sub-4min on my next attempt! You’ve made a real gem.
I managed to optimize my strategy and get sub 4 and I am pretty confident I can do sub 3 now.
And sub 3 but I feel I can do much better. The game is so good.
Wow wow wow, beautiful game and really unique concept! This could genuinely be developed into a full real game, there's so much here.
Wow thank you so much! I don't really know yet how to make it into a full game but I'm sure I could come up with something eventually. If you have any ideas feel free to let me know :) Thanks for playing!
This game is Beautiful! I really enjoyed the ability to flip the ship and seeing all the small fishes and the God Ray effects under water!
What I really really enjoyed was how the player determines how sweaty they want to play! Halfway through I decided to spend all my money and was stressing for a bit haha! Great Game Design!
I can see this evolving into a lot of things! Enemy ships! Cannons! Ports to trade for special items or hire special henchman! The polish on the final game is insane! Overall amazing job!
Enemy ships would be so cool! It was one of my initial thoughts during brainstorm but making good enemy AI is quite time consuming, something to think about after the jam for sure! And the fishes were my girlfriends idea, I think they really add a lot to the atmosphere! The god ray effect is actually just a particle system that is connected to the player and always rotates towards the sun. Thanks for playing!
Wow that was so much fun! And, genuinely well polished and even with a leaderboard and tutorial! I'm impressed. My first thought was how it fits in with the theme of the jam, but that's not really a big deal. Excellent game, would love to see it fleshed out more. The ship flipping mechanic is unique and satisfying.
How rum affects the flow of time for wages? I felt it fit that way.
Thanks for playing! That means a lot. The theme is mostly project hopping (switching between collecting treasure and rum) with a touch of time dilation with the rum influence on time.