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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Gameplay | #7 | 2.875 | 2.875 |
| Overall | #10 | 2.875 | 2.875 |
| Audio | #10 | 2.750 | 2.750 |
| Graphics | #13 | 2.500 | 2.500 |
| Historical Accuracy | #13 | 3.000 | 3.000 |
| Thematic Relevance | #13 | 3.625 | 3.625 |
Ranked from 8 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Historical Accuracy
Based on the WW2 naval battle of Leyte Gulf, a catastrophic loss for the Imperial Fleet and a descisive victory for the Allied United States forces in the Pacific theather. The largest naval battle of WW2 and debately the larges to all time, the Japanese were outnumbered a staggering 300 to 67 ships.
Thematic Relevance
The use of limited bombs and visibility of enemy ships helps capture what would of been a desperate last stand of the Imperial Japanese fleet. In addition, the sprites used for enemy ships are based on real WW2 USA warships such as the Iowa class battleships that were a staple of the time.
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I really liked this game with the homage to Battleship. I also appreciated that the ships randomly spawned which increased the replay ability for me. I wished we had more in the sense of background music but the silence with the exception of bomb dropping adds a level to immersion. I also had an issue where sometimes a ship would overlap with one another and I wasn't able to reach a win state, but overall a really solid game!
Really cool core gameplay, although at some point it feels too easy to manage a win state. Small note though that at some point, there was an overlap in ships, and it wasn't recognizing that I did get all the ships! Very fun to play overall. The sfx also feels very immersive. Art and UI scaling needs polish, I’d say, but it is rather cool to see the different ships in the game scene. Thanks for the entry!
I had fun guessing where to place the next bomb. A very successful and solid execution of the battleship idea!
Nice implementation of Battleships.
The blue lines for the sea made it hard to click on the right square.
Nice implementation of Battleships.
The blue lines for the sea made it hard to click on the right square.
Neat battleship game. It's a bit weird that the ships images can overlap on tiles, makes it a bit confusing. Congrats on finishing.
it’s been ages since I played a battleship game, the audio sounds really good
Nice battleship style gameplay and easy to play.
Nice battleship game.
I opened the game in fullscreen and the main menu almost blinded me, but other than that this is a very fine game.
Given time it would have been cool to see some interesting twists to the battleship formula.
*would have