Thank you!  Appreciate you playing and providing feedback!  I'm glad you liked the night sky and shooting stars!  Those wound up being some of my favorite parts as well!  Yep I hear that especially with the breadfruit weighing you down post boost (and even without it) the non boost speed feels a tad frustratingly slow.  Better to not frustrate the player lolz.  I'll try to find the balance of rewarding chaining boosts while not being so dang slow without them haha.  Cheers!

Thanks so much!  I was happy with how the night time vibes feel!  I notice a minor lag hiccup in browser when transitioning to night.  I wonder how I can ascertain why it has a lag spike there.  Thanks for playing and commenting!!  And for finding the secret ending XD

Thank you!  I Appreciate you playing and leaving feedback!  I agree that's totally where the fun is with this game is figuring out how to chain the boosts.  Sometimes you want to leave a close one for later or leave one at sea so you can get the correct boosts

I totally hear you that using them to lead the player would work well.  I was thinking a course might be nice.  With some obstacles.  Trying to keep up the wheee fast and never slowdown.

Especially thank you for noticing the breadfruit model haha that was like 90% of the reason I went with this idea and you're the first person to comment on it XD

thank you so much!  I'm having fun learning godot and the community is so cool and nice.  Cheers!

Well put yeah I totally get that.  I think a track is a great way to reward the chaining of boosts together and make it feel more intentional.

Yeah I was noticing the menu scaling issues too XD I'm using maaacks game template. It's awesome but I haven't figured out the scaling yet like the main menu buttons are too small and then the keybind settings menu is... jarring haha.  Figured it wasn't a deal breaker for a jam so didn't spend much time on it but I like the focus on accessibility so I'll endeavor to include those menus in my intentional stylings moving forward.

Thanks for playing and sharing valuable feedback!  Appreciate you!!

Thanks for playing and providing feedback!  Yep I hear that and you're right I think they are too confusing as is.  I wonder how best to convey the boost from the breadfruit followed by being weighed down by your cargo.  It's supposed to kind of represent a boost in morale amongst your crew and then the reality of less space and heavier load aboard the ship.  Also to incentivize chaining them one after the other.  

Maybe I could have a BOOST text hover over the boat after collection and a timer ticks down and then it shows a red arrow going down saying "weighed down" or some such.

Thank you for playing and leaving feedback!!  3D was one of my goals for this jam!  I am a blender noob as well as this being my first godot game.  I'm having a good time learning and I'm finding godot super capable its awesome!

I also felt that the ship might be a bit *too* slow when not in boost mode, certainly don't want to frustrate the player lol but also want to incentivize chaining your boosts so yeah tradeoffs there.  In general the speed variation feels like it needs some tuning and better readouts for the player.

Cheers!  Glad you had a good time!

Thank you!  Yeah I was content to keep it simple with this one, glad it landed with you!  Its my first game in godot and I'm still a noob at blender and 3D in general but its so fun to learn and level up with such a welcoming and uplifting community of game devs!  And thats because of people like you!  Thanks for playing and sharing your thoughts!!

Thanks for playing!  Appreciate you leaving a comment :) Really helps to know during this learning process what "works" and what "doesn't".  I'll keep night skies and atmosphere in the arsenal.

I owe the key binding goodness largely to having used maaacks game template https://maaack.itch.io/godot-game-template I found it while browsing the GWJ jam page.  I definitely recommend and will use again.  Took a bit of setup but is well documented and certainly saves time overall.  Glad I found it early in my godot journey.  Cheers!

Thank you!  I was happy with how that turned out 🌙

Thank you very much!  Appreciate you playing and leaving feedback!!  That makes sense regarding the speed fluctuation.  Making that mechanic more clear is a learning for me.  Cheers to you Scootch thank you!

Thank you so much for playing and providing feedback!  Really appreciate it!  I think a lesson for me is regarding readability of mechanics.  The boost is kinda meant to represent the excitement of the crew but then it also weighs you down a bit afterwards.  Chaining them together winds up being one of the more interesting parts so making that more clear for the get go will be of benefit.  Cheers!

Thank you so much!  Yeah I was wondering if I should be a bit more clear about the boost / speed mechanic.  Collecting the breadfruit gives you a boost but then once that's done it actually weighs you down a bit until you score it so the goal becomes chaining them together effectively.

Haha glad you got a laugh out of it!  It is indeed rather brief but as you spotted its my first game jam in godot and was done solo.  Kept the scope manageable but left some ideas on the cutting room floor.  I like the fruit bobbing so you have to catch them :)