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For your pirate wedding you have to retrieve Something New, Something Old, Something Borrowed, Something Gold - hence Old & Gold!
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I finished something old, something gold and had a good time with it, even though the gameplay is rather limited.
The things that shined most for me were the visuals and sounds.
Sadlilbirb chose a good palette and made good use of it too, keeping the sprites simple and clear. The sounds were also minimal but I feel like it captured the gameboy feel very well! In general, this game feels like a true gameboy game and it adheres to all the limitations of the Jam, as well as does a good job in portraying the second theme.
The game itself is rather short and the fighting at times feels a little clunky. Like I said though, I still had fun playing this game and would love to see where, if anywhere, it goes in the future! The UI was really nice though. I like that you didn't need bullets for the gun but you did have to wait for the reload. It made combat feel a little more interactive. The fact that skeletons blow up when you beat them with the hookhand was funny but felt hard to avoid sometimes.
All in all, good experience and a solid base that is commendable for spending only ten days on it. Well done!
Hey you added the other idle animations. Definitely makes it easier to position myself and attack, but these skeletons death explosions are pretty punishing. There were times I went from full HP to dead in under a second, and I think invincibility frames could help the sense of fairness.
You did a great job with the music, especially for your first go at it. Sprites and UI have a nice 90s aesthetic, and for tiles the staggered planks and the grills are well done in how they break up the sense of repetition. Overall, a vibe.
Thank you very much! I do think the explosions could be a bit slower or telegraphed, and yeah i considered invincibility frames but just didn’t get time to try to figure out how they work!
I like this. I feel like enemies attacking you from off screen is a little unfair, especially the screen with mr bones as it is such a small area. Soundtrack was nice and it definitely feels like a gameboy game
Thank you kindly! Yeah I did try to mess around with the aggro range of the skeletons to make it a little fairer, but couldn’t crack how to get them to only attack if you could also see them so we ended with offscreen bones flying at you!