Very much inspired by Crypt of the Necrodancer. Great job! This was fun to play! Though few, I enjoyed the obstacle/puzzle elements added - they gave just enough variety to the experience, especially for a short jam game.
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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Graphics | #29 | 4.488 | 4.488 |
| Overall | #43 | 3.899 | 3.899 |
| Soundtrack/SFX | #47 | 4.023 | 4.023 |
| Quirkiness | #62 | 3.907 | 3.907 |
| Gameplay | #64 | 3.837 | 3.837 |
| Gameboy Soul | #147 | 3.814 | 3.814 |
| Secondary Theme Interpretation | #173 | 3.326 | 3.326 |
Ranked from 43 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does your game meet GBJam's theme
The game is about finding out the old treasures around the islands
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This was impressive! Gameplay was smooth and felt good to move, not being able to go straight backwards makes sense but took a second to adjust to! Graphics were amazing, and soundtrack was bumping! This would fit right at home on a Gameboy cartridge too! Really great work!
I thoroughly enjoyed this game! I liked how everything moved together. Shooting and dodging felt like I was playing chess.
I really enjoy the flavor text and overall game play! It is really smooth and enjoyable. Now to my favorite part, the pixel art is outstanding. I was blown away with the level of detail and animation. It is truly impressive and amazing work!
This is an amazing entry. I remember seeing your ship sprites initially and thinking “i want to play that” and i’m glad I did. Soundtrack was lovely and bouncy and the whole gameplay and audio presentation reminded of crypt of the necrodancer. Having everything move as you move gave the shooting and navigation a lovely thoughtful puzzle to it. Stunning game.
This is unreasonably polished. I like the "cannonplay" in this. Great job!
Amazing entry! Can't believe how polished it was. The art, gameplay, and music were all so great and unique, I don't know how you thought to have a waving checker pattern indicate the water but that was perfect. Couple things could be improved: as someone else pointed out, there were some areas without collision and the outline on the text was missing some pixels. Other than that, this felt really complete for a game jam game that was made in a week, so huge props to you!
Yeah, so stupid about this collision, hidden by the cliffs, lesson learnt !
About the checker pattern, if I can give some insight. Playing at first I felt lost without any sign, I didn't have the animates waves either, so it became tough to understand. I tried with a grid at first, but it was ugly, too busy on screen. Checkerboard then felt like a much cleaner way of translating the grid to the player
Thanks for constructive comment !
Really liked the grid-based sailing. Turning the ship and lining up cannon shots made the movement feel like its own little puzzle.
The clouds dispersing as you explore was such a nice touch too, and the art, music, and VFX give the whole thing a lot of atmosphere.
Short and sweet, but really memorable. Would definitely play more of this.
Stunning graphics! Music's so good I moved with the beat
Fantastic little game! I found all the treasures and made the sea a better place. A turn-based sailing game is great. I just wish there was more content. Really nice world design with lots to explore, and all looking good!
This is fantastic! I love the writing, the cannonball system is really fun and you even had a great theme drop B^) I think this will be a fav of mine to come back to :D
Your art is reallyyyyy awesome (๑•̀ㅂ•́)و✧
The game is simple and fun, great job!
Cool game! But cloud tiles are a bit broken sometimes, and i found place without collisions, dont think it`s should be there.
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That little island with no collision definitely makes the game a lot easier :''3 But I don't think that was intended.
I like so many things about this game: art style is amazing; VFX is so smooth; gameplay and movement are so creative and interesting; music is super cool; difficulty and level design are so on point and well balanced, exploration is really enjoyable, everything. This game has it all, well done!
Such a cool game! I love the grid movement and puzzle styled exploration. Just wish there was more!





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