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A boat in the storm

By jacques_le_lezard

View on ldjam.com

CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall1873.6528
Fun2983.3028
Innovation1453.7029
Theme844.1328
Graphics1953.6423
Humor1883.0026
Mood563.8828

Comments

nick-rafalski 2021-10-04 02:28

This was neat. I am digging the abstract ocean visuals. I really liked the music, but you didn't put audio as a rating category so I'm assuming you didn't make it?

jacqueslelezard 2021-10-04 08:47

Thanks @nick-rafalski! I only worked two evenings on this so I gave up the music side and focused on the sound effects instead, the music is 10,000 Leagues by The Wilder Society.

pashaloban 2021-10-04 12:06

Good game with minimalistic visuals

jka 2021-10-04 17:56

Simply concept, but works very well. I love the minimalist graphics!

thatmanrobin 2021-10-04 18:27

It was fun, interesting concept and art. Best I managed was about 35 miles it seemed before I'd get flipped over.

zachsbutt 2021-10-04 18:30

I'm a pirate, yay!

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zettabit 2021-10-04 20:42

This was a great minimalist game. Great example that bigger isn't always better, especially for a game jam.

benchase 2021-10-04 22:49

Really great simple game!

wakobu 2021-10-04 23:21

Congratulations for making this game ! The game was quite short so I could not fully get into the mood. The game is original and the graphics are very nice ! Why didn't you register graphics ?

jacqueslelezard 2021-10-05 07:08

@wakobu thank you very much! Since it's a compo I wasn't sure if I could register in graphics since I edited but didn't made _all_ the graphic assets from scratch (rank icons for examples)

wakobu 2021-10-05 07:31

@jacqueslelezard Ok I see. If it's only about the rank icons, I think you should have enable graphics ranking but putting a notice the description :wink:

jacqueslelezard 2021-10-05 09:06

@wakobu I followed your advice and edited the page, thanks sailor! ⛵

wakobu 2021-10-05 09:41

@jacqueslelezard De rien moussaillon :water_polo: Sache que le règlement autorise l'utilisation de font externes en compo :wink:

purpledartfrog 2021-10-05 14:20

This looks really good - it's a very simple concept and it carries well with the minimalist look and the simple soundscape. Good job

:purple_heart: :dart: :frog:

picttarge 2021-10-05 23:56

Had the rank icons drawing over the text (21:9 ratio monitor probably kicked it out) but a simple gameplay mechanic that works. Captain rank for me, but still got caught out by a rogue wave!

dent 2021-10-06 00:10

Love the minimalist style as well as the sound in this and the ticking of the wheel is very satisfying!

frogravity 2021-10-07 15:35

Amazing game! One of my favorites thus far. I loved the artstyle, and the sound was incredible - both the music and the sound effects. My highscore was 32 miles - arrrrr! My only gripe was that twice I died while going in the right direction - the water was faster than I could rotate, which meant I couldn't do anything to survive, which felt bad. Other than that, incredible entry!

And one last thing - I'd love to see the changelog between the compo version and the latest one (besides the fixing playing outside fullscreen).

ditam 2021-10-07 16:52

I am loving the minimalism of this, bravo! Very inspiring.

glaciereclipse 2021-10-10 15:24

Very cool looking the game. Although the mechanic is simple it's presented in a very creative and beautiful way, I really enjoyed stabilizing the boat. I would like if there were more additions to it in terms of mechanic as you progress further. Awesome entry!

cain-sanches 2021-10-12 00:48

I love it haha, the sound, the graphic, fits perfect on the theme, it's rly cute all the water and how fun it is with a simple mechanic, really good job

dennis-magnusson 2021-10-20 17:52

Pretty fun. The graphics go a long way for being so simple. It would have been good with some anti-aliasing on the boat, though.

rengo 2021-10-20 18:08

Oh man this is cool! i love the mood and the sounds. cute and simple but could have a bit more to it. if you were to add more variety to this game and work on the graphics it would be actually a really really good game. It's definitely one of my favorites but i wish there was more to enjoy!

mrks 2021-10-20 18:09

love the minimalist approach to this! very beautiful and a lot of fun while being so simple :)

criobite 2021-10-20 18:09

Not bad! It's a simple game, but everything came together pretty nicely.

kack3y 2021-10-20 20:32

Very good idea ! I really liked the minimalist style. With so less we understand all the story very good. I noticed that the waves sprites are too short on the side, we can see the limit when the sea is very restless. Very good entry.

Best rank: Pirate (35 miles) ! I tried several times, but I think I didn't find all the ranks.

zimny11 2021-10-20 21:25

Really nice and clean art style. The music is nice too. Cool little game! I do not know why but, on my first try, I did not get rank :( There was a blank space after "Your rank:". But on the next attempt I got 40 miles!

I'm the Pirate Chief! Arrrr!

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varundevs 2021-10-21 01:46

Nice

nardandas 2021-10-21 02:22

Really cool idea, I was impressed at how well the simple art style worked! The motion of the boat was really effective, but I did feel the end came rather surprisingly. A bit more indication of how far is too far to tip would be nice.

jacqueslelezard 2021-10-21 07:20

@zimny11 oh didn't notice that bug yet, thanks for reporting, and congrats for your rank it's the best you can achieve! 🏴‍☠️

jacqueslelezard 2021-10-21 07:21

@nardandas thanks for the idea, I'll probably add something about it in the next iteration!

jacqueslelezard 2021-10-21 07:25

@glaciereclipse @rengo thanks for your comments! I was planning to add more (the lightning was supposed to come with it's own mechanic) but I was short on time for this compo (as many people here I guess ^^) I'll probably work another night at one moment to finish it! 🔱

patrickrmc 2021-10-21 19:43

Really digging the aesthetics with the graphics!