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Harbour Master

By hierarch and martoko

View on ldjam.com

CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall3893.7520
Fun3803.6620
Innovation1174.0020
Theme5703.6320
Graphics6623.4420
Audio3683.5220
Mood5823.5020

Comments

wbertrand 2023-10-02 22:13

Art, audio, and mechanics were all really well done! Would have been nice to have a bit more info / tutorial at the start, but once I got the hang of the interactions it was a lot of fun lining up the cargo to the correct ship!

dioinecail 2023-10-02 22:40

I really like the crisp graphics, they have a certain oldschool aesthetics :)

At first I thought that you push the lane that's supposed to move, but after a few fails I understood that it's the other way around

I don't know why but after a few levels I got a bit anxious and decided not to continue playing. I feel like it would be better to select the lane to move instead of moving two other lanes but it might be just me

Overall id say it's a top 5 contender, very well made!

chaineddreamer 2023-10-03 12:42

Great idea and execution. one of the most fun LD54 games I've played. Art and mood are fantastic. The game mechanic works great too. maybe it needs a tutorial level. I dumped lots of stuff in the water at first!

scott-cooper 2023-10-03 14:39

Took a second to figure it out, but I liked the idea, and the art style was pretty cool too! Good job!

zach-rouhana 2023-10-04 04:13

Awesome mechanics. Would like to see this with deeper gameplay loops

jagman 2023-10-04 09:56

It took me a while to understand that I have to choose ships and choose their cargo types, but after that it's quite an interesting and novel idea. I can imagine that with more content it will be a nice game.

c42 2023-10-04 10:01

It took me a couple of minutes to figure out the game, but it was fun when I did! A short tutorial (even on the LD page) would be great, and I would really like to be reminded of the order of the items on the ship, which I found a little counter-intuitive. Otherwise a nice concept!

digital-bacon 2023-10-04 10:06

Nice game. Took a minute to figure out what I was supposed to do, but got there in the end. Well done!

arivaneverdingen 2023-10-09 00:59

took a minute to get started but once i figured everything out it was really fun!

jordandb524 2023-10-09 23:53

It took a few attempts to figure out what was going on, but one I did I really enjoyed the mechanics and the atmosphere! You could take it to the next level with some explicit tutorials and background music!

someone 2023-10-16 22:26

Nice idea, well executed. Smoking the pope was a nice touch to give it more personality. The mechanics were a bit unclear at first, such as what order the items had to be in the ship, but easy enough to figure out through trial and error. I did run into some situations where it didn't seem possible to survive. I managed to get 80 shillings, but then hit a game over trying to figure out what the wave button that appeared did. Some explanations would have been nice, but overall, great job.