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Ship Happens

By cambryx, recyx, Gerrit and HerzogVonWiesel

View on ldjam.com

CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall184.3330
Fun154.2531
Innovation1303.8631
Theme4093.7731
Graphics364.5631
Audio484.1931
Humor2993.1329
Mood1264.1630

Comments

carsten 2026-04-21 09:54

Very cute game! :smiley:

jamope 2026-04-21 09:56

The visuals, audio and overall gamefeel are super cool. The game is very good and fun, hard to think this was made in 72h! Congrats!

nidoprince 2026-04-21 09:58

Fun! Difficulty ramps up pretty fast after the first bit. I liked the sounds of all the different boats, but I wish I had gotten a bit more time learning about each type before they were all arriving at once.

radiorat 2026-04-21 10:01

One of the best concepts! Loved the mechanics and the simplicity of the graphics, I could see this game on mobile with like a 1000 different lvls! Top tier game, honestly.

thelink 2026-04-21 10:03

Fantastic idea and implementation, very good game here. My only concern is about difficult curve: it really goes super hard super fast, and you don't have the time to enjoy that super well done mechanic.

splix 2026-04-21 10:04

The core mechanics are really cool, the game looks great, and the sound design is top. It’s also cool to have different boats, it adds variety. Also, it would be nice to have like, three levels, where you have to collect a certain amount of resources to complete one level and after u change the levels. Also, adding traps in the water to create different strategies, for example, a mine that appears every 15 seconds and stays in the game for 10 seconds, could be fun. But otherwise, excellent game! Well done!

asieke 2026-04-21 10:53

Very interesting mechanic balancing multiple boat routes in parallel.

divarium 2026-04-21 14:38

Very nice game. Good graphics. Good concept. I had trouble understanding when a ship is well guided to the port or not. I also wonder if the speed of the boat and their number is balanced for new player, maybe a tutorial level could fix that. Impressive game overall.

limered 2026-04-21 16:56

Thats a really chill game, until you have multiple ships doing donuts because a big one needs to unload ;) I liked the music and slow pace of it all and that you can root the ships around until you have a place to dock. Really a flawless execution. Nice one

shivvvy 2026-04-22 09:52

I really love the game’s art style. The gameplay is simple and easy to understand, and the music also fits the atmosphere very well 🎨🎶

bestdtang 2026-04-22 15:01

Absolute cozy vibes! The art and audio work so well together to create such a relaxing atmosphere for players who love a bit of planning. I’m totally hooked and could keep playing this all day!

universeflow 2026-04-22 15:05

this is a very polished and fun game! I really enjoyed how well the music, sound effects and art vibed together. I noticed there seems to be an issue sometimes where ships are not docking properly (I think it detects when you drag to the edge of the radius, not inside it), so I sometimes had ships at the dock but not doing anything. I also had a bug once where the ship just kept going and crashed into the island, although I dragged it properly to the circle and it even made the "ding" confirmation sound. Besides these issues it's an amazing game though :)

yodak 2026-04-22 15:18

Cool water shader and a lot of qauality of life and polish for a jam game! Very impressive!

polyvishap 2026-04-22 18:44

Yeah, I don't have anything to say. This one is just very nice, simple to figure out, and fun to play!

herzogvonwiesel 2026-04-23 09:58

@nidoprince @thelink @divarium Thank you so much! We have adjusted the difficulty curve ramping up too quickly because of a bug, you may try again now and see if you can beat our score in the fixed version if you like :)

revetoon 2026-04-23 11:31

oh my ogd this is such a simple yet effective concept ! With only the dragging action you managed to make a challenging and fun game, I love it :) Lovely graphics too !

egrassah 2026-04-23 11:32

Nice little game ! it's fun to play and the art and audio are nice x)

2026-04-23 11:35

Cool idea and fun gameplay, love it

nikorych 2026-04-23 11:37

Interesting concept, a really great game, good job.

pacelin 2026-04-23 11:58

Calm gameplay that makes the player panic. The theme is very indirect. Great jam game!

tryam 2026-04-23 12:00

A good game with nice graphics. Simple and straightforward gameplay. At first, it seems quite relaxing. But then you have to be careful, as there are a lot of ships =)

2026-04-23 12:02

The water shader is stunning! The graphics are beautiful this kind of music just makes you want to cruise around on boats! I did destroy the yellow ship a bit too quickly because I lost track of it :D I like that you can play this game in a carefree way I’d love to have something like this on my desktop. Great job!

rend 2026-04-24 10:54

The mood is incredible! It feels super cozy and chill at first, then in no time you're panicking and drawing all over the place to avoid collisions. When playing I thought that maybe it could be nice to add a 2x speed button, just for the beginnings, but then maybe it wouldn't be such a chill game. I really like this game!

gerrit 2026-04-24 13:52

Thank you all so much for the kind words! You are making my day! :)) And great ideas too! We just don't know where to take the time to implement all of them haha :D

tomas-poblete 2026-04-25 14:38

Great management game, it seems very polished (amazing for a 72h jam). I tried it on my phone and works great.

zathnic 2026-04-28 23:12

Feels very smooth, and the concept in itself is a very fun idea! It just could use some better difficulty balancing, like adding a speedup button for the beginning and then ramping things up a bit slower

okkolobr 2026-05-03 15:43

Simple yet efficient gamedesign, smooth and saistyfing gameplay ! Great job, congrats, one of my favourite so far !