Ye Only Get One Aye by TaleLore

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made by TaleLore for LD28 (COMPO)
You are the pirate Captain's trusty pirate parrot. The Captain's rival, Captain Windybottom, has blown all of the treasure off of the Captain's ship. As you fly out to collect the Captain's treasure before it sinks into the sea, Captain Windybottom is inpersonating the captain, trying to confuse you. Don't respond to any of his commands. Make sure you still respond to the Captain's commands, however.

-The left and right arrow keys control your movement
-The up arrow key will flap your wings
-Space will make you say "aye aye, Captain", but beware: you may only do so once!
-The Captain's treasure will be blown into the ocean unless you collect it. He might not notice one or two pieces gone, but if you lose three or more you lose.
-The Captain and his impersonator, Captain Windybottom, will both be yelling commands at you. If a command sounds like something the Captain, a real pirate, would say, respond with "aye aye, Captain".
-Do not respond to Captain Windybottom or else you lose!

>Written in C++ using SDL, SDL_Mixer, SDL_Image, and SDL_tff and using the Code::Blocks IDE.
>Graphics made using Paint.NET as well as the rotsprite rotation and scaling tool.
>Sound effects and dialogue done vocally and recorded in Audacity. Yarr!
>Music is a playing of the traditional hornpipe melody "The Sailor's Hornpipe" by Wikipedia user Kildwyke.(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:College_Hornpipe.ogg)
>I had some help with my code from various online sources including the LazyFoo SDL tutorials.

Ratings

Coolness 49% 965
Overall 2.96 539
Audio 3.67 43
Fun 2.96 424
Graphics 3.32 298
Humor 3.76 44
Innovation 2.75 605
Mood 2.67 559
Theme 2.67 604

Feedback

tommakesgames
16. Dec 2013 路 14:49 UTC
Excellent humour! Love your vocals! Yaaarrrgh!
Toki Anholmes
16. Dec 2013 路 15:16 UTC
HA ! the sounds and the art are so juicy
kunzbe
17. Dec 2013 路 02:20 UTC
The artstyle is nice
cudabear
17. Dec 2013 路 14:40 UTC
Spectacular graphics! Loved the audio, too. Very funny :)

Gameplay is a bit repetitive after a very short while. For some reason no matter when I tried to say "aye aye" I lost, but when I didn't say "aye aye" nothing ever happened.
馃帳 TaleLore
18. Dec 2013 路 02:35 UTC
You have to wait until the real captain says something a real pirate would say before you say "aye aye".
Venks
18. Dec 2013 路 03:01 UTC
Really good stuff. Innovative, fun, nice graphics, humorous, and good use of audio. You covered yourself in all the fields by making a great game. Good stuff!
alexc
18. Dec 2013 路 03:08 UTC
Amazing and hilarious game, especially considering it was written in C++.
302_Dave
18. Dec 2013 路 03:15 UTC
I like the fake out ones. :)

Yo, Ho, Ho! Merry Christmas! XD
insane66
18. Dec 2013 路 03:52 UTC
Gets to be a real challenge to grab all those falling treasures. Nice work overall.
hamster_mk_4
18. Dec 2013 路 03:56 UTC
The bird flight mechanics was pretty fun but I didn't get the point of having the space bar mechanic aside from conforming to the theme.
Berzee
18. Dec 2013 路 03:56 UTC
Bwahaharrr. I hope you don't mind if I save these sound files to play at appropriate false-piratey times in my life. So good.

Regarding the gameplay, it took me a while to realize that all the items were treasure (I though I was supposed to dodge the debris/swords/hooks and catch the gold) but once I understood, it was quite manageable.
smash ball
22. Dec 2013 路 18:40 UTC
Almost lost it at "Eat a nutritious breakfast." Not the game, my composure. Didn't like how any key got out of the win screen. Had to beat the game again to actually read the win screen. Oh who am I kidding, that's as good of an excuse as any to replay this game.
GaTechGrad
06. Jan 2014 路 03:04 UTC
Cute game. The words of wisdom from the captain were great!