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Backyard Pirates by bompo

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made by bompo for LD23 (COMPO)
You are a Pirate! Arggghhhh! Sink all the other ships!

If you haven't installed Java, try the WebGL Version:
http://bompo.github.com/BackyardPirates/index_webgl.html

Edit:
The game seems to have some issues with Nvidia cards and disabled vsync. Please come back later if it doesn't work. I will provide a hotfix soon.
Edit:
Should work now! :)

Instructions:
Directional Keys/WASD: Steer your ship
SPACE/E: Fire Right
CRTL/Q: Fire Left
F: Fullscreen on/off
G: Sound on/off
B: Bloom on/off

I used LibGDX, Eclipse, LMMS, GitHub, Gimp, Bloom Lib, Blender

Windows http://bompo.github.com/BackyardPirates/pirates.jar
OS/X http://bompo.github.com/BackyardPirates/pirates.jar
Linux http://bompo.github.com/BackyardPirates/pirates.jar
Web http://bompo.github.com/BackyardPirates/
Source https://github.com/bompo/BackyardPirates
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-23/?action=preview&uid=7570

Ratings

Coolness 76% 2
Overall 3.49 148
Audio 1.46 709
Fun 3.53 87
Graphics 4.09 49
Humor 2.42 333
Innovation 3.24 292
Mood 2.85 327
Theme 3.54 164

Feedback

orangepascal
23. Apr 2012 · 07:24 UTC
love it! very nice :)
Thotep
23. Apr 2012 · 07:46 UTC
Nice graphics and shaders, good work!
kalle_h
23. Apr 2012 · 20:57 UTC
SO cool
voxel
24. Apr 2012 · 09:07 UTC
i wish you'd called this naumachia. still, fun game. best i've played so far
Zoomyzoom
24. Apr 2012 · 22:54 UTC
It isnt loading for me! I get a white screen.
Mach60KAS
24. Apr 2012 · 23:04 UTC
I love the graphics work here! The game is really fun to play too - although I think it could have benefited greatly from the addition of sounds. :)
FunkyDelPueblo
25. Apr 2012 · 18:25 UTC
Awesome graphics, and nice water physics!
zkenshin
25. Apr 2012 · 18:28 UTC
Had fun with it :)
samoojamies
25. Apr 2012 · 18:30 UTC
Nice looking game!
sampyxis
25. Apr 2012 · 18:32 UTC
I really like this - it was fun - and great way to deal with the theme.
Music and sound would have been a great addition!
chinchang
25. Apr 2012 · 18:40 UTC
the graphics are really cool but the game was a lil slow. collision detection was also quite wierd at some points.
caribou
25. Apr 2012 · 20:13 UTC
Fun !
smvilar
25. Apr 2012 · 20:44 UTC
Awesome graphics! Gameplay needs tweaking though.
Fireblend
26. Apr 2012 · 02:25 UTC
Really cool! My only complaint other than the obvious lack of sound and music is that the ships move way too slowly (it even took me a little while to figure out which was my sheep on the first round), and there's little confirmation when shooting of whether the cannon balls did any damage or not, but I can see how an "accelerated" version of this could be lots of fun, and the graphics and whole visual style is really appealing. Great job!
Jonathan Whiting
26. Apr 2012 · 20:04 UTC
Absolutely charming concept. Lovely art/feel. Sinking mechanic felt a bit opaque. Sound should be on by default! (and ideally a bit punchier)
01101101
26. Apr 2012 · 22:58 UTC
Wow amazing! The gameplay is fun, the graphics are great and the idea itself fits the theme perfectly and is quite original and poetic in some way. Only lacks a bit of music and maybe better controls. Definitely one of my favorites for this LD!
Jiddo
27. Apr 2012 · 16:53 UTC
Fun and good looking game! It's a shame that it doesn't have any music, a hectic, piratey soundtrack (the intro of Gangplank Galleon from Donkey Kong Country comes to mind) would have suited it perfectly.
DaveDobson
30. Apr 2012 · 12:53 UTC
Very cool! I like the 3D. Couldn't run the web or Windows versions (both crashed) on Windows 7 in Chrome, but WebGL version worked. Controls were responsive and mostly intuitive, and the rocking boats and water effects were very cool. Gameplay wasn't too deep (get it? get it?), but the rest of it was very impressive. Nice work.
dray
30. Apr 2012 · 15:19 UTC
boat, cannons, i like that
robbiehunt
01. May 2012 · 01:12 UTC
Man... I loved this! Would love more! The game play that's here is wonderful! A little more gameplay variety, and some sound... I'd play this for a while!

Perhaps multiplayer?? Yeah, that would be a dream game.
Tourgen
01. May 2012 · 02:13 UTC
Fairly polished and everything worked fine. Moving around and sinking ships was pretty fun. a sea monster or a different ship model would have been cool.
royvanrijn
01. May 2012 · 13:14 UTC
Very nice game, I love the graphics and the idea. The gameplay is a bit simple still, but it sure has potential!
samwoakley
01. May 2012 · 16:53 UTC
really really cool! I love the models and the idea behind it!
KevinWorkman
02. May 2012 · 00:28 UTC
Great start to a game, and it could be even better with different kinds of ships, weapons, powerups, more variety in general. Good work.
Orni
03. May 2012 · 08:01 UTC
I've loved this ship/canon combats since monkey island 3 - your game is no exception.

the idea of playing inside a pool is funny and the graphics are simply stunning for a compo entry.

very well done!
marudziik
07. May 2012 · 09:33 UTC
Looks cool, but is too easy, has no sound, and there's little variety in gameplay. I can see something much bigger out of this, like some other people suggested here (different weapons, upgrades, etc.), but it's a very, very good start.
davidwparker
08. May 2012 · 13:42 UTC
Controls are pretty bad on WebGL on a Chrome on Mac. (slow to respond).
Other than that, I really like the game... cool idea, looks really nice.
I could see this being expanded to include expansions+upgrades as well as multiplayer. Well done.
azurenimbus
09. May 2012 · 23:45 UTC
Really fun! This is begging for multiplayer.