I’ve been working hard on a polished post comp version of Dead Men Tell No Tales. New features added so far:

• Better balance and control over waves
• Multiple decks on the ship to defend
• Choose location and deck where to place pirates (instead of random)
• Limited the number of pirates (for balancing). Instead:
• Pirates can be upgraded
• The ship has a heartstone, you lose the game when this is destroyed
• Pirates faint instead of die and come back on the next wave
• Bug fixes, improved pathfinding, visuals and UI

Hot off the press, here’s some of the new pirates (from top to bottom): Swashbuckler, Gunslinger, Grenader and Rogue. The upgrades are shown left to right.

Next on the to do list:

• Animation states – idle, running, attacking, fainted and when taking damage.