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[alexpoysky]

RPS just covered us. We are floored!

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013/10/09/place-planks-and-plunder-pixel-piracy/


woohoo, they say we are going to make a splash!

[Meta]

RPS just covered us. We are floored!

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013/10/09/place-planks-and-plunder-pixel-piracy/


woohoo, they say we are going to make a splash!

Well, that's awesome!
But they also said that you sent a broken tech demo. Rahlala, you should have been more careful!

[alexpoysky]

Every tech demo in the world is bound to be broken bro! It's pre-alpha!

It was the least of our worries to be honest, we were more worried about "Will he ENJOY it." I mean, if the game is enjoyable but the current tech build is borky that's fine, it'll come through soon, but if the game is dogshit but plays splendidly, it's still dogshit

[Meta]

Every tech demo in the world is bound to be broken bro! It's pre-alpha!

It was the least of our worries to be honest, we were more worried about "Will he ENJOY it." I mean, if the game is enjoyable but the current tech build is borky that's fine, it'll come through soon, but if the game is dogshit but plays splendidly, it's still dogshit

Hehe, you're absolutely right. Even with the bugs the author happened to saw the great game underlying under the broken code and wrote a nice article about it, so it's definitely your win.

[alexpoysky]

After much deliberation we have decided to let Bay12 users on this post use the build to fiddle around with the ship building system. NO we will not charge. NO we will not do any sort of pre-order.

IF we ever get onto steam early access we would go down that route.

If anyone want's in let me know via PM

[alexpoysky]

I just sent a clutch of 20 alpha copies to of the game. Knock yourselves out! If anyone else wants one PM me. Also, feel free to post your ship's screenshots here and we might use them in the final game as enemy captains!

[Anvilfolk]

Had to quickly test it! I tried to make a Catamaran!

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Constructive criticism, as requested: allow people to place blocks wherever, and make a check at the end to make sure everything is connected. For example, if you want to make a nice V, you have to switch between regular wood and the slanting wood every single step of the way, and that's pretty annoying.

Also: tooltips please! It's definitely hard to figure out what some of the parts are. I had a little clue because I'd read one preview, but I still have no idea what lots of those pieces do.

I know you didn't ask for this, but the control scheme is also definitely a little off from the standard fare, so it gets confusing. Left click to select and right click to move is how most games do it!

This has a ton of potential!

[nenjin]

Can you rotate blocks?

Agreed with AF's points.

Aesthetically the game presents very well. It has a nice 16-bit vibe coming across. The sounds could stand to be a bit lower by default, IMO, as the sploinging, jangling sounds of every thing can start to grate on your nerves pretty quickly.

As for only testing ship building.....I managed to test out combat by accident

[alexpoysky]

To rotate blocks click on them .

Also tooltips are being made, AND you CAN play the game all you want, what I mean is that the current build is focused on the core building. Meaning if you DO find a bug in combat or what not, save it for now, as we are PROBABLY aware of it and are currently working on it . Also, feel free to post pics of anything neat you find in the game itself

Edit: Anvilfolk/Nenjin Thanks so much for the feedback guys! It's good to see you LIKE the game and want to see it take form

[alexpoysky]

Sorry bro, I already sent you a copy

[Levi]

Grats on the RPS article! 

[Knave]

Thanks for the Alpha send!

Working right now, but I'll take a look tonight.
I'm assuming it's a windows only build?

[Catastrophic lolcats]

Thanks for the alpha access.
So I tried making a galley. I'm a little artistically challenged but I think it came out alright. I found the ship editior pretty functional and didn't noticed any major quirks. As is well known the lack of tool tips is the biggest problem factor at the moment.

Spoiler: image (click to show/hide)

Such a vessel would of course be completely out of place in the Caribbean but could have some success raiding coastal communities while being able to grapple and loot small merchant ships. I suppose it's more of a hybrid between a galley and an early galleass now that I think about it.

[Iceblaster]

Heh. By the time I get done with school enough for extended free tube, all the cool stuff will have been done

[Sonlirain]

Ok sooo opinions on the ship builder.

Needs tooltips ASAP.
Pixelart is nice when you can discern what you are placing where but without tooltips and pixelart... it's not always obvious.
Hell i mistook the crow's nest with a rudder (well i THINK it's a rudder).

Also it would be nice if you could also flip the half bricks vertically to create ramps.