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Published: 2014-04-22 04:35:52 +0000 UTC; Views: 5420; Favourites: 216; Downloads: 0
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I was required to make a platform game for a University project, and this is what i came up with. I want to point out that before i embarked on making this; my knowledge of coding in flash was limited to just making buttons (yep, 'The Nightmare' is made of nothing but buttons. I'm super serial..).Capn Banjaxed is (or is supposed to be) a story about a Pirate who is shipwrecked on an island after being tied to the helm of his ship by his mutinous crew. He finds himself on an island which he realizes is inhabited with treasure (as well as the ghosts of past treasure-hungry pirates). He decides that he will stubbornly attempt to acquire all the booty on the island before attempting to fix his ship.
I have worked on this bloody thing painstakingly for the 4 months, and honestly, i am unsure how i feel about the outcome. There is so so SO much more i wanted to do with this, but i simply didn't have the time before my deadline was due. Sadly, I won't be able to work on this any further after the aforementioned deadline, as the rest of my uni projects are leaving me virtually no time to do ANYTHING else.. Perhaps over the summer i will make 'Capn Banjaxed 2' with a less crappy engine and sprites that aren't laughably bad..
Also, I just want to say that i have found a new appreciation for all of you Pixel folks.. - I had no idea how much time and effort goes into making the simplest of pixel imagery. Some of you guys have got crazy-talent. Here's to the Pixel Artists!
Oh, and i also want to thank Zubaja for copious amounts of assistance with my coding. Dude is a legend
Edit: Version 2.0 - After much feedback (thank you!) it was obvious that the first two enemies were extremely difficult to avoid, and as a result; people were giving-up very early on in the game. So I've decided to remove them so that you can get a little further before giving up (Pfft, Ye call Ye-self Pirates?!). I have also significantly decreased the size of the hit-boxes around the enemies, so there is a little more jumping room. If you are up for the challenge of the original (harder) version 1.0 of the game, it can be found here: corruptjelly.deviantart.com/ar⦠. I just want to point out that the game is designed to be difficult, you need to time your double-jumps meticulously in order to avoid the ghosts, y'dig?
Finally, thanks for all the bitchin' feedback, i couldn't improve if it wasn't for you gnarly folk
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Comments: 159
Vallestin [2014-04-29 01:51:12 +0000 UTC]
wow!Β
its hard! wah
this is really cool though
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SavvyRed [2014-04-28 00:37:20 +0000 UTC]
Wow, this is AMAZING!Β You must have worked very hard on this!
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Epicaracacy In reply to ??? [2014-04-27 23:30:53 +0000 UTC]
hehe a few irritating glitches but the art style, music and gameplay is great
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ZequielinX [2014-04-27 08:17:48 +0000 UTC]
Dude all by your self man?Β nah you had help.
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phycebite [2014-04-27 06:58:23 +0000 UTC]
THANK YOU SO SO MUCH FOR THEΒ Β
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ALSO THIS IS SO COOOLLl!!!
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DARKMIND637 [2014-04-26 19:45:26 +0000 UTC]
gah those dang ghostsΒ ! still cool but that hit range for them is crazy
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optimistprime13 [2014-04-26 11:42:33 +0000 UTC]
Firs try and I glitched the game! XD
At the begining I went left and I fell of the world!
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UncleBibby47 In reply to ??? [2014-04-25 01:27:54 +0000 UTC]
cool... i beat the first level very fun just a bit glitchy and unfair in parts but thats okay. i think the ghosts hitbox is too big cuz sometimes they killed me when it looked like i didn't touch them... otherwise very fun simple game
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animehamster1475 In reply to ??? [2014-04-24 23:30:34 +0000 UTC]
stop kissing the ghost!
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animehamster1475 [2014-04-24 23:30:21 +0000 UTC]
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahh mr. captain why u do this to me just get ur booty and go!!!
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BlackAndWhiteFantasy In reply to ??? [2014-04-24 07:53:14 +0000 UTC]
I love this your really cool.Β Β
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KeylanMusic In reply to ??? [2014-04-24 01:31:31 +0000 UTC]
I just knowtist I can double jump xD
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EggHeadCheesyBird [2014-04-24 00:46:56 +0000 UTC]
JUST GOT PAST THE FIRST GHOST!
THIS IS GREAT! I'M GREAT!
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EggHeadCheesyBird In reply to EggHeadCheesyBird [2014-04-24 00:48:38 +0000 UTC]
MOTHERFUCKER!! > : ( THE SPIKES!!
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cutedarcypie [2014-04-23 21:20:48 +0000 UTC]
fun but arggggg Β can't get past the thorns lol
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Zubaja In reply to cutedarcypie [2014-04-24 08:35:38 +0000 UTC]
Have you tried double-jumping just when you're about to hit the spikes?
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Bigbrain446 [2014-04-23 20:14:22 +0000 UTC]
The coding isn't bad. You did a pretty good job on the hitboxes too
But the landing
If you can it'd be a good idea to stop him from sliding when he hits the ground. That's what kept killing me. I'd land safely and then slide onto the death spikes.
You might also consider adding a counter and some lives next time, or at least a checkpoint.
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Bigbrain446 In reply to Bigbrain446 [2014-04-23 20:37:57 +0000 UTC]
Forgot to add that I did in fact finish the game, and I was impressed overall.
The arrow signs were a great touch to provide direction, the art was nice, and the pirate jargon was definitely refreshing as the frustration started to set in.
I think people who say this is impossible to complete or that they hate it just aren't patient enough to see the game through or are focusing too much on the less-than-stellar controls.
With a few tweaks, this could be a really sweet game!
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Kalilak11 [2014-04-23 05:40:42 +0000 UTC]
Interesting art style. I especially liked the main character. Yes, the sliding definitely made it difficult, and the fact that you die the instant you touch something was slightly annoying. Maybe make the character start to blink or fade momentarily to give the illusion they are hurt instead of just dying instantly would help.
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34804 [2014-04-22 22:34:53 +0000 UTC]
lol I see why those pirates hung themselves at the begining XD
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BenevolentRose [2014-04-22 20:57:10 +0000 UTC]
I like the music and the game design is neat~Β Though the sliding made everything a lot more difficult, and I got too frustrated with finding myself back at the very beginning after one hit.Β I couldn't pass that part with the tree limb, so I'm not sure the average person would be able to play through the game.Β I love the idea though; and I'd like to play a game like this in the future.Β I love this idea~Β I just wasn't able to really get into it with how difficult it was. ^_^;
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yuuki-takaya In reply to ??? [2014-04-22 20:50:53 +0000 UTC]
can i give my honest opinion and you not hate me for it?
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ChrisLeversha In reply to yuuki-takaya [2014-04-22 21:30:08 +0000 UTC]
Yeah, please do
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yuuki-takaya In reply to ChrisLeversha [2014-04-22 22:17:49 +0000 UTC]
um well. to put it bluntly
i hate it. possibly one of the worst games i have ever played from an indie standard :/ sorry
that being said i still wonder why i played for so long
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ChrisLeversha In reply to yuuki-takaya [2014-04-22 22:38:30 +0000 UTC]
Well.. I suppose i did say you give me your honest opinion..
Thanks for playing anyway.. Any issues in particular that made it one of the worst indie games you've ever played? (So i know what to avoid in the future)
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yuuki-takaya In reply to ChrisLeversha [2014-04-23 03:45:16 +0000 UTC]
well it wasnt THAT bad. It was really Β the lack of friction that broke it (felt like i was sliding around on ice) and jumping around was too sporadic. it was hard to determine where i would land. and the enemies were too hard to avoid. the platforms were too small, i was confused where to go and how to get there.Β
so its not much wrong with it. i think you did i great job of making it. but this is why we have Alpha/Beta processes
just tweak it and it could be very enjoyable.
your still awesome though T.T
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yuuki-takaya In reply to KittyKatWarrior [2014-04-24 06:09:03 +0000 UTC]
so i am an asshole because i told him what was wrong with his game? i asked if i could be honest. and i told him its not that bad. I would be an asshole if i lyed and never offered any productive comments
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oswald-luver [2014-04-22 20:25:13 +0000 UTC]
that first jump was brutal for me T_T but really addicting!! XD
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12starlings [2014-04-22 20:00:57 +0000 UTC]
Pretty cool looking and good music and sound, but the character would slide a lot. :3
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StevoCanivo [2014-04-22 15:31:40 +0000 UTC]
oh and i almost forgot...the song was cool then in earth worm jim...and it's still cool now...in my opinion atleast good choice of music lol
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StevoCanivo [2014-04-22 15:17:22 +0000 UTC]
dude...all i have to say about this...is this....THAT WAS SO AWESOME!!! i actually beat the game and man the difficulty was crazy. I kinda cheated because i used xpadder and set up the controls to my controller to play it just to give me a legit game playing feeling lol. But i give you the upmost credit for these. Like you said even if it's a lil crappy i STILL applaud it because ME myself could never have put something so simple together like this. I wonder could you have done something WITH YOUR FREE TIME OF COURSE...something like a fanmade pokemon game...because i have this idea however i suck and drawing lil creatures xD so i have no refrence of what i want...but i do have a list of fanmade 152 pokemon that i would like to discuss with you...IF you have the time. but yea great game dude i really enjoyed it. i wouldn't give up till i beat it and i did...good job lol
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thunderstarofshadow [2014-04-22 14:29:10 +0000 UTC]
grr the controls don't work on my computer!!
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F0xf1r3 In reply to ??? [2014-04-22 13:13:44 +0000 UTC]
Ya did GREAT!!!! it's just a little hard bt thats how a game is supossed to be. So all in all you did AMASING. I couldent have done that! It's AWESOME!!!
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Finja-ohne-N In reply to ??? [2014-04-22 12:36:25 +0000 UTC]
this is so hard XDΒ
my captains just like Aaah! Aaaah! Aaah! all the time XD
a friend came in like "what is that, gameboy porn??"Β
how do i make it ver those fucking spikes x_O pls help me i cant stop this before omg ha ha...
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InvaderChaoticCandy In reply to ??? [2014-04-22 10:48:25 +0000 UTC]
woah this is so hard D:Β
great game though ^_^ im sure i just suck at plaing it XD lolz
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Zparx123 In reply to ??? [2014-04-22 10:15:32 +0000 UTC]
I'm not able to play this on a tablet. Β
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I-am-Inspired [2014-04-22 10:12:32 +0000 UTC]
why cant I win!? D: well done though, good fun (hard... 3
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