When I think of farming in a pirate fantasy game: Grow cannon balls. Grow exploding cannon balls. Grow expanding cannon balls. Grow ALL the cannon balls!
You were too eager to get back into combat you skipped that entire dialogue that explained how you revive sailors :) You're absolutely right though, there are a lot of systems but theyre all very underwhelming. I wanted more time on my boat and less on the island. The ship combat I found to be simple, strategic, and addicting. I look forward to to future updates! Couple of random tips from my experience so far: Attack the enemy ship's helms to wear down their shields. Always take the loot or upgrades when you finish a battle. You can sleep and instantly repair your ship. time has no meaning in the game. Sailors get abilities and lvl 2 and 5. They are randomly selected from a large list and some skills are significantly better than others. One ability for example makes the pirate immune to shark attacks. Each sailor gets 1 passive ability and 1 active ability. Hire sailors with high intelligence. They level up faster and wont break equipment when attempting to repair it. Invest in HP early on or you will constantly waste money reviving or hiring new pirates.
1. attack the weapons, or the helm, just focusing on the helm gets you killed quickly, 2. choose what you need after the battle. 3. hire sailors with high stats, not just with high int, you can always gain more int later but you want the overall stats to be high, 3. dont overinvest in hp, the stat points are extremely limited.
Some of it was valid criticism, but I feel like there was a surprising amount of misreading or just not noticing things. I'm sure part of it was just streamer blindness but some of it he just never saw when he played the game before streaming it
idk, a farming sim/rougelite crossover sounds like a dream to me. Could use a little more fleshing out, true, but I feel you just weren't in a patient enough mood while playing
It could use some more variety in the quests and reasons to go out on the ocean. Stuff like delivering cargo to a specific person (with the option to steal it), wooing a governors daughter (or kidnapping her for ransom), escorting traders (or ambushing them), attacking certain ports (or bribing / sneaking your way in), smuggling goods (or reporting the smugglers). Just more things to do and decisions to make. It'd also be nice if you could repair destroyed ships and assign someone as captain so you could have more of a fleet rather than just the one ship.
Remember kids, attaching random pairs of scissors to your fishing line may look pretty cool and all, but it will give the fish an advantage if they figure out how scissors work 🤔🤔
This feels like one of those kitchen sink type games that always has something to do. I like FTL but I really gotta want ship battles specifically to play it. This looks fun.
Maybe the game should have something like a story mode, that is more like stardew with fleshed out dialogue and so on and something like a survival mode, that would focus more on the ship fights.
I really feel like you're meant to die to the monkey bounty to introduce the rebirth mechanic. Honestly it feel like the devs just hate tutorials so they throw everything on the player at once. If they took the time to improve the story and introduce elements better I think people would enjoy it more. Also they could add a "story mode" were they revamp everything like I mentioned and a "free sail" mode that is more like the current state but even less story-beats
It feels like you are not trying to have fun with the game. If it is not a game for you, just dont play it I guess. That being sad, I think your points of critique are accurate and deserving. Im interested to see the game, when it is fully developed. : )
I think he is trying to give feedback with this game for the devs, cause they need to hear about things that don't click with the game for people. Plus I think this game maybe suffering from being packed with too much stuff and needs to have a core that the game is centered around.
I have no problem with taking inspiration from other games, but so many small devs think that means 'let's take the entire UI and clone it for our game.'
That's not fair. If something is good why not use the same idea. Big game companies do the same. Just have a look at how many mmo's copied WoW's UI. Why? Because it does the job very well. No need to change what already is good. The changes should be in the game mechanics and game content.
The combat reminds me of some kinda old mobile game with 1v1 td-management rts. It had a good story too for such a small game. But the combat was very intense and explosive. (It was called REDCON or smth, just had a flashback)
If the devs haven't already, they should look at a mobile game called Pirate Power and it's ship combat. Stardew Valley also has a rogue-lite section when you go mining, so it's not unusual for these types of games to bend or blend genres. Also, as much as I love Stardew, nobody would call that game's combat.. good. Or involved. I'd like to see the game lean more into the ship stuff and be light on the "chores," like watering, but I don't mind base management.
Completely in agreement on how attractive looking this game is. I'd think I'd like this game more overall though if it is to keep the base-building it's more along the lines of you find/hire farmers and others to basically automate that aspect for you as supplementary to resource gathering while the gameplay concentrates on the ship, the exploration, pirating, treasure hunting, crew building and ship building to more complex levels and more complex combat. Seeking out quests and storylines in the open world. FTL is very focused on its roguelike approach and there's no continuity or building between runs really. But an open world like this (and if randomization is possible for new playthroughs) could provide a kind of FTL-like with deeper, more extended playthroughs that we actually build up our characters (so it hurts even more if/when we lose them sort of like Xcom), so long as they actual combat and ship mechanics are themselves deepened and balanced well. One shining aspect of FTL is how sharply tuned its ship combat generally is, while giving a good amount of room to explore different approaches. One cool ship weapon they could add (if they haven't already) is balloons/bigger pet birds that can be sent over the enemy ship to drop bombs of various types (structural damage, crew damage, slowing movement/reloads, etc). Along with perhaps sending out harassing/damaging swarms of crows or parrots.
Longer battles and way larger ships, combat looks complicated at a glance but its rather basic. Farming feels unnecessary, little slow and... borring. Maybe if escapades were longer and farming served as a way to make supplies etc would make it meaningfull (definetly needs to be feel tedious imho)? Maybe game takes of in this direction later, idk, if so then the start feels really slow imho
I completely understand where you're going with your takes on the game Picking it up recently, I felt a little overwhelmed/confused on what to do. I really enjoy the ship battles but not so much the island exploring
Respectfully, I like the "Harvest Moon" elements of the game, although I wish they would have been implemented differently. It's much too basic for a game to start you off with all of these lv 1. tools and expect you to want to use them again, for the umpteenth time. It would make _much more sense_ if you had to actively decide to buy a tool, because you are _incentivized_ and actively _want_ to use that tool to pursue a specific growth strategy. I do think there's too much story. Then again, the alternative to that is to have something like Pixel Piracy, where there is absolutely no text and the game feels "unpolished." So, it's a mixed bag. What I hate, however, are these completely tasteless stories that, for some reason, have become so popular amongst millennial writers. For instance, what kind of island is called "Seablip"? You cannot even select the sex of your character in this game, but you can give them pink hair and certain hairstyles which imply a specific gender... What's the deal with that? It's just so cutesy, unrealistic, and post-modern in its design, that I can't get behind it.
what's your infatuation with needing to let the game know what sex you are also i've never seen a dye box with any restrictions on it on who can and can't use it same with hairstyles lol all these rules you make up for yourself are silly and keep you inside of a cell of your own making.
If all you want is a pirate combat just play a game that does only that. Skipping over story and impatiently trying to get to the part you want is what is making it unenjoyable. Also you seem to not like games with a combination of mechanics. maybe this game is just not for you and it's not the issue of the game itself. What i see is a good pirate game that has a story and other things to do within the game. Also it can be a cozy engaging roguelike there is nothing wrong with that. also this is the first video the was recommended to me by youtube and it wasn't a good impression I would say if you don't vibe with a game don't show it because it won't lead to subs or likes.
"the game is in alpha, i feel like there isnt a lot to it >:c" "i have zero interest in the story, idk what to do or where to go >:c" i dont remember what it was, but there was another game that you gave this treatment that really bothered me. i normally really enjoy your content, but i really dislike when you give these kind of poor takes.
you should at least read the tutorials... speed is good for evading, too. but i agree on that these systems need more flesh and combat more engagement.
Being able to have the same number of crew as systems seems like a flaw. You end up just having one person on each system and just sitting and waiting. If there were fewer crew and you could put two people on the same system it would add a lot of decision making and skill and be a lot less boring. Also the farming and stuff just seems kind of pointless at the moment. Yeah you can do it, but why?
Speaking of pretty but flawed games, could you try out Synergy sometime? All these Early Access games that are still rough are driving me mad cause there’s no telling if they’ll actually improve or even really finish it.
@@atulk603 FTL is a great roguelike/lite spaceship tactics combat game. Very focused on doing its core gameplay well rather than trying to do too many different things. Excellent tuning and balance. It really hits a sweet spot between accessibility, variety and depth, with a lot of replayability and unlocks. Other games have tried to do what it does but it's still the best imo.
I think dialogue, deep lore, and NPC interaction are great aspects of gaming... they just need to occur naturally and mostly be sought out by the player between solid bouts of action. Personally I hate it when a AAA RPG has me wishing there was more to do in terms of interaction with the companions or other NPCs.
You trash this game so much that I almost bit your opinion to see you clearly didn't know what you doing. For the very first time big disappointed in you "showing" a game
Same, trashing games like this that were clearly made with a lot of love by a small indie team/single person always leaves a bad taste in my mouth. If people keep picking things apart like this we'll soon have nothing left but the triple A cash grab garbage that consumes most consoles.
The issue with that was that the dev just straight up vanished for some years. Why? Nobody knows. They have actually been updating the game again though which was so random.
I hate to say this, because games like Terraria were very nice. But deciding to make your game a 2d sidescroller (as opposed to top-down like Stardew Valley) really limits what you can EVER do with the game.. As a dev, and as a player. I really dont think its a good choice for farming / exploration / building style games. Yes i'll say it, i think Terraria would have been even better if it was top-down instead, so you had more directions to explore than just "was that thing to the left or right".
Honestly, this comment seems insane to me. Have you actually played Terraria? You do know you can jump, dig down, fly, and do lots of other interesting movement techniques that would not work nearly as well, if at all, without the side view, right? Did you ever go to hell, or sky islands? I'm not a Terraria fanboy by any means, but it is easily one of the most beloved games of all time, and making comments like just make no sense, especially since you are a self described dev. I really think you should take a break from programming and broaden your horizons a bit, maybe try to gain a better understanding of what makes a game fun for other people, not just yourself.
@inHaze I've gotten insanely far in terraria because it for a while was the only game I owned that a friend would play with me. I genuinely dislike it so much. No real idea why just don't like how it plays or looks.
@@muzzypwnyou I personally prefer Starbound since there's so much more choice in character creation... you actually get 'character' out of it instead of basically picking gender and a couple of colors. With mods it's at least as fun as Terraria could ever be (much better imo) but this is all beside the point. These diggy/buildy side-scrollers totally have their place and they're fantastic games for what they do. This game just doesn't seem to stand up to the competition. At least not yet.
Ill buy to support this dev. We need a good pirate game like this and his game has a lot of potential.
Everyone needs a good me and I have potential, gimme your dollarinos.
rip Dave Tablechai's grandpa, he died doing what he loved - withholding secret letters from bad man pirate gangs
it's fun to turn every islands in the game into arboretum, just plant every tree in every single land plot possible
When I think of farming in a pirate fantasy game: Grow cannon balls. Grow exploding cannon balls. Grow expanding cannon balls. Grow ALL the cannon balls!
Doesn't have to be _all._ You just need to grow some balls.
@@RFC3514 Got em'
25:45 Ah yes, Whalgrim the giant whale, unlike the rest of his normal-sized brethren
You were too eager to get back into combat you skipped that entire dialogue that explained how you revive sailors :)
You're absolutely right though, there are a lot of systems but theyre all very underwhelming. I wanted more time on my boat and less on the island. The ship combat I found to be simple, strategic, and addicting. I look forward to to future updates!
Couple of random tips from my experience so far:
Attack the enemy ship's helms to wear down their shields.
Always take the loot or upgrades when you finish a battle. You can sleep and instantly repair your ship. time has no meaning in the game.
Sailors get abilities and lvl 2 and 5. They are randomly selected from a large list and some skills are significantly better than others. One ability for example makes the pirate immune to shark attacks. Each sailor gets 1 passive ability and 1 active ability.
Hire sailors with high intelligence. They level up faster and wont break equipment when attempting to repair it.
Invest in HP early on or you will constantly waste money reviving or hiring new pirates.
1. attack the weapons, or the helm, just focusing on the helm gets you killed quickly, 2. choose what you need after the battle. 3. hire sailors with high stats, not just with high int, you can always gain more int later but you want the overall stats to be high, 3. dont overinvest in hp, the stat points are extremely limited.
Dude, 1:03:53 you keep hovering over the food, but don't read the thing that says "Eat food: E". Just push the button! ☹
Have this on my wishlist, will wait for it to be a bit more polished but seems promising and has potential.
Not my favorite AA video, felt like too much complaining about the game while missing/skipping core mechanics.
Yeah well I love him
@@thelemon5069so do I, he just didn’t seem like he was vibing with this game
Some of it was valid criticism, but I feel like there was a surprising amount of misreading or just not noticing things. I'm sure part of it was just streamer blindness but some of it he just never saw when he played the game before streaming it
He's one of the blindest
Take a shot every time he says he likes the production value. You are welcome.
Honestly, further into the video this looks much better than I expected it to. I'm half tempted to get this game.
idk, a farming sim/rougelite crossover sounds like a dream to me. Could use a little more fleshing out, true, but I feel you just weren't in a patient enough mood while playing
Does the video have a filter till about minute 27:25?
It could use some more variety in the quests and reasons to go out on the ocean. Stuff like delivering cargo to a specific person (with the option to steal it), wooing a governors daughter (or kidnapping her for ransom), escorting traders (or ambushing them), attacking certain ports (or bribing / sneaking your way in), smuggling goods (or reporting the smugglers). Just more things to do and decisions to make.
It'd also be nice if you could repair destroyed ships and assign someone as captain so you could have more of a fleet rather than just the one ship.
Ah sweet. I just saw this game yesterday and was hoping you'd make a video on it.
Remember kids, attaching random pairs of scissors to your fishing line may look pretty cool and all, but it will give the fish an advantage if they figure out how scissors work 🤔🤔
This feels like one of those kitchen sink type games that always has something to do. I like FTL but I really gotta want ship battles specifically to play it. This looks fun.
It really seems like it's still in alpha. It'll be interesting to see where they're at in a year or two once the game is a bit more fleshed out.
"How do I get from there to here" @ 16:15
One of life's many questions indeed
"You can't get from there to here, you can't get from here to there. There hasn't been a change in the atmosphere."
- Beck, "Atmospheric Conditions"
Maybe the game should have something like a story mode, that is more like stardew with fleshed out dialogue and so on and something like a survival mode, that would focus more on the ship fights.
Dang, I like this game, and I like AA, I've never heard him complain about something so much 😕
If it wasn't perma-death like ftl I'd probably play the hell out of it. Can't get invested in harvesting otherwise.
Love the graphics
This isnt perma death
a little bit like pixel piracy too
this one looks like a pc shitter
"AA - Anonymous Auctopus"
Stardew like? No. It isn't.
Surely, "Squid, Inc.". "Octopus" should be an arms manufacturer.
I really feel like you're meant to die to the monkey bounty to introduce the rebirth mechanic. Honestly it feel like the devs just hate tutorials so they throw everything on the player at once. If they took the time to improve the story and introduce elements better I think people would enjoy it more. Also they could add a "story mode" were they revamp everything like I mentioned and a "free sail" mode that is more like the current state but even less story-beats
"We're the Octopus Goons.. INK!"
So its Pixel Piracy with more mechanics?
man.. this whole stream was just him constantly complaining :(
It feels like you are not trying to have fun with the game. If it is not a game for you, just dont play it I guess. That being sad, I think your points of critique are accurate and deserving. Im interested to see the game, when it is fully developed. : )
I think he is trying to give feedback with this game for the devs, cause they need to hear about things that don't click with the game for people. Plus I think this game maybe suffering from being packed with too much stuff and needs to have a core that the game is centered around.
I have no problem with taking inspiration from other games, but so many small devs think that means 'let's take the entire UI and clone it for our game.'
That's not fair. If something is good why not use the same idea. Big game companies do the same. Just have a look at how many mmo's copied WoW's UI. Why? Because it does the job very well. No need to change what already is good. The changes should be in the game mechanics and game content.
The combat reminds me of some kinda old mobile game with 1v1 td-management rts. It had a good story too for such a small game. But the combat was very intense and explosive. (It was called REDCON or smth, just had a flashback)
If the devs haven't already, they should look at a mobile game called Pirate Power and it's ship combat.
Stardew Valley also has a rogue-lite section when you go mining, so it's not unusual for these types of games to bend or blend genres. Also, as much as I love Stardew, nobody would call that game's combat.. good. Or involved.
I'd like to see the game lean more into the ship stuff and be light on the "chores," like watering, but I don't mind base management.
Hello would you consider doing a tierlist video of games you've played on the channel? Or maybe subseries on favorite city-builders/roguelikes etc.?
Completely in agreement on how attractive looking this game is. I'd think I'd like this game more overall though if it is to keep the base-building it's more along the lines of you find/hire farmers and others to basically automate that aspect for you as supplementary to resource gathering while the gameplay concentrates on the ship, the exploration, pirating, treasure hunting, crew building and ship building to more complex levels and more complex combat. Seeking out quests and storylines in the open world. FTL is very focused on its roguelike approach and there's no continuity or building between runs really. But an open world like this (and if randomization is possible for new playthroughs) could provide a kind of FTL-like with deeper, more extended playthroughs that we actually build up our characters (so it hurts even more if/when we lose them sort of like Xcom), so long as they actual combat and ship mechanics are themselves deepened and balanced well. One shining aspect of FTL is how sharply tuned its ship combat generally is, while giving a good amount of room to explore different approaches.
One cool ship weapon they could add (if they haven't already) is balloons/bigger pet birds that can be sent over the enemy ship to drop bombs of various types (structural damage, crew damage, slowing movement/reloads, etc). Along with perhaps sending out harassing/damaging swarms of crows or parrots.
Longer battles and way larger ships, combat looks complicated at a glance but its rather basic. Farming feels unnecessary, little slow and... borring. Maybe if escapades were longer and farming served as a way to make supplies etc would make it meaningfull (definetly needs to be feel tedious imho)? Maybe game takes of in this direction later, idk, if so then the start feels really slow imho
Fully getting advance wars vibes
I completely understand where you're going with your takes on the game
Picking it up recently, I felt a little overwhelmed/confused on what to do. I really enjoy the ship battles but not so much the island exploring
I see potential, dude prob could use the ea money to hire some more people to flesh like... Well, everything out
dave table chai means dave tabletea
I got Terraria Vibes from this.
Respectfully, I like the "Harvest Moon" elements of the game, although I wish they would have been implemented differently. It's much too basic for a game to start you off with all of these lv 1. tools and expect you to want to use them again, for the umpteenth time. It would make _much more sense_ if you had to actively decide to buy a tool, because you are _incentivized_ and actively _want_ to use that tool to pursue a specific growth strategy.
I do think there's too much story. Then again, the alternative to that is to have something like Pixel Piracy, where there is absolutely no text and the game feels "unpolished." So, it's a mixed bag. What I hate, however, are these completely tasteless stories that, for some reason, have become so popular amongst millennial writers. For instance, what kind of island is called "Seablip"? You cannot even select the sex of your character in this game, but you can give them pink hair and certain hairstyles which imply a specific gender... What's the deal with that? It's just so cutesy, unrealistic, and post-modern in its design, that I can't get behind it.
what's your infatuation with needing to let the game know what sex you are also i've never seen a dye box with any restrictions on it on who can and can't use it same with hairstyles lol all these rules you make up for yourself are silly and keep you inside of a cell of your own making.
If all you want is a pirate combat just play a game that does only that. Skipping over story and impatiently trying to get to the part you want is what is making it unenjoyable. Also you seem to not like games with a combination of mechanics. maybe this game is just not for you and it's not the issue of the game itself. What i see is a good pirate game that has a story and other things to do within the game. Also it can be a cozy engaging roguelike there is nothing wrong with that. also this is the first video the was recommended to me by youtube and it wasn't a good impression I would say if you don't vibe with a game don't show it because it won't lead to subs or likes.
"the game is in alpha, i feel like there isnt a lot to it >:c"
"i have zero interest in the story, idk what to do or where to go >:c"
i dont remember what it was, but there was another game that you gave this treatment that really bothered me. i normally really enjoy your content, but i really dislike when you give these kind of poor takes.
you should at least read the tutorials...
speed is good for evading, too. but i agree on that these systems need more flesh and combat more engagement.
Being able to have the same number of crew as systems seems like a flaw. You end up just having one person on each system and just sitting and waiting. If there were fewer crew and you could put two people on the same system it would add a lot of decision making and skill and be a lot less boring. Also the farming and stuff just seems kind of pointless at the moment. Yeah you can do it, but why?
Reminds me of Pixel Piracy.
Speaking of pretty but flawed games, could you try out Synergy sometime? All these Early Access games that are still rough are driving me mad cause there’s no telling if they’ll actually improve or even really finish it.
What do you mean captain name is not Ambigious Beard?!?!?!???
I feel like you missed the mark on this video.
In what way? That is such a vague comment considering how long the video is.
I honestly thought this game was kinda meh... I know its early access but, I got bored with it quick. Probably gonna wait for more stuff.
FTL when?
Ludonarrative Dissonance: The Game
❤please do more ❤
What is FTL
Faster Than Light, but the game is called FTL
Its that top down space ship combat game you may have seen, its pretty old.
Ok this is the first time i heard of FTL@@coreylemon
@@atulk603 Its a pretty solid roguelike, I recommend giving it a try if you can get it for cheap.
@@atulk603 FTL is a great roguelike/lite spaceship tactics combat game. Very focused on doing its core gameplay well rather than trying to do too many different things. Excellent tuning and balance. It really hits a sweet spot between accessibility, variety and depth, with a lot of replayability and unlocks. Other games have tried to do what it does but it's still the best imo.
Pls more soulash2
Really thinking on buying this game, does anyone don't recommend it?
I absolutely recommend it, but only if your ok with Early Access
its got a lot of potential but right now the EA is pretty bare. put it on your wishlist and check in after a while
Did concernedape make this? The art style is exactly the same and the story is similar too
For quite some time games have become overly dialogue heavy, it gets tiresome.
One would think that with the advances in graphics and modeling that there would be more environmental storytelling, but no...
I think dialogue, deep lore, and NPC interaction are great aspects of gaming... they just need to occur naturally and mostly be sought out by the player between solid bouts of action. Personally I hate it when a AAA RPG has me wishing there was more to do in terms of interaction with the companions or other NPCs.
You trash this game so much that I almost bit your opinion to see you clearly didn't know what you doing. For the very first time big disappointed in you "showing" a game
Same, trashing games like this that were clearly made with a lot of love by a small indie team/single person always leaves a bad taste in my mouth. If people keep picking things apart like this we'll soon have nothing left but the triple A cash grab garbage that consumes most consoles.
He talks SO much and says absolutely nothing.
Looks like pixel piracy... that one went well
The issue with that was that the dev just straight up vanished for some years. Why? Nobody knows. They have actually been updating the game again though which was so random.
@@IncognitoSprax that's what came to mind. This game already shows more promise, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed
Ego destroys quality
you compare the game too much to other games instead of explaining how the game works. there are people don't know what FTL is.
Game seems really confused on what it actually wants to be, and not particularly well balanced.
no more rhyming i mean it any body want a peanut
I hate to say this, because games like Terraria were very nice.
But deciding to make your game a 2d sidescroller (as opposed to top-down like Stardew Valley) really limits what you can EVER do with the game..
As a dev, and as a player.
I really dont think its a good choice for farming / exploration / building style games.
Yes i'll say it, i think Terraria would have been even better if it was top-down instead, so you had more directions to explore than just "was that thing to the left or right".
Honestly, this comment seems insane to me. Have you actually played Terraria? You do know you can jump, dig down, fly, and do lots of other interesting movement techniques that would not work nearly as well, if at all, without the side view, right? Did you ever go to hell, or sky islands?
I'm not a Terraria fanboy by any means, but it is easily one of the most beloved games of all time, and making comments like just make no sense, especially since you are a self described dev. I really think you should take a break from programming and broaden your horizons a bit, maybe try to gain a better understanding of what makes a game fun for other people, not just yourself.
Terraria is goated, such an L take it's almost impressive
@inHaze I've gotten insanely far in terraria because it for a while was the only game I owned that a friend would play with me. I genuinely dislike it so much. No real idea why just don't like how it plays or looks.
@@muzzypwnyou I personally prefer Starbound since there's so much more choice in character creation... you actually get 'character' out of it instead of basically picking gender and a couple of colors. With mods it's at least as fun as Terraria could ever be (much better imo) but this is all beside the point. These diggy/buildy side-scrollers totally have their place and they're fantastic games for what they do. This game just doesn't seem to stand up to the competition. At least not yet.