Pirate'd

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Knight Hacks (Black Added)
Charge On (Black Added)
Ahoy (Black Added)

Inspirations

We were inspired by games like Getting Over It, Doodle Jump, and Kirby. The art style and theme were inspired by Diary of a Wimpy Kid and the pirate concept used at Knight Hacks 2024.

What it does

Pirate'd challenges users to reach the top of a vertical momentum-based obstacle course, with 3 levels of increasing difficulty.

How to play

A - Left | D - Right | Space - Jump You must use your jumps and speed to outrun the incoming wave! Rapidly tap spacebar to wall jump between platforms with big gaps. The walls have no friction, so use every surface to get the momentum you need.

How we built it

Pirate'd is built in Unity 2D and features custom-made sprites made with Aseprite and Pixaki 4.

Challenges we ran into

The biggest challenge we faced involved trying to implement the animations in the Unity Engine. We also faced challenges in designing fun, meaningful, and reasonably difficult levels that complemented our unique gameplay mechanics.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We are very proud of the way we managed our time to successfully take Pirate'd from an idea to a fully realized game! We are more than pleased with the core gameplay mechanics, especially the self-made animations and sprites. We are also thrilled with the progress bar feature.

What we learned

We learned how to create and implement sprites, design user interfaces, and understand the relationship between animations and objects.

What's next for Pirate'd

We look forward to implementing more levels and polish the overall design. We would also like to explore how to implement technologies like AI to streamline level-creation.

Built With

aseprite
c#
git
github
pixaki
unity

Submitted to

Knight Hacks VII

Created by

I created the ideas that built our core movement mechanics, level design, and art style. I was heavily involved in creating sprites, implemented animations, level design, and player movement.

Liam Abramov
I worked on most of the UI and helped with level design, and scripts that let you go between scenes.

Eric Nortmann
I did the sprite work and functionality for the progress bar. I was deeply involved with the player animation implementation, movement, and general bug fixing.

Wesley Wild
I largely worked on the level design, including the tile layout and implementing extra functionalities in the rising wave.

Junior Mejia