Jolly Roger, a new pirate game

[Keith]

<p>Well there does not seem to be an end to Pirate Games being churned out atm even if not all of them are blockbusters.&nbsp; One word comes to mind when i started looking at the screenshots of &quot;Jolly Roger&quot; ...cute&nbsp;.... now thats not a word i use very often.&nbsp; But the graphics and ambience of the game looks like it might be a bit of a blast to play around with.</p>
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Jolly Roger is an online PC game developed by Hungarian developers (Rico this is your job to find out more <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.net/components/com_htmlarea3_xtd-c/plugins/InsertSmiley/emoticons/icon_wink.gif" />) <a href="http://www.grandpace.com/games.html">Grandspace</a>.&nbsp; It is expected to be released this year, but im not sure if they plan it to be a commercial product or are looking for publishers or selling through their website or whatnot.&nbsp;Ill try to keep you informed of its progress as it closes in on its release <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="smile.gif" />&nbsp; Also check their site <a href="http://www.grandpace.com/games.html" target="_blank"><strong><font color="#0000ff">HERE</font></strong></a> as you can download a little ingame sail test, its only 2+meg!&nbsp;</p>
<p>All this courtesy of <a href="http://www.gamershell.com/" target="_blank"><strong>GamersHell</strong></a></p>

 

[Rico]

Well, I didn't sell my body for info, but I found a Q&A at a hungarian online games magazine, <b>Gamekapocs</b>. <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/onya.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="onya.gif" /> It would be a bit much to translate it all, so left out a bit about their little dev team and how they formed. <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="smile.gif" /> All those in italic are my comments, if anyone wonders. <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/diomed.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":dio" border="0" alt="diomed.gif" />

<!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec--><b>Gamekapocs: There's not much info about Jolly Roger yet, can you tell us a bit more about our goals in the game?</b>

Bodor Dezső (dev): Jolly Roger will be a retro-style party game, with emphasis on humor, action, tactics and teamplay.

<b>Gamekapocs: The game's world will be a set of lagunas; how many islands are planned?</b>

Bodor Dezső: The laguna will be like a boxring in the game, to concentrate the enemies into a confined space. The lagunas will have multiple entrances and exits, but while the match is on, these will all be blocked. At the end of the match you can go into one of <i>(or just one, I couldn't make it out.)</i> the next lagunas for a new challenge. We have no idea how many lagunas we will make, but this final number will always be expandable. <i>(Modder's heaven, yay!</i>

<b>Gamekapocs: Will we have the option of sailing out to see in search of enemies?</b>

Bodor Dezső: The main idea of the game is that the enemies come to us, we're not the ones who seek trouble.

<b>Gamekapocs: What enemies will we have? Will another big pirate gang appear?</b>

Bodor Dezső: There will be a variety of enemies in the game, from poison-arrow natives in canoes, to UFOs. There will also be a lot of animals and other stuff: whales, sharks, huge eagles, volcanoes, meteors, scurvy, the black plague, and even cholera. <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/dev.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":d:" border="0" alt="dev.gif" />

<b>Gamekapocs: Will there be changing weather? Maybe a rotation of night and day?</b>

Bodor Dezső: You will be sailing with a pirate ship, so of course, the weather will change as you sail along. Don't just picture beautiful tropical scenery, maybe you will find icebergs floating around in a fjord. Or maybe the whole bay will be frozen, and you have to blast your way through the ice. But be on your guard for whirlpools too.

<b>Gamekapocs: We're talking about a pirate game, so will there be loot to take from defeated ships? Can we sell that for money, and if yes, what can we spend that money on?</b>

Bodor Dezső: Let me explain how a battle goes, instead of directly answering the question. A typical battle in a bay will be like this: First, you will have to kill some weak enemies, and only then comes the boss. If you can sink him, you can battle each other over the loot. Sometimes, there will be valuable things popping up now and then from the sunk enemies. This will mostly be a barrel of rum <i>(Pirates drinking?! <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/ohmy.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="ohmy.gif" />)</i> that you have to take to your tavern, to make your crew spend their wage in YOUR fine establishment. The main goal is to make the pirates come to your tavern, to have the most rum and gold. There will also be many types of little odds 'n' ends you can find.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Hope you like it! <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/icon_mrgreen1.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="icon_mrgreen1.gif" />

Also, I could get an exclusive Q&A from the dev guy if you people have enough questions. <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile2.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=")" border="0" alt="smile2.gif" />

 

[Keith]

Thanks Rico, ill put that up tomorrow <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="smile.gif" />

good stuff <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/me.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="me.gif" />

 

[Rico]

Thanks. <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile2.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=")" border="0" alt="smile2.gif" />