About

Pirate Wars is a simple twin-stick / top-down shooter in which YOU are the pirate!

This game was made in one week as a small challenge and Unity refresher. :-) Pick it up for a quick burst of pirate shooting action.

Features

• 2 Control Schemes:
  
  • Twin-Stick: Move = L-Joystick, Aim & Shoot = R-Joystick
  • Top-Down Shooter: Move = WASD, Aim = Mouse, Shoot = Mouse L-Click
• 2  Enemy Types:
  
  • Yellow ships: fast, less health
  • Red ships: bigger and slower, more health
    
• 2 Enemy Patterns:
  
  • Cruise'n'shoot: pews from a safe distance.
  • Chase'n'ram: you got too close! Enemies will follow you and try to ram your ship while shooting.
    
• 3 Pick-Ups:
  • Fire cannonballs
    
  • Rum bursts (boom!)
  • Health++
• Simple Ruleset:
  • Difficulty goes up over time (enemy number, speed, patterns)
  • Survive as long as possible
  • Accrue fame as you sink ships
  • Beat your high score!
    

Known Issues

 "It's not a bug... it's a feature!" ;-)

• Controller: slight dead-zone in movement + issue with shoot/bullet velocity
• Enemy Ship Spawn: spawn direction is sometimes incorrect

Note: this game was made using free-to-use assets - please download AssetCredits.txt for full details.