Gunboat Willie
A downloadable game
Steer your steamboat through the treacherous waters, destroy the approaching Mick-Mines and face off against the evil Pete Boss in the Classic and Hardcore mode!
New All Mines mode has you face an endless onslaught of mines, with a couple of new mine variations.
Gunboat Willie is a simple shoot 'em up game inspired by a certain public domain mouse. Designed for the Playdate console.
Controls:
Up/Down D-Pad to Move
A Button to Shoot
B Button to Snap
Control the steamboat to destroy the Mick-Mines and avoid Pete's attacks. Difficulty increases as you gain points. Pete boss has several attack patterns and will change his attacks after taking damage. Survive as long as possible to get a high score!
Installation: Sideloading
I am not Disney. This project is not affiliated, associated, endorsed by, or in any way officially connected with The Walt Disney Company or its affiliates.
Notes:
Version 2.0 is released, includes some new game modes. Please shout out any issues or suggestions!
Programming, Art (hand pixel in Procreate) & Music (created using Pico8) done by myself.
Special thanks to my only playtester: Jfigz
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Development log
- Gunboat Willie - v2.0 ReleaseMay 23, 2024
- Gunboat Willie - Oops All MinesApr 12, 2024
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COOL
Great art, clean and clear gameplay, good sound effects -- very polished little game! I enjoyed it.
Glad you enjoyed it! 😁
BETTER THAN CUPHEAD
Bahaha, thanks! Love cuphead!
I just reviewed Floaty McF, enjoyed it and looking forward to this, just gave it a download. Nice one on 'pay as you like'. It's begging for an auto fire though :)
The speed and rapid fire power-ups allow you to hold down the fire button. I was going for precision shots with the regular shots, but I’ll certainly test out auto fire
more levels and ennemies ?
I’ve (slowly) been working on two new game modes, I’ll try to make a post soon!
great !
thank you !
Enjoy!
I like the art, it is charming, something unique on playdate. I would maybe add a choice of difficulty, like add some arc to the cannonballs. As it is, the floating bombs are easy to avoid, the finall boss is too often, and I miss to move forward and back with the boat. It definitely needs more different targets/enemies or powerups :)
Thanks for the feedback! I had a few different game modes in mind, maybe some power ups too - hopefully in a future update 👍