Captains of the Wacky Waters
Ceiling Games · 2023 · Action Roguelike, Roguelite, Pirates, Sailing, Third Person
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Positive95% · 20
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About Captains of the Wacky Waters
✦ AI summary
Captains of the Wacky Waters is a fast-paced roguelike where you command a drifting ship, recruit ghost crew members, and battle whimsical enemies across procedurally generated zones filled with absurd hats and ridiculous weaponry. Combine wind power and rowing strength to navigate chaotic waters while unlocking new captains and configuring your vessel with wild gadgets and upgrades that fundamentally change how you play.
Captains of the Wacky Waters is a fast-paced boat roguelike where ships drift and krakens wear moustaches!
Back in the day, helping ghosts get to Heaven was an easy task, but someone wiped out the peace in the Wacky Waters and now all the captains have to learn to defend themselves and their crew. At least until the old days return.
Combine the strength of your rowers and the wind force to navigate around the procedurally generated zones, gradually improving your ship and finding powerful configurations that will help you in combat.
Back in the day, helping ghosts get to Heaven was an easy task, but someone wiped out the peace in the Wacky Waters and now all the captains have to learn to defend themselves and their crew. At least until the old days return.
Combine the strength of your rowers and the wind force to navigate around the procedurally generated zones, gradually improving your ship and finding powerful configurations that will help you in combat.
KEY FEATURES
- Every playthrough is different, allowing a lot of replayability.
- Good vibes roguelike with loads of wackiness and weirdness.
- Unlock new playable captains after defeating them. Each ship has different features and a special ability to play with.
- Save cute little ghosts that will join the crew taking one out of the 6 different roles to help you in your journey.
- Use many weapons to shoot and slash your enemies, including a cannonball shotgun, a boats cannon, or a giant hammer.
- Lots of gadgets and upgrades. These are curious and diverse items with different functions to upgrade and configure your ship, from a medieval spear to a pair of giant incognito glasses for your boat.
- Navigate different zones with unique gameplay styles and aesthetics, which will become more and more strange.
- Many, many hats! Every living thing in the game wears its own type of hat.
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
The game, while pretty janky, has some cute aspects, but be warned if you play on controller that the controls are poorly converted keyboard inputs and basically feel terrible to play with. I played it enough like that on the prerelease demo, and controller play apparently hasn't been deemed worth basic fixes for this obvious wrong-headed setup after some nine months, so into the bin this goes. Recommending kbm is not an excuse for poor controller design.4 found this helpful
Great boat roguelite! I enjoy sailing and fighting and the dash with inv frames is truly wacky :) The controls feel great on K+M, controller felt clumsy in comparison. The items system reminded me Risk of Rain a little and it's nice to actually see the items and crew on your boat. I liked the premise but was reluctant to buy at full price but I'm happy with my purchase in the end :)3 found this helpful
Super funny and very good looking game that easily hooks you right on the first tries. You get improving try by try and always want to get further (and so you do!). That's kind of addictive, I guess (always in the good way). I recommend it, for sure (suitable both for ships-lovers and no ships-lovers)2 found this helpful
Absolutely cracking. Boats. Water. Cannons. More Boats. Should definitely be getting more exposure.1 found this helpful
TLDR: great rogue-lite with medium to long runs, with a great variety of weapons, items and enemies, not buggy, and interesting mechanics. To start off, length run. This games focuses on medium length (harder) runs and longer runs. So, if you’re looking for a shorter run, you can go straight to the objective of the area, which means you’ll get less upgrades, but if you’re looking for something a bit longer and take your time, you can take advantage of additional objectives in every area, or farm enemies for a stronger build. There is no mid-run save system, though, so take that into account when you start a new run and you’re short on time. In regard to movement, it has a directional wind system that the player can take advantage of, so you go faster downwind with your sail down, and at normal speed with your sail up (if you’re going upwind, for example). Or you can ignore it, and sail with your sail up constantly, which means no bonus, but no malus either if you forget to raise the sail when going upwind. Every area has a boss, or two, in which case you face only one of them, chosen at random. They are certainly hard, and, personally, I found some easier than the alternative, s…1 found this helpful
this is a missed and looked over hit. risk of rain with pirate ships ftw!!!!
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