Pirate Island Rescue
Touch Don't Shoot
Pirate Island Rescue is in the Pirates vs Ninjas Fest and we thought it would be nice to update a couple of gameplay elements that we've been meaning to change
Opening Cages and Treasure Chests now require a touch instead of shooting
- Captives are released from cages by the player touching them, instead of having to use your weapons
- Players and enemies can walk/shoot past cages, they can still be jumped on
- Cages don't disappear once opened
- Treasure chests are opened by the player touching them, instead of having to use your weapons
- Players and enemies can walk/shoot past treasure chests
- Treasure chests don't disappear once opened
This allows the enemy to move and attack more freely and stops the players attacks from being blocked by too many objects
We hope you enjoy these changes!
Smashing Pumpkins
Building on the improvements to Pirate Island Rescue with last Ladder to Success update with a few tweaks and additions, we bring you our Smashing Pumpkins update
The spiky thorns have been turned into pumpkin patches for Halloween. Slash with your cutlass and smash those pumpkins
If you don't already have the game, we have a 50% off sale running from October 21st to November 4th and you can buy the game in a bundle with our other games for an extra discount.
Talk Like A Pirate Day Sale
Pirate Island Rescue will be 50% off, our other games will be discounted too. You can get an extra discount if you buy the game as part of one of our bundles
The game has also been recently updated, based on feedback from players.
Ladder to success
We've also made it so that health collectibles are more durable and can't be destoryed by being shot or slashed with a sword, but if they are hit with multiple explosions they will still shatter.
Since health is more plentiful, we've increased the number of areas where enemy pirates will be placed (under bridges and above caves), with reward crates found in these areas now too.
We hope you enjoy these additions to the game, just in time for Talk Like A Pirate Day
A New Price
We've dropped the price and we're having a sale!
It's been a few years since we released Pirate Island Rescue, so we thought it might be time to permanently lower the price
To celebrate the new price, we're running a sale and we've discounted the price even further - a strange way to celebrate a price drop, we know!
We've also similarly reduced the price of our other games that have been out for a few years too - get them all in a bundle for an extra discount
Anyway, we hope you like the new price
Quality of Pirate Life Update
The main changes include:
- Reduced loading times for levels
- Reduced damage from explosions and gas clouds
- Grenade throwing enemies better able to launch over obstacles
- Additional visual and audio indicator when enemies are killed
There was also an engine update and a few settings tweaks.
If you've not yet purchased Pirate Island Resuce, we will be putting the game on sale soon, so keep an eye out for that.
Take the Tiller
Included in update:
- Remappable keyboard and gamepad controls
- Bigger damage area for explosions
- Updated menus and options
- Zoomed in closer to the action by default (can adjust with - and +)
- Tweaked random level generation
Update: Fixes and Additions
Main changes include:
- player made invulerable to thorns for 2 seconds after initial damage so you can slash them or jump away
- controls made more responsive to better avoid obstacles
- greater variability in generated levels
We hope you enjoy these improvements and have fun playing the game.
Update and Bundle
Changes in this update include:
- Added climb animation for player using ladder
- Removed Jump action from Climb Up button
- Switched gamepad Shoot and Jump controls
- Replaced spikes with thorny vines
- Melee weapon more useful - cut vines or hit enemy bombs
- Changed hostage animation and added new effect on release
Pirate Island Rescue is now in a complete the set bundle with one of our other games, Steampunk Graveyard, giving a 10% discount.
https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/9318/
Desert Island Update
Some of the changes in the update include:
- Added new Desert Island terrain for more variety
- Tweaked gamepad controls for more responsiveness
- Changed Health and Bomb icons to make it easier to track changes
- Increased drop rate of Health Bottles when you need them
- Adjusted some Player animations to make them less twitchy
- Fixed issue with game not pausing when Steam Overlay is open
We hope you enjoy the update and if there is anything you feel needs fixing or adding, please don't hesitate to let us know.