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Aim every shot.
Sink every ship.

Tidefire: Pirate Ship BattleTurn-based ship battle game · Android

Two pirate ships sail side by side, and every cannon shot is yours to aim. Drag back, read the wind, let fly, and watch their hull splinter and their masts come down. I'm designing and building the whole game myself, and it's coming soon to Google Play.

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Key art: two pirate ships trading broadsides at sunset, cannon fire and smoke between them

Role: Solo creator: design, development, art direction, economy
Built with: Unity, Blender, Meshy, an AI-assisted workflow
Release: Coming soon to Google Play · free, no ads

01 / THE BATTLE

Drag back, read the wind, let fly.

Battles are turn-based, ship against ship. Pick a hero, drag back to aim and release to fire, with a clock ticking on every turn. The wind pushes every shot, and the aiming arc only shows the start of the flight, so the rest is your judgement.

Aiming a powder keg in an arc from the player's blue-sailed ship toward the enemy ship — Aiming a powder keg at the enemy deck.

The enemy ship on fire after a hit, smoke rising from its deck — Fire keeps burning, turn after turn.

Close on the enemy crew as a blast hits their deck — Their crew, under fire.

Real damage. Holes in the hull, fires on deck, masts that crack and fall.
Waterline hits make a ship take on water.
Two views: behind the ships with the sky, or high over the decks.
Eagle Eye shows one shot's whole path, when it matters.

02 / THE CREW

Five heroes, five ways to fight.

A gunner on the long gun, a sharpshooter with a musket, a bombardier who lobs powder kegs, a shipwright who patches the hull and puts out fires, and a captain who joins when you command a bigger ship. Each one levels up, and each one can be knocked out.

The crew screen with five hero cards: Barnaby, Kit, Bram, Hilde and Isla — The crew, levelling up in port.

The ship showroom: a galleon in gold paint with its stats and paint choices — Bigger ships and new paint.

The victory card with stars, battle stats and gold earned — Up to three stars a battle.

03 / THE SEAS

Forty battles across four seas.

From the bright Coral Shallows through Smuggler's Strait and Storm Reach to the dusk of the Kraken Deep, each sea has its own sky, water and weather, tougher ships, and a boss waiting at the end.

The painted sea chart of Coral Shallows with numbered battles along a dotted route — The sea chart.

A battle in grey stormy water against a larger dark ship — Storm Reach.

04 / THE BUILD

A console-style battle on a phone.

The ships and crew

Ships and heroes made with Meshy from my own reference art, rigged and animated, with hulls that dent and masts that really break apart when they're hit.

The sea and sky

Custom water and sky shaders: rolling waves the ships ride on, wakes and foam, and a painted cartoon sky for each sea.

Every frame

Measured and tuned on a real phone for a smooth 60 fps, with a Quality setting for full detail.

4 seas, 40 battles and 4 bosses
5 heroes and 3 ships to command
30 levels for every hero and upgrade
0 ads, with cloud saves through Google Play Games

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