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Dude - The Deck Swabber

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About the game

Dude is a Deck Swabber, the lowest rank among pirates, so he's in charge of cleaning up the ship and doing this stuff, but he doesn't care, he's happy like that.

In this adventure you will have to clean up the 40 rooms of the ship by solving the various puzzles, take your time, cleaning up is fun!

Dude - The Deck Swabber is a game designed for the Nintendo NES console (1985), and it can be played in your web browser through the Nez emulator


Controls

Start/Pause: Enter (Start button)

Move: Arrow keys (D-PAD)

Undo: Z (B-button)

Restart: Pause and Restart


Rom


Downloading the ROM file will give you the ability to run it on an emulator, but you can also flash it to a Nintendo Classic Mini or a flash cartridge (look online for various guides).​

For those seeking a Nintendo NES emulator, we highly recommend Mesen, as it is a free and open-source option.

Download ROM (And free wallpapers) HERE


Credits

Game design and art stuff: Richard Oz

Base engine (and software): Retro Puzzle Maker by IndieGameWeb, LLC

Music: Tedd Kerr (Wolfgang)

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Very nice puzzle game! I haven't beaten it yet but it looks great so far!

RichardOz responds:

I'm really glad you think so! In the Lastest News you can find information on how to download the physical copy of the game and an action figures, for free!

Meh,didn't understand

RichardOz responds:

Hi. What didn't you understand? Write me a dm here or on my socials if you have any questions!

beat it, cool game!

RichardOz responds:

Yeah! I'm glad you liked it! If you want to follow me on social because there will be news coming!

I made it to level 26 before I lost my mind over the slow movement

RichardOz responds:

Hey friend i'm sorry for the bad experience, i made a version of the game with the speed movement, i tried it however it doesn't mitigate to the relaxed play style i wanted to give, but it would be a great alternative for those who want to play it in speedrun, let me know a hit in dm if you like the idea i'll see in these days to export it and upload it to itch as a downloadable NES file separately, you can play it with emulators or upload it to the emulator here

Pretty nice. There are a few things that I think are not incredibly great:
1) The instructions at the beginning. If some people strive to understand a given mechanic, the best solution is not a wall of text, but levels that introduce these mechanics, one after the other, in a proper way -- aka, if one of your game mechanics is misunderstood by some players, this probably means that you could introduce it in a better way. Now, some players might feel overwhelmed before level 1 even starts, which would be a shame as there are actually pretty few things to understand.
2) How water behaves. I mean, it makes sense that it is slippery, but with a sponge, you can somehow move block by block without slipping AND without the sponge absorbing the water (and probably fading away into oblivion, just like it does when cleaning up oil/dirt). The only places where I stumbled for a minute were those where this mechanic was used, because it still did not make any sense to me by the end of the game.
3) Music. It's not that I disliked it, it's more that I got very tired of it. It's a pretty short loop that you will be listening to for 40 whole levels.
4) Levels 39 and 40. I get the general idea, but just turning soap collection into simple cleaning duties would probably make these less tedious.
There were also a few places where the water did not serve any purpose whatsoever, and moving speed is arguably a bit slow.
Apart from that, the game really delivered what it promised: simple fun. The near lack of a difficulty curve is not something I would criticize the game for, because I enjoyed just cleaning stuff and repairing sh*t without a care :)

RichardOz responds:

Hey friend! Thank you for taking the time to play my game and write this review, I really appreciate this.
For the instructions, I thought a reminder was helpful but I also tried to guide the player step by step by learning the mechanics as they play.
Level 39 and 40 I made them to give that feeling of final effort that you usually get when you do something you don't want to do or get bored doing it but after doing it makes you light-hearted, all the rest of the game is focused on having fun and spending time as Dude does, detaching the player from the usual routine and playing smoothly without jamming too much into the puzzles.
Everything else are "problems" due to the limitations of the NES hardware and the engine I used, however, I thank you very much and hope that all this feedback will help me make better and better games.

PS: If you liked this game I would like to invite you to follow me on social and to join the discord channel, there is good news coming soon!

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Uploaded
Oct 19, 2023
9:33 AM EDT