Swordship

Summary: The world after global warming. Humanity has taken refuge in three gigantic underwater cities at the bottom of the ocean. For lack of space, those expelled from the cities barely survive on the burned lands. Meanwhile, the megacities exchange millions of containers loaded with goods every day. At the command of ultra-fast boats, a few inhabitants of the underwater cities started stealing these precious containers to deliver them to the banished.

Roguelike titles always had a special corner in the comfort of my controller. Swordship is no exception to the rule, equipped with a pack of simple but quite vibrant graphics and little-seen game mechanics. This title is yet another very positive case in a slightly different line of roguelikes. In Swordship the player controls a ship that floats on water and where the main objective will be to capture containers. All the fast-paced arcade-style action takes place across 3 different locations with about 4 different levels between them. Yes, it’s not a big adventure, but the feeling of replayability is quite strong, as there are ship upgrades, new enemies, and even different weather states to unlock. All of these examples have direct effects on the course of each run. A good example of this is the thunder, which affects both the player and the enemies, thus leaving room for adaptation to each new run.

Dodge ‘em up is a genre entirely new to me, and so far I like the concept. Swordship is one such game, it takes the notion of shoot ‘em up but removes the shooting part and makes the fundamental gameplay all about the art of dodging and deception. You are a Swordship pilot, trying to steal and smuggle supplies from megacities hoarding them in the face of a post apocalyptic water world. Delivering these stolen supplies to those unfortunates living outside the megacities.

Swordship (Reviewed) Developer: Digital Kingdom Publisher: Thunderful Publishing Released: Dec 5th, 2022 Price: 20 USD Swordship is a hyper futuristic cell shaded dodge em. Your job is to pilot a ship by dodging, weaving and diving your way through a variety of enemies. Steal the allotted number of cargo containers or die trying. It offers risk & reward gameplay in which the main goal is to get the highest score.