I Wanna Save the Ship

Creators: Artimax, Chrisay, Princeoflight, AlejoFangamer, RandomErik

Average Rating
9.2 / 10
Average Difficulty
51.6 / 100
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Adventure (14) Needle (1) Gimmick (5) Boss (8) Story (2) metroidvania (3) SourPls (1) IWT (5) Yoshi (1)

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Creator's Comments:

Artimax [Creator]
I Wanna Save the Ship is a classic-styled adventure game that has all you'd want and more. After being a year and a half in development, it features classic video game worlds, a charming and lighthearted story, A-lister voice acting, memorable and unique bosses, no bottom-of-the-barrel traps, and countless creative gimmicks, all at a friendly and comfortable difficulty. If you have just gotten into fangames or are a veteran, this will be a game you won't soon forget.

Patchnotes since the I Wanna Tourney version:

-Various Kamek boss tweaks
-Turtle shell collision detection issues patched (you won't die if you jump on two enemies at once)
-The magical upwards attack has been improved
-First attack of the Vocaroid better telegraphed
-Softlock in Megaman stage patched
-First screen has more of a tutorial
-Final death count is displayed in different text colours based on death count
-Metroid area item location improved
-Doors added to the Metroid area map
-Megaman stage has bullet blockers
-In Metroid, there are now signs that hint at doors that require special weapons
-Final boss save that deletes on impossible bug patched
-A sign now explains autofire in Metroid stage

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Dec 13, 2021

45 Reviews:

Neji_Rock
It was very interesting. favorite.

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Tagged as: Adventure Boss Story
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Rating: 10.0 100       Difficulty: 50 50
Feb 20, 2023
CanusAntonius
Save the Ship is a really solid adventure game that feels comparable to the FM blind race games like Run the Marathon. I had a good bit of fun with it, and think this is definitely one that will stick around for quite a while.

The game is based around a main area that connects individual stages together, each of them themed around a different retro game that most players will probably recognize. This created a good bit of variety, and it's also done with a great difficulty smoothing that makes a solid increase as the game goes on. Each of the stages has its own unique feel to them, the platforming is pretty simple in all the stages except the final one so it shouldn't be too much of a problem for most players. The bosses are also neat, though I felt as if some had a bit too much health, and the one in the last reference stage is quite a difficulty spike compared to everything else.

There are also special props worth giving to this that not even the FM blind games normally have, and that's in regards to how this actually has a cohesive storyline that actually features voice narration from the lovely Echomask. I thought this was a neat touch, and the addition of all the Ship segments and the ending actually made this truly worth a "Story" tag due to how thoughtful the developers were in fleshing it out. I'll also point out that the visuals and music choices are pretty good as well, you can tell they really cared to put in the work. Even the title screen has more artistic vision put into it than most fangames.

Overall, I think adventure gamers are going to love this one. It's got the video game worlds, it has great platforming that isn't too difficult, it has fun bosses, and it actually has a plot you can understand. Well done makers!

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Tagged as: Adventure Gimmick Boss Story metroidvania IWT Yoshi
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Rating: 9.5 95       Difficulty: 50 50
Oct 23, 2022
Peddy
Excellent adventure game. I liked it very much.

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Tagged as: Adventure
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Rating: 9.6 96       Difficulty: 50 50
Sep 25, 2022
Francis
Awesome game, I usually don't play many adventure games but this one was really fun, heavily recommend.
The highlight was Chrisay area for me, very creative design.

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Rating: 10.0 100       Difficulty: 55 55
Mar 2, 2022
flowerLydie
我只從頭玩到銀河戰士關的Boss戰前。
道中難度適中,融合了很多元素,相對來說有一定可玩性。前幾個Boss戰難度同樣也比較適中,適合大多數玩家遊玩。銀河戰士關卡道中比find a cure的要容易得多。
銀河戰士Boss戰對於水平一般、思路不太靈活以及對有時間限制很弱的玩家來說,確實不太友好(比較難),我正屬於對時限弱的一類玩家,所以這是我認為的扣分項

I just played from the beginning until the boss battle in Metroid level.
The difficulty of stage is moderate, it integrates many elements, and is relatively playable. The difficulty of the first few boss battles is also relatively moderate, suitable for most players to play. Metroid level is much easier than "i wanna find a cure".
Metroid Boss Battle is really not very friendly (The hardest one) for players with average level, less flexible thinking, and weak time limit. I am a type of player with weak time limit, so this is what I think is a demerit program.

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Tagged as: Adventure Gimmick Boss IWT
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Rating: 7.5 75       Difficulty: 60 60
Dec 21, 2021