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Shivaliva Shanty

The islanders talk back.

They remember what you did, and the whole island hears about it.

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The tavern on Cradle Rock: you in the middle of the floor, islanders at the bar and by the fire with their names and moods over their heads
The islanders talk back

They remember. They gossip. They say no.

A word across the table, in their own voice.
A Wanted: Lumberjacks notice at the market. Cogwise Fettle wants you to show you can swing before he gives you the job
Fettle will not hire a stranger. Beat him first.

  • Ask Bralo what the word is tonight

    He tells you about the room you are both standing in: who just won at the gem table, who is hiring at the forge, who has been spinning tall tales by the fire all evening.

  • Win at the gym, and the tavern already knows

    Beat someone in a friendly bout at the Cradle Gym and by the time you walk into the inn the whole cast has heard. Lose, and that goes round too.

  • Ask anyone to walk with you

    They weigh how much they like you, whether they are busy, and how far off you are. Then they fall in beside you, or tell you no and why.

Conversations need a live internet connection. Everything else in the game plays offline.

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How to play

Earn your passage

You arrive on Cradle Rock as nobody. Take jobs that are each their own mini-game, play the inn's tables, climb the five-rung gym ladder, then face the beasts of the Labyrinth one at a time. The demo ends the day you buy your way off the island.

The ladder, then the LabyrinthHollow Sable runs the ladder at the Cradle Gym and Mossy Senna patches you up after. When you have topped it, the Labyrinth gate opens and the beasts are waiting on the far side, one at a time.
Create your heroCycle faces, hair and beards at the stand until the one looking back is you. Clothes come later, from the outfitter, with gold you earned.
The Outfitter window: shirts and vests with prices in gold, a Steel-Blue dye swatch selected
The outfitterDye it, wear it, get talked about.

  • Six mini-games

    Poker, Coin Drop, Skirmish, Mining, Lumberjacking, Dish Duty. Every job on the island is its own game.

  • The Cradle Gym ladder

    Five friendly bouts, easiest first. Beat them all and you are Gym Champion.

  • The Labyrinth Ordeal

    Five beasts, one at a time, up to the Labyrinth King. Lose, and you wake at the gym with the healer.

  • Create your hero

    23 faces, 38 haircuts, 18 beards. Start in plain clothes and buy the rest.

  • One currency, earned

    Gold only. It never decays, and you cannot buy it.

  • Hearties and rivals

    Rapport runs from Despised to Confidant. Earn it and they act like it, in what they say and what they will do for you.

Screenshots

On the rock

  • A Skirmish duel on a sunset deck: your falling-block board on the left, Hollow Sable's on the right, both fighters standing beside their boards
  • The inn's poker table, islanders seated round it, a hand in play
  • Coin Drop: a coin working its way down the pegs, scores for you and your rival above the board
  • The Mining board: a grid of rock chunks to rotate and drop free
  • Lumberjacking: timber pieces being stacked into the frame at the grove
  • Dish Duty: a plate in a sink of suds with three muck spots to scrub, a hot water gauge, a streak of 44 and a rack of clean plates
  • Create your hero: the character stand with face, hair and beard pickers
  • The Outfitter window: shirts and vests with prices in gold, a Steel-Blue dye swatch selected
  • A Wanted: Lumberjacks notice at the market. Cogwise Fettle wants you to show you can swing before he gives you the job, one gold per wood delivered
Where it is going

The roadmap, plainly

  • Now

    Cradle Rock, one island, fully dressed, playable today.

  • Next

    Built, not in the demo yet: voyages, a crew, your own ship, mending the hull mid-flight.

  • Later

    Online co-op with a few friends, never an MMO.

Audio is placeholder for now.

Questions

Quick answers

  • Is Shivaliva Shanty free?

    Yes. It is free on itch.io for Windows, name your own price, no sign-up.

  • What kind of game is it?

    A single-player puzzle-skill adventure among floating sky-islands. The six mini-games are the island's jobs and the tavern's tables: Poker, Coin Drop, Skirmish, Mining, Lumberjacking and Dish Duty.

  • Is it a Puzzle Pirates successor?

    It is made in that spirit: jobs that are puzzles, a sky instead of a sea, and a crew to come. It is one person's own game and is not affiliated with Three Rings.

  • Do I need an internet connection?

    Only for conversations with the islanders. Everything else in the game plays offline.

  • Is it multiplayer?

    Not yet. The demo is single-player. Online co-op with a few friends is planned, never an MMO.

  • Who makes it?

    Trojan Bulldog, one person, building in public in Godot 4.7. The devlog is on itch and updates are posted on X as @trojanatoplat.

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Trojan Bulldog. One person, building in public in Godot 4.7.