One of the greatest internet memes of 2008 will come to be remembered as the pirate.
First there was the actual event – “Talk Like a Pirate Day”. Google then last month released a pirate edition of their homepage. Facebook followed and created a pirate language you could switch to. Instead of “writing on Joe Bloggs wall” you were “carving on Joe Bloggs plank”.
Now there’s even an addictive viral game that has set sail which we’re working on – “Booty Juggler” – and we hope it’ll be dropping anchor all over the Web.
Constructed by Thought Den and illustrator Robin Davey for 4mations.tv, the game fuses beautiful drawings with casual gaming to provide its unique ‘animated game’ experience. Booty Juggler teaches us how good 2D games cold can look, and that retro (poster-like) can go deeper then 8bit pixelatness. When illustrators do flash, they do it darn well ala Ferry Halim.
The games music is every bit as viral as the addictive gameplay. Pirate favourite “drunken sailor” is remixed by Robin Davey into a dance classic that even Arrrrrrrr-mand van Helden would be found drinking port to whilst courting faire maidens at grog fests. Lubberly.
