Pirate Hams Brick Ship

Inspiration

I grew up playing those tiny 90s brick racing games — simple screens, few lanes, and pure frustration 😅
I wanted to bring that feeling back, but with a twist: a pirate ship, cursed seas, and a daily challenge everyone shares.

What I Learned

I learned how tricky “simple” games really are: procedural generation, fair randomness, game states, UI, and game feel all matter way more than they seem.

How I Built It

I built the game in GameMaker, using a lane-based top-down system inspired by classic brick racers.

There are two modes:

• Daily Mode: a finite level generated from a daily seed
• Infinite Mode: endless gameplay with increasing difficulty

Small details like ship tilt, wake trails, and moving ocean waves were added to make it feel alive.

Challenges

The hardest parts were:

• Avoiding impossible situations
• Making buttons and overlays behave correctly
• Keeping everything readable inside Reddit’s square embed

Final Thoughts

Pirate Brick Hmas Ship is a small arcade game with old-school roots and a modern, shared challenge.

Crash once… and it’s over. ☠️

Built With

• gamemaker