Welcome back mateys! We hope the winds are blowing in your direction as you navigate the stormy seas. Who are Pirate and Crow and where did they come from? This week will talk about the main characters of Pirate’s Boom Boom and how we’ve created one of the most fun arcade shooters on your mobile device out now. Have you played the game yet? Download on Android and iOS, as we are a free online pirate game.
Pirate and Crow are original characters created by one of the key developers of this IP, Jack Kasprzak. About ten years ago Jack wrote and illustrated an alphabet book for kids called “Captain and Crow’s ABCs”, which was of course in our beautiful Black&White. Though at that time, the visual style of nearly everything was a lot more simpler and graphical. The letters, items, environments and characters all needed to be simple enough to understand and that is what sparked the initial idea, which is now one of the best pirate video games.
It took out a lot of iterations to really dial in the design, the language and the structure of the visual world that is the game right now. Black&White opens up visual options that color simply can’t, though at a price – always!
Initially Pirate was meant to be a slightly naive, but lovable character that really couldn’t accomplish too much without Crow and needed him for almost everything. Crow on the other hand, while having a physical limitation was the brains of the operations- a bit like Stinky and the Brain. This character iteration went on for a while, as we were developing very strong Fun & Educational. But as our IP changed focus from being educational to being purely fun and with a more mature target audience, the characters changed as well.
Pirate is now a true underdog, very capable to get things done on his own, with wit, attitude and heart to battle anyone and anything on the open seas. Crow has become a great addition to Pirate as a sidekick character, who in a way gives Pirate amazing technological capabilities, due to being very very smart. In a way our hero Pirate, becomes a SuperHero and only then is capable to take on the fleets that have done him wrong in a meaningful way. Together, they are a super duo and that is where the character chemistry really shines as they don’t always see eye to eye, but are always there for each other. That’s what makes them some of the best characters for fun pirates games.
The adventures of the Pirate & Crow will take us to amazing new places, new worlds and exciting new characters. The IP can finally get a little dark, fun and edgy with witty and sinister humor- something that was very difficult to do before. We will introduce villains, friends and Pirate&Crow discover a world filled with magic, mystery, adventures and most of all infinite possibilities. We hope to keep on expanding the possibilities of Pirate’s Boom Boom and make it one of the best pirate games 2023.
