Developer posts and news about this game.
Happy Birthday MaCaw! Captain MaCaw is 5 this week! Updated the store art and patched the main game. Re done the front end and instructions screen to look better and align with the new store art. Various spelling errors in chat text resolved. Fixed some anti-aliased text that sho
1.11 released fixing the following bugs. Game breaking bug where if you saved at 1 certain point in the game and quit, it did not save the player status and prevented progress. Hidden achievement that should trigger after the end sequence played moved to the start of the end sequ
New permanent price of $2:99, £2.09.
No major issues found in the beta of 1.1 and minor issues all resolved so releasing the update on the public branch. If any more issues are found, please report to me and I'll resolve accordingly. • Changed the save/load code to fix a rare bug with missing items. • Added some mor
Patch 1.1 is available for beta testing. Beta password captainmacawbeta. While this will not reset your progress, due to new items and locations, this may have unforeseen side effects to existing saves so releasing as an opt in beta for the time being. The main reason being the c
Captain MaCaw is currently 75% off in the steam summer sale! Also, update 1.1 incoming in the next week or 2. Highlights include:- New locations. New NPC's. New Puzzles. New achievements. Some locations redesigned to improve game flow. All text re done to look truer to the ZX spe
New version uploaded. Patch Notes:- .Re done the define keys and start button to avoide issue if you define pickup as D. .Graphical glitch fixed in bird room. .New NPC added in hidden area. .Added bubbles to the broken bridge room. .Slightly increased snow density. .Added a hint
Very small update to address a bug that was reported. It allowed you to bypass a cartain puzzle if you were playing on a joypad. It did not halt progress, quite the opposite actually. It allowed quicker progression. Fixed in this build.
Small update to solve a bug where if you complete a series of events in a certain order, it can cause a bug where you can not trigger the end sequence. Thanks very much for reporting issues directly to me and not slamming the game in the reviews. Means a lot to a tiny independent
Tiny hotfix deployed to resolve a graphical issue where the Xbox Y button was still visible when there was no save file to load.
Captain MaCaw has now been released and is available on the steam store! It is a platform adventure in the style of the old 8-bit puzzle adventures, featuring pirates in this instance! Captain MaCaw's ship goes down in a storm! Making sure everyone has cleared the ship, as is the
Beta 5 has now been uploaded which is mainly bug fixes but a few additions to enhance the player experience. All title screen options bar define keys, for obvious reasons, can now be selected with the joypad. The intro can be skipped. You can call the quit menu from the joypad wi
Beta 4 released. Bar finding any new major issues, this should be the final beta before release. Intro music in New Achievement in Various bugs fixed.
Beta 3 ready for download. Teleporters between 2 points to reduce back tracking now in. End credits in. Game is almost ready to go gold and I anticipate a release earlier than 18/02/2019.
Beta 2 has been uploaded. Patch notes as below. Beta 3 coming soon with added quick travel feature. Graphics doors that open re coloured to be the correct shade of black. 1 achievement tweaked to make it more obvious. (no spoiler) Progress stopping bug 2/3 the way through the gam
The first beta for Captain MaCaw has been released. Game completable from start to finish. 10 Achievements in. Graphics polished in some areas (as much as you can polish low res speccy graphics!) Instructions, intro and start sequences in This is now with beta testers to find any