No worries ALG, glad you like them. I had another idea earlier on too.
Each pirate could have a parrot which squawks 'Pieces of eight! Pieces of eight!' when he digs up some coins. That could attract unwanted attention and manic digging action where it's least welcome.
It might be tricky to balance it so that the pirate who finds them doesn't lose too much of an advantage for finding them by it turning into too big a free-for-all, but then the island's quite large and it'd take the other pirates a bit of time to descend on him.
It could also add a tactical element when the player thinks he's close to the treasure. A shrewd player would wait for the other pirates to get as far as away as possible before digging where he might find coins to limit the effects of having the gaff blown by his loudmouth parrot.
LOL at the kebab idea BTW!
Each pirate could have a parrot which squawks 'Pieces of eight! Pieces of eight!' when he digs up some coins. That could attract unwanted attention and manic digging action where it's least welcome.
It might be tricky to balance it so that the pirate who finds them doesn't lose too much of an advantage for finding them by it turning into too big a free-for-all, but then the island's quite large and it'd take the other pirates a bit of time to descend on him.
It could also add a tactical element when the player thinks he's close to the treasure. A shrewd player would wait for the other pirates to get as far as away as possible before digging where he might find coins to limit the effects of having the gaff blown by his loudmouth parrot.
LOL at the kebab idea BTW!