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Battle for Croaker Command Update is Now Available!

festivevectorsteam_community_announcements

199d ago

Welcome to the Battle for Croaker Command update! This huge update brings a new Croaker quest and faction ship, new features, tons of bug fixes, and various other improvements and content.

Bug reporting

If you find a bug you can report it directly from the game, using the 'Feedback' option found in the pause menu. This is helpful for me as it includes a copy of your save file, the log, and a screenshot which makes it much easier for me to find and fix the bug.

Croaker Expansion

A new quest for the Croakers now begins shortly after defeating the boss in Autumn Isles (along with completing either the Green Ruins or Frigid Sea). The quest involves building a Command Center for the Croakers and defending it against an assault from the Tekk Clan, who have developed a new weapon.

Croaker Flagship

The Croaker Flagship is a new vessel acquirable via the added quest line. It has frog foot paddles which give it powered movement even when under sail.

Tekk Walkers

The Tekk Clan have a new item in their arsenal, the Tekk Walker, which is a giant walking mech with lasers on it. They're encountered during the new quest line.

Angler Bait Shop

A new building which can be constructed as part of the Croaker Command Center quest. Here you can trade fish for specialized bait which makes catching new fish from the relevant biome much more likely. Fishing bait is automatically used when it is relevant.

Croaker Cantina

A constructable location which allows you to play Blowfish with a number of different NPCs. This is huge for Blowfish enjoyers.

Fish Pond

A fun little vanity building which you can store any number of fish in and watch them swim around in it. A fun way to show off your favorite catches! Or just see how many yuckfish you can cram in there.

New Game Plus-ish

You can now choose to start a "new" game within your existing completed save by talking to Doc Zissoo after the credits sequence. This will regenerate the world map, effectively resetting all quest and story progress, while retaining all of your fleet, inventory, and stored boats. The map will be regenerated with a new seed so things will be in different places.

Revised Map Rumor Screen

The rumors panel in the world map has been redesigned to better act as a browsable "quest log" which is helpful when trying to figure out what to do next. The rumors list can be browsed by pressing tab or the "View Rumors" button. When browsing rumors the relevant location will be automatically selected in the world map.

1.7.2 Changelog

New: Add Tekk Walker enemy type to Tekk Clan faction
New: Add Croaker Base quest line
New: Add player-sailable Croaker Flagship
New: Add Frog Logs resource item
New: Add floating drift wood to Deepblue as a source of Frog Logs
New: Player constructable buildings system
New: Fishing bait items and mechanic
New: Play blowfish with a variety of NPCs
Improvement: Redesigned rumors view in the world map
Improvement: Anglers and Croakers are hireable as sailors from various locations within their biomes
Improvement: Hireable sailors can now be hired even when the player ship has a full crew, and will be put below deck
Bugfix: Fix soft lock when selecting Deepblue as a Free Sail location.
Bugfix: Case where turning in smuggled goods to the Croakers could cause a softlock when outside the bounds of the location
Bugfix: Sail trim UI sometimes would display a non-optimal trim position for your sails
Bugfix: Attempting to equip two of the same mod would cause one to disappear
Bugfix: Fix case where enemies could remain hostile during a cutscene or menu like the shop
Bugfix: Fix some UI screens not scaling properly with offbeat aspect ratios

Thank you

I started making this game just about 10 years ago, and never imagined it would get anything close to the attention it has, so I really appreciate everyone who has played and enjoyed it!

I'll continue to bugfix and ensure the game is stable, but this is likely the last content update as it is time to work on new things! If you are on the Discord, then you've already seen some of what I'm working on!

If you want to get the latest information about my future projects (I'm making another game!) then you can join my Discord. I also post development things under this name on Bluesky pretty often. If you like Sail Forth then I think you'll probably enjoy what I'm working on! Sail forth, and Gorbspeed! - David

Update 4 Open Beta

festivevectorsteam_community_announcements

216d ago

Hi everyone, the next update is nearly ready and so I'm making it available early in the usual public preview branch on Steam. This update adds a bunch of things, including a new Croaker quest line and a sort of new game plus option that allows you to play through the campaign again with your end-game stuff. This is compatible with old saves, and should be mostly portable back to the previous version of the game if you switch off the beta though, any new items or boats that you acquired would be lost. A big thank you to everyone who has continued to play and engage with the game! We've just hit 3 years since the release and it's been really fun to see everyone enjoying it!

Joining the beta

If you have the game on Steam and would like to opt-in to the beta, you can do so by right-clicking the game in your Library, selecting Properties > Betas, and choosing `public_preview` from the dropdown. You'll see `1.7.1` at the bottom right of the in-game options screen if you're on the beta.

Bug reporting

Croaker Expansion

Croaker Flagship

The Croaker Flagship is a new vessel acquirable via the added quest line. It has frog foot paddles which give it powered movement even when under sail.

Tekk Walkers

The Tekk Clan have a new item in their arsenal, the Tekk Walker, which is a giant walking mech with lasers on it. They're encountered during the new quest line, and rarely out in the Autumn Isles and surrounding Deepblue.

Angler Bait Shop

Croaker Cantina

A constructable location which allows you to play Blowfish with a number of different NPCs. This is huge for Blowfish enjoyers.

Fish Pond

New Game Plus-ish

Revised Map Rumor Screen

1.7.1 Beta Changelog

New: Add Tekk Walker enemy type to Tekk Clan faction
New: Add Croaker Base quest line
New: Add player-sailable Croaker Flagship
New: Add Frog Logs resource item
New: Add floating drift wood to Deepblue as a source of Frog Logs
New: Player constructable buildings system
New: Fishing bait items and mechanic
New: Play blowfish with a variety of NPCs
Improvement: Redesigned rumors view in the world map
Improvement: Anglers and Croakers are hireable as sailors from various locations within their biomes
Improvement: Hireable sailors can now be hired even when the player ship has a full crew, and will be put below deck
Bugfix: Fix soft lock when selecting Deepblue as a Free Sail location.
Bugfix: Case where turning in smuggled goods to the Croakers could cause a softlock when outside the bounds of the location
Bugfix: Sail trim UI sometimes would display a non-optimal trim position for your sails
Bugfix: Attempting to equip two of the same mod would cause one to disappear
Bugfix: Fix case where enemies could remain hostile during a cutscene or menu like the shop

Patch 1.6.6

festivevectorsteam_community_announcementspatchnotes

586d ago

Hello, here's a quick Christmas patch with some fixes and tweaks! This includes a couple changes that should hopefully address some issues people have encountered with the open world. The first one is the introduction of a timed auto save feature. An unintended side-effect of the new Deep Blue open ocean was that saving occurred far less frequently as it was only triggered upon entering a location. This meant it was possible to spend a bunch of time in the open ocean without saving, and if you were sunk you could lose a lot of progress. To address this I'm adding a 5 minute auto save timer which will save when out of combat. The second thing is more subtle and if it works right shouldn't even be noticeable. During a recent play session in a new game I noticed that it was possible to not encounter any NPC boats for quite a while if you just happened to not cross paths with them as they wander. I think this isn't ideal as it can lead to having a pretty boring experience if you get unlucky, and new players might not even realize that there *are* NPC boats out there. To address this I've made some tweaks to the NPC wandering logic which makes them more likely to cross paths with you if it's been a while since you last encountered something 'fun'. This should *not* result in a constant stream of ships heading your way, the aim is just to prevent long stretches of encountering nothing.

1.6.6

Improvement: Auto save the game on a timer when out of combat to prevent loss of progress.
Improvement: Occasionally redirect NPC boats towards player if you haven't encountered anything in a while.
Bugfix: Prevent pressing 'B' to close a menu from lowering your boat's sails at the same time
Bugfix: Fix case where broken on-screen tutorial text could be displayed
Bugfix: Fix some errors that could happen when NPCs were sunk, potentially fixing some black screen bugs I've seen reported.
Bugfix: Wormkin forts now regenerate every 3 in-game days, instead of never.

Thanks to everyone for your continued support, and happy holidays!

Sail Forth 1.6 - Before the Wind

festivevectorsteam_community_announcements

634d ago

1.6: Before the Wind

Hello, it's been a while, but I'm happy to formally release the 1.6.0 update to Sail Forth, which I'm calling Before the Wind! This update contains a wide variety of features and improvements that are focused around both responding to community feedback and better integrating the recently added open world design with the rest of the game. The key new features are a combined and improved map screen, a new spyglass item, persistent NPC ships which inhabit the world, and an expanded world map + new bosses for the Maelstrom DLC.

World Map

The world map has been changed and improved significantly. The old Area Map and World Map items on the Radial Menu have been combined into a single Map which can be zoomed in and out of. You can fast travel when zoomed out in the map, and view nearby islands or points of interest when zoomed in. Map markers can now be viewed and placed regardless of the zoom level. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/34584373/bbfbc31fd96a44f8d5c787883cfd5ff203706a14.gif The map now also displays a global wind field representing the wind direction at that location. I read feedback that some players experienced the wind suddenly changing directions unexpectedly as they traveled, which I discovered the source of and fixed. The wind is now a smooth field across the entire world map which shifts slowly over time and with weather conditions, and there should be no sharp changes in direction. This should make planning a sailing route to a destination a lot easier! With the new map features and further improvements to the open world which I'll get into below, it also made sense to prevent fast travel to locations until they have been visited at least once. Locations that have not been explored yet are now labeled on the map, and the fog of war visuals have been improved to display exactly where you've explored anywhere in the Deepblue. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/34584373/4814aaad80d9dd59bc88d761bd74ce5d4af47355.gif

Spyglass

The spyglass is a brand new key item which is given to the player during the opening tutorial. Saves that have already completed the opening will simply have the spyglass added to their inventory. It occupies a conveniently freed up spot on the Radial Menu and can be used to spot distant locations and ships. Spotted locations are marked on the map as an Unrevealed Location. This is a big new way to explore and find locations around you while sailing in the ocean. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/34584373/d46574dd79748645713c483a9702655aa38b818c.gif Spotting distant ships is a handy way to identify hostile ships before they engage you, so you can decide whether to try to avoid them or attack. Some ships now have special names, which will be displayed if they have one, which brings us to the next feature! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/34584373/5824b655f760cfa38241826f4f19bd0bb409814f.gif

Persistent Entities

All of the generated enemy and friendly ships are now persistent entities in the world which have their own agendas. Both enemy and friendly ships will sail between locations and can be encountered while out in the Deepblue. This should greatly increase the amount of stuff going on when sailing between locations, as previously these ships could only be encountered within a location. Entities traveling around the world map in the editor view {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/34584373/7bc25675e1bb3f205904de4624a3c00adf1c1234.gif The old merchant fleets which sometimes spawned at Shipshape Shop locations have been updated with this system, and now travel between all the different shops. Following them is handy way to discover new areas! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/34584373/4a2466a4349b4a5a6a524ce211e993c2ccad2ed4.gif Friendly ships also now better track player reputation, which means that pirating merchant fleets should be a bit more of a dangerous career. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/34584373/0b581f30469ef56265155ba69d41ccccc70ae489.gif There is also a new entity type, which is a Skull fleet. These are difficult enemies that should be avoided unless you are well armed. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/34584373/a719c5426c6617151c9e09cb9464b7cbbb93fbc2.gif

New Ships

I've also added two new ships to the game. The first is the Swift, a lighter Brigantine rig which is fast but still decently armed. It's a great pick for exploring dangerous areas! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/34584373/ae81ce34faee3986272edf4dfa41376711d77a00.gif The next is the Proa, a Polynesian-influenced outrigger which is quite nimble and also very lightly armed. Great for quick travel but skilled sailors can also completely out maneuver opponents. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/34584373/5d10f2d7e549c315a6be5d08a31003c5ed01b30b.gif

Maelstrom

Finally, the Maelstrom DLC has been massively expanded upon, increasing the size of its world map and added 4 new bosses to encounter within it. The world under the Maelstroms, the Underside, is now its own full map which connects to the above world at each of the Maelstrom locations. These can be sailed between just like in the above world. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/34584373/bc3a998141283a0ba7ad36fcb8f4f48f02d073a9.gif There are also 4 new bosses to defeat within the Underside, which are unlocked as the main story is progressed. These bosses drop new powerful upgrades for your fleet and can be fought multiple times. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/34584373/22e5eb47533e67024e5730c2e2f05ee840dc4d05.gif The Arcane Shop has two new weapons available, the Light Bringer and the Sun Lance. The Sun Lance is the first beam weapon that can be equipped to ships, and is a lot of fun to use.

Bug Fixes

There are a bunch of bug fixes and smaller improvements as well, too many to enumerate. Some key things to mention though are a fix to Xbox which could cause saves to lose their DLC items, a totally rewritten final boss based on player feedback, and some fixes to a few fish which were not spawning under the conditions they were intended to.

Thank you

Thank you once again for your continued support and patience, this update would honestly not exist without your support! I want to give special thanks to all the members of the Discord who gave detailed feedback and tested early versions of this update. I'd encourage everyone to join the Discord if you're interested in getting the most up to date news on the game's development, news about beta versions, and eventually future projects beyond Sail Forth! I'd also say that if you've been lurking and waiting to try the game, now would be a great time to try it out! I think this update puts it in a really good place and it's the closest it's ever been to what I imagined. Good luck, and Gorbspeed!

Update 3 Open Beta

festivevectorsteam_community_announcements

818d ago

Hi everyone, I've been working on a pretty large update to the game which includes quite a bit of stuff, and I think it's about time to make it available in the experimental branch for testing. It still has a ways to go so I expect it to remain in the preview branch for a while longer while I bug fix and finish additional content not yet enabled in this release. The biggest changes so far are combining the world/local map into 1 radial menu item, the addition of the spyglass, and the world entity system. The map now shows a wind field to help plan your sailing routes better, this will shift over the course of in-game days! The spyglass is obtained during the tutorial and is used to spot distant locations and ships. The entity system allows for fully persistent AI boats that travel around the world in the same way you do, and can be encountered out in the Deepblue or within locations. This completely replaces the old system of simply spawning a few NPCs randomly at each location. This is compatible with old saves, but as usual your save will not be portable back to the old version of the game (see below for instructions on recovering your original save file).

Joining the beta

If you have the game on Steam and would like to opt-in to the beta, you can do so by right-clicking the game in your Library, selecting Properties > Betas, and choosing `public_preview` from the dropdown. You'll see `1.6.0` at the bottom right of the in-game options screen if you're on the beta.

Before you play

It is very important to note that if you do this your save file will become incompatible with the old version! The game will automatically create a backup of your original save on load, which can be found on Windows at `%appdata%\..\LocalLow\Festive Vector\Sail Forth\boat-game-old.save` If you want to return to playing the old version before the update is released, replace `boat-game.save` with `boat-game-{previous version}.save` Otherwise you can continue playing your save in the public preview branch until the update is fully released. The previous version should be `1.5.8` if you were playing on an up to date build of the game. Unlike previous betas I've done, this one is going to be longer, and I expect a lot of changes to be coming into the preview branch as there is still at least one major feature I intend to add. This means things will probably be less stable than usual, so please be ready to experience *bugs*. For instance, the Free Sail mode is likely broken at the moment due to the new entity system, which will of course be fixed but is just a low priority right now in terms of getting the update ready.

Bug reporting

If you find a bug you can now report it directly from the game, using the 'Feedback' option found in the pause menu. This is helpful for me as it includes a copy of your save file, the log, and a screenshot which makes it much easier for me to find and fix the bug.

Changelog

Base Game

Area Map and World Map are combined into a single item on the Radial Menu
Map marker can be viewed and placed from the zoomed out world map mode
Map identifies unexplored locations
Unexplored locations cannot be fast traveled to
Map now shows the global wind field in the background
Wind is now a continuous field across the entire world, shifting over time
World Entity system: Enemy and friendly boat NPCs are now persistent entities in the world
NPC boats have their own agenda and travel around the world freely
Players can now encounter these boats out in the Deepblue
Added new Enemy Fleet entity type, lead by a large pirate flagship
Added Croaker Subs as a potential NPC type, which will patrol Autumn Isles and engage pirates/tekk clan
Some NPC boats have custom names, visible in Spyglass view
Added new Spyglass key item
Acquired in tutorial instead of first map fragment
Used from Radial Menu to spot distant locations and ships
Can place map marker directly from Spyglass when looking at a Point of Interest
Will be retroactively added to existing saves that have completed the tutorial
New large class ship: The Swift, a light brigantine rigged ship
Revised final boss battle to hopefully be less tedious and more fun
AI ships will try to tack against the wind to reach their destination faster
Skull ships will use cosmetics to express themselves
(PC Only): Custom sail decals can now be loaded from the game’s save folder
New art assets for birds
Better preview when customizing boat sails and colors
Moontide weapon fx are less blindingly bright
Player reputation is better tracked by civilians and merchant ships, engaging in piracy should have more consequences now
General perf improvements to rendering
Bugfix: Fix some cases where some encounters like the Shell Shop might fail to spawn in the location they are said to be in
Bugfix: Xbox should properly recognize DLC on launch, fixing issue that could result in DLC items being stripped from save file
Bugfix: Final boss should no longer get stuck in first phase
Bugfix: Shell Shop no longer sells first item for free
Bugfix: Potential error in fast travel route planning causing the route to be longer than necessary
Bugfix: Potential error in Moontide rescue animals encounter
Bugfix: The ‘Glubsugnite’ fish now spawns in the biome it is said to spawn in
Bugfix: Moontide intro should occur properly when entering Pine Peaks for the first time
Bugfix: Skull Summoning Circle is properly shown in the map legend
Bugfix: Escorts should not target boats the player is currently boarding
More to come...

Maelstrom

Improvement: New weapon, the Arcane Sun Lance
More to come...

Patch 1.5.5

phosphoersteam_community_announcementspatchnotes

929d ago

Ahoy! This update features a revision to the Skull Summoning Circle encounter, along with numerous bug fixes. The game has now been downloaded several million times(!) on Epic due to the free week which as you can imagine has resulted in many new issues being found!

1.5.5

Revised the design of the Skull Summoning Circle: Waves are now triggered one at a time, and there are torches surrounding each Skull which are destroyed as each wave is defeated. The state is saved for each location, so you can return whenever you like to continue the challenge.
Fix cases where enemy waves would spawn at the wrong time during Skull Clan summoning encounter
Captains of ships should no longer go down with the ship, despite the popular saying. This should make assigning a crew member as Captain essentially a way to keep them alive forever, as long as you are diligent about picking them back up out of the sea!
Add "Active DLC" list to main menu to make it more clear if you've installed it successfully.
Fix cases where boat physics could become bugged, causing them to ‘drift’ far more than intended
Fix cases where Bonnibel and Kerblapp would not show up to collect your Bibble Bait Penguins
Fix Shell Shop taking all your pearls instead of the advertised amount
Fix Lightkeeper conclusion event triggering again if talked to immediately after
Priscilla and Nausicaa correctly hint at which locations you are missing a Deadrock from
Fix a missing Lightkeeper dialog string
Fix local map not opening to correct screen the first time
Fix a positioning error on a cosmetic slot on the Sakana
Add ‘secret’ fps uncap option in the options file (not exposed to UI yet)

I saw a few people in feedback mentioning wanting uncapped FPS. I haven't had time to add it to the UI yet but if you dig up the options save file (next to the save file), you'll find the entry "EnableFrameLimit" in the XML which you can set to false. Both save files can be found here on Windows, the options file is called boat-game.options. %userprofile%\AppData\LocalLow\Festive Vector\Sail Forth As always thanks to everyone for playing and following along with the game!

Maelstrom + 1.5.1 is Released!

phosphoersteam_community_announcements

935d ago

1.5.1

Hello and welcome to the Maelstrom update! This adds support for the Maelstrom DLC in addition to a host of new features, content and fixes to the base game. The biggest new feature is the addition of the ship cosmetic system, which allows you to equip special cosmetic items to specific slots on your boat to further customize its appearance. Cosmetic System - Add cosmetic slots to all boats - Boat helms are now cosmetic items - Boat flags are now cosmetic items - Add cosmetic items to Shipshape Shop and loot tables World Map - Improve the UX of the combined local and world map - Can zoom into local map or out to world map - Can pan freely in local map without restrictions - Better rendering in local map of nearby locations - Can fast travel back to the location you’re currently in New Encounter - Skull Clan Summoning Circle: For those seeking additional challenge. Look for a big skull atop a rock surrounded by torches! New Items - Add several new types of flags to equip in boat cosmetic slots - Add several boat helms to equip in boat cosmetic slots - Add many other cosmetic items such as lanterns and figureheads New Timepiece Key Item - Allows fast forwarding to sunset or sunrise and seeing the current time - Talk to the Lightkeepers after doing some of their quests Misc Features/Fixes - Toot and Goose can now be retrieved in the end-game from their camping spot - Perf improvements to inventory screen with many items - Ship outfit screen has better camera movement for viewing current slot - Fix boat repairs being getting stuck if fast travel is triggered mid repair - Items acquired from Shell Shop show proper prices at other shops - The Manage Docked Boats screen now shows stats of the selected boat - Fix boats sometimes showing up in the wrong section of the sell boats screen - Fix case where Marga might not spawn after getting the Harpoon until player fast traveled - Fire arbalest variants are now linked to the correct visuals - Fix a case where dialog would fail to progress when rescuing some Moontiders from the Tekk Clan - Fix a case where capturing a Tekk Clan ship could result in some broken crew members on your ship which would then cause all sorts of other issues like getting stuck on the fishing screen - Fix another case where an already sinking sailor could be picked up and then get into a broken state - Increased hit box for Tekk Clan Tower panels - Weather properly returns to normal after destroying Tekk Clan Towers - Fix case where boats could get stuck repairing when fast traveling mid repair - Fix case where boat physics could get broken if the oar shove off sequence was interrupted - Fix potential soft lock in Lightkeeper Recruitment arc where players could end up unable to deliver the Spectral Oil to Bello - Fix missing string when asking Lightkeepers for directions - Fix missing strings for Tekk Speedboat name and description - Fix a rare case where turning in an old photo to Snapps could result in a soft lock - Fix some cases where teleporting the player boat to safety could mistakenly put the boat inside an island

Maelstrom DLC

New Items - Add Maelstrom-themed cosmetic items - Add Maelstrom-themed weapons - Add Maelstrom-themed loot and pearls New Sailable Boat - Added the Wormkin Warship, a giant hollowed-out worm carcass with lateen sails New Enemies - Lesser Worms: small 1-shot enemies that try to collide with your ship - Greater Worms: large monsters that circle your ship and attempt to ram it - Wormkin Ships: powerful warships crewed by worm-infested sailors - Wormkin Towers: cannon-equipped towers used by the Wormkin New Biome - The Underworld: A dangerous new area beneath the Maelstrom and home to the Wormkin. It seems to be in a constant state of change, reshaping itself daily. New Encounters - The Maelstrom: A large whirlpool that transports the player to and from the Underworld, found in several locations throughout the world - Arcane Lightkeeper: A mysterious NPC who is willing to sell ancient items in exchange for valuable loot found in the Underworld - Wormkin Nest: These glowing nest pods contain valuable items, but disturb them at your own risk - Wormkin Fort: The Wormkin often take lost sailors captive, and hold them in cages here

Open Seas Free Update + DLC Announcement

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943d ago

Open Seas Update

Ahoy! The next big update to the game is called Open Seas and it is available right now! This update dramatically expands the exploration and sailing aspects of the game with a fully open world, there are no longer any boundaries between locations or loading screens. This also includes a big redesign to world map generation to further improve the exploration experience. If you’re returning to an old save, your progress will be retained but expect the map to look significantly different!

Sail Forth: Maelstrom Expansion

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/34584373/bebbe40b1d67bfb2b392e44bb2d95600a8407073.png Additionally, we’re excited to announce the upcoming release of the expansion Sail Forth: Maelstrom! This is a paid expansion that adds new areas to explore, new enemies, exclusive Maelstrom cosmetics, and a new NPC + associated shop. This will be paired with another free update that adds the ship cosmetic system, a new Skull Clan encounter, and many other changes and fixes. Sail Forth: Maelstrom is targeted for release on January 11. 🌪️ Sail Forth: Maelstrom - Brave the Vortexes! Dive headfirst into the heart of the storm with the Sail Forth Maelstrom expansion! A tempest has swept across the Deepblue, bringing forth colossal vortexes that promise unparalleled challenges and untold treasures. Are you ready to face the Maelstrom? 🌌Meet the Arcane Order The Maelstrom is watched over by mysterious guardians who offer strange new rewards to sailors willing to risk charting the depths of the Underworld. In exchange for much-coveted Maelstrom Pearls, the Arcane Order is willing to offer everything from ancient weaponry to custom cosmetics. ⚔️ Beware the Wormkin The Maelstrom introduces a host of menacing adversaries that will test your sailing prowess and combat skills. The Underworld does not easily tolerate interlopers. Do not linger, or the Wormkin may claim your fleet. 🎨 Expanded Vessel Customization Express yourself with the brand new ship cosmetic system, adding dozens of decorative items that can be fitted to the vessels in your fleet. ⚓ Sail Forth into the Unknown Continue your nautical adventure with Maelstrom, where the call of the vortexes beckons you to uncharted waters. Will you return to the light, or be swallowed by the abyss?

1.4.4 Changelog

Open World Exploration: - Loading screens between areas are removed - Can sail seamlessly between areas - Added ‘Deepblue’ ocean biome between areas with its own soundtrack - Island generation has been reworked a bit to give locations a bit more personality World Map Rework: - World Map generation has been redesigned with an open world in mind - Can now freely explore the biomes in any order after Sandy Shores - Difficulty is now scaled based on your overall progression in the game, rather than by which location you are in - Depending on where you explore, you may still encounter some high-challenge enemies - Player exact position is now saved instead of just current location Content Updates: - New boat: Kestrel, a mid sized schooner balancing armament and maneuverability - Clams: New digging/surfacing behavior to make finding them more interesting - Clams: New types of pearls are dropped by clams - Clams: Moontide Shop uses Moon Pearls instead of normal pearls - Ship Shape Shop: Shops now have intermittent sales depending on the calendar day, look for flashing lights! - Ship Shape Shop: Can now sell boats that are stored in your dock without undocking them first UI Updates: - New combined Area Map + World Map with better visuals for nearby locations - New design for wind indicator in the steering/compass display - World Map shows real player position instead of anchoring to nearest location - Label ‘key’ items in inventory Misc: - Crates and other small targets now always take 1 shot - Perf improvements when many boats are visible - Time passes during eclipse so you aren’t stuck on the same day forever - Improved sinking physics for destroyed boats - Improved sorting of crew inventory and cargo Bug Fixes: - Photo hunt encounter now properly progresses through the various ‘giant’ photo subjects, fixing cases where players were unable to complete their photo collection - Boat AI now uses oars properly when necessary - Fix case where player escorts might stop following player for no reason - Fix cases where the wrong fleet boat could be selected after exiting the outfit or crew manage screen - Fix many cases where NPCs could be covered by trees or rocks - Adjust ice target course to be less insanely difficult - Many fixes throughout the game to quest logic and cutscenes A big thank you to everyone for continuing to play and support the game! This update was a huge endeavor and I'm looking forward to expanding on it further with the upcoming Maelstrom update. I'd also like to give a big thank you to everyone in the Discord who participated in the Open Beta and submitted feedback, it was incredibly helpful in making this update as smooth as possible!

Update 2 Open Beta

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1020d ago

Hi everyone, Update 2/the Open Seas update is close to complete, and like with Update 1, this is a pretty big set of changes and I'd like to make a beta available for a couple weeks before the update goes out.

Joining the beta

If you have the game on Steam and would like to opt-in to the beta, you can do so by right-clicking the game in your Library, selecting Properties > Betas, and choosing `public_preview` from the dropdown. You'll see `1.4.0` at the bottom right of the options screen if you're on the beta.

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This is a big update that pretty dramatically changes the campaign map. If you play with an existing save your progress will be retained but expect locations to move around significantly! As a fair warning, with how large of a change this is there will almost certainly be bugs I haven't found yet!

Update 2: Open Seas Beta Changelog

Open World Exploration - Loading screens between areas are removed - Can sail seamlessly between locations - Added ‘Deepblue’ ocean biome between areas with its own soundtrack - Island generation has been reworked a bit to give locations a bit more personality World Map Rework - World Map generation has been redesigned with an open world in mind - Can now freely explore the biomes in any order after Sandy Shores - Difficulty is now scaled based on your overall progression in the game, rather than by which location you are in - Depending on where you explore, you may still encounter some high-challenge enemies - Player exact position is now saved instead of just current location Feature Updates - New Boat: Kestrel, a mid sized schooner balancing armament and maneuverability - Clams: New digging/surfacing behavior to make finding them more interesting - Clams: New types of pearls are dropped by clams - Clams: Moontide Shop uses Moon Pearls instead of normal pearls - Ship Shape Shop: Shops now have intermittent sales depending on the calendar day, look for flashing lights! - Ship Shape Shop: Can now sell boats that are stored in your dock without undocking them first UI updates - Reworked Area Map to better show nearby locations - New design for wind indicator in the steering/compass display - World Map shows real player position instead of anchoring to nearest location - Label ‘key’ items in inventory Misc Updates - Crates and other small targets now always take 1 shot - Perf improvements when many boats are visible - Time passes during eclipse so you aren’t stuck on the same day forever - Improved sinking physics for destroyed boats Bug Fixes - Photo hunt encounter now properly progresses through the various ‘giant’ photo subjects, fixing cases where players were unable to complete their photo collection - Boat AI now uses oars properly when necessary - Fix case where player escorts might stop following player for no reason - Fix many cases where NPCs could be covered by trees or rocks - Adjust ice target course to be less insanely difficult - Many fixes throughout the game to quest logic and cutscenes

Major Update: The Fleet Update!

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1234d ago

Update 1: The Fleet and Community Update

Hi, I’m excited to bring you to the first large feature update to Sail Forth! This update is all about addressing feedback from the community and improving the fleet mechanics within the game. Fleet Management - The Dock {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/34584373/477d7f02bb5b84b3ec6db02578993de4dfbcc373.gif The goal here is to enable more playstyles and allow you to accumulate new ships in a satisfying way. Don't want to deal with a fleet? Store all extra boats in your dock and use them like extra lives. Got a neat boat for a specialized purpose? Bring it out of the dock when you want to use it. - Boats can be stored at a dock, accessible from the fleet management menu whenever not in combat - Unlimited boats can be stored at the dock along with their crew and loadout - If your entire fleet sinks but you have docked boats, you can undock them to continue the fight - Previously in places where you could acquire a boat (encounters, boarding), you might have had to scrap it due to no remaining room in the fleet, now it can be stored at the dock directly Fleet Management - Orders and AI {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/34584373/61773480c184409cc5eca7bcd8819dde68489b95.gif Some of the most common feedback about the game so far has been that the fleet AI doesn't do a great job of avoiding collisions. I spent a bunch of time overhauling the way the AI sees the world around it and expanding your ability to control them. - Greatly improved navigation AI: Your fleet (and other AI boats) should be much more adept at avoiding collisions - The ‘set order’ functionality of previous demos has been restored and updated - Fleet boats can be told to Escort, Hold Position, or Hold Fire - Can also issue one of these commands to the entire fleet at once - Your fleet will attempt to escape combat and return to your flagship if you are not close by Progression Balancing Another common bit of feedback from the community was that the progression felt a bit strange. Having large ships available from the first shop you encounter meant that some players would grind it out immediately and not feel any need to upgrade for the rest of the game. With this in mind, the set of available ships has been modified to spread out the progression more sensibly throughout the game's chapters. Special thanks to Neizod from the community for a great writeup on the Steam forum about this problem! - Based on feedback many of the boats in the game have had their balance tweaked, in addition to a revised unlock progression - Each new Shipshape Shop encountered will unlock a new boat of that chapter’s tier - Larger ships are now unlocked later in the game and have had their prices updated to reflect this - Removed boat selection from tutorial sequence to curate a more consistent intro experience Content Updates {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/34584373/d7f4021530f1276970e7cd8c51557b8685e65e44.gif This is not a content-focused update but I did find some time to add a bit of stuff. The new Tekk Speedboat should make the Tekk Clan fleets a bit more interesting to fight, and the Croaker bounties have been overhauled to present a bigger challenge. Many people have asked for more ability to customize their crew-members, and this update brings a small first step towards this, giving you the ability to set their colors separately from the boat/sail colors. - The way enemies are placed in the world has been overhauled, which will allow for new types of content in the future - For now the main difference is that hostile locations such as forts have a chance to spawn new enemies each day - Updated Croaker Bounty encounters which now scale in size and difficulty - Introducing the Tekk Clan Speedboat: a fast and lightly armed engine-powered vessel - Tekk Subs are now implemented as proper ‘boats’ in game terms, giving them better physics and AI - Tekk Destroyer weapon slots increased to 4 - Updated visuals for Lightkeeper Flagship: Based on feedback the design of the ship has been revised with a more realistic and better looking sail rig - Crew color customization: Your crew’s color scheme is now chosen separately from the sail colors Other fixes and changes - Updated tutorial system: The old tutorial system felt a bit heavy handed as it would frequently pause the game and force you to do something that you potentially already know how to do - Tutorials now use a ‘checklist’ system that never pauses the game, and are much less intrusive - New tutorial added for camera zoom controls - 'Feedback' option now available from the pause menu to report bugs directly from the game - Improved capsizing logic: If your boat capsizes, your crew is temporarily thrown in the water and must spend some crucial time flipping the boat right side up again, which can be devastating in a battle. Watch those sails! - Many smaller bug fixes and tweaks, too many to enumerate here Thank you to everyone for continuing to play and engage with the game, it's really motivating for me! This was a ton of stuff, and it is by no means the end, I've got lots of cool stuff planned for the rest of the year. Feel free to share any feedback you have on the forums, the new Discord, or via the new feedback tool in-game. I can't promise to address everything but I do read all of it. For console players - The update is in certification, and should be out in about a week. Gorbspeed!

Update 1 Beta

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1244d ago

Hi everyone, Update 1 is close to complete, and as this is a pretty big set of changes I'd like to try making a beta available for a couple weeks before the update goes out. If you have the game on Steam and would like to opt-in to the beta, you can do so by right-clicking the game in your Library, selecting Properties > Betas, and choosing `public_preview` from the dropdown. It is very important to note that if you do this your save file will become incompatible with the old version! The game will automatically create a backup of your original save on load, which can be found on Windows at %appdata%\..\LocalLow\Festive Vector\Sail Forth\boat-game-old.save If you want to return to playing the old version before the update is released, replace `boat-game.save` with `boat-game-old.save` Otherwise you can continue playing your save in the public preview branch until the update is fully released. If you find a bug you can now report it directly from the game, using the 'Feedback' option found in the pause menu. This is helpful for me as it includes a copy of your save file, the log, and a screenshot which make it much easier for me to find and fix the bug. Update 1 Changelog Fleet Management - The Dock - Boats can be stored at a dock, accessible from the fleet management menu whenever not in combat - Unlimited boats can be stored at the dock along with their crew and loadout - If your entire fleet sinks but you have docked boats, you can undock them to continue the fight - If you get a new boat and have no room in the fleet it can be added to dock automatically Fleet Management - Orders and AI - The 'set order' functionality of previous demos has been restored and updated - Fleet boats can be told to Escort, Hold Position, or Hold Fire - Can also issue one of these commands to the entire fleet at once - Greatly improved navigation AI - Your fleet (and other AI boats) should be much more adept at avoiding collisions - Your fleet will attempt to escape combat and return to your flagship if you are not close by Progression Balancing - Based on feedback many of the boats in the game have had their balance tweaked, in addition to a revised unlock progression - Each new Shipshape Shop encountered will unlock a new boat of that chapter’s tier - Larger ships are now unlocked later in the game and have had their prices updated to reflect this - Removed boat selection from tutorial sequence to curate a more consistent intro experience Content Updates - Hostile locations such as forts have a chance to spawn new enemies each day - Updated Croaker Bounty encounters which now scale in size and difficulty - Introducing the Tekk Clan Speedboat: a fast and lightly armed engine-powered vessel - Tekk Subs are now implemented as proper 'boats' in game terms, giving them better physics and AI - Tekk Destroyer weapon slots increased to 4 - Updated visuals for Lightkeeper Flagship: Based on feedback the design of the ship has been revised with a more realistic and better looking sail rig - Crew color customization: Your crew’s color scheme is now chosen separately from the sail colors Tutorial Updates - Updated tutorial system: The old tutorial system felt a bit heavy handed as it would frequently pause the game and force you to do something that you potentially already know how to do - Tutorials now use a 'checklist' system that never pauses the game, and are much less intrusive - New tutorial added for camera zoom controls Other fixes and changes - Many smaller bug fixes and tweaks, too many to enumerate here

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