Sea of Survivors news & patch notes

This update introduces the long overdue crew system overhaul, replacing the tedious crew leveling and passives with a more interactive quest system: Crew Ambitions, allowing you to plan runs which satisfy your Crew, for which they'll share their personal treasures!

Crew overhaul

• Crew leveling and passive skills have been replaced with 41 new Ambitions
• Including 12 new treasures only rewarded from Ambitions
• Players with trained crew will be awarded doubloons for each removed skill
• Ambitions are a once per run quest that gives a fixed treasure reward
• Crew wages are based on their satisfied ambitions
• Crew mates can now be retired to gain their wage in doubloons

Boss Chest

• A new chest with 6 new treasures has been added as a reward for slaying each boss

Quality of Life

• Indicators can now be removed by clicking on them in the map
• Indicators can now be placed by clicking on the map
• Indicators placed on the map are numbered and shown in order during a run
• Weapon selection at the start of the run is now a drop down menu
• Port selection at the start of the run now opens the map
• All in-run pauses, such as opening chests, or raid events, are now triggered by picking up items
• Refreshed the Tavern and Stash menus

Balance

• Kill Count raids are now for a fixed amount of kills, scaling exponentially for each raid completed
• Crit Chance over 100% has a chance on hit to be added to Crit Damage, rather than guaranteeing a multicrit
• Lantern, Carpenters Tools, and Voodoo doll now only affect the closest weapon
• Empty Crate now scales with the total amount of empty slots
• Fish no longer count towards feast stacks before taking Chowder

There's also various other small fixes and tweaks. We're currently working on adding the next area to the map, with even more adventures to be had! Thanks for sailing with us! Nah Yeah Games.

In Run Menu

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• The tabs are now at the bottom of the screen, so you can see your level/the clock when upgrading, and to make the touchscreen experience nicer
• The 'menu' tab has been replaced by a settings button
• Continue and Quit buttons have been added which are always visible, so the menu can always be exited with a single click

Removed Stats

• Turn speed stat and treasures have been removed, turn speed now scales with the ships speed
• Projectile spread stat and treasures have been removed, the spread of weapons now scales with amount

Hotfixes

• Fishing rod has been moved to the common level up chest
• Coins vacuumed with a ledger now count towards the pickup achievement
• Polished spread patterns for all weapons
• Fixed a bug where the Great One wouldn't spawn in the Grand Deep if the Kraken had already been slain
• Crableaf no longer triggers the player damaged sound effect
• The Dutchman is no longer targetable while phasing
• Lightning can no longer hit untargetable enemies/projectiles
• Fixed the Holy Grail treasure tooltip
• Fixed a bug where the Black Mirror wouldn't appear in the stash after being taken
• Ensured the player ship was always above Minefish Molotov flames

Next we're working on overhauling the crew system, the next area, and whatever other QoL improvements we can make in the meantime. Thanks for sailing with us! Nah Yeah Games.

Ahoy Pirates! Thanks for all the feedback! Here's a list of all the hot fixes this week:

• Moved the fishing rod to the level up chest
• Tweaked the base overcharge stats for all weapons
• Removed overcharge scaling from weapons which always fire once off cooldown
• Starting a raid no longer removes arrows pointing at other raids
• Off-screen enemies are no longer considered for raid conditions
• Time based enemy raids now trigger the next wave immediately if all enemies have been killed
• Added support for DX12 and Vulkan based renderers (which should fix issues on Intel ARC graphics card)
• Changed Flintlock Pistol description from "Increase damage permanently on level up" to "Increase damage for each level gained with the pistol"
• Fixed a bug where treasures which don't persist on the grid (such as "Hand of Glory") wouldn't be revealed in the stash
• Fixed a bug where some enemies wouldn't spawn if killed on a prior run in the same session
• Fixed a bug where bottles couldn't be picked up if every island had been loaded
• Fixed a bug where bottles wouldn't drop after raiding a single island

We'll have another QoL update out shortly to improve the in-run menus, and following that we're working on overhauling the crew system, the next area, and whatever other QoL improvements we can make in the meantime. Thanks for sailing with us! Nah Yeah Games.

Ahoy Sailors! We're dropping anchor to bring you the next Sea of Survivors update!

The Shifting Isles

Hidden deep within the murky waters of the Shifting Isles, the Curseweavers gather, toiling in unity, weaving curse after curse on one another with singular purpose, uniting the world under a nightmarish order, by bringing forth the Great One. In the Shifting Isles, there's many secrets to discover:

• 3 new weapons
• 3 new bosses
• 10 new enemies
• 35 new locations
• 21 new bounties
• 21 new treasures

Other Changes

The Shifting Isles come with a lot of other changes:

• The Grand Deep has been completely rearranged
• The Dutchman has a new moveset
• The barrel dropping sloops have completely new art
• Some Raids now require kills to complete, instead of time
• There's a new Raid UI for counting the seconds left or kills required
• Renamed preparation to charge
• New weapon charging UI for visualizing cooldown/charge interactions
• 6 new stats - Overcharge (weapon magazine size), Wisdom (xp rate), Greed (doubloon rate), Reach (pickup range), Hardness (damage reduction), and Recovery (Hp regen)
• Coin treasures now immediately give doubloons, instead of waiting until the end of the run
• Make Pegleg always give 5 Amount - we've added more ways to build amount, and more ways to duplicate treasures, and we cannot make computers/enemies keep up with the old pegleg.
• Lightning bounces now scale with the Amount stat
• Removed the Bounce stat - Bounce turned every projectile weapon into lightning, making them all feel the same, as well having negative impacts on weapon balance and performance, so we've made the call to cut it.
• Islands now have a sea foam VFX effect applied

Whats Next?

This update took us awhile, we had to rebuild a few systems to allow us to add all the new content, going forwards, we're going to be doing smaller more frequent updates. We're still not sure how we're going to split the next area up into smaller updates, but the next updates will come a lot quicker than this one did! Next on our list while we figure out how to break up the next area:

• Polishing the in/end game menu
• Viewing logs from past voyages
• Redoing the Crew systems
• Polishing Shifting Isles with all feedback

Thanks for sailing with us! Nah Yeah Games.

We're thrilled to announce that Sea of Survivors has been handpicked for PixElated Festival, presented by Brave At Night! The festival celebrates the best indie games with outstanding pixel art, and we're honored to be among the select few chosen to present their games. The event runs from July 29th to August 5th, 2024, and will be a visual feast for all pixel art enthusiasts. Sea of Survivors and PixElated Festival will feature as a Midweek deal, alongside some other incredible indie titles. Thank you for your support so far, we're stoked to take part in this epic pixel art celebration. P.S. Keep your eyes peeled for some exciting news about Sea of Survivors that's just over the horizon.

Ahoy Pirates! Just a list of changes based on all your feedback that have been made this week. QoL: - Added an arrow indicator to shipwrecked crew mates - Stop shipwrecked crew mates from sinking if you sail too far away - Made right-click pause the game to allow for mouse-only gameplay - Added keybinds for controlling map zoom on keyboard (ctrl/shift, or 1/2, or +/-) - Added staked doubloons to the end game stats menu - Adjusted the names/order of doubloon related stats for clarity - Optimized the skeleton rowboats to reduce frame drops when battling them Bugs fixes: - Fixed a bug where staked doubloons were counted towards doubloon collected achievements - Fixed a bug where bottled maps may direct the player towards an captured port - Fixed a bug where picking up multiple merchant chests at the same time would sometimes not award all the chests - Fixed a bug where opening the steam overlay or pausing at the wrong time would softlock the game on the pause menu - Fixed a bug where the pan speed on the map depended on FPS - Fixed a bug where crew mate XP was rendered incorrectly when a crew mate leveled up during a run - Fixed a bug where picking up a crew mate during a run didn't apply the crew mates skills

Ahoy Sailors! We’re dropping anchor again to bring you the next Sea of Survivors update! This one introduces new mechanics at the voyage level and the progression level, as well as a lot of systems, quality of life, and bug fixes in preparation for the upcoming content update.

The Map

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Cross Doubles Everything!

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Staking & Rerolls

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Ports

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Whats next?

The next big update will feature the Shifting Isles, a new area introducing new treasures, enemies, bosses, raids, crew skills, and mechanics. Look forward to more ways to spend your doubloons, more crazy builds, and more unique pirate adventures. We really want to make each voyage feel unique, so Sea of Survivors still has a long way to go. Thanks for sailing with us! Nah Yeah Games.

P.S. Patch notes:

New Mechanics:

• Start voyages from any discovered Port
• End voyages early upon raiding a Port
• ‘Curse of Avarice’ - enables embarking on a voyage with doubloons taken from the stash
• Re-rolls - spend doubloons to re-roll chests, the first re-roll of a voyage costs 100 gold, cost doubles each re-roll
• The Dutchman now spawns immediately upon finishing the Skull Ilse raid - we’re keen to see how fast people can sink the Dutchman and finish a voyage at a port

Quality of Life:

• Pause menu - Added live event log
• Pause menu - Added live run statistics
• Pause menu - Added live map
• Live map - Shows locations visited in the past (as question marks)
• Live map - Shows locations raided in the past (as named locations)
• Live map - Shows the route taken throughout the voyage
• Pause menu - Added current crew summary screen
• Live run statistics - Show stats using “MMO” numbers - 10k, 10m, 10b
• Controls - On keyboard, bound the ‘M’ key to open the map
• Treasure screen - Links and Stats now update live while hovering slots with treasures
• Treasure screen - Current gold counter added
• Treasure screen - A ReRoll button (once unlocked)
• Treasure screen - All other pause screens are viewable from the Treasure screen
• Quartermaster screen - Complete new look
• Quartermaster screen - Weapons on the Quartermaster screen now have a tooltip on hover
• Quartermaster screen - New staking input, for specifying how many doubloons to embark with (once unlocked)
• Quartermaster screen - A “redo stake” button, for reapplying the last non-zero stake
• Quartermaster screen - New port input, for choosing which discovered port to being your run at (once discovered)
• Upgrade system - Cross now doubles everything
• Upgrade system - Multiplicative effects always stack before being applied
• Shipwright - Adjusted upgrade prices
• Shipwright - Adjusted upgrade order
• Tooltips - Now shrink to fit their text, and align better with various elements
• Added a quick fog screen transition between most scenes

Bug fixes:

• Fixed a bug where the Grand Deep Cartographer bounty wouldn’t claim because of the Curseweavers Conjuring Camp
• Fixed a bug where the Floating Fortress bounty wouldn’t claim
• Fixed a bug which allowed duplicating treasures from a chest
• Fixed a bug where Steam Deck would have intermittent issues with saving for some players.
• Updated the game engine - which should resolve some crashes related to graphics drivers and Direct X
• Fixed a bug where menus would scale improperly on some resolutions
• Reworded the ‘Don’t scratch the paint bounty’ - it’s claimed by finishing a voyage without taking a single hit
• Fixed a bug where Ritual Dagger and Flintlock Dagger were applied in different orders depending on their position - now multiplicative effects always stack before being applied
• Fixed a bug where the explosion VFX on the barrels dropped by the fast boat weren’t aligned with barrels
• Fixed various controller cursor desync bugs
• Fixed some memory leaks related to particle effects

Hey Sailors! We've just hauled a new update onto Steam. We've gotten lots of feedback on Steam, worried that we've abandoned Sea of Survivors: We haven't! We're a small team of 3 and this is our first game, so we've had some growing pains, but we've been hard at work on the systems of Sea of Survivors, and the next area, featuring new enemies, new weapons, new items, and new islands. We're going to ship more smaller updates to make it more obvious we're still hard at work! The highlight of today's update is a new weapon to celebrate Pirates vs Ninjas! The Shuriken! For now it starts unlocked, but we'll change that once when we introduce the new area. This is the full list of changes:

Weapons

• New weapon - Shuriken
• Reworked the Blunderbus Ambushers
• Gave the Cannonback Tortuga a tether and a Dash attack!

System

• Picking up a map in a bottle now lets the player pick the destination type out of 3 options
• The end of run captains log now features a list of events that occurred in the run, with split times

Quality of Life

• Crewmates are now sorted by Xp in the Tavern
• Crewmate skill filters are now in alphabetical order in the Tavern
• Anchors are now considered a Melee weapon for the sake of bounties
• Added a feedback button to the pause menu
• Added a new curse for disabling map pickups
• Killing the Dutchman now collects all dropped coins
• Blazebeards Wake kills now count as fire kills for the sake of bounties

Bugs

• Fixed a bug where a treasure and the 50% xp for skipping could be taken in the upgrade screen
• Health bar width is now capped to prevent pushing the timer off the screen

Please give it a shot and let us know what you think, Happy Sailing!

Ahoy Friends!

Batten down the hatches and prepare to set sail with Sea of Survivors for the first ever Bullet Heaven Fest on Steam. We are thrilled to announce that Sea of Survivors has been hand-picked by our friends at Erabit and Ravenage to appear in the highly anticipated Bullet Heaven Fest. It's time to cast off the anchor and become the bullet hell as you dive into the thrilling world of pirates, treasures, and intense action. Don’t miss your chance to check out some of the other legendary titles such as Halls of Torment, 20 Minutes Till Dawn and many more at the heart of this exciting new festival. If you haven’t already, make sure you recommend Sea of Survivors to your friends and join the crew in the Discord.

Ahoy Sailors!

Lost at Sea Event

From the depths comes a limited time only game mode exclusive to Steam Scream 2023, you'll have to row like you've never rowed before to outrun the horrors of the deep and their undead compatriots. This game mode will go away at the end of Steam Scream, and is teasing some future content, make sure to check it out!

Steam Achievements

This update also enables steam achievements! Any bounties you've already collected should automatically be added to your steam profile upon opening Sea of Survivors.

Gameplay

• Raids now reset if you get too far away
• The Player now collects all coins upon slaying the Kraken

Balance

• Cannon weapon projectiles now pierce enemies
• Sharks damage down from 200 to 90
• Barrel Boat knock back reduced from 3 to 1
• Submarines now spawn further away
• Rowboats and Armored Rowboats hp lowered from 100 to 85

UI

• Damage numbers now show damage taken, instead of damage done
• Removed the wish list button from the in game menus
• Allowed controls to selected completed bounties
• Stopped the Hp from always having an empty space if the player had a max hp stat ending with 50
• Fixed numerous typos

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug where Ham would never be dealt
• Fixed a bug where raiding a certain secret island during the Kraken fight would prevent a run from ever finishing

Join the Discord and let us know what you think of the latest update! Happy Sailing, Nah Yeah Games

Ahoy Pirates!

Happy to announce Sea of Survivors has entered Early Access! We've been building and playtesting for a long time now, and we're finally ready to open it up to the world.

Early Access introduces:

• 9 new Islands to find
• 12 new bounties
• A new secret boss

Will your progress from the Demo carry over?

Your progress from the demo will continue over as long as:

• You're playing on the same PC you played the demo on, OR
• You play on the same PC you played the demo on once, before you start playing on the new PC.

What are we doing next?

• We'll be watching the Steam Community Hub and Sea of Survivors Discord closely for any reported issues.
• We'll be localizing the game into a few languages.
• We'll be enabling all the bounties as steam achievements.
• We'll be routinely shipping new content to find on your voyages.

Join the Discord and help shape the future of Sea of Survivors with us! Smooth Sailing, Nah Yeah Games.

Chat with the Developers as we watch NeverNathaniel and FoxyFrogYT try Sea of Survivors during Steam NEXTFEST!

Chat with the Developers as we watch NeverNathaniel and FoxyFrogYT try Sea of Survivors during Steam NEXTFEST! You can checkout NeverNathaniel playing a preview build of Sea of Survivors already over on YouTube:

Ahoy Pirates! We’ve made it! Sea of Survivors is ready for Early Access! On the 18th of October 2023, Sea of Survivors will be available. Get ready to assemble your crew and set sail on a pirate adventure like never before. We want to take this opportunity to thank you all for your unwavering support so far. If you haven’t already, you can Wishlist Sea of Survivors on Steam - it helps us tremendously! If you’d like to join the conversation, we also have an amazing crew of people on Discord - https://discord.gg/d3AvRGP3P3

Crew

You can start building your crew right now in the demo, and your pirates will transfer over on release! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43787440/c67d11287687ae6be34295e14ac6fd034948ddac.gif Recruit and Manage Your Own Crew of Pirates:

• Hire the best crew for the job and sail with enhanced abilities, but beware, sink your ship and members of your crew will be lost at sea
• Each pirate you meet has a combination of useful skills as well as their own unique name and appearance
• With each journey, your crew members gain experience and develop useful skills.
• As you explore the map you’ll get the chance to recruit shipwrecked pirates to add them to your roster… And, with a bit of luck, you’ll find some of your lost crewmates.

What’s on the Horizon?

We're getting a bunch more cool stuff ready for early access. Here's a list:

New Treasures, Curses and Weapons:

• Personalize your ship with new weapons and upgrades to create your playstyle, from rapid-fire harpoons to devastating lightning strikes.
• Collect rare treasures to enhance your vessel's firepower, resilience and versatility.
• Unlock mysterious curses for a greater challenge and increased rewards.

Explore the Mysterious Archipelago:

• Uncover the mysteries of the archipelago and the eerie horrors of the deep that lurk below the surface.
• Test your strategy and navigational prowess in a new environment that completely changes the game.
• Risk it all against powerful new bosses in our toughest challenge yet.

Unlockable Content, Bounties and Steam Achievements

• Check the bounty board in your hideout and set goals to unlock new in-game content.
• A bounty of unique challenges that unlock achievements in-game and for your Steam profile
• Each new discovery is added to your collection log. Can you uncover every treasure and mystery in Sea of Survivors?

Ahoy Pirates! Thank you everyone for being a part of our journey so far. We’ve just reached a huge milestone with over 7000 demo installs, far beyond what we expected when we set out on our voyage. To celebrate we are joining Steam in presenting the demo of Sea of Survivors as a part of SHMUP fest. Keep your eyes peeled! There's a massive content update just over the horizon, follow the game so you don't miss it. We’ll be announcing the Early Access Release date for Sea of Survivors in the next couple of weeks. If you’d like to get notified when Sea of Survivors enters Early Access, wishlist the game, it helps us A LOT. We also have a Discord community where you can become part of the crew and talk with the developers!

Haven’t had a chance to try the demo? Watch Retromation defeat the Kraken!

Ahoy Pirates! Thanks to everyone that played the demo! The feedback so far has been great. We've just pushed the first update to the demo, the big changes: - Treasures no longer stack (except for weapons) - Treasures that used to stack, now get stronger for each surrounding treasure instead - Tooltips and Keywords for the upgrade system! - You can now click on a just placed treasure to undo the placement - You can now right click after placing a treasure to undo the placement - Doubled the size of the coins We've also fixed a bunch of other minor annoyances. Fair Seas, The Nah Yeah Team

Ahoy Pirates! We proudly announce that the Sea of Survivors demo is officially live! Embark on the high seas and attempt to survive against a faction of bounty hunters as they chase you to the edge of the known world. Hunt down merchant ships and discover powerful treasures and mysterious curses that will help you on your journey. The demo includes a range of weapons and cursed treasures that let you create a unique build with each run, the shipwright that allows you to spend your plunder and permanently upgrade your ship after every voyage, and a variety of enemies each with unique mechanics and challenges. If you can prove yourself a master of the seas you will have the opportunity to face the Kraken. Can you defeat her? Or will you find yourself in the belly of the beast? Don’t forget to follow and wishlist Sea of Survivors to stay up to date. You can also join the Discord crew and get involved with the community. https://discord.gg/d3AvRGP3P3

Ahoy Pirates! On Wednesday, the 9th of August 2023, Sea of Survivors will become available as a demo that will showcase the core mechanics and features of the game. This also gives you an opportunity to share your feedback with the development crew and help shape the game. If you haven’t already, make sure you follow and wishlist Sea of Survivors on Steam. If you’d like to become a part of the community, you can join the crew on Discord here. Happy Sailing, The Nah Yeah team