The Caribbean Sail news & patch notes

Ahoy there!

Since Nintendo wouldn't take my game for the Switch, I've brought The Caribbean Sail to paper instead! "Just a card deck?" I hear you mutter with a twinge of curiosity tainted by a drop of waning disappointment. Nay! Banish those doubts and behold the infomercial! There we are. Now that I've got your attention, here's what you can find in the box! Deluxe Deck - 90 cards in total. Major and Minor Arcana, Jokers, and bonus cards. Minor Arcana - Coins, skulls, hearts, and swords. Major Arcana - 22 unique poker size tarot cards labeled by roman numeral. Bonuses - 2 game cards, 4 mysterious red aces, a tarot reference card, and more! If that doesn't have you reaching for your wallet, how about a tarot cloth for divination... or just making it easier to pick up cards off of hard surfaces like your heart? {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/30575242/cc5b7a5efec8988865f5e13d7a84d689cec2c2ac.jpg Made from the finest sail cloth I could sink my hooks into. While supplies last, you can also get my name fancifully written on a card by yours truly! Half were gone in the first hour so I doubt this illustrious privilege will last much longer. It may even be worth something when I'm dead! Now stop listening to my blathering and go plunder yourself a Deck of Sailors! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/victorianclambake/deck-of-sailors {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/30575242/71bcc183143a38b8e80d24d53747ab0fc916a6fd.jpg I couldn't bring the sea dragon to the game but at least he can live on in ink. Thank you for enduring the written medium and supporting the physical medium. Fair winds to you all lads! - The Captain {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/30575242/d923e1953bbdfb2188e808e68654a91e9ddadc98.png

Happy Seventh Anniversary to The Caribbean Sail!

After years of being restrained to only the darkest corners of taverns, those tarot cards are coming to the real world along with a full deck of playing cards styled in the black and white pixels of The Caribbean Sail! You could read fortunes... or you could play a game of gin rummy, poker, bull***t, scopa, or The Hunt for Davy Jones! -and by Neptune, why stop there? Invent your own card games with the custom suits!

Coins

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Swords

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Hearts

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Skulls

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/30575242/25b3928e3355022f8d1754b137c63e7708d9e8b1.png You've never seen a card deck like this and you likely never will again. These won't be none of your cabin boys flat sticky flimsy paper cards neither, nay, I'm having them printed on the air cushioned M32* linen stock that dreams are made from which cardistry experts and magicians would be proud to wield. Get notified when the Kickstarter goes live here!

Seven years. Wow.

Talk like a pirate day 2017 was the initial release date of these piratey pixels and I never thought that I'd still be passionate about making new artwork or pushing content updates all this time later but you keep me motivated. Thank you kindly for all your support over the years and bringing my dreams to life time and time again. Raise a drink to yourselves lads as we look forward to another year of Caribbean Sailing! - The Captain, Evan Massie {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/30575242/63359abfc54b06bc28c916e27cdff5af11a3a0c4.png *M32 stock will be stretch goal dependent as minimum prints start at 1,000 decks.

SARGASSO SPOTTED!

A new ocean event in Fantasy and Purist mode has reared its algae bedraggled head to look in your direction like an obnoxious in-law at your Christmas dinner. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/30575242/120508ae48776ea9dc75cf224b0178a0046da998.png A gentle slimy hug from the ocean When sailing the waters of the Atlantic, there is now a small chance to cross a Sargasso belt. These floaty green pools of seaweed, algae, and sargassum will slow your ship by 30% while offering a new fishing opportunity; EELS! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/30575242/b981d1cf3e8b456b4d6dca5314e65d7ea96191bc.gif Ever ate an eel? Me neither but these ones won't give you electric feels. Throw em to the crew and they'll slurp them down like spaghetti.

Patch Logbook

New Feature + Atlantic Sargasso Sea event + Eel fish type + Net eels Bug Fixes - Launch logo centered on all screen sizes - Inventory deletion / duplication bug resolved This update would not have happened without Kofi supporters. Join the crew if you'd like to see another feature update someday. Fair winds to you all lads! - Evan, Captain of Victorian Clambake {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/30575242/63359abfc54b06bc28c916e27cdff5af11a3a0c4.png

The achievements have been fixed.

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/30575242/b536c0d05ad7719cd117e202ec4c6442a4c28be9.png This post will be dryer than your mouth after three days at sea without water. Due to recent Windows 11 incompatibilities, I ran The Caribbean Sail through GameMaker 2 and exported it. This was a painfully difficult process that involved resolving over 48,000 errors.

Changes

+ Version number is now 1.8 + Exported with GM2

If you were experiencing crashes on Windows 11 before and this resolved them, please let me know. If you are experiencing any crashes now that you weren't before, please let me know also. I will not sell defective products.

Regarding Mac

The game was unfortunately never ported to Mac 64-bit and unfortunately I cannot afford a Mac at this time to export with and as Steam is fully discontinuing support for 32-bit Mac applications, I will not be supporting Mac users for now. If you would like to help potentially bring back Mac support then donations on my Ko-Fi will go towards licensing fees, developer fees, and development hardware: https://ko-fi.com/victorianclambake# https://store.steampowered.com/app/2153250/Captain_Blacksword/ Looking for something more exciting? I've recently updated the page for my next game with many new GIF's! Check it out and wishlist your next nautical adventure today! Fair winds to you all, - The Captain {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/30575242/63359abfc54b06bc28c916e27cdff5af11a3a0c4.png

Well hey there boys and girls!

Have you ever wanted to be a cartoon mouse pirate? Then have I got news for YOU! After 95 years since first stepping onto the world stage, Steamboat Willie is now a playable character in the Caribbean Sail!

Watch the original animation

Unlock Instructions

1) Start a new profile 2) Enable Fantasy mode 3) Name your Captain "Steamboat Willie" * 4) Scroll two occupations left 5) Select the ol' mouse himself 6) Get to pirating! *Alternatively, earn 20000XP {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/30575242/3859e96c283904601d44b953d1ebdf5c51ed35a8.png

Update Log

+ New occupation: Steamboat Willie + Unique ring smoke puffs for Steamships when playing as Steamboat Willie + New shanty when playing as Steamboat Willie + New artworks for plank walking, dying, hanging, and flogging + A new little Blacksword Easter Egg + Governor starts with £5,000 + Particle effects

Happy Tooting!

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You know what every good pirate needs? Cannons.

Unfortunately those are hard to make, ship, or sell online so I've created the next best thing: A limited time merch store! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/30575242/c8c11794249a02cba622234ea08ae65508abfe1c.png Hosted by shopify and printed by printful (not painstakingly handcrafted as usual) all high enough quality for this Captain's standards! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/30575242/895522f03ff11fddb175969416fe47aaf645929a.jpg The desk pad is my personal favorite. There's no branding which makes it versatile! Use it as a giant mouse pad, a game mat to make cards easier to pick up (Try my card game on it), make your coworkers jealous, organize your crew rations on it, make it into a rum coaster for your table, roll it up and smack away seagulls, wrap yourself in it for warmth as the cruel winds blow down from the north- the possibilities are endless! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/30575242/8c21d19e5361f8c5ef5c7f2ab01a2c4163a7cdf0.png My second favorite piece is the Joyless Roger stealth shirt! Black printed on black is obviously the coolest possible cooler combination and it doesn't come cooler than this. The subtle design without branding makes it a flexible base piece for any everyday pirate looking to show their true colors.

On limited quantities

There's a few other items on the store but all are currently limited to only 10 units available in total per size, per item, shipping in USA only. I don't plan on staying in the merch business forever at this time so fetch yer swag and toss a few doubloons my way because this whole ship will sink in January 2024. If things go well I may replenish stock in December, create more designs, more products, or other things... like a sheet of Caribbean Sail themed stickers. I'm testing new waters so we'll see where they take us!

That's all well and good Captain but where's our next game?

Captain Blacksword is underway lads and I'm sharing updates regularly on the Discord and Twitter (or X marks the spot if you prefer) and cross posting to a strange little website called Stimulus. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/30575242/424f3382787a9c57ab6831e90617ae9d6f9d30e3.jpg WHAT THE DEVIL IS THAT? Since you asked and it no longer feels like I'm cornering you to talk about my endless passion projects apropos of nothing; I went an extra nautical mile as Captain Blacksword is intended to be an NES style arcade game and built my own tabletop arcade machine. I'm working on an arcade compatible demo to run that will be downloadable on my Kofi page for the Clambake Crew members. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/30575242/dc10a3419b7bd7f9e04fb018927b6fcaa0a5c2c0.gif Captain Blacksword has been in a toybox phase for longer than you've been ignoring the barnacles on your hull and as of today is now on course for completion. Feature creep has bogged things down long enough and I'm focused on creating levels. What lies before me is an estimated 100 days of work. Not days until release, 24 hour periods of solid development. Blacksword will not release until it has achieved 10,000 wishlists even if the game is 100% complete. This ship will sail or stay in port until I figure out how to create the wind myself. As a final announcement...

There will be one more Caribbean Sail feature.

I am legally obligated not to disclose what it will be until January 1st.

Fair winds to you all lads! - Evan, Captain of Victorian Clambake

Pirates on the horizon!

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/30575242/1f9bf60c6adcc41bb62aa30953e2552b652986fb.png Victorian Clambake has parlayed with Fireblade Studios, The Quantum Astrophysicists Guild, and Vitali Kirpu to bring you the Indie Plunder Bundle! Four piratical indie games for a 20% discount when purchased together or completing the set!

The Caribbean Sail

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An 8-bit adventure fraught with misfortune, monsters, management, marauders, and misery!

Pixel Piracy

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A classic rags-to-riches pirate fantasy brought to life with humor and heart with new features still being added!

Sail Forth

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A recent release of sailing simulation paired with ship customization, combat, exploration and relaxing voyages!

Abandon Ship

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A gorgeous game of strategically outwitting your foes in naval skirmishes!

Hundreds of hours worth of piracy packed into this swashbuckling package of pixels and polygons!

Take your trick at the helm: INDIE PLUNDER BUNDLE!

Wishlist Captain Blacksword on Steam!

Feast your eyes on the trailer for my devlog series in preparation for the demo! It can be tricky to make a game and video series about development simultaneously but both are well underway and if you would like to be one of the first lads to go on a Blacksword stabaganza then join the Clambake Crew on Ko-fi! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/30575242/28f6dfb7142b0588021475e59e062170532ce840.png You'll gain access to the Captain Blacksword demo in the coming months, you can post pictures on the Victorian Clambake Discord, you can try my unreleased games, and you'll get to learn about secret games in the development dockyard! Most importantly, you'll be helping to keep this ship afloat during the doldrums between releases. Fair winds to you all! - The Captain

Wishlist today on Steam!

The past five years of Caribbean sailing have been fun but it's time to sail new waters. It's time for this crew of one to hit the deck of a keyboard and start making digital canvas to catch the winds of fame for my next title.

CAPTAIN BLACKSWORD

https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/2153250/extras/Fighting_and_treasure.gif?t=1674587283 Wishlist today on Steam! Captain Blacksword is a secret filled combat platformer that was cut from the veins of an NES classic which you may have broken a controller over twenty some years ago. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/30575242/4ef130015f574c359e0555f323dfefe417e34560.png Explore and unlock new abilities as you ravage the islands in any order you desire. You'll learn an array of skills from boarding axe jumps to digging up buried treasure in a quest for infamy.

So what happened to that development video series?

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/30575242/856954694acceb9624bc261718739f4f65042ae5.png Since my last Steam post there have been many days fraught with doldrums and this voyage is admittedly well behind schedule but before you start throwing your first born into the ocean to avenge the wind gods of the sea, I have a new tack and will be working on a sporadic schedule to bring this game to safe harbor. I made it fifteen seconds into a promotional trailer before my vehicle was caught on a reef but my hull has been patched and we're back on course to begin in February! Follow along on https://discord.gg/clambake for the latest updates or Youtube to see the first episode when it finally makes port! Fair winds to you lads, I hope you'll join me on my next voyage! - Evan, Captain of Victorian Clambake ... and don't forget to add my next game to your wishlist

Five years ago on September 19th, The Caribbean Sail was released.

Since that day, The Caribbean Sail has seen numerous updates, two major expansion packs released for free, a shanty off contest, a soundtrack release, a successful Kickstarter campaign which enabled the release of 100 physical copies, and over 14,000 sales globally. Only one physical copy remains, package #69, and it's on the auction block: https://www.ebay.com/itm/354301415126 The production papers are also exclusively available here on Itch.io if you'd like to see behind the curtain a little and support my work further!

Victorian Clambake

Since creating this whimsical name and sprinting naked into the wilderness with a blindfold on, Victorian Clambake has achieved two game releases on Steam, two game jam releases, and organizing a community of like-minded nautical nerds on Discord. All I can say is... God, what a waste of time this all was. I'm just yanking yer yardarm.

Believe you me, the plans aren't about to end.

It's been a year of insanity and instability, my life has changed dramatically and what remains of the studio is currently in a pile of plastic bins but that's not what you care or about and it's not going to hold me back.

Behold my next solo project!

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/30575242/0f8c8964074131a62f88ccb526236ff5991e17a1.jpg I've been working on another title for the past three years in tiny bursts of inspiration and next month I'll release the Steam page! The lads on Discord know more and have seen gameplay, you should be like the lads, join the server.

But wait! There's MORE!

I've been pitching this idea for years but it wasn't feasible until now.

Victorian Clambake - Voyage Reports

A development diary series released as monthly YouTube episodes to further grow our community, share my thoughts on games and development, and showcase the work that goes into creating a game! They'll be short, fun, insightful, and coming next month if the wind is in our favor! Keep your eyes on the horizon and sign up for the newlestter or follow along on Twitter so you don't miss a thing! Fair winds to you all, I could have never made it this far without you. - Captain of Victorian Clambake, Evan Massie

Ahoy there lads!

'Tis a fine day. I've shipped every backer reward* and only 17 packages remain for purchase on Victorian Clambake! *Look, Louis, I'd really like for you to fill out your survey so I can finally ship your package, savvy? For more information see todays Kickstarter post! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/30575242/5a266ac8db465f3956a8ee5576a0caefb4fd9315.jpg The next five orders will include an acrylic keychain! I'll be going on shore leave and living a typical landlubber life for a time but if you have any questions I'll still check in on the forums, Discord, and support email. Fair winds to you all! - Your Captain, Evan

Now you can read words instead of playing games!

The manual for The Caribbean Sail is now digital and in your Steam library! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/30575242/1c2d1b44bf21618e16d174d93fe536ddf29ede03.jpg Navigate to the library tab and try not to get lost along the way. Select "The Caribbean Sail" and under the "Additional Content" section you should see the Sailing Handbook! If you'd like to get the real thing there's still 25 available! https://victorianclambake.com/gold Fair winds to you all! - Evan, Captain of Victorian Clambake

Are you a true Caribbean Sailor?

Only 28 copies currently available!

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/30575242/144522f601776e979ba983562bd54333401488a2.png In case you were too hungover to notice the initial post, too hungover to catch the Kickstarter, and too hungover to see the email, you should probably get help. After you take care of that then take notice of this alert to claim your COLLECTOR'S EDITION OF THE CARIBBEAN SAIL! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/30575242/953fdbc2ff6c5cecab087b4f116c82dced655004.jpg Find out more and learn how to get one here: https://victorianclambake.com/gold or dig $60 out of your buried chest and send an email to: [email protected] Thank you for coming along for this voyage, this is a sendoff to be proud of! Fair winds to you all! - Evan, Captain of Victorian Clambake {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/30575242/63359abfc54b06bc28c916e27cdff5af11a3a0c4.png

All things must come to an end.

It's been a long time coming but sunk cost fallacy can't make this ship float. I've enjoyed working on these last two patches and admittedly don't want to move on from The Caribbean Sail yet. There are piles of cut content that could be restored and years worth of updates and ideas that could be implemented, but, no amount of new content is going to increase the broader appeal of this game. It's time for me to finish the physical edition and move on to new waters and new voyages. Your comments, reviews, upvotes, and genuine support of me and my work made it hard to let this simply be a bugfix patch and nothing more... so...

Without further adieu, the final features.

+ Added the pie + Added moonshine opportunity + Mystery content + One more particle effect - Fixed Portuguese flag crashing in update log - Main Menu badges now copy the links instead of opening broken links

What's on the horizon?

Finishing The Caribbean Sail: Gold and ensuring it runs on CD before ordering 100 copies, then finishing the manual. Once those are complete and all the rewards have been shipped I'll have some tough choices to make. I may take a break but Victorian Clambake will be far from dead even if TCS was its lifeblood. I'd like to create Caribbean Sail merch. Jolly Riot isn't cancelled though it will undergo redesign. Shell Shuffle deserves a patch someday even if it is floating face down in the pool. There are two new games that I've shared nothing about which already have had substantial work put into them. So keep your eyes wide lads, carry a shanty in your heart and a jigger in your step. Newsletter - Discord - Twitter - Youtube I'll see you on the next voyage! - Captain of Victorian Clambake, Evan Massie {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/30575242/63359abfc54b06bc28c916e27cdff5af11a3a0c4.png

Ahoy there to all the new lads and laddies!

If you're enjoying your new found life as a sailor then be sure to leave a review! This week marks the fifth year since The Caribbean Sail began development. It's hard to even find the words to describe how I feel... maybe I shouldn't have fired my thesaurus out of a cannon.

Tasty new features!

This update is late but after contracting and recovering from multiple sicknesses, the worst storm of last year, breaking my elbow and temporarily losing function in my right hand- here's what I've got for you! + Slightly better controller support + New bottle messages + New tavern conversationalists + The Portuguese Navy + Dimmer in settings to stop burning your delicate little eyes at night + Steamship furnace now accepts less than 25kg of food + Trade tax event when excessive amounts of luxuries are sold + Steamships that are dead in the water will have the option to "Wait" for a passing ship now + Should anyone make it to Shanghai on a raft as the missionary immediately after starting a new game, your efforts will be acknowledged. - Game crashing bugs obliterated - Repeat dialogue from conversationalists will be prevented - Name duplication bug FINALLY fixed (You should no longer have the stowaway event) /Probably more that I've forgotten to log

What next?!

The physical release Kickstarter was a success and a few copies will be available after all the backer rewards have shipped! Keep up with the bi-weekly progress reports here! Development will soon end so do your best bug hunting and report anything you find so we can ensure that this game sails into the sunset proudly.

The Caribbean Sail went silver!

On the penultimate day of 2021 the 10,000th Caribbean sale was made! I'll have to make myself an award to gloat with at all the people who never tour my studio. The end of this voyage is in sight. I doubt I could ever make such a groundbreaking game again, but that doesn't mean I won't try. ːTCS_Tophatː Fair winds to you all lads! - Your Captain, Evan {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/30575242/63359abfc54b06bc28c916e27cdff5af11a3a0c4.png

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/30575242/e4501a84bd62e36c2d6d3755f3fa501f674a87f2.png Claim your copy! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/victorianclambake/the-caribbean-sail-physical-release The day has nearly come and only half my hairs are gray so that has to count for something! With your help the campaign has been fully funded and only a day remains before I begin rolling in piles of doubloons while laughing maniacally and plotting out the production timeline before turning those meaningless paper slips into something far more egotistically satisfying; The Caribbean Sail - Physical Edition. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/30575242/953fdbc2ff6c5cecab087b4f116c82dced655004.jpg Nearly an entire year has passed since I first pitched my vision to you all like a fist full of bait to an overfilled koi pond. The final stretch is ahead and I'll work to deliver something above and beyond your grandest piratical dreams. If your region isn't available for shipping, let me know immediately! We still have 24 hours to calculate the UPS shipping costs and add it as an option! Should be easier than shipping boxes via carrier pigeon. Pledge today and help reach a milestone that will bring the Sea Dragon back! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/30575242/d68be0b820d40ecd2fc64f690eeedcfd83d8d8af.png If physical items aren't your cup of Kickstarted tea, climb aboard the Discord server and tell us your worst pirate jokes! Time to send this thing off with a bang! - The Captain {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/30575242/63359abfc54b06bc28c916e27cdff5af11a3a0c4.png

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The largest Victorian Clambake project yet has begun!

The samples are made, the costs calculated, the logistics sorted, the roadmap planned, the page written, the trailer edited, Jenkins flogged, and the campaign is LIVE after months of preparation! Pledge to the Kickstarter before October 1st to secure your boxed copy of The Caribbean Sail! Heaping piles of gold aren't the only way to contribute and this festival of a fourth year anniversary would be nothing without every hand on deck helping to have brought this voyage so far. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/30575242/5b5e5789163c24eb3dcede27df0297cea49fb945.png Every goal achieved will bring this voyage one step closer to its destination and bring rewards!

• 6 - Commemorative bronze metal pin
• 12 - Commemorative metal pin upgraded to silver
• 18 - Commemorative metal pin upgraded to gold
• 24 - The never before seen idea list for The Caribbean Sail will be revealed in its enormous entirety and the community will choose a single idea from it to be implemented.

Follow along and submit contributions via Twitter or Discord {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/30575242/f9358818d8cfc4e473e25c1bd09c3e95311fced8.jpg By the powers of 3D resin printing and wood, I bring you; A real life Caribbean Sail Frigate model. A very limited number will be available for you to name and commandeer at the Legendary Edition tier and higher. While I didn't set out to turn this two week project into the four year project it became, I'm proud of it and every lad who helped it come so far. I may honestly never be able to make a game quite like this again but I hope to continue creating games just as good in their own right. The success of this campaign will play a huge role in what comes next after the physical edition has shipped. I hope you'll join me on those voyages too! Fair winds to you all! - Your Captain, Evan {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/30575242/144522f601776e979ba983562bd54333401488a2.png

Not sure what's going on? Read the previous post. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/30575242/e4501a84bd62e36c2d6d3755f3fa501f674a87f2.png After many many months of work, the Kickstarter is nearly ready to begin! Be sure to set your account in order and queue up for the notification here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/victorianclambake/the-caribbean-sail-physical-release If all goes as intended (which it absolutely won't) then on the 15th you can open your wallets and dump their contents directly into funding the final development cycle and receive a glorious physical boxed copy of The Caribbean Sail! In an immaterial age, why wouldn't you want one of your favorite games on a tangible medium? There will be announcements, community goals that you can participate in achieving, and the goal of making possible my most ambitious project yet! The time approaches!

Spit out that hardtack and listen up!

The head count was taken, the support has been found, the logistics sorted, prototypes created, and today I have begun preparing the Kickstarter page.

(／°_°)／ (／ ・.・)／ BEHOLD! ＼(・.・＼) ＼(°_°＼)

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/30575242/953fdbc2ff6c5cecab087b4f116c82dced655004.jpg See the sea on CD in 2D! I've prepared everything that can be designed or decided well in advance of beginning the crew funding to make the wait time between taking pledges and shipping shorter than Benjamins life expectancy. What lies before your creativity bereft eyes are the first samples of the main box, the game and soundtrack CD designs, sleeve designs, and the manual. Perfection at its finest and I'd bet your last doubloon that you won't be disappointed. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/30575242/3ebcdd211c14476f93848ff01d191657e9ff6546.png Imagine whipping this bad boi out for everyone to see. For those of you who are brave enough to fly the black flag and declare war against the world, the Joyless Roger will be the second tier reward. I've hinted a bit about the third tier reward. Feeling bold enough to hazard any guesses?

Your input is desired! ...by someone, for once, finally.

There have been many ideas and suggestions for stretch goals and rather than leaving them to be prioritized by the bumbling hands of a hat holding nincompoop, I'd like you lads to rank some here! Restoring cut content would undoubtably be the most requested feature. To pull out my cutlass and engage with the enemy that is whatever the devil I was thinking during development last year would likely begin coding battles that could last for months and I would be sure to have the new features playtested for a month before goldmastering the game to never be updated again. How patient are(n't) you? I'll use your feedback to plot a timeline. The next time you hear from me I shall have a Kickstarter page for you!

One of the new hands aboard this ship?

Welcome aboard! You can make yourself useful by etching an honest review onto the store page. If you wish to have Caribbean Sail related information shoved down your ear canals every time it surfaces, join the verified Victorian Clambake Discord server: https://discord.gg/clambake Fair winds to you all! - Your Captain, Evan {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/30575242/63359abfc54b06bc28c916e27cdff5af11a3a0c4.png

All hands on deck! Ready to help your Captain out in our time of need? The only way to get exposure on Steam on release day anymore is if we can beat out the competition by sales and engagement! Shell Shuffle is our next title- I didn't make this one alone! With the help of two friends who created the artwork and soundtrack respectively, we've put together a polished game that's simply fun to play. You can let me know what you think in a Steam review after the dopamine high wears off at 4:00 AM when you're pushing your eyeballs back in place with a spoon because you haven't blinked in 8 hours. Just kidding, review it as quickly as possible to help it gain traction on launch. Happy Shuffling! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1395450/Shell_Shuffle/

It's been a trick at the helm and three bells since the last update.

I've implemented a little new feature to save you just a tad more of your fleeting mortal life from the ravages of time and tedium; Auto-fishing. Right click on the "Go Fishing" button and one of your crew will get off their lazy rumps and inefficiently catch a few fish, but, mind your harpoons because some sailors have trouble counting and may throw up to five harpoons in a single session! I'd like all of your feedback on this as it's currently the fastest way to get food but also the most inefficient. To me that seems right but I'm open to hearing you all out! -but that's not the only change! "Oh Lord, what has he gone and done now?" I hear you all cry. Nothing else drastic this time, just a few water bugs murdered and a new line of dialogue for a few of the Captains.

Fixes

• Flag pickups won't replace the spyglass and other important items when you defeat ships.
• Holiday text won't run off the page.
• The flotsam no longer appears multiple times on the same save file.
• Maximum ship speeds should no longer change when you reload a save.
• Your sail will now be fully repaired when fixing your ship in port.
• The battle tutorial is less prone to confusion and failure now.

News from the slow boat to china!

Physical edition is still underway. Shell Shuffle encountered some development hiccups and may take a couple more months to polish and beta test which pushes the TCS limited edition kickstarter back a bit. Remember to load the clambake cannon with your email over on victorianclambake.com so you don't miss the limited edition news as it comes! Just so you don't leave empty handed today, here's a hint about that final secret backer reward. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/30575242/b6947ab9dfd37e4b8aca2754a8ddfd30e7748788.png Mind your boots don't get caught on any anchor lines and if your winds fare you well, I look forward to our next adventure together! Your Captain - Evan {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/30575242/63359abfc54b06bc28c916e27cdff5af11a3a0c4.png

Our final voyage together has begun lads.

About a month ago I shared the news of our next title, Shell Shuffle, along with my vision for a limited physical edition run of The Caribbean Sail. You've made your voices clear and the support we need is definitely here! If you don't want to miss anything when the apocalypse inevitably occurs this winter and you repress every memory from 2020 then you need to join the Clambake Newsletter at the bottom of this page: https://victorianclambake.com/ Fore-warning; this read will be more dry than usual.

What is this all about?

What began as a little test, turned into a black and white pixelated passion project that consumed three years of my life. Looking back on my work now has shown me how unbelievably large this game really is, and it needs a proper send off celebration. I'll probably never be able to create another game like this. My plan is to create and release a limited big box edition of The Caribbean Sail with the soundtrack and game on CD with a manual as was customary to old game releases. The perfect celebration of gaming and nautical history.

When? WHEN? WHEN!?!?!

Settle down there lads, I'm still a one man team when it comes to this project and I've barely begun the research. Winter is on the way and I don't want to compete with the holiday season or the Shell Shuffle development cycle. I'll need to have samples printed, CD's written, the manual designed, and other details sorted out before moving to production. Most important of all, the game will need to finally be gold mastered which means one final update. Can't update CD's after all. Start stashing away your doubloons because I'll be coming for your coffers come springtime. I've decided to go with Kickstarter and the soonest possible time the campaign could be run is March 2021, don't take that as gospel though, it may not happen until even later. I've been tallying up the costs and finding every corner I can possibly cut. I'll be manually assembling each package for shipment with my crew and sourcing each item from different manufacturers to get the best quality and value. Our minimum viable funding goal is currently $2,000 unless the manufacturing costs change. After funding is complete, production will begin. Each piece will be manufactured and shipped to the Victorian Clambake studio for package assembly before being sent to those of you who become backers! This may take anywhere from a few weeks to months so my best guess for the earliest time you can get your hands on a copy will be in June.

What will I get and how much will it be?

The base package will probably be $25 - $30* - One game CD and one soundtrack CD One Caribbean Sail game manual filled with game tips, history snippets, lore, jokes, mysteries, the secret recipe for hardtack, and maybe some shanty lyrics One retro sized big box with the box art printed on the front and that classic carefree Victorian Clambake brand marketing fodder on the back Mid-tier package will probably be $50 - $60 - Everything in the base package along with a flag that has the emblem of a Caribbean Sail style historic pirate (like the wallpapers that come with the soundtrack) or the iconic TCS skull and crossed arms. Top-tier package will probably be $100 - Everything in the other two tiers along with an autograph from yours truly and something delicate that will be a real challenge for me to create. (I'll need to actually make one before I say more) All of these packages and prices are prone to change. I'd like to have some game map posters printed too if I can ever find a decent value printer for them. *(I'm either a product finance management logistics wizard, or I'm missing something huge because none of the special edition manufacturing companies thought I could get it done for less than $40 per unit without ordering thousands)

Summary

Save some doubloons, sign up for the newsletter, come fund the campaign in March/April and receive your very own physical copy of The Caribbean Sail around June! I can't quite express the feeling of seeing how enthusiastic your support has been! The closest comparison I can make would be to say it's like sailing from London to Shanghai on a Raft and surviving. Thank you one and all for your help on this long journey! - Your Captain, Evan

Gather round lads, I have much to share!

Contrary to popular belief, I have not taken a much needed moments rest since the soundtrack was released. Instead, I've gotten right back to work and am now proud to present the next official Victorian Clambake game to be released; SHELL SHUFFLE! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/30575242/7df91dd955b733365eb8d35551efe6d36b409e40.jpg Pause for ooo's and ah's. The Steam page is up and should answer many of your questions! BEHOLD THE SHELLS! This hard left turn of a casual game is a personal challenge to create the best possible experience I can with all that I've learned. I've recruited the Cartographer who will be creating the art assets and we're going to work together with a clear route to ship Shell Shuffle on February 5th, 2021. The demo is planned to release in October to get you hooked and the competitive local multiplayer will tear your friendships and family apart. Co-op is also being worked on in order to help you put your relationships back together but we can't promise that yet. Follow along and wishlist it so you don't forget! The giant mollusk demands it!

The Caribbean Sail - Limited Physical Edition!

I've been tossing this idea around in my head for awhile like a shark toying with Benjamin and the conclusion is that I need your feedback. I've yearned to create a physical boxed edition of the Caribbean Sail ever since release. As development finally nears completion the possibility of creating this passion project has increased. Like any good pirate, I need your money but I can't wait around on a sinking ship. If you would be willing to throw $20 my way on Kickstarter or Indiegogo for a retro style Caribbean Sail branded box containing a copy of the game and the soundtrack along with possibly a manual (and maybe more at a higher tier!) you must leave a comment stating so! We need 50 lads to make this happen and a skeleton crew won't cut it. From the few I've asked so far, I've already found 10 supporters. Once we have 50 I'll begin working out the logistics and estimate the time it will take before taking the crowdfunding live. If you're interested, you absolutely must speak up!

Complimentary entertainment!

The website was looking quite bland, so I've started to give it a hand. There's a new fun deck section, with a free fun collection! Go check it out, that's a command! victorianclambake.com/fundeck You'll find a 3-7 player card game I created that can be played with any standard deck, a sailor quiz, and a bizarre game-jam submission about milking a space cow. You really have to see it. Thank you all for sticking with me on this long voyage. - Your Captain, Evan.

Ahoy there lads!

My lovely game has been cursed with inconsistent framerate issues which randomly pop by and I think that I have finally fixed the issue once and for all! Buy a better toaster. I changed the internal settings to alternate the synchronization method which has made things significantly more reliable. There was another bug from the depths of hell sent to rain torment on my peace of mind which caused crew names to duplicate inexplicably. After months of ceaseless searching I've decided to just say "The outcome of exerting the time and energy to see this bug fixed does not outweigh the consequences of not seeing this bug fixed." so now it's a feature! In the rare event that this bug attacks your precious save file, you'll encounter a new event of finding a stowaway aboard! There have also been some exciting things happening on the Discord channel, climb aboard and say "Ahoy!" if you're curious! https://discord.gg/clambake Three announcements are over the next wave so stay high and dry for a few more days! - Your Captain, Evan {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/30575242/63359abfc54b06bc28c916e27cdff5af11a3a0c4.png

All hands on deck!

The official Caribbean Sail soundtrack is now available on Steam! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1382140/The_Caribbean_Sail__Soundtrack/ Listen to that and I'll make a shantyman out of every one of you yet! There's also another bonus; I created seven 4k wallpapers depicting the pixelated flags of famous pirates! A final request, soundtracks on Steam rarely get more than 10 reviews so leave a review or think of your favorite pirate joke and leave that as a review on the soundtrack. It will help me more than you know! After all this, what comes next? That's a very tough question to answer. Victorian Clambake is going to change a little as I move away from only working on one game to creating more games while experimenting with new ideas. There may be a few things left in store for The Caribbean Sail, so keep a weather eye on the horizon. Fair winds to you all! - Your Captain, Evan. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/30575242/63359abfc54b06bc28c916e27cdff5af11a3a0c4.png

Ahoy there lads! Soon you'll never have to leave your shanty collection behind when you stop playing The Caribbean Sail to do something significantly less important because the soundtrack is being released on the 11th! Wishlist now, worry about your coffers later: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1382140/The_Caribbean_Sail__Soundtrack/ Every track has been compiled using a painstaking process of individually recording each track rather than using the default Beepbox export method in order to have a higher quality sound than there is in-game. Many an intro and outro have also been added to various loops for your listening pleasure! There are four bonus songs that can't be heard in-game even though they were created, along with an album exclusive pirate metal song about the game created by Anchorsmashed!

Tracklist

1 - All for Me Grog! 2 - Rule Britannia 3 - Yo ho ho and a Bottle of Rum 4 - Blow the Man Down 5 - Drunken Sailing 6 - Windy Old Weather 7 - The Diamond and the Whale 8 - The Irish Washerwoman 9 - The Gate 10 - The Endless Unknown 11 - Fill the Void with Holes 12 - Haul on the Bowline 13 - The Devil's Trill Sonata 14 - The Kraken 15 - Hornpipe from Water Music 16 - To Cross a Reef 17 - Lowlands Away 18 - Go to Sea No More 19 - Reilly's Reel 20 - Rolling Down to Old Maui 21 - The Sailors Grace 22 - Cooley's Reel 23 - The Banks of Newfoundland 24 - Santy Anno 25 - Fiddlers Green 26 - The Cruel Carpenter 27 - Down Among the Dead Men 28 - The Place that Could Never Be 29 - Over the Hills and Far Away 30 - What will we do with a Drunken Sailor 31 - The British Grenadiers 32 - Hearts of Oak 33 - The Coast of High Barbary 34 - Hullabaloo Belay 35 - Leave Her Johnny 36 - Fish in the Sea 37 - Red Haired Boy 38 - Randy Dandy O 39 - Bound for South Australia 40 - Drowsy Maggie 41 - Eliza Lee 42 - Blow Ye Winds 43 - Where am I to go 44 - Whiskey in the Jar 45 - The Eddystone Light 46 - Out on the Ocean 47 - The Trooper and the Maid 48 - Massie's Melody 49 - Whistle Daughter Whistle 50 - The Parting Glass 51 - The Sailors Hornpipe - Bonus Track 52 - Don't Forget Yer Old Shipmate - Bonus Track 53 - Here's a Health to the Company - Bonus Track 54 - The Volga Boatman - Bonus Track 55 - A Caribbean Tale - Album Exclusive ft. Anchorsmashed 56 - A Caribbean Tale 8-bit - Album Exclusive Now, perhaps you're deaf or you simply hate good music, I'd like to request that if you have enjoyed The Caribbean Sail or have been following ever since day one that you consider purchasing the soundtrack regardless and help support Victorian Clambake. Every penny spent on the soundtrack will go towards funding music production hardware my future games! Thank you all! - Your Captain, Evan.

Short patch poetry time! The lads noticed some oversights dumb, So I whipped up the fixes for some, Bugs were solved with insight, And the screenshots fit right, The soundtrack is next to come!

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The gargantuan Fantasy Toggle expansion is finally complete and has been added for FREE

Alright lads, it may have taken me half a year longer than I expected, but nobody could have predicted the calamity maelstrom that has been 2020. Unlike half the world, I passed my sanity check today, which means Fantasy Toggle is officially complete! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/30575242/dd46f9602cfaf5facd7d410dff80de1c94f10c51.png

Short Changelog

Here's the short rundown of what I was able to implement in a year and a half: An optional Fantasy mode, four new locations, seven new professions, nine new ships, four new storylines, seven new shanties, eleven new achievements, a boatload of new events, a whole host of new encounters, new opportunities, an ammunition system, treasure hunting, walking the plank, airships, megalodons, the kraken, and more particle effects than you can shake a harpoon at! * full changelog {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/30575242/3bb6bdff526b19f5698157f2d106e034029ed86e.png

Biggest Changes

No matter how many times I said "No" to crew recruitment, you lads kept taking it as a "Yes, but no themed" so I added a Landlubber difficulty setting that will allow you to keep your save file when you die and find a crew recruitment opportunity in any pub. You'll be doing it at the cost of your ability to earn achievements though so HAH! THERE! WHO GOT THE FINAL WORD IN? Bottles out for Globalstats.io lads. I've taken the bottle message system offline because the functionality was woefully limited and continually caused a rare crash that was unable to be fixed from my side, but, with the help of two jolly tars I was able to save, moderate, and manually implement 2890 user written bottle messages making your chances of seeing the same two messages as low as recovering from the plague. You can also still write new messages that will be added to your local pool. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/30575242/5c756fc5766288635d50a25ff3d4cb706d14d87b.png

How to enable Fantasy Mode

Start a new save file and turn the lantern green by clicking on it! I wanted to maintain the realism of Purist Mode while allowing the madness of Fantasy Mode so that you can play the nautical experience you prefer! Development was like building a game inside of another game which has been a playtesting nightmare. I think I'll do something easier next time, like developing a game using only my nose while upside-down and blindfolded. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/30575242/ff06565e5388e65aa530cb9b4e465b325c101238.png

What's next?

First, fixing any and all bugs you can find. After that I'm going to work on getting a 64-bit Mac version running and I'll also try to get a more optimized version for everyone. I'll also be updating the screenshots and working on a new trailer. If you haven't already, leaving an honest review on the store page or updating an old one would be really helpful since so much has changed. Once you've had some time to play, you'll realize it's not the game it used to be at all. I hope that I was able to bring the joy of exploration and mystery back into the world I created for you. Fair winds to you all! - Captain and Developer, Evan. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/30575242/144522f601776e979ba983562bd54333401488a2.png