Following Seas - Demo Release Overview

[@ScandinavianHeretic]

This is our path forward to proper Napoleonic warfare games and exploration...

[@user-microburst]

That is difficult. Developers want to give people games where sailboats are faster than F1 cars and it doesnt matter where the wind comes from. I’d like a game where u have yo manage a frigate in a voyage, in all aspects, which never involves steering if u r a true captain, but only giving commands and making decisions

[@ИльяВеревкин-ъ7ю]

Napoleonic?Napoleonic era is like 0.00001% of the time of the age of sail which is like Late 15th to middle 19th Ct. More over these ships shown in the game are much more classical and have nth to do with late 18th early 19th ct. It is like to see a classical 1930s car and say "finally we have sth to do with Elon's inventions!" Are you just some fanboy who hears the word "napoleon" a lot.

[@ИльяВеревкин-ъ7ю]

​@@user-microburst could you share some contacts with yourself? I am a classical ship enthusiast myself and I study a lot of historical material to finally start to understand that era and specifically how sailing works. I also need people to share all my findings with on a constant basis for the purposes of collective education. P.s. And unlike the dying Sea Dogs franchise, this game is new and is this far from starting Renaissance in this part of culture.

[@ScandinavianHeretic]

@@ИльяВеревкин-ъ7ю No, I am an effective communicator - you knew exactly the style I was talking about, you even explained it for me, except you got upsetti spaghetti and behaved like a hater for no reason in the process. Hope you feel better soon. Try to enjoy something.

[@kms1088]

I have many hours and plenty of enjoyable time in titles like Sail Away, Naval Action and Sailwind. But Following Seas has me excited on a level I have not been in a long time about a game. For us as gamers, and for you as a developer I wish your game the best of success and a milestone-setting future in the genre.

[@paulmorris5166]

Looks amazing, wishing you luck and I hope you have a huge win that changes your life.

[@Axgoodofdunemaul]

Most realistic caravel I've ever seen. She's a beauty.

[@4ntig3n]

Oh, this looks cool. I hadn't heard of the game until the video popped up. Will definitely give it a go either tonight or tomorrow :)

[@Brandon-gx7zo]

Same!

[@jon9509]

I've been reading the Aubrey Maturin series and this got randomly recommended and needless to say I'm super hyped. Love the demo so far and looking forward to seeing your project come to fruition.

[@cmbaileytstc]

This is absolutely captivating. I can’t stop playing with sail settings using the more realish vs SW line controls you’ve given us. I 100% believe this game could be an indie hit that can pull audience even from outside of the “sailing ship nerd” group. I don’t know if you’ll like the comparison, but I this could come oh nowhere and shoot to the top like “Stray” did.

[@AndreasMadsen]

I'm super excited for this demo! Can't wait to sit down and play around with it. Great little video managing people's expectations. Clearly that's hard for many 😊

[@spicycupcake]

Super stoked for this! I'm a huge fan of Sailwind and it's sailing mechanics (as a hobby sailor IRL) so I'm very happy to see more games with sim-style sailing and realistic boat speeds. Will definitely check this out and follow progress!!

[@2eightnine]

Thank you. :)

[@uncletedscabin4625]

This looks really cool. The algorithm brought me here, hopefully your video is appearing on many other people's feeds as well.

[@dominicthomas8726]

Ill give it a download in a mo. Best of luck with a full release bud. Its a massive achievement that youve got so far.

[@2eightnine]

Thank you.

[@aavvv_]

Game already looks beautiful and well thought out. I haven’t tried the demo just yet (getting ready to try it tonight if I can). Looking forward to following your developments.

[@Mike-ky9jz]

Looks like I'll be checking this out...very interesting idea with the sailing controls.

[@roccoquattrocchi9129]

Man, imagine a pirate sandobox with these settings, great job, really!

[@TheIbkiss]

Congratulations on the release of the demo, now going to download 😊

[@tonybodlovic5825]

As a sailor who lives on a yacht, loves sailing, and as a gamer; How I wish that I had a computer to play this. I love Sailwind because of the quality of the sailing simulation. And this looks great too.

[@kmystak]

Dude you don't need of playing it. You are living it!

[@tonybodlovic5825]

True, but there are days and nights (like right now, as I type), where it's raining and no fun to go sailing. I am a gamer and sailor. I play a lot of games, including sailing games; But not exclusively sailing games. I also go yacht racing on Sundays, but I race yachts on the Internet too!

[@MaxLib]

So stoked congrats dude! Huge amount of work. I know it’ll pay off for you!

[@mrfluffyroosterlogan5492]

This looks incredible

[@2eightnine]

Thank you.

[@TheKSPNoob]

I am so excited for this!

[@TheBuilder311]

Looks nice and chill! Hope the launch works well and you get some traction!

[@jessemg95]

Cant wait to try this, everything so far looks fantastic!

[@keno101]

Nice work. Added to my wishlist.

[@2eightnine]

Thank you.

[@meuhey]

TODAY?!?!? what a surprise!!!!

[@2eightnine]

I want a bit of time to address immediate issues before the wider next fest crowd.

[@styluzp633]

Wow Today? Amazing work im hyped for this

[@DaltonReutlinger]

Looking forward to it!

[@CopperPlaysRetro]

If the Demo is incredibly dark for anyone else, turn off auto HDR in Windows settings, fixed it for me! Interesting game will keep an eye on it

[@TwoPlusTwoEqualsFive32]

I am running a fairly old system Intel I7-3770 and GTX 1080TI, 32gb ddr3 ram. So interesting to see how well it does performance wise and give feedback. I do plan on getting a better system in the near future but in the mean time hopefully some low end specs can help troubleshoot issues before release as with the costs of PC these days people are not always getting the newest and best specs.

[@EurojuegosBsAs]

Havent heard of it before. Looks good. Wouldve liked some info about what the game is about, for us newcomers

[@ElHyperion]

Same here

[@Fernando2426]

Good job, it's really amazing 🙂

[@connorbenware4220]

Amazing work!

[@seyeruoynepotsuj]

So excited!

[@akd8525]

Will check out the demo!

[@LaCochonnerie343]

Game runs fine on an older setup although it would be practical to have the option to rebind the movement keys from "wasd" to "zqsd"

[@RontoGoldlust]

I am excited

[@JokeFranic]

will def try

[@ИльяВеревкин-ъ7ю]

This caravell and the game is trully beautifull. I definitelly need a new computer or see it on psn which is i doubt

[@Dolphin192]

Super cool

[@michaelroos7944]

Absolutely love the sail system, but I am curious about furling and reefing. Are these options available or in the road map?

[@ИльяВеревкин-ъ7ю]

this look too great to be true

[@Cnupoc]

It's iny wishlist for like 2 years now. When is it coming out?

[@mrfluffyroosterlogan5492]

Maybe someone can help me. I love the game! Super in depth and the atmosphere is great! Sailing is a challenge and it’s also super peaceful and interesting to learn. Does anyone know what to use the red lines with monkey fists in them for? You can interact with them and they are stored on the gunnels but I can’t find a use for them as I attach them to different anchors around the vessel and I cannot figure out if they interact with the yard lines at all. Any help is much appreciated haha I hope this didn’t a terrible question!

[@2eightnine]

@@mrfluffyroosterlogan5492 they are mooring lines for tieing your ship to cleats on the docks.

[@omrWagner]

good move

[@dcsblessedbees]

👍

[@simkadyunin5686]

i found that if you tighten the ropes beyond where the yard can rotate the ship gets a seizure so stay wary of that

[@2eightnine]

Good catch -- working on it.

[@lga9046]

I love your game, I'm an artist and long time illustrator/designer, but I started making a game in Unreal recently and its inspiring looking at single dev projects. Any plans on co-op in the future? I know a couple of lads that would be very excited to take some sea journies together.

[@2eightnine]

Thank you. Coop is not currently planned. I'm not against the idea, but unless EA turns into an unexpected success, this game will have a small scope and budget. I want to avoid scope creep and complicated networking challenges.

[@lga9046]

@@2eightnine gotcha, well I very much enjoy it. I found myself thinking of the ancient sea going folklore, and how cool it would be to see some sea serpents and other potential threats from mysterious maritime history.

[@cmbaileytstc]

So, POV is rotating constantly no matter what I do to the mouse and I can find no setting in the menu to fix it or diagnose what the problem is. I have precisely zero controllers hooked up to the computer. Anyone know how to fix? Also ESC key isn’t doing anything when so I’m having to ALT-F4 out.

[@manlet8907]

the esc key is locked until you get the caravel, try going into settings on the main menu and turning on "disable controllers," this will force the game to use keyboard and mouse controls edit to add, my mouse sometimes does the same thing if dust or something gets stuck in the little laser thing on the bottom, wouldn't hurt to check that too, if neither of those work lmk and I will try to mess around with the game to see if I can figure something out for you

[@cmbaileytstc]

@@manlet8907 I did not see any disable controller option in the settings menu. Will look again when I get home from work.

[@manlet8907]

@@cmbaileytstc sounds good, its the third option from the top, right above resolution

[@ilsignorsaruman2636]

​@@cmbaileytstci think the option was added right after your first comment, you know? There was a little update

[@2eightnine]

Did the updated version work for you? I made some changes to input -- though it shouldn't rotate without any input devices, so I'm not sure what the issue is for you.

[@abeldeleeuw6718]

Looks good. Little bit too much foam on the waves imo. Will the game contain combat?

[@2eightnine]

I do plan on it, but it's a ways off.

[@flightsimulatoradventures7246]

Looks fun! Is this via steam?

[@2eightnine]

Yes. :)

[@currololo]

Please, add VR support!

[@omrWagner]

When will the most complete version be released?

[@2eightnine]

No ETA currently. The demo is a big step in getting feedback, and it will be a while fixing issues and addressing feedback before I refocus on new content.

[@barcotics1880]

can you haul in or ease the sail itself?

[@2eightnine]

Yes you can, it can be a little clippy at times, but does work.

[@steelpill]

Following bugs, actually

[@Sailing-with-a-Jotunn]

Yeap

[@qthemerrybandofanons4481]

Downloading it right now! Cant wait.

[@alexgame8700]

nel gioco ci saranno dei npc alleati come per esempio una piccola ciurma e pirati?

[@2eightnine]

NPC's are planned -- but are likely a ways off. First priority is a stable playing experience. Google Translate -> Sono previsti NPC, ma probabilmente non ci saranno. La priorità è un'esperienza di gioco stabile.

[@alexgame8700]

@@2eightnine ok

[@NFronix]

The speed on the boat is too high