This is awesome! To offer some constructive feedback: the wind direction could be clearer. More particles flowing across the waters! Especially when the direction is changing. Looking up at the wind teller is unintuitive, even for this old sailor who understands where it comes from. I also didn't always feel like it mattered which direction I angled my sails, only how much I angled them. Like I could angle them for a port wind when in reality I had a starboard wind, and I'd sail just fine.

In the other hand that made it easier, and it was already hard enough lol! I bet it's easier on desktop though...

Edit: you should add a race/regatta mode!

Great! I feel well positioned to say this is great :) I’ve been hoping for something like this.

My ideal: slower, more real time, full maps based on actual locations, replay specific naval battles. Multiplayer (maybe it is?), realistic fog of war. I could go on

Edit: a few more. Sail trim is clunky and seems unresponsive or unclear how it maps to physics. Would be better to have trim on one side and steering on the other. Also to turn off tacking with tap. Steering too sensitive. The battles are great. (All on mobile)

This is a lot of fun! I’ve been wanting to learn how to make pixel games like this myself. Any tips, resources you’d recommend ?

If you have real wind physics, might as well apply realism to turning as well, so that ships can't turn in place. Rudder should only work with applied speed.

Did you get this idea from the barebones Sid Meiers Pirates battle clone that hit the frontpage a few days ago? :)

Very cute and fun looking game, but I found it very difficult. Enemies have perfect aim, and I can't hit anything. I don't think you can even heal the ship unless you happen to stumble upon just the right treasure. Do you have a difficulty slider/setting? Maybe I missed it. It feels like I'm playing on the hardest mode.

EDIT: After playing around some more, yea it feels less like an action game and more like a "sailing around with nearly zero health" simulator.

The 2 game modes are free to play in browser. Come join our 245 active captains, I’d love any and all playtest feedback at this stage!

Is it multiplayer or am I playing against bots?

I submitted this a few days ago, so glad to see it posted again. Fun game. Funner to think I am sinking people, not bots :)

As an Aubrey-Maturin lifelong re-reader, I cannot wait to play this.

sails perpendicular to the wind for full power? my sailing experience is dated, but that does not seem to be right to me. Don't they want a lower angle of attack? is this a specific of square sails? maybe I am not getting it in the docs

Still, very fun!

the control layout is a bit awkward on mobile. i find myself wanting to adjust both heading and trim continuously, but both controls are on the right so i cant use both thumbs. then the buttons to fire/ board are fiddly. tbh almost gave up then tried with keyboard and saw how it was supposed to go.

Great one, love the astetics and gameplay.

Only confusing part is healing, I don't know my health or how much healing I need to be back to 80% or something close so I can get back into battle.

Also healing takes forever.

I don’t seem to be able to stop the boat by sailing straight into the wind.

Very cute aesthetic and reminiscent of Pirates!

I am lazy and would request a settings toggle to automatically adjust the sail angles for me for optimal speed given my bearing.

Be interesting to see enemies take friendly fire, and possibly suppress fire if the shot on the player isn't clear?

I used Hyperia (my terminal project) to let Antigravity take control. I think it's cheating now because it has infinite ammo.

Oh my, it wired up its own autopilot and is wrecking havoc now.

If you put sail adjust ments of the opposite side of the screen from the helm on mobile, its be easier to both at once.

Really cool! What did you use for the physics engine?

The boat seems to go faster with the sails on the wrong side (back winded), that doesn't make a ton of physical sense to me

Should there be sound? I think sounds would be essential for this.

Running on Linux Firefox.

This brings back some memories! I used to play the Ancient Art of War at Sea on my dad's Mac Plus as a kid. Having never sailed, it was fun to learn about tacking while trying to broadside spanish galleons. Years later, I lied about my experience to convince a resort to let me check out a tiny catamaran. I made it back to shore!

One recommendation: make the boats not turn quite so fast. It allows you to outmaneuver other vessels by planning ahead or gaining speed ahead of time.

I still don't know much about sailing, but I have a lot of kitesurfing experience. Do boats really travel that slowly downwind? I assume that crosswind is faster, but downwind should still move at the speed of the wind.

Some zig zag motions are required to maintain velocity and the combat is fun. I like it!

Nice!

Feedback..

1. show keyboard mapping on the touch controls (for desktop / laptop users ideally)

2. Make wind indicator much bigger and centrally located

3. Make cannon cooldown much bigger and centrally located

Impressive. It loads so quickly! What was this made with?

Should be multiplayer like worms io of old

Seriously it would be something seaworthy. Huge success viral probably

This is lovely. Well done.

Noice. What’s the stack?

Looks great! it's nice that you can immediately try it out

This is awesome!

Very cool

This game is super fun. Thanks.

Pretty amazing, congratulations!

great game! well done.

Very cool, love it!

I love it!

Excellent!

controls could be easier :D

Would be nice if cannons didn’t fire in directions that had no clear enemies.

nice one