"Any fool can navigate the world sober. It takes a really good sailor to do it drunk." - Sir Francis Chichester

Here we are lads! These are the final touches before I begin work on the Fantasy Toggle expansion! Normally I spice up the patch notes with humor or poetry but if I tried to do that with this update log, it would be a full novel. I wasn't expecting this patch to be the size of a bloated whale and take an Atlantic crossing's worth of time to complete. These are the new features! + New voyage preparation screen + Tutorial reset button + Helpful starters guide with tips + Pub design overhaul + Pub shop to buy rum + Rum barrel item to improve morale + Drunken screen and music distortion effects + Nation relation + Button in pub to view your relations + Very good or very poor relations determine whether or not you'll be welcomed or attacked when approaching ships + Worst possible relations with the pirates will cause pirate ships with red flags to spawn + Red flag item + Opportunity button in pub + Three opportunities (for now) and a lot of "none available" fluff text + Barnacles ++ Wait barnacles? +++ A WAY TO SCRAPE OFF BARNACLES THAT AREN'T ON YOUR SHIP! + Pray button for the Missionary + Compass item to avoid storms + Tool prompts while sailing for the sextant and compass + Ability to sell items in port from inventory tab + Unique captain sprites for each faction + Staying anchored while sailing eventually cures seasickness + Whaling is slightly easier and the dead whale spawn rate is lower + An immaculate flute song available on only one day of the year + Right clicking "FIRE" or pressing "B" in combat will fire all loaded cannons + Rain puts out fires started by greased shot + Drowsy Maggie shanty available in port. It might be my new favorite + Letter of marque description changed to clarify its purpose + Bug fixes. Many bug fixes. + Particle effects + Particle bubbles + Particle bubble popping + Popped bubble particle effects + Probably more that I can't even remember Be on the lookout for bugs as you enjoy the new content and let me know if you encounter anything I need to make a silent V1.6.9 patch to resolve before I back everything up and begin creating Fantasy Toggle. What's next? I'm going to (try to) bring TCS to Discord! It's an opportunity to spread the piratey gospel even further. We'll need a verified server which means building from scratch. If you want to know the deepest community lore then grab a potato and climb aboard the official Victorian Clambake Discord server. On the first of April, I'll run a week long sale to celebrate our progress! Be sure to leave a review if you haven't already! Can we achieve the "Overwhelmingly Positive" status? As always, thank you for the support! - Your Captain, Evan

[ 2019-03-29 21:40:43 CET ] [ Original post ]