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Ahoy Shipwrights! While your crew is rising in numbers, it’s time for us to give you an update regarding the time-saving system we’ve been working on lately. With your friends on board in co-op mode, all the hard work gets easier and things are done faster. That must mean that pl
Ahoy Shipwrights! The town nearby is full of life and to make it much more fun for you to explore, we decided to introduce a system which will influence your career as a shipwright. Keeping an eye on how people see you may be just the key to successfully making yourself rich. So
Ahoy Shipwrights! We have been tinkering away at many aspects of the game, changing and framing them in a larger context. This planning spree has led to expanding the scope of the game and its features. With this expansion comes an additional list of potential ships you will be a
Ahoy Shipwrights! As serious businessmen, you have to keep in mind your relationship with the local economy. While you will be able to find and gather a huge chunk of the necessary materials, there will be plenty of resources to buy and sell in the nearby town. Your surplus of ma
Ahoy Shipwrights! We’ve said before that exploration is a huge aspect of the game, as you can find new recipes and materials as you traverse the map. The island is divided into multiple biomes and locations, with different types of foliage, weather, NPCs to talk to or shops to bu
Ship Builder gives you a chance to see the world from the perspective of a young shipwright. With nothing but wanderlust and ambition under your belt, set out to establish your own marine trading empire. Explore a forgotten tropical island and gather resources to turn an empty co
Ship Builder gives you a chance to see the world from the perspective of a young shipwright. With nothing but wanderlust and ambition under your belt, set out to establish your own marine trading empire. Explore a forgotten tropical island and gather resources to turn an empty co
Ahoy Shipwrights! It takes a team of highly skilled workers to build a ship from scratch. Between collecting resources, processing them, and actually putting the planks together, one shipwright may spend more time on one project. To help the more impatient players, we decided to
Ahoy Shipwrights! Sometimes building ships can become a routine. It means that it's time to explore the vast forests of the island. Trees and shrubs hide many secrets, including mysterious caves full of treasures. We started working on a vast system of caves and caverns. Wild and
Ahoy Shipwrights! The sea is a moody lover, and change could come at any moment. Remember to stay alert at all times or your shipyard may get swept from the face of the earth. Luckily, the changes we bring to you today are much more exciting! Look out for them on the game's Steam
Ahoy Shipwrights! Not all news can be a showcase of pretty landscapes and new tools you can use. The invisible part of the process is equally important. The playability of the game highly depends on its performance after all. We decided to share the steps we take to make sure tha
Ahoy Shipwrights! Accessing the most important elements of your job requires a properly designed UI. In this devblog, we will show off the design and elements of the screens you will be seeing quite often. Your Inventory. The limited amount of items you can carry on you. The addi
Ahoy adventurers! The sea is waiting for you, but before you can start sailing and trading, there is a lot of work to do on land. Building your fleet and creating a trading empire literally from the ground up will require you to master many unique skills. The developers have been
Hello to our prospective Ship Builders! Just a quick update from our studio: we are stocked to announce that we are publishing the prologue to our very first game: I Am Your President! It is (and always will be) free to play, so those of you that aren’t afraid of venturing into t
Hello there! Our 3d artists are currently creating one of the galleons. It is an immense project with a lot of details, so takes a lot of time. Simultaneously, our programmers are working on the process of casting cannons. We are not slowing down! Above you can see the galleon in
Hello there! Welcome to the first devblog of SBS. Below you will find a recording from the SBS alpha. WARNING: What you will see is not a full and ready game. Most of the current models and animations are just placeholders which will be replaced or improved in the later stages of
Hey everyone;) You probably wonder what gameplay will look like ... or not? Regardless, I would like to introduce you to one of the gameplay features. I would also like to hear your feedback on this. Let's get to the point! In our game, we want the shipbuilding and development of
Hello everybody! We haven't communicated for a long time, but we're working hard on the game. We just finished alpha version of Ship Builder Simulator and basic gameplay parts are ready. Here are some of the changes we've made. We can cut down the trees and then they fall! Incred