Ahoy! Since the last update posted here, a lot has been added to our alpha build (get free access now by taking these steps).
Here’s a quick summary of the most important new features:
- Ghostship added for the final zone (3 broken up pieces appear out of the ocean that contain cannons and loot)
- New starter island added
- New castle island added
- New spyglass model
- Teleporting totems are now changed to platforms. You can now also teleport between island clusters on certain platforms.
- Spawn selection screen added (you can now choose where your ship spawns when the match starts)
- Stealing system: Taking enemy resources (from the wood barrel, ammo box and rum crate) now requires you to steal *Stealing is done by holding down the interact button, it takes a bit more than a second to steal some resources
- Island names added to map
- Sunken ships now produce a floating barrel which holds all the ships items
- UI overhaul and new font
- A few new cosmetics
- Footstep sounds added
- New sail visuals
- New water shader!
- Fireworks added to treasure chest
- Resources now spawn in destructible loot crates! We’ve adjusted the cannonballs quite a bit:
- Heavy cannonball damage increased from 8 to 10
- Heavy cannonball reload time decreased from 3s to 2s (same as normal cannonball)
- Heavy cannonball travel speed decreased from 7000 to 4000
- Normal cannonball travel speed increased from 7000 to 10 000
- Normal cannonball droprate decreased from 3 to 1
We’ve also done a lot of bugfixing, optimisation and balancing but that’s just too long of a list to include in this announcement. You can always join our Discord if you want to know the details and/or play the alpha of course: https://discord.gg/blazingsails
Right now we’re working on implementing the dedicated server(s) and in-game voice chat. These will be added to the alpha very soon!
