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Abandon Ship splashing into early access this month

Hoist the brig! Swab the powder! Fire the stew! Yes, it s soon time to see how good you are at captaining ships in the high, low or medium seas. Adandon Ship, the FTL-inspired roguelite of managing oldy-worldy sailors on a map of the ocean (actually a giant painting) is smashing a big bottle of early access champagne across its bow. That is to say, it ll be playable on February 21, say the devs. Here be krakens and upgrades and ship-to-ship combat. You will probably go on fire and die, as you are a notorious *checks crumpled grid of pirate slang* seal sniffer? I, on the other hand, will be an excellent captain. You there, reload the compass! We have crabs and such to plunder. (more…)