Age of Water News

Captains!

Firstly, we’d like to thank you for your interest in our project! We’re glad you’ve enjoyed Age of Water: The First Voyage and are glad to see how many of you are looking forward to April 18th, the start date for early access of the main Age of Water game. Thank you!

The prologue of the game, available for free, contains only a small part of the content, and only the very beginning of the exciting story that we’ve prepared for you.

Separately, we’d like to thank the participants of all stages of the closed alpha and beta testing that was held in 2023 and earlier and for your involvement and active support of the project. After April 18th, each player who previously purchased one of the sets to access the CBT will receive their own activation key corresponding to the Steam edition of Age of Water, depending on the cost of the previously purchased set. Keys may take some time to be issued.

Please note that the testing phase was completed last year, and the progress achieved during testing will not be taken into account when completing the current version of the game, and the CBT client cannot be used to enter the game.

Next, we’d like to answer some questions that we encountered in your reviews and comments.

[h3]Will it be possible to play Age of Water with friends?[/h3]

Certainly! Age of Water is an open world MMO game where you can meet other players, add them as friends, or join a group to complete a harder task for example. It’s especially interesting to look at the boats of the players that you meet, borrow unusual design solutions, and wonder where that player got a cool deckhouse or weapon for their boat.

[h3]How will it be possible to communicate with other players?[/h3]

The game will have a general text chat available, where messages in this chat can be seen by all players within a certain radius of each other. Additionally, you’ll be able to send and receive private messages, for example from players on your friends list. And in addition to chat, group players will be able to use the voice chat built into the game.

[h3]Will there be PvP content in Age of Water?[/h3]

In the open world, you can find PvP events, where you’ll get a notification about the beginning each. In addition to this, there are PvP quests in the campaign plot. We’ll talk about this in more detail in a separate news post. Don’t miss it!

[h3]Can I play with a gamepad?[/h3]

Yes, both the prologue and main version of Age of Water supports control from a gamepad, such as an Xbox or PlayStation.

[h3]How will the progress made be maintained?[/h3]

If you’ve made it to the end of Age of Water: The First Voyage, then after purchasing the full version of Age of Water, you’ll continue to play from the point where you left off the story in the prologue. If the player has not played Age of Water: The First Voyage before, but has purchased and installed the full version of Age of Water on Steam, then they’ll begin the story campaign with a prologue.
Thank you for your interest and helpful feedback. Don’t forget to add Age of Water to your wishlist, because very soon a continuation of this fascinating post-apocalyptic story awaits you.

We’re inviting you to try the game before the official release! Starting today, the free prologue of Age of Water — The First Voyage — is now available. Welcome to your first voyage! Load your machine guns and cannons, and get ready for fierce battles and amazing discoveries.

More good news! All progress from your adventures will be saved and you’ll be able to continue your journey from the same point in the full version of Age of Water. Remember that the prologue is only the first adventure, and that there’s a huge water world ahead of you, the secrets of which you’ll have to uncover. The full version of the game will become available on Steam on April 18th!

Don’t forget to add the game to your wishlist and join our maritime adventurers.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2841350/Age_of_Water_The_First_Voyage

Greetings, brave captains!
Today we’ll talk about your crew. These are experienced and dependable people who will be your trusted companions.

Despite their appearance, these guys are excellent assistants, and their hearts burn with flame of camaraderie and friendship. They will gladly take part in all your activities: they’ll pump the water out, patch up holes in the hull, find food, lend you fire support in a battle or rush to board an enemy vessel. Don’t forget to choose who does what, especially in a moment of danger.



Make sure there’s enough food and water for your crew to keep their morale up. While traveling, between battles, they can sort through the garbage, craft new items and repair your boat.

Every crew member can become even more useful by acquiring various skills: use a certain type of weapon better, repair your vessel faster, place more cargo in the hold.



There are many skills, allowing you to customize your team to suit your play style. You can teach your crew using Skill Points that can be acquired by completing missions in your naval adventure.

And by changing roles of your crew members you can for example, make one of the gunners switch from a machine gun to a cannon turret if that suits him better.

So keep your sailors in shape, captains, and show the world who’s the real lord of the seas!

To survive, each ship's crew needs provisions. What can you find to eat when surrounded only by water? Fish, of course!

Fish can be obtained several ways:

• collect food by searching the rocks encountered along the way;
  
• pick up some fish after a mine explosion or from the body of a dead shark;
  
• catch fresh fish yourself, but for this, you will need to acquire a fishing rod, then after fishing you’ll have to process and cook your catch;
  
• purchase fish from some traders.
  

Fishing is an activity that requires concentration and full immersion in the process, so choose a calm place so as not to be distracted from this meditative occupation by angry sharks and other enemies.



There are three types of fish: small, medium, and large, each requiring its own bait. You won't catch a big marlin with a puny worm! So you'll have to sweat and improve your fishing skill!



To prevent your catch from slipping away, control the fishing rod, keeping the float in the "white zone." The longer the float stays out of the zone, the higher the chance that your fish will slip away and disappear into the depths of the sea.

For a more successful fishing experience, here's a life hack from Captain 'Alter Ego': "Cast your line, keeping an eye on where the targeted fish is swimming. Properly directed casting will help adjust the movement and intercept even a fish swimming away from you!"

After a successful fishing trip, your crew will gladly start processing the catch! After all, who really wants to eat raw fish? You can give orders to process the fish every time you obtain provisions or appoint someone from the crew to be responsible for the food supplies, and then the designated character will do their job without your reminders.

Make sure there is always enough food in your hold. After all, as it is known: "A strong crew is a well-fed crew!"

There are many interesting people and amazing creatures living in the water world. Some of them work for themselves, others belong to a certain faction group. Today we’ll talk about the two most dangerous ones.



Most often you will come across members of the Sharkee tribe. These encounters are unlikely to be pleasant, because the Sharkees have been at war with humans for many years and immediately open fire to kill. They attack both single boats and well protected caravans with equal eagerness.



Once, the ancestors of the Sharkee tribe were also humans and lived in peace with the other inhabitants of the sector but over the time their paths diverged and radiation from the sunken nuclear submarine provoked a series of mutations. How did that happen? This is one of the secrets of the Age of Water world which you will need to find out.



Another formidable enemy is the representatives of the Order of the Kraken. They are well armed bounty hunters who cause terror for pirates. Crossing them is a dangerous endeavor!

These are just some of the factions of the Age of Water world. Want to know more about the game? Ask questions on the Steam discussion page and we’ll try to answer the most important ones.